DMU Models

Andrew Booth

Class 105

A DC Kits 105 DMU 2- car, built by Andrew Booth. It's seen on his Scottish layout " Inverugie" (note the unlikely destination of Bridlington with headcode from Selby via Market Weighton - the layout was appearing at Bridlington Model Railway Show!). The DC kits body has been built on the Hornby 110 chassis. Andrew Booth

Andrew Meaney

Class 128

Andrew Meaney's model of a Class 128 parcels car, finished off by Mike Bunker as M55990. Andrew Meaney

John Miller

Class 120		These two views are of John Miller's N gauge 3-car Class 120 unit. It was built from a Fleetline kit (plastic bodyshell, transparent sides overlaid with etched brass, cast white metal ends) with added details (brass buffers, cast roof vents, scratchbuilt underframe details) and motorised using a Graham Farish DMU power bogie. I splashed out and used Graham Farish unpowered DMU bogies instead of the Mk I carriage style bogies supplied with the kit. I believe that Fleetline kits were made by MTK.  In the finest MTK tradition some parts were missing or of poor quality and the kit took ages to build.  The brass sides had to be painted before fitting (tricky!) and the joins touched in afterwards.  Despite vowing not to build another, I have recently acquired a BH Enterprises N gauge kit for a Cravens Class 129 single parcels car which appears to be very similar in the construction of the bodyshell. Duncan Campbell
		BR Swindon Works built three batches of this type, two originally for the Western Region and one for the Scottish Region. This model depicts one of the latter which worked on the Aberdeen-Inverness line from 1959 on. The seven Scottish units were unique among BR DMU’s in having tablet exchange apparatus fitted to the guard’s doors and this one has the recess made in the door. The kit is from the now-defunct manufacturer MTK (Modern Tracktion Kits) and the bodywork is constructed from punched aluminium with white metal or plastic ends.
Class 126 79xxx series		Another MTK product, this picture has been included to show models under construction. These kits are very time-consuming to build and are not for the impatient! These have been equipped with American Kadee automatic couplings, which resemble the “buckeye” couplers used on the real thing and are much neater than the “tension-lock” type fitted to most british models. The real “Inter-City” units of this design worked mainly on the Edinburgh-Glasgow service from 1957 to 1971. The model will be finished in early DMU green livery with cream bodyside and “whiskers” on the cab ends.
Class 126 5xxxx series		This model is not kit-built, but was made from three Mainline BR Mark I coaches and other parts. Most of the coach sides around the windows have been removed and then repositioned, while the full cab-end is an MTK casting. These units worked services between Glasgow, Ayr, Girvan and Straenraer from 1959 to 1983 and where gangwayed at one end so that all passengers in a six-car set could have access to the buffet car which was included in some units. The model shows a unit in its final blue and grey livery which was applied from 1977.
Railbus		The kit was originally announced by Airfix in 1960 and is still made by Dapol. No motor or interior is provided, but these are available from a variety of sources. This one is motorised with parts taken from a Lima “starter” trainset locomotive and has added headlamps to the roof.

Brian Mosby

Class 105		Two views of a Cravens Class 105 built from a DC Kits kit. Brian Mosby
Class 128		Built from a DC Kits kit. Brian Mosby
Class 129		Built from a DC Kits kit. Brian Mosby

Northampton Model Exhibition

Class 108		Three views taken of DMU models at the Northampton Model Exhibition on 1st March 2008. This one has a Class 108 at Falworth Yard. Daniel Adkins
Class 122		The first two show a model of Class 122 bubble 55001. Daniel Adkins

Neil Rushby

Class 103

A superb model of a Park Royal. Full details at  http://homepages.tesco.net/~n.rushby/ss_parkroyal.htm. Neil Rushby.

Tony Smith

Class 120		Some views of DC Kits models built by Tony Smith. The Class 128 is fitted with a Black Beetle motor bogie, and the 120 has a tenshodo motor bogie. Tony Smith
Class 128

Jim Smith-Wright

Class 118

A nearly finished Class 118 DMU converted from the lima 117. An original 117 is shown to the left for comparison.  The 118 features DC kits cabs, a shortened front passenger window and Hornby Bogies. Jim Smith-Wright

Bill Taylor

Class 101		DC Kits bodies on modified Hornby underframes, with Hornby bogies and motor.
Class 104		MTK Kit  on Hornby underframes with Hornby bogies and motor.
Class 105		DC Kits bodies on modified Hornby underframes, with Hornby bogies and motor.
Class 107		Scratchbuilt bodies, made from Mainline Mk 1 bodies, chopped into bits and reassembled to give a reasonable approximation of a Derby Heavyweight. Front ends made up from Craftsman etchings. All running on Hornby underframes and bogies, with Hornby motor.
Class 110		Standard Hornby model, with added front end detail.
Class 120		MTK bodies on scatchbuilt underframes. Underframes  made from  0 Gauge bullhead rail, with brass stretchers, MTK engine castings and other  bits. Bogies and motor from  Hornby.
Class 122		Much modified Lima 117. Second cab added from scrap model. Front end detail added.
Class 126		MTK  bodies  on scratch built underframes, details as Class 120.
Class 128		Craftsman body on Lima underframe.

Chris Thompson

Derby Lightweight		An O-gauge model of a Derby Lightweight "double-ender". Chris Thompson
Class 104		A Triang tt-scale model. Chris Thompson
Railbus		A tt-scale freelance railbus loosely based on the Maschinenbau type, adapted from a Berliner TT Bahnen Schienenbus. "I know that the door entrance should be in the middle but I have used modellers licence !!!" The model is painted in the early DMU green, with the whiskers painted freehand as there are no transfers available. Chris Thompson

Do you have any pictures you could add here? Or any other pictures that could form a gallery? Please contact me.