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C100 Cambrian Railways 2 plank Open & C108 SECR 5 Plank Open are now available.
Tooling for C111 Cambrian Railways 4 Plank Open & C107 SR 5 plank (D1375) is almost complete.
The Cam Rys 4 plank will have etched parts for the sheet rail support. Both these kits will be available soon.
Here are assembled samples >
C100 
C111 
C108 
C107 
C103/104 Southern Railway "Borail" wagons are now available…details.
This is C104 with "cast" bogies:
The fine chain used in our GWR Crane kit is available separately. There are approx. 33 links per inch, and it comes already blackened…details
The BPA body mould has been modified in preparation for the BNA kit – the air brake parts have been relocated onto the Y25 bogie detail moulding. The end and floor tooling has been done and tooling is underway on the mould for the bolsters.
NOTE: the C26 BPA kit will continue to be available.
Pre-production model of BNA awaiting its bolsters (the only tooling left to be completed) >
Later: C109 SECR Bolster Set, C110 GWR P22 Ballast Hopper, C112 BR Timber wagon and more. See "Info & History" page for possible future kits.
Pictured below left is our 17' 6" over headstocks, 10' 0" wheelbase underframe. The floor and solebars/axleguards are moulded in one piece, a rolling chassis takes about a minute – just press in bearings and fit the wheels. This moulding is used in kit C84 MR D664 12ton Van. It is available as C91 10' wb Underframe kit (Morton brake type/RCH axleboxes) and used in C93 LMS One Plank Open, C96 SR 8 plank & C97 GWR O30 Open. Kit C79 LSWR Open has a similar underframe.
Below right, a pre-production moulding of a 17' 6" / 10' 0" wheelbase underframe intended to be used for wagons without a floor, such as tank wagons and hopper wagons. This is available as an underframe kit (C105), and at some point will be used for the C113 LMS/BR Roadstone Wagon (D2131) which carried four skips.
These are plastic (polystyrene) kits which include underframes etc. & bogies (where needed). You will need wheels/bearings, transfers, couplings & paint to complete our kits – more details below. Plastic buffers are included in all kits, however newer kits have separate buffer body parts which make it easier to fit cast/sprung buffers. Our range covers a long period of railway history: from about 1900 to the present day – wagons such as C14 Sharks & C88 ASF-bogied Salmons were still in use in 2010 (some as Ospreys).
If you are new to kit building, these kits with "one-piece" floors and underframe (pictured above) are the simplest to put together – C79, C84, C93, C96 and C97.
Our kits are available from good model shops & other stockists (See list). They are also available by mail order and at model railway exhibitions from some stockists. We also attend a number of exhibitions with our own stand. We can also supply direct if you do not have a model shop nearby – see details at bottom of page.
PLEASE NOTE: we are no longer able to supply goods direct to the USA or Canada, as our insurers have advised us that our product liability insurance does not cover these countries.
Suitable adhesives (solvents) are Humbrol Liquid Poly or Revell Contacta – there are two types of this: a bottle with a brush, or with a thin tube; avoid the brush type as the bottle is easily knocked over and the liquid seems to thicken once opened. Also it is easier to control how much is applied using the tube type.
Lost the kit instructions, or want to see them before you buy a kit? Nearly all instructions are available: Instructions (pdfs) in the left hand Menu.
Most kits have mounting blocks for Hornby metal couplings. Bachmann Mini couplings can be fitted if the mounting holes are enlarged a little. NEM type couplings can be fitted using pockets available from Parkside (see: PA34 on the Parkside web site). Bogies can be fitted with either Hornby or Bachmann couplings.
NOTE: kits from C100 (except bogie wagons), with their own underframe moulding, will not include mounting blocks for couplings.
Transfers are available in the Modelmasters, Cambridge Custom, Scalemodeltransfers and HMRS ranges. Transfers for PO wagons are available from POWsides. Suitable paint colours are in the Precision Paint range — kit instructions give reference numbers. The Railmatch range also includes similar colours but these are not currently indicated in our instructions.
In the price column, TBA = "To Be Announced"; or a date is an indication of when the kit will be available. If there is no price then that kit is not yet available. Kits with "Cxx" instead of a number are likely to be further down in production order.
Kits are designed for 26mm axles (& brass bearings) with "OO gauge" wheel spacing, plus EM or S4 wheel sets (on 26mm axles). We recommend Alan Gibson or Romford (Jackson) wheels. Avoid "RTR" types such as Hornby or Bachmann as these may be larger than the kit is designed for – this could make fitting couplings difficult, particularly on shorter wagons; also the axle length may also be shorter than the recommended makes' standard axles (26mm).
◊ We usually have stocks of Alan Gibson wheels and bearings for 16.5mm/OO gauge. 12mm spoked and 3-hole are also available for EM Gauge and S4. See Details & Prices. The wheel type for each kit is shown to the right of the prices on the Price List
Great Western Railway (GWR) Wagon Kits
London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) Wagon Kits
London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) Wagon Kits
Southern Railway (SR) Wagon Kits
British Railways Departmental/Engineers' Wagon Kits
British Railways Bogie Wagon Kits
British Railways 4-wheel Wagon Kits
See also (in the 16mm section):
LEDs, Switches, Battery boxes and Connectors … for building lighting, control panels etc.
Prices shown are recommended retail prices including 20% VAT (GB & EU)
Our kits are available from the Model Shops listed on the Stockists page (Some of those listed only or also attend exhibitions). If you do not have a nearby shop and wish to order direct please send a cheque or postal order, made payable to
Cambrian Models.
Please add £2.50 postage & packing for orders up to £10.00
and £3.50 for orders over £10.00 in GB
Please note that we do not offer a "by return" service. We are a two-person manufacturing business, not a warehouse, and time has to be split between making items and sending orders. Inclusion of items on our website does not mean that we have the item "on the shelf". Please allow 21 days for delivery (28 days outside Britain).
We do not take debit or credit cards, except via Paypal -
contact us via our email form and we'll send a Paypal Invoice for the amount payable including postage.
Do NOT include your credit card details in the email.
NOTE: the minimum order value for Paypal is £10.00 including postage.
The "Please allow 21 days for delivery" mentioned above still applies. Items that have to be made for your order do not magically appear just because you have paid by Paypal.
OVERSEAS ORDERS
Please send four IRC coupons for our catalogue. To order goods we will need a cheque in GB pounds drawn on a British Bank, or cash in GB pounds, or Euros e.g. from a Bureau de Change or Travel Agent. You can also pay via Paypal – see above.
PLEASE NOTE: we are no longer able to supply goods direct to the USA or Canada, as our insurers have advised us that our product liability insurance does not cover these countries.
Postage & Packing:
EU countries — £3.50 up to £10.00, £4.50 over £10.00.
Non-EU countries – £1.50 up to £10.00, £2.00 up to £30.00. Over £30.00 and up to £50.00, there will be no postage charge. Above £50.00 we will estimate the postage cost and use prices without VAT to work out the total payable.
NOTE: for non-EU orders up to £50.00, prices charged are the same as British retail prices: the included VAT element of 17% allows for the extra postage for overseas and filling in customs declarations. The commission charge we have to pay to Paypal is also higher.
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Cambrian Models,
10 Long Road, Tydd Gote,
WISBECH, PE13 5RB, GB
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