EDM Models is delighted to
have reached agreement with Alan Gibson to re-introduce his kits for the
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 2-6-2 loco motives Yeo, Exe, Taw and Lew
later this year. The kits are 7mm Scale and can be built for either 16.5
or 14mm gauge.
There are two kits for
these locomotives: -
Kit #1
Yeo, Exe & Taw
This kit
makes any one of the three original engines built for the
railway by Manning Wardle in 1897.
Kit #2
Lew
This kit
makes Lew which was the very similar loco ordered for the
line by the Southern Railway after it took over the railway
at grouping. Lew was delivered in 1925 and whilst basically
the same as the original engines has many detail differences
Currently we plan to reintroduce these kits toward the
end of 2007 and the quantity produced will be dependant upon the number
of reservations recieved.
Reservation Special Offer
The reservation special offer price originally offered is now withdrawn.
This was offered for the first 50 of each model to be reserved.
Reserve One Now
A lot more work than
originally expected is going it to retooling the chassis with the
intention of removing the kits reputation as difficult to build. The
additional work is taking a lot longer than expected and has forced an
increase in price.
The lucky 50's with early
reservations will still get theirs at the offer price.
The price of the kits now is
£245 with a £50 deposit reserving your engine. The
£50 would be paid on placing your reservation and is held in our reserve
account until the kit is ready to be delivered. The balance of £195 will
be
due as the kit is ready to ship. Our normal reservation T&C's apply.
Please note that in normal circumstances the deposit is non refundable
as detailed in the T&C's
Kit #1 Yeo, Exe & Taw
@£245
Kit #2 Lew
@£245
Retail
Sales
A small number of kits over and above the reserved
quantities will be produced. These will be available on a first come
first served basis and will retail at the £245 price, or even slightly
more. It is then envisaged that
there will be a considerable interval before the kits are re-run.
News
Questions
and Information
If you have any questions
please e-mail is and we'll do our best to answer them. Please remember
though that we are very much still at the learning stage ourselves.
We would also like to hear
from anyone with experience of building the original Link/Gibson limited
edition kits or the later Gibson kits. Photo's of models would be
especially welcome.
Progress Report
01/11/07
We're back at looking at the chassis
of the kit after the enforced break whilst the day job sent
me to New Zealand.
The kit will now definitely contain a
new etch as the test build of the original has revealed that
a new jointed set of rods is really essential. This etch
will also have a new inner chassis carrying working leaf
springs and horn blocks. At the moment I can't see a
sensible way to add suspension to the trucks so they may
well remain the weighted dangly things of the original kit.
Two months out of it does
unfortunately mean that it will be early next year before
its available.
27/06/07
Artwork for Lew updated with a new picture from Jonathon
Clay
26/06/07
Availability: -
Likely date
for delivery will be as soon as possible but probably
towards the end of the year. See the note on the
ordering page re my working in New Zealand.
Special Offer price limited to a set number of kits
rather than "until release" as originally stated
25/04/07
Early days yet but we
are in the process of gathering together the components we
have and making those we don't have to allow a sample of
test models to be produced. Both Alan and I built these kits
when they were first released about 20 years ago and can
remember there were things we would like to change but as
neither of us still have our models we can't remember them
all.
Our plan is to build
the test models and then make any changes or design
additional bits to include that can be done economically.
This can include slight alterations to the photo tool, some
additional bits and, if nothing can be done, at least
explain the issues in the instructions and suggest
alternatives.
Version History
First Release
The kit
for Yeo, Exe & Taw was originally released as a limited
edition as a collaboration between Roy Link and Alan Gibson.
Only 50 kits were produced as it was thought this is all
there would be demand for.
Second Release
[1984]
Having had numerous
enquiries the purchasers of the limited edition kits were
contacted to seek permission for another run. With
permission granted the kit was re-tooled with new etch
artwork a added to the Gibson general catalogue.
Another version of the
artwork was produced to make the later engine Lew.
These kits were last
available around 1999
Third Release
Date TBA
Easter 2007. The artwork,
patterns and rights to the kits pass to EDM Models with the
intention of refreshing the kits and re-releasing them in
late 2007
