Railways Group
The Phoenix Kits LMS Page
The Phoenix coach kits are successors to the 4mm scale BSL range, using a combination of cast white metal ends and fittings, and aluminium sides. Detailing components available separately include plastic and etched bass items.
While the majority of the Phoenix range of coaching stock kits are Southern vehicles, the range also includes GWR, LMS and LNER kits.
The SRG is in the process of reviewing the stock and tooling for the kits over the winter of 2015/6, prior to a re-launch of the range in 2016.
Demonstrations of the construction of Phoenix kits have appeared in a number of publications, for example Chapter Five “Assembling a pre-formed metal kit – A Southern Railway ‘Ironclad’ Brake Third“, in Stephen William’s book “The 4mm Coach – Part Two – Working with metal kits”, published by Wild Swan.
Note: These Kits are only available in 4mm Scale.
Photographs of completed kits can be seen by clicking on those Descriptions which appear in underlined coloured script.
Coaches
Corridor Coaches Period II
Corridor Coaches Period III (Stanier)
Vestibuled (Gangway Open) Coaches
Period I
Period II
Period III
Many of these open coaches operated as dining cars in conjunction with Kitchen Diners or full Kitchen Cars, but were not branded as such.
Kitchen Diners and Buffet Cars Period II
Period III
1937 "Coronation Scott"
The formation of this train was;
D1905 D1981 D1912 D1981 D1981 D1912 D1902 D1960 D1961 BTK RTO RK RTO RTO RK RFO FK BFK
Sleeping Cars Period III (Stanier)
Articulated Gangwayed Vestibule (Open) Coaches
These coaches were built to run in the following order;
BTO+TO TO+TO TO+CO TO+TO TO+BTO