The LMS engines you have been waiting for...

To welcome in the new year we are delighted to be able to bring you significant news of our next build, the LMS 7P 4-6-0 rebuilt Jubilees, Patriots and Royal Scots, as well as the unique 'British Legion'. We will also make the final Ivatt versions of the Princess Coronation (Duchesses).

Following a great deal of behind-the-scenes work we have developed highly detailed working drawings of these charismatic locomotives and we have been in close contact with our builder in South Korea to confirm production details. We hope shortly to commission the build and announce prices.

The whole production programme has been revised, taking into account the increased costs of making ultra-high-quality model locomotives due to minimum wage regulations in Korea, adverse BREXIT trade agreements, devaluation of the £ and the impact of inflation. All these factors have had a negative impact on demand, so we have adjusted the volume of 4-6-0 locomotives we plan to make to 80 models.

In addition we have added a programme of 30 Ivatt Duchesses representing the last two engines, 'Sir William A Stanier FRS' and 'City of Salford'.

We have also decided to take a flexible approach which allows a greater freedom of customer choice, while at a certain time freezing the programme so that we do not have the problem of fitting or changing names/numbers at a later date. So, unlike previous builds, you will, for the moment, be able to make a completely unrestricted choice of name and number from all those available. When production reaches the stage where we have to give the builder a painting specification, we will have to allocate names and numbers to the models which have not been reserved. After that point it will only be possible to choose from the available locomotives. In short, if you are keen on a particular engine, notify us of your reservation as soon as possible.

These engines will be designed and built to Scale 7 specifications. O Gauge models will be adapted from Scale 7 and be fitted with narrower chassis so that the models can negotiate sharper curves. The models will be fitted with our own helical high efficiency gearboxes, split axles and aerospace grade coreless motors. We shall also fit the new technology features that we introduced with the 68XX ‘Grange’ and 47XX tender locomotives.

Fully updated web pages with RESERVATION FORMS are now live on the site. You can access all the details of the 7P 4-6-0s HERE, and the Ivatt Duchesses HERE.

Happy New Year!
John Borkowski