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The prototype Br Mk1 Suburban is taking shape. This is on the shorter 57 foot underframe, making it suitable for branch ...
02/06/2026

The prototype Br Mk1 Suburban is taking shape. This is on the shorter 57 foot underframe, making it suitable for branch and Suburban lines with tighter radius curves.
Bogies were always of the 1st generation with leaf springs. Not a comfortable ride for the commuters!
A drafty one too with doors and windows that didnt seal well.
They were ideal if you were in a hurry to get to work as you could open the door and jump out before the train came to a complete halt..
Modern day Health and safety officials would have a field day!

Working on a prototype for a Period 1, Brake third coach.This will use a one piece body shell printed by DaVinci Enterpr...
31/05/2026

Working on a prototype for a Period 1, Brake third coach.
This will use a one piece body shell printed by DaVinci Enterprise Ltd and will be clad in thin panelled sides. The compartments will clip into place, so that any problems such as glazing becoming detached can be easily rectified.
It also makes it easier to add details like lamps and photo frames and painting.
Glazing will be laser cut.
Unlike the mk1 coaches, these have a classic tumble home shape, making the glazing so much easier to design and fit.
The underframe will screw in place, like the Mk1 coaches.

All of the Gauge 3 MK1 coach kits were taken out of production due to being made with resin last year.I can no longer wo...
30/05/2026

All of the Gauge 3 MK1 coach kits were taken out of production due to being made with resin last year.
I can no longer work with due to becoming allergic to polyurethane resin..
I originally made all the masters for molding using 3d printed masters on my old prusa Mk2 machines. These required considerable clean up and it was not viable to print in any material other than PLA.
The new machines print PETG really well and with some redesign, I was able to make a new coach body thats very easy to assemble.
I have regained the curved petg side panels from the old design.
Petg can be solvent welded with dichloromethane
Which can be purchased from your local model shop under the guise of "Plastic Weld"
This forms a much stronger bond than superglue.

All of the new coaches will have removable underframes that are screwed in place. This eliminates the wobbly gutter line which is inevitable with removable roof panels unless they are made in metal.
This is the prototype for a Suburban 2nd brake. Non gangway. So no corridors. If you needed the toilet, then that was tough luck!

All set up at the Braehead arena for the Scottish Festival of Railway Modelling.Come along and say hi.We are at stand B1...
23/05/2026

All set up at the Braehead arena for the Scottish Festival of Railway Modelling.
Come along and say hi.
We are at stand B11

A customer asked if we could scale down some of our buildings to 0 Gauge. (1:43.5) Printed in PETG for out door use.We w...
21/05/2026

A customer asked if we could scale down some of our buildings to 0 Gauge. (1:43.5)
Printed in PETG for out door use.
We will look at scaling down the rest of our building kits also.

A new stone shop kit.It has been designed to fit in nicely with our brick terrace houses and pub.It uses the same gutter...
19/05/2026

A new stone shop kit.
It has been designed to fit in nicely with our brick terrace houses and pub.
It uses the same guttering and roof.
Easy to build. It will need some basic assembly and painted.
From £75

Had a great day at the National Garden Railway Show at Stonleigh this weekend!Thanks everyone for stopping by!
25/04/2026

Had a great day at the National Garden Railway Show at Stonleigh this weekend!
Thanks everyone for stopping by!

A custom footbridge for a Customer.2 tracks on each side with an island platform in the middle.Gauge 3
23/04/2026

A custom footbridge for a Customer.
2 tracks on each side with an island platform in the middle.
Gauge 3

This BSO was the second resin Mk1 coach i constructed for myself a few years ago. Last week I added a few extra details....
14/04/2026

This BSO was the second resin Mk1 coach i constructed for myself a few years ago.
Last week I added a few extra details.
End steps, underframe details, water pipes and some light weathering around the doors.

13/04/2026

We had a good running sessions this weekend with some visiting locos

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