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Note for new visitors to this site. Everything we stock is for 1/24th scale (or 1/25th scale where marked) plastic or resin construction kits ONLY.

Sorry, but we do not cater for ANY diecast scales or 1/32nd plastic, or the larger Mongram 1/16th or any of the RC scales.

Please visit often as changes are made at least every 3 months & sometimes more often. New parts & projects are coming on line all the time, likewise older items may be revamped or discontinued as demand & market forces dictate.

Revised 'WHAT'S NEW' Page

In order to tidy up the What's New page & make it a little easier for you to keep up to date,we have revised the layout. From now on all you need to do is view the 'News In Brief section' immediately below & then scroll further down for more details of whichever bulletin number catches your eye.

LATEST UPDATE ENTRY...3rd September 2010 (Todays modified or added topics are;-)

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'News In Brief' (Topics)

Scroll further down for details on each topic by number

1) 1/24th Alvis Saracen Mk5/6 APC

2) TQ 91 Scania CP28 crew cab transkit

3) TQ 93 DAF XT conversion kit

4) DAF XF rear wings TQ 96

5) Scania Ad-Blue kit TQ 95

6) Nooteboom 78/04...Final production run

7) Humber Pig APC, Bedford MK & other military kits for 2010 & beyond

8) 2010 catalogue

9) Freightliner Argosy transkit (RIP)

10) DAF XF105 Etched Custom Set

11) Changes to some TQ items prices

12) Nooteboom decal set, limited edition..in stock now

13) Closure of the Standard Range

14) New Generic Seat Cover decal sets..in stock now

15) New Pre-Shaped seat cover decal sets..in stock now

16) New Releases & new wheels & tyres

17) Hiab 205 Crane Kit

18) Leyland Marathon & Ford CL-9000

19) New Flemming Pedersen GP & MUD parts

20) New Briab tail light sets

21) New DAF XF / CF Ad-Blu kit

22) New Battery box & step for Scania R rigids

23) Renault Premium

24) Tracked excavator & Michigan L190

25) Mint TMWs for sale

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NEWS IN DETAIL (By Topic Number)

1) The Saracen Mk6 was one of the very last versions made & comes with the RFC (reverse flow cooling) system intended for tropical climates (identifiable by the 'beehive' air intakes on the bonnet) Despite being intended for hot climate use, a cancelled Libyian order meant that the Mk6 was also widely used on the streets of Northern Ireland in various roles. The Mk6 also saw extensive service with the Hong Kong Police. The kit also comes with optional parts though for the up armoured non-RFC Mk5 APC & with a little work this can also be converted to the non-turreted ambulance or the ACV version in either mark.

Our kit includes a highly detailed B80 Rolls Royce straight 8 petrol engine, fully detailed suspension, limited working steering, resin rather than rubber tyres (following requests from military modellers), opening engine & driver hatches, opening rear doors, extensively detailed interior & a removable turret complete with .30cal Browning MG.

Pictures of the first test builds are now in the TQ Section

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2) Scania CP28 crew cab transkit. This a 29 part all resin kit, complete with the full range of engine badging decals. Latest Update. Back In Stock £50.00

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3) Our interpretation of the fictional DAF XT Torpedo widely seen on various web pages. As the fictional vehicle is nothing more than a design concept, we have gone a stage further & already given the existing suggestion a face lift by smoothing out some of the lines, raking back the top edge of the front grill & giving the hood a steeper angle.

Latest Update. Back in stock £28.00

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4) Spare DAF rear wings are about to be re-introduced to the range (TQ-96) to further compliment the DAF XT kit for 3+ axle configurations. £4.00 per pair.

Latest Update. Now in stock

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5) Scania Ad-Blue kit TQ-95. The kit provides the Ad-Blue tank, cradle, new exhaust system complete with UK & EU plus vertical stack outlets.

Latest Update. The 11 part all resin Scania Ad-Blue kit is now fully in stock

Kit price has increased slightly since moving it to the TQ casters @ £13.50 each

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6) We have just commisioned the final run of castings for the LAST 25 TQ-50 Nooteboom 78/04 trailer kits that we will make before discontinuing this kit.

Latest News. Now fully sold out & kit discontinued

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7) The Humber Pig APC kit is now completed & in stock, pictures of the first test builds are now available in the TQ Section.

