With the Rumney Models exhibition calendar being different slightly different this year thanks to Scalefour North re-emerging at Crewe in June rather than Easter, it seemed like a good idea to take the opportunity of the New Year to release some items that have been bubbling away for a while.
LMS/LNE/BR Gunpowder Vans (for codes see below - £39 each)6 kits in total covering the LMS/LNER and BR Gunpowder vans. Essentially it is the same basic wagon but with different solebars and details to accurately model the different versions. The body, solebars, buffer housings, springs/axleboxes and brakegear are 3D printed resin with a sprung brass ‘under frame’, roof (for a prototypically thin look) and detailing parts along with a cast whitemetal vacuum cylinder (where appropriate). Suitable axleboxes and hollow buffer housings will be included but if you require something specific, please state when ordering.
PC.55E BR Retrofitted Gunpowder Van.jpg
Just for fun, I drew up a
‘brochure’ for these with more details and the prototype information.
PC.55A - Unfitted Independent brake - RCH axleguards - LMS and LNER vans as built
PC.55B - Unfitted Morton brake - BR axleguards - Early BR vans as built
PC.55C - Morton vacuum brake - BR axleguards - Vans built new by BR with vacuum braking - lots 2544, 2689 & 2872 only
PC.55D - Retrofitted Morton vacuum brake - RCH axleguards - LMS and LNER retrofitted vans
PC.55E - Retrofitted Morton vacuum brake - BR axleguards - BR retrofitted vans
PC.55F - Retrofitted Morton vacuum brake - BR axleguards - LMS and LNER retrofitted vans that have had their axleguards changed
The kits can be built in OO, EM and P4.
Due to the fact that these have to be sent small parcel there is a £2 postal surcharge when ordering the kits. This surcharge applies to the order as a whole not to the kit, so if ordering more than one you only pay the surcharge once.
BR 1/221 ‘Izal’ Palvan (PC.56 - £48)In 1960 BR built 250 specialist wagons for carrying palletised Izal products from their factory in Sheffield. The kit is another mixed media affair with a mixture of etched and 3D printed parts. It included an etched underframe, end framing/stanchions and details along with 3D printed sides, inner ends to sit behind the etched framing, springs/axleboxes, roof and Oleo buffer housings along with a cast whitemetal vacuum cylinder.
Izal Palvan (1).JPG
The kit is supplied with the original pattern J-hanger springs and roller bearings fitted to the wagons. Some were fitted with long ‘standard’ springs with no J-hangers late in life, these are available by request when ordering. 3D printed solebars are available separately to use in place of the etched version included in the kit if required. They are not needed to build the kit but are an optional extra (
PC.56A - £3.50).
BR Heavy Duty Plate Freight Bogies (PG.06 - £14 per pair)The Rumney Models range of plate freight bogies gets another member in the BR version of the GWR heavy duty plate bogie. These were fitted to some Western Region Weltrols but more importantly, the second batch of BR Strip Coils (
Rumney Models kit C.01B). Specification is the same as the other freight bogies with a sprung etched brass subframe and 3D printed cosmetic sides.
3D printed 5 Leaf Springs and Axleboxes for Wooden Solebars (Various Codes ending .05W - £4 for a set of 4)The Rumney Models range of wagon springs and axleboxes continues to expand with the addition of 3D printed springs and axleboxes for wooden underframe stock. They are available with any of the Rumney Models ‘light’ axleboxes, FA to FM.
As with the other 3D printed springs/axleboxes please allow 2 weeks for order processing as they may need printing.
Reintroduced ItemsThe
sprung coach bogies subframes (E.01-E.07) have been reinstated and are available again from stock. Enough people put their hand up to continue with them. I looked at retooling the sheets but most of the kits are such awkward sizes that I can’t actually rearrange the frets sufficiently to squeeze more of them on to a sheet. Prices therefore will remain where they were, but they are available…
Exhibitions for 2023Rumney Models will be out and about at Scalefour Crewe on the 3rd/4th June and Scaleforum 23rd/24th September, maybe for the last time?
With the changes to the exhibition calendar brought about the moving of the more northerly of the two Scalefour Society exhibitions to the first weekend in June I will unfortunately not be attending Railex. It’s just not possible for me to do two exhibitions in two weekends, especially as they bookend my daughter’s school half term.
For more details see the above links or follow this one...
Rumney ModelsHappy Modelling for 2023,
Justin
Edit: Updated incorrect info.
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