Landships II

I'm sure Baldwin will give you a much better answer when he's back, but in the mean time...

We found a couple of kits, some time ago, in 4mm (1/72 1/76 ish) scale, but I can't remember exactly where. Also they were not complete kits because, for mysterious reasons, railway modellers like their models to come from 3 or 4 different suppliers (wheels from Chorlton, engine from Ivor, body from Anita Roddick, etc).

I found this in OO9 scale, whatever that is (sounds a bit James Bond):
http://www.o14group.org/2008/10/27/nigel-lawton-20hp-bow-framed-simplex/

but it is not clear if it is available, or if it is, who you buy it from.

Looks very nice though.

-- Edited by PDA on Monday 24th of May 2010 05:05:47 AM

BK Modelcraft, who also made the Holt and 8 inch howitzer etc, made a simple model of the open topped 20hp Simplex, not 100% accurate like the Nigel Lawton one but a lot cheaper! Now that Matador Models has taken over the BK Modelcraft range, maybe they'll reissue the Simplex as well, I certainly hope so as it'd be a useful little model, i've got one as well as a couple of the 40hp Armoured Simplex's

009 not James Bond especially when you see Narrow Gauge enthusiasts (me included !!!!) but it refers to 00 scale and the track is 9mm apart. The scale is 4mm=1foot somewhere between 1/72 and 1/76. There is a lot of 1 War kits out there,the Lawton Simplex is made up of etched brass and is a fairly complex kit and requires the ability to use a soldering iron.But it is motorised.
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