Planet Industrials: Devonport Barclay kit...

Since Warley last November, this kit has been under quite rapid development and I've shared progress as the prototype has moved forwards over the past few months. This week see's it's release in the Planet Industrials range...

Available now exclusively from the Narrow Planet marketplace for just £25 including UK delivery (overseas at cost), and based upon the excellent Hattons Barclay model, the kit replaces the cab with a 3D print, re-using the details including handrails, lamp iron, brake stand etc.

The 3D printed cab has been produced in house - each one being checked over and prepared by hand after production. This allows us to bring products to market in a short space of time and produce small batches of subtle variations. It is combined with an etch of parts including the roof hatch, which would be difficult to include in the print as well as etched works and number plates.

Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth featured a tunnel between North and South yards with restrictive clearances. Their fleet of steam and diesel locomotives featured cut down cabs. The kit represents one of the last pair of steam locomotives built for the system by Andrew Barclay, with their standard pattern post 1951 style cab dropped in height.

My prototype model has been repainted into a pseudo Devonport livery (I've combined elements of the later livery, with the plainer red buffer beams of the early livery, and kept the red-wheels of the donor Hattons model as I liked them!) finished with some custom transfers I designed I slightly mis-calculated the length of the side tanks, so these have had to be cut and overlapped (hence the slight thicker section - this will be corrected on production transfers). I can supply copies of these to interested parties for around £15 (price to be confirmed) - get in touch for details.

Despite being based on the Devonport examples, the cab would well suit other industrial applications. The nature of the conversion means that if you can match the body colour of your existing model no repaint is required, making a unique and well finished model more achievable.

I'm also excited to share that we can supply the model with a donor Hattons Barclay, whilst discounted our conversion kit price - so you can pick up a complete kit for just £120 (including UK delivery).

More is planned for Planet Industrials this year, these first releases are just the beginning of our plans for the brand. Steve and I are excited and thanks for all for the support and interest. More soon...