New Exclusive Scenecraft in both 00 and N Gauge available including 00 Gauge Contemporary GWR Platform Shelter, GWR Water Crane and derelict Cornish Engine House

[Kernow MRC]

Kernow Model Rail Centre has announced the release of new exclusive commissions from Bachmann Scenecraft of a Contemporary GWR style platform shelter and a GWR platform mounted water crane. The very popular derelict Cornish engine house is now back in stock in 00 and appears for the first time as part of the growing KMRC Exclusive range of Graham Farish Scenecraft range of N Gauge buildings.

 

The new KMRC Exclusive Contemporary GWR style platform shelter is based on that at Penryn, but is a standard design used through Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset. It includes a separate bench.

GWR water cranes, as per the new KMRC Exclusive, could be found throughout the Great Western Railway network on station platforms for steam locomotives to use. Water cranes and columns were provided with fire devils for use in winter to prevent the water from freezing inside the apparatus.

The derelict Cornish engine house returns in 00 and is now available for the first time in N gauge. It is Based on Baronet's Engine House at Pennance Mine.

Pennance Mine lies in the Gwennap Mining District and is situated on the southern slopes of Carn Marth, due south of the converted quarry that is now 'Carn Marth Open Air Theatre'.  Formerly known as Wheal Amelia, the area was worked by tinners as early as the 17th century.  The mine continued to extract copper until about 1873 - it raised 147 tons of medium grade copper ore in its final year of production. Pennance will always however be classed as a small mine, the tin sold between 1870 and 1872 coming mainly from tinstuff rather than the more usual black tin. The slump in the price of copper in 1866 and the opening of new tin fields overseas sounded the death knell for Pennance Consols and it closed in 1874. Between 1880 and 1881 the sett was reworked under the name of East Buller.

 

Graham Muspratt, Development Manager said: “The derelict Cornish engine house was very popular in 4mm scale and sold out some time ago it has been much requested hence producing a third batch, and it was a natural choice to also be part of our new expanding range of N Gauge Exclusive Graham Farish Scenecraft buildings.”

 

The models are exclusive to Kernow Model Rail Centre and available now:

42-058Z Graham Farish Scenecraft Derelict Engine House, N Gauge - £26.99

44-058Z Bachmann Scenecraft Derelict Cornish Engine House, 00 Gauge - £35.99

44-001X Bachmann Scenecraft Contemporary GWR Style Shelter, 00 Gauge - £34.99

44-183Z Bachmann Scenecraft GWR Platform Water Crane, 00 Gauge - £23.99

[kevblokey]

My shelter in OO turned up yesterday, chuffed to bits, it’s a cracking little model, put some pictures on my Instagram https://instagram.com/p/CqaeZEZIEfx/

Edited March 31, 2023 by kevblokey