16mm and 7/8ths inch scale 3D printed kits

We aim to introduce a couple of new loco kits each year. These are available to order for only a very short period after release. We only do a single production run and the kit is then permanently discontinued. Keep updated on new releases by following our Facebook page and this website.

Free 32mm and 45mm gauge track

Small radius Hudson type track downloadable zip containing 3D printable stl files. These are free for your personal use only. There are hundreds of pieces including 6 different radius curves, points, diamond crossings, buffers and turntables. Make sure you read the README.TXT file which lists all the pieces and geometries. There are 3 versions provided for different printer tolerances. Print at 100% (i.e. as supplied) for 32mm gauge or 140% for 45mm gauge.

All kits below are no longer available

County Donegal railcar No.1

This is a 15mm scale 32 or 45mm gauge model of the County Donegal railcar No.1 with the 2ft 2in wheels that ran from 1930 until the replacement of the entire engine and front end in 1949. The original is now in the Ulster Transport Museum.

Click to see a video of the County Donegal railcar No.1 and to read the instructions.

BEV type No.1 works number 323

16mm scale 32mm gauge kits based on the British Electric Vehicles type No.1 works number 323. This loco was delivered to Southport Corporation in February 1921. It subsequently worked for many years hauling rubble wagons at Llechwedd slate quarry.

Click to see a video of the 16mm scale BEV No.1 works number 323 in action with a train of Llechwedd rubble wagons and to read the instructions.

Hibberd Planet Type 39

This 16mm scale 32-45mm gauge kit is based on the Hibberd Planet Type 39 number 2528 now at the Old Kiln Light Railway. The Type 39 was very popular with many going to industrial lines in the UK and abroad.

Click to see a video of the 16mm scale Hibberd Planet Type 39 in action with a train of Binnie tippers and to read the instructions.

Super and Mega Griff motorised Ffestiniog 3 ton slate waggons

The 16mm and 7/8ths inch scale Super Griff is a complete redesign of our original Ffestiniog Railway Gravity Griff waggon. It is a lot faster and much more powerful with 2 motors driving the axles via brass bevel gears. Mega Griff is 2 Super Griff chassis controlled together with 4 motors.

Click to a see videos of a 16mm scale Mega Griff and to read the
16mm scale instructions or
7/8ths inch scale instructions.

Hibberd Planet Ashover

This 16mm or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge kit is based on Hibberd Planet 3307 supplied to the Ashover Light Railway in 1948. It subsequently moved to the Ffestiniog Railway.

Click to see a video of Ashover and to read the
16mm scale instructions or
7/8ths inch scale instructions.

Dodding's Farm watercress locos

These are small 16mm scale 20-32mm gauge locos and wagons. The unique 18 inch gauge originals worked for many years transporting watercress at Dodding's Farm at Bere Regis in Dorset.

Click to see a video of the watercress locos and to read the instructions.

Bredbury Sewage Works loco

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge loco. Bredbury Sewage Works put a Reliance auto truck with a JAP petrol engine onto a skip chassis for light use. Following restoration, Bredbury now lives at the West Lancashire Light Railway

Click to see a video of Bredbury and to read the instructions.

Planet 6hp Motor Driven Truck

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge loco. The original was introduced by F C Hibberd & Co Ltd in the late 1920s as a light locomotive to provide relatively cheap motive power for small industrial railways. The standard model had a flat platform with a wooden box or 1 cubic yard tipping body available as options.

Click to see a video of the Planet and to read the instructions.

The Eclipse

The Eclipse is a 16mm scale 32mm gauge model of a very unusual loco. The original started life as a steam loco, an 0-4-0 ST built by W.G. Bagnall in 1895 for the Llechwedd slate quarry. It was converted to an electric loco by GEC in 1927 and renamed The Eclipse. Power was supplied from a pair of overhead wires.

Click to see a video of The Eclipse and to read the instructions.

Clayton CB1.75FC-7

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge loco with a folding cab. The original was frequently used underground with the cab folded to fit down a shaft. As an underground loco it perfectly complements our Robert Hudson (Raletrux) U skips.

Click to see a video of the Clayton CB1.75FC-7 and to read the 16mm scale instructions or 7/8ths inch scale instructions.


Clayton CB1.75-7

These locos are based on Tom and Hazel at the Steeple Grange Light Railway and Wasp at the Great Laxey Mine Railway.

The 16mm scale locos in the top photo can be built as Tom or Hazel in either 32mm gauge (red and grey in photo) or 24mm gauge (yellow and blue) to emulate the 18 inch original locos at Steeple Grange. As tunnelling locos they perfectly complement our Robert Hudson (Raletrux) U skips.

The 7/8ths inch scale locos are available in 32mm or 45mm gauge as Tom (orange), Hazel (yellow) and Wasp (green) in the bottom photo.

Click to see a video of the Clayton CB1.75-7 and to read the 16mm scale instructions or 7/8ths inch scale instructions.

Motor Rail 10hp

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge loco based on works number 26007 when it was fitted with a cab at the North Gloucestershire Railway. It has since been sold on privately and the cab removed.

