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OO Kits

DC Kits New models out now:    WR & LMR Class 128,  Class 120,  Class 119 & Class 114
Current Models:    Classes 101,    108,    105,    Derby LW,    Single Derby Railcar,    Gemini,    Iris.
Models due for reintroduction during 2005:    Class 129     &     Hydra.
New Models planned for 2005 / 2006:    Class 123,    Class 104.
Future Models planned:    AC Cars Railbus,    Class 124.
Current Southern Units:    2H,    2D,    3H,    3R,    3D,    3T,    4L,   6L,    6S.

Silver Fox have a Class 128 kit, available in several states of completeness, and can provide ready built DC Kits units.

Craftsman produced etched brass overlay conversion kits, although we are unsure if these are still available. The range was:

Sadly, MTK are no longer with us. Although their kits were known to "grow" windows and certain other anomalies, and were not the easiest to build, they produced kits for nearly every DMU class. Happily, the MTK stock and toolings has been bought by a new firm, No Nonsense Kits, who are revamping the kits before re-release. More details can be found here.

To give you an ides on the possible future range, this list is from an old MTK catalogues:-

For N-gauge, kits see  BH Enterprises and click the DMU link. Chassis for these are primarily intended to be Farish (which are unavailable at the moment)  but alternatives are available eg "green Max" Japanese chassis from JR models (see http://web.ukonline.co.uk/jrmodels/Green-Max/Green-Max-Chassis.html ).

O Gauge Kits (thanks to Alan Rushworth for this information)

Easy Build Coaches have released a kit for a Class 129, including Hydra. See www.easybuildcoaches.co.uk for details.

Westdale 7mm kits, these are body kits with an aluminium wrapper, mdf floor, glazing, castings and seating/brass angle/door handles etc, they range from £65:

Class 101  2-car set
Class 101  centre car
Class 103  2-car set
Class 104  2-car set
Class 104  centre car
Class 105  2-car set
Class 107  3-car set
Class 108  2-car set
Class 108  centre car
Class 114  2-car set
Class 114  2-car parcels
Class 115  4-car set
Class 116  3-car set
Class 117  3-car set
Class 118  3-car set
Class 119  Gloucester  3-car set
Class 121/122 single unit
Class 121/122 trailer car
Class 127  4-car set
Class 128  parcels unit
Tyneside DMU twin
Midland Blue Pullman  6 car  set
Bogies are available and please note that additional types can be made to special order subject to window tooling being available.

B.R. Models currently unavailable (owner in USA) till end of 2004. Etched brass and whitemetal kits

GWR  Railcar
Class 158  2-car

Home Of O Gauge  Mega Kits  Etched brass/whitemetal/resin

GWR  Diesel  Railcar  series  8-16
GWR  Express Parcels Railcar
SR/WC & PR  Drewry  Railcar

Bachmann  Brass, built but unpainted

Derby Lightweight  2 car  DMU

Pete Waterman has under development a resin bodied Western Region 8-car Blue Pullman to the same standard as the recently released Peak.

Miscellaneous

In the late '50s Anbrico released a variety of DMUs, including the 1956 Swindon Class 126, single car Derby Lightweights and some railbuses.

Finally in OO, there was the Airfix Railbus kit, now made by Dapol, for which DC Kits produce a motorising kit. There is the promise of an AC Cars plastic kit coming soon from a new manufacturer.

For those interested in HO, the British 1:87 Scale Society have produced a limited number of Class 101 kits. Full details can be found on the link.

DMU expert Eddie Knorn can help DMU modellers with details of hundreds of unit formations observed in the late 70s and 1980s; for a given unit he can identify which cars were in it and what bits were smoking, non smoking, paint colours, seat colours etc.