We now have the master patterns for four 1970s period British soldiers from the Northern Ireland theatre to compliment the Saracen & Humber Pig kits. These are now in the casting phase. Pictures & prices asap.

The Bedford MK 4 tonner kit masters are now finished along with the photoetch design work. The kit is now in the casting phase & we should have a price shortly. Once the initial casting run is complete on the MK we can turn our attention to the civilian TK & KM versions.

The Atlas crane conversion kit (to fit the existing HMLC FV622 Stalwart ) for the FV623 Royal Artillery limber & FV624 REME fitters vehicle, is now in the test build & instructions phase. More details & pictures very soon, release expected late September, £TBA.

The Alvis Saladin Mk2 6x6 armoured car master patterns are now underway. Followed by the Daimler Ferret Mk2 scout car toward the end of the year.

Depending on sales & interest from truck & military modellers we have a host of projects & ideas for 2011 & beyond including;-

Austin Champ, Land Rover Lightweight & Landrover 1 ton forward control (pending approval from Jaguar/Landrover) AEC Matador & 5.5" gun. GKN Saxon, FV432, FV214 Conqueror & in the long term possibly Mk2 Antar & trailer. Funds & interest from the customer allowing of course !!!

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8) 2010 Main printed catalogue is now in stock, fully revised & updated.

Printed version 96 pages £5.00 + £1.00 UK p/p

CD-ROM version (colour) £4.50 + £1.00 UK p/p

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9) Sadly, we can confirm that, due to a complete lack of interest & co-operation on the part of both Freightliner USA & Freightliner Australia, the planned Freightliner Argosy transkit project is dead & buried. The superb master patterns for this transkit, have been shelved. Pity !!

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10) The revised PE40 DAF XF chromed custom set is completed & back in stock, photograph of the new set now in the PhotoEtch Section.

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11) Due to the shift from one caster to another in late 2009 & early 2010, price increases have become inevitable of some previously listed items;-

TQ5a Scania R Series P daycab transkit, £40.00

TQ90 Scania R Series flat roof, £10.50

TQ91 Scania CP28 crewcab is now back in stock @£50.00

TQ93 DAF XT is unaffected & remains @ £28.00

TQ95 Scania Ad-Blue kit, £13.50

TQ96 DAF XF rear wings £4.00 pair

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12) We have a limited number of KFS77 the Nooteboom trailer decal set from our TQ50 kit. Picture & details in the Decal Section.

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13) The Standard Range is being wound down & deleted. Older items will be discontinued once sold out whilst some items will morph across to the TQ Range & be given new part numbers. Here they will be cast to a higher quality, albeit at a slightly higher price.

ST4 Volvo FH1 dash will be discontinued on sell out

ST6 Scania 3 Series dash will become TQ105 @ £5.50

ST9 DAF XF dash will become TQ107 @ £5.50

ST17 Scania rear wings will become TQ109 @ £4.25 pair

ST21 Rolled sheet will become TQ112 @ TBA

ST38 Large Road Cones will become TQ113 @ TBA

ST39 Small Road Cones will be discontinued on sell out

ST51 Large Trailer Airbags will be discontinued on sell out

MPT4 Heavy Haulage wheel & tyre will be discontinued on sell out

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14) Now in stock are 3 new sheets of generic block seat cover decal. These all come under the KFS54 heading, with suffix R for red, BL for blue & Br for brown. See pictures & further details in the Decals Section

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15) Also now in stock are 10 different sets of pre-shaped seat cover decals covering the 5 most popular makes each in a choice of 2 colour versions. These all come under the KFS55 heading with the suffix Scania, MAN, Merc, DAF or Volvo plus the colour code of G for grey or B for brown

Example KFS55-Scania-G (grey Scania) See the Decals Section for pictures of example seats & the decals themselves

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16) In addition to any new releases or re-releases of items mentioned anywhere above we also have the following in the casting stage now & due for release in the next 3 weeks

TQ118, Scania 440 straight 6 cylinder engine kit @ £13.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ119, Jost sliding 5th wheel bed & turntable kit @ £8.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ120, Set of 4 resin pallets (re-release of earlier ST set) @ £7.50 per set (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ121, Small chassis tool locker (re-release of earlier ST item) @ £2.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ122, Chain box (re-release of earler ST item) @ £2.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ123, 50 gallon oil drum (new master pattern) Due in stock 6th August 2010