Click to see a video of the Motor Rail 10hp and to read the instructions.

Motor Rail 12hp

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge loco based on works number 26014 when it was working at Richardson's Moss Litter Co. Ltd Solway Moss Works near Gretna and as originally built.

Click to see a video of the Motor Rail 12hp and to read the 16mm and 7/8ths inch scale instructions or the 1 inch scale instructions.

Rotary tippler

This is a motorised 16mm scale 32mm gauge rotary tippler and wagon. The tippler is designed so that a small locomotive like the Motor Rail 12hp or Huddy and wagons can drive straight through it, with the wagons stopping to unload.

Click to see a video of the rotary tippler and to read the instructions.

Crewe Works Tiny

Tiny is a 7/8ths inch scale model of the first 18 inch gauge locomotive designed by John Ramsbottom and built in 1862 for the Crewe Works. Four similar locomotives followed, one of which, Pet, is now at the National Railway Museum in York. The model is available in 32mm gauge only.

Click to see a video of Tiny and to read the instructions.

Amberley Brush 16303

This is a small 16mm scale 32mm gauge or 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge loco based on Brush 16303 now at Amberley Museum. The loco was originally built for the Ministry of Munitions in 1917 and worked in HM Explosives Factory in Queensferry.

Click to see a video of Amberley 16303 and to read the instructions.

Hythe Pier Brush 16307 Gerald Yorke

Gerald Yorke is small 16mm scale 32mm gauge loco based on Brush 16307 on the Hythe Pier Railway. The loco was originally built for the Ministry of Munitions in 1917 and worked at the Avonmouth mustard gas factory. It came to Hythe in July 1922.

Click to see a video of Gerald Yorke and to read the instructions.

Huddy freelance petrol loco

Huddy is a small 16mm scale freelance petrol loco on a 32mm or 45mm gauge Hudson tipper type chassis in a variety of body styles and colours. It can haul a few loaded tippers as well as negotiating tight 2.9 inch radius curves. A 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge version is also available.

Click to see a video of Huddy and to read the instructions.

Gravity Griff motorised Ffestiniog Railway 3 ton slate waggon

Gravity Griff is a model of a Ffestiniog Railway 3 ton iron frame slate waggon with brakes. It has a hidden motor, controller and sound card to simulate a gravity train. It is available in 16mm scale 32mm gauge and 7/8ths inch scale 45mm gauge.

Click to see a video of Griff and to read the instructions.

Great Laxey Mine Ant/Bee

Ant is a 7/8ths inch scale, 32mm gauge model of the unique Great Laxey Mine Railway locomotive together with matching lead ore tubs.

Click to see a video of Ant and to read the instructions.

Tipping Tim motorised tipper

Tipping Tim is a 16mm scale, 32mm or 45mm gauge self propelled remote controlled tipper that has the skip completely free to fill and tip. Tim was designed in cooperation with Peter Binnie and is sized to be a match to the standard Binnie tipper.

Click to see a video of Tipping Tim in action and to read the instructions.

'Issing Sid

Sid is a 16mm scale, 32mm gauge model of the replica Lishman & Young 2’-0” gauge compressed air locomotive designed by Roy Etherington and constructed at Statfold. It is a small, light, 4 wheel drive loco just 116mm long capable of pulling a few skips, rather like the prototype.

Click to see a video of 'Issing Sid in action and to read the instructions.

Hellingly Hospital Railway loco

1:30 scale (10mm:foot) 32mm gauge model of the unusual standard gauge overhead electic loco that served Hellingly Hospital. Designed using the plans by Peter Harding in his book on the railway. Click to see a video of Hellingly in action.

Robert Hudson (Raletrux) U skip

These small 16mm scale 32mm gauge wagons are based on former tunnelling skips at Amberley Museum. They go well with small locos such as our Clayton, Motor Rail 10/12hp and Huddy.

Click to see a video of the U skips and to read the instructions.

Llechwedd rubble wagons

These 16mm scale 32mm gauge wagons were ubiquitous at the Llechwedd slate quarry and are an ideal match for The Eclipse or other quarry locos. They are available with single or double flanged wheels.

Click to see a video of The Eclipse with wagons and to read the instructions.

Hudson passenger car

Simple passenger car bodies on Hudson frames. Available in 16mm scale 32mm or 45mm gauge and 7/8ths inch scale 32-45mm gauge.

Click to see a video of the passenger cars and to read the instructions

Brake chassis for Binnie Hudson tipper and bolster wagons

These 32mm or 45mm gauge kits enable you to convert the 16mm scale Peter Binnie tipper and bolster kits to braked versions. They have been designed in cooperation with Peter Binnie. The kits contains a replacement frame, brake parts and brass rods only. There are three versions as shown.

Click to read the instructions.

7/8ths inch scale wagons

These 7/8ths inch scale Hudson style wagons are gauge adjustable between 32-45mm. There are three versions - a narrow V skip, a wide Rugga V skip and a tippler.

Click to see a video of the wagons . Please contact us by email if you are interested in purchasing some.