BUILDING MY 16MM “LLANIOG LIGHT RAILWAY” For many years now I have been interested in constructing an out door 16mm to the foot line. The railway would have to be steam operated and feature many of the buildings, line side features, rolling stock and locomotives of the slate railways of...
1940 AEC MATADOR O853250 RESTORATION
As a teenager I remember building the Airfix Matador refueling tanker and since then have always had a soft spot for them. Having been around the rally circuits for many years with many different vehicles from a Fordson ” tractor, Aveling and Porter steam roller I decided I would like...
RAIL ROVER SERIES 11A
One of our most unusual projects is the conversion of a classic British Land Rover into a 2 foot gauge "Rail Rover" Designed by Dan Nemeth. See the full conversion project in detail.
SIGNAL BOX LEVER FRAME
Several years ago I ran a business called Scaleway Signals which specialized in the design and manufacture of miniature railway signalling equipment. I spent many years studying the subject and having worked several years for British Railways as a signalman gained the necessary knowledge and experience to operate this company....
TINSLEY STEAM WINCH
Here we describe the full process of restoration of a steam winch from dismantling, restoring damaged castings, new parts, reassembly, testing & painting.
1914 WD Halley B35 truck
This is a project i have worked on myself for a number of years, found as a rotten living van and stripped of anything other than two front wheels, the basic chassis minus any castings or fittings, rear springs, rear axle and wheels.Built in 1914 by Halley Industrial Motors, Glasgow,...
10 1/4″ Midland Compound Rebuild
Currently in the works at the moment undergoing a full rebuild of an older locomtive, this loco is being rebuilt and redesigned to be an accurate model. Work includes full redesign of the frames to the original works drawings, all wheels have been turned down and tyres fitted, new axles...
FREELANCE NARROW GAUGE “LILIAN”
Lilian is a freelance locomotive which was started by one of our customers who decided to move on to a larger gauge of locomotive, 15 inch gauge which we completed for him back in 2013 and will be featured in this section. The chassis was sold through us when a...
LEEK AND MANIFOLD RAILWAY 2-6-4 TANK
This large model is a scaled from one of the 2 foot 6 inch gauge locomotive of the long closed Leek and Manifold Railway. The Railway owned two of these magnificent locomotives which were identical as built. They were ordered on the 6th August 1903 at a cost of £1,725.00...
10 1/4″ GAUGE LEEK AND MANIFOLD 2-6-4 TANK LOCO
March 23rd, 2014 The largest locomotive we have been working on is this large 10 1/4 inch gage model of a Leek and Manifold Valley light Railway and were 2foot 6 inch gauge 2-6-4 tank locomotive. The full size example were built by Manning Wardle and was a 2 foot...
7 1/4″ GAUGE QUARRY HUNSLET 0-4-0
February 8th, 2014 Recently we started work on a 7 1/4 inch gauge Hunslet quarry type loco. We are using photos and measurements of full size examples to produce an authentic working model for our client. below are photos of the progress. The completed axle boxes machined from solid bronze....
15″ gauge 0.4.0 Baldwin
This Locomotive is one we completed some years ago (infact just shy of 10 years ago) this was brought in as an unfinished project of tender and basic running chassis, the drawings and castings coming from Hillcrest railroad CA. We had to redeisign parts of this exsisting locos workings, mostly...
WD sided bogie wagon
Recently finished at our works is this 10 1/4 gauge sided wagon based on a ww1 WD trench railways wagon for general service.Designed to be a multi purpose wagon to carry loads from ballest to doubling up as a wagon carriage to carry passangers, this wagon has a rear opening...
10 1/4, 4.4.0 Jupiter
Under construction at the moment is this one of a kind American 4.4.0 locomotive "Jupiter" this locomotive is in a part buit condition and running on air.This is a very rare locomotive in any gauge, yet alone in 10 1/4, the original builder starting her in the 1980s but never...
10 1/4 Leek & Manifold Rly transporter wagon.
10 1/4" Gauge transporter wagon, we are constructing this wagon from works photographs and dimensions to suit the Leek & Manifold locomotive ( J B Earle ) that we built some years ago.
7 1/4″ Hunslet ( quarry type)
This 3" scale Quarry Hunslet has come in for a basic overhall including a repaint, refitting of pipework, and repaint of driving truck.