TQ100, 12.00x20 Trak-Grip wheel & tyre (ex-Saracen) @ £8.00 per axle set (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ101, 14.00x20 Bar Grip wheel & tyre (ex Stalwart) @ £8.00 per axle set (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ124, Split Rim wheel cast with TQ80 tyre, drive axle set of 4 @ £10.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ125, Split Rim wheel cast with TQ80 tyre, steer axle set with hubs @ £7.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ126, Split Rim wheel, drive axle set of 4, supplied with Italeri rubber tyres @ £6.50 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

TQ127, Split rim wheel, steer axle set with hubs & Italeri rubber tyres @ £5.00 (In Stock Now...pictures now in TQ Section)

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17) The TQ14 Hiab 205 Truck Mounted Crane kit is now back in stock. Now back in stock, new pictures in the TQ Section £35.00

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18) The TQ48 Leyland Marathon transkit & the TQ44 Ford CL9000 transkits are the next to be be re-issued from the casting rotation list. This will probably be the last run of these two kits for several years. (50 of each) Latest news on these two kits is that they have now gone to the casters for production & are in the queue behind the Michigan L190 kit (see 24)

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19) Five new items from Flemming Pedersen Denmark, two Glass Prints for Mercedes Actros GP62 & GP 63, three new flap sets for Scania MUD 081, 082, 085. Pictures in Special Supplies.

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20) Also just in, are 3 sets of Swedish 'Briab' custom rear lights. See Special Supplies, Briab 1, 2, 3. All with ML-Square 5mm square coloured lens

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21) The masters patterns (by Flemming Pedersen) of a complete DAF XF / CF Ad-Blu kit are now here & this will be going for casting very soon. The kit includes left & right hand mounting frames, new silencer & exhaust outlets plus a new updated battery box.

Now in stock see TQ Section TQ128 DAF XF/CF Ad-Blue kit @ £13.50

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22) For Scania R Series rigids, there will shortly be a battery box conversion kit. Master patterns also by Flemming Pedersen & casting due to begin shortly. Now In Stock see TQ Section TQ129 £5.00

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23) We have just taken delivery of a full set of very nice transkit master patterns, from A&N Model Trucks of Russia, for the later facelift model Renault Premium. The intended donor kit will be the DAF XF 105. The kit will be completed with chromed photoetch parts as per our own transkits plus glazing & instructions. The kit will be listed in our TQ Section but will be boxed & presented under the A&N banner. More news & pre-production pictures asap. Latest update, the contracted caster reports that the moulds are completed & casting is now underway. More news & pictures, with price asap.

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24) The final production run of 50 TQ52 Tracked Excavator kits is about to start. We have so far 36 reservations for the model & would urge any other interested parties who have not yet reserved to do so very soon. Latests news (3/9/10) on the final edition of this kit is that casting is almost complete. Casters tell us they need another 10 days or so to complete things. We can then collect the kits & commence packing. Interested parties with reservations can now contact us now with their payment details. In any case we will contact customers with reservations in due course.

The final run of 30 TQ29 the Michigan L190 shovel loader kits is due for September & again we urge interested parties to reserve their kits asap. Latest news (3/9/10) on the final edition of this kit is that it may be delayed into late October due to a re-shuffle of casting priorities in order to produce the Bedford MK kit in time for the IPMS Nationals show. The moulds are ready to run however & production will commence asap.

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25) We have 4 A4 boxes of mint condition TMWs, well over 100 copies, many issues in multiple numbers (as many as 6 copies in some cases). Some are even still in their original plastic postage sleeves & unopened.

All copies @ £2.00 each. UK postage £1.00 up to 3 copies or £2.00 up to 6 copies. More than 6 copies at cost price on request.

Airmail postage at cost price depending on weight & destination.

First come first served !! Newly updated list of remaining issues 20/8/10

Still sleeved copies are;- 111, 116, 122, 123, 125, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137

Opened but mint condition copies are;- 42, 43, 46, 51, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 90, 91, 110, 111, 124

Minor damaged issues are;- 60 (has one page with sticky tag label attached)

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