5" GAUGE CORONATION CLASS

Four Cylinder, Coal-fired, Live steam
 

£14,995.00 + p&p Batch of 25 Models Only 85% OF BATCH NOW SOLD. ONLY 4 MODELS AVAILABLE ORDER NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

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LMS Duchess Class

Designed by Sir William A. Stanier the first of these magnificent locomotives was built at Crewe in 1937. With a tractive effort of 40,000lb these 4 cylinder locomotives were extremely powerful and can be seen as a response by LMS to the LNER A4's, built less than 2 years earlier. In fact many maintain that if it were not for the storm clouds of World War II gathering that the LMS could have snatched the world speed record for steam from the LNER A4 Mallard.

The first locomotives out of Crewe works were originally built as streamliners. Later some were built without streamlining. All of the streamliners were finally re-built in un-streamlined form, and all eventually featured double chimneys. The model offered here is representative of the class as re-built. This batch of locomotives has the benefit of carrying some of the most prestigious names in the class to include Coronation and Duchess of Hamilton.

The locomotives were produced in a variety of liveries in BR days including maroon, blue and lined green.

The 5" Gauge Model

This magnificent model is built to a near exact scale of 1:11.3.

Although a 4 cylinder model of this size and quality can never be cheap it certainly offers tremendous value-for-money. You would be hard pushed to purchase a commercial boiler and raw castings for much less than the £12,495.00 + VAT we are asking for this model. Certainly a one-off build by a professional model maker would cost you many fold this with some medal winning examples changing hands at auction in excess of £100,000.

This model is sure to be a real head turner on the track pulling a substantial load, or when on display in your home, or office.

The model comes complete with a silver soldered copper boiler, hydraulically tested to twice working pressure. All our boilers are currently CE marked and supplied with a manufacturer's shell test certificate, and EU Declaration of Conformity. As testament to our confidence in the models we provide a full 12 months warranty on every product. We've presently booked sufficient factory capacity for the manufacture of just 25 models. Order reservations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.


LMS Duchess Class (Click on picture to enlarge)
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Overall length approx 80 inches Stainless steel motion Boiler feed by axle pump, injector, hand pump Etched brass body with rivet detail 4 Safety valves Choice of liveries

Summary Specification Painted and ready-to-run Coal-fired live steam 5" gauge 4 Cylinder Piston Valves Walschaerts valve gear Silver soldered copper boiler Drain cocks Mechanical lubricator Superheater Reverser

As is generally the case with our models once the batch is sold it is unlikely we will produce this model again. We advise placing an early order to avoid disappointment.

Save £195.00. We are pleased to offer free post and packaging for any order received within 28 days.

                           
Delivery and Payment....

You can secure your model with a deposit of just £1,995.00. We will request an interim payment of £5,000 in August 2021 as the build of your model progresses, a further stage payment of £5,000 in September and a final payment of £3,000 in October 2021 in advance of shipping from our supplier.