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Featured Products

4mm Smokebox Door Handle

Smokebox Door Handle


Quantity: Either One (1) 3 parts - 1 spigot and 2 handles,
ten (10) 10 spigots and 20 handles (the coin is a 20p for reference)
or a pack of 100 loose (100 spigots and 200 handles)


Scale: 4mm:ft (OO, EM, P4/S4 [18.83] Gauge) Turned Brass

Requires Wheels, Solder and Paint.


Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.We recommend the use of either
Churchward Models or Carr's Modelling Products solders and Pre Paint Cleaners, Etch Primers and Paint from Phoenix Precision Paints Ltd.
NOTE:Etches MAY have sharp edges. Castings MAY contain lead. Care should be taken when handling as we can not accept responsibility for damage to persons or property or illness caused by handling whitemetal castings.

 

DO NOT EAT OR DRINK WHILST HANDLING CASTINGS


Please Note: Not all colours are available in all sizes.
Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.

Turned Smokebox Door Handles (Darts)
£2.50
Crimson Lake

Crimson Lake as used for both L.M.S. red locomotives and coaches between 1923 and 1948.

N.E.R Crimson Lake, G.C.R Loco Frames Red & North British Rly. Coach Crimson

Sometimes refered to as LMS Red, locomotive red or coach red.

Should not be confused with the Maroon (P34) that replaced the Red on some locomotives and coaches from 1946.

Princess Coronation locomotives (Duchess's) that were painted in LMS Red were also painted in this colour, However, the undercoat was red instead of white for standard Red locomotives. 

 

Technical Specifications 

As supplied, a high quality synthetic (oil based) brushing enamel paint.

Stir thoroughly with a spatula (lollipop stick, wooden coffee stirer etc.) for a minimum of 5-10 minutes, or a power stirer. Ensure that you get into the bottom corners of the can and bring any sediment to the surface and stir in.

May be thined, if required, for brushing using PQ8 General Purpose Thinners.

For spraying, thin to approximately 80% paint:20% PQ9 Quick Air Drying Thinners and spray from between 75 - 100mm (3-4 inches) at a pressure of about 2 bar (30 p.s.i.).

Matt colours may require more thinning.

This product is best brushed or sprayed at a temperature of below 10° Centigrade ( 50°F). and left for a Minimum of 24 - 48 hours to dry before any overcoating or further actions are taken.

Apply over the top of a properly primed surface

 

 



Please Note: Not all colours are available in all sizes.
Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.

North Eastern Railway
£4.75
BR Loco Green post 1954

British Railways Locomotive and Multiple Unit Green. The Standard Green used for steam, diesel and electric locomotives and Units from 1954 until replaced by Rail Blue (P132) in 1966.

Used in conjunction with P104 Lining Orange and P135 Signal Red for buffer beams and between the frames.

All of our British Railways colours were matched to colour panels supplied to us by the Technical Services Department at Derby when we were suppliers to British Rail in the late 1970's and early 1980's.

Technical Specifications 

As supplied, a high quality synthetic (oil based) brushing enamel paint.

Stir thoroughly with a spatula (lollipop stick, wooden coffee stirer etc.) for a minimum of 5-10 minutes, or a power stirer. Ensure that you get into the bottom corners of the can and bring any sediment to the surface and stir in.

May be thined, if required, for brushing using PQ8 General Purpose Thinners.

For spraying, thin to approximately 80% paint:20% PQ9 Quick Air Drying Thinners and spray from between 75 - 100mm (3-4 inches) at a pressure of about 2 bar (30 p.s.i.).

Matt colours may require more thinning.

This product is best brushed or sprayed at a temperature of below 10° Centigrade ( 50°F). and left for a Minimum of 24 - 48 hours to dry before any overcoating or further actions are taken.

Apply over the top of a properly primed surface.

This Product Contains LEAD.


Please Note: Not all colours are available in all sizes.
Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.

Diesel / Electric Colours
£4.75
1/8" Axle bearings

Turned Brass 1/8" Mainframe Axle Bearings

A
set of twelve (12) Mainframe Axle Bearings.

As used for the driving wheel axles on 3mm, 4mm and some small 7mm scale models

Scale: 4mm:ft (OO, EM, P4/S4 [18.83] Gauge) Turned Brass Kit 

We recommend the use of either Carr's Model Products or Churchward models solders and Pre Paint Cleaners, Etch Primers and Paints from Phoenix Precision Paints Ltd.

Etches MAY have sharp edges.  Castings MAY contain lead.
Care should be taken when handling as we can not accept responsibility for damage to persons or property or illness caused by handling either etches or whitemetal castings.

DO NOT EAT OR DRINK WHILST HANDLING CASTINGS 



Please Note: Not all colours are available in all sizes.
Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.

General Detailing Parts
£4.75
G.N.R / L.N.E.R. Loco Green (Doncaster Shade) & Coach Green [Tourist Stock]

Great Northern Railway Ivatt and Gresley Green and
London & North Eastern Railway Standard Locomotive Green (Doncaster Shade). This is the official shade as authorised by H.N. (Nigel) Gresley (later Sir) in 1923.

Also used as LNER Coach Green [Tourist Stock]

Officially this colour was always refered to as Locomotive Green or by its 'official' nickname of Grass Green.

LNER Green locomotives were lined with a white/black/white configuration.

The L.N.E.R. Tourist Stock coaches were built with plywood sides over a wooden frame.
Because of the limitations of plywood, the decision was taken to paint such stock and a green and cream livery was choosen.
The green was below the waist panels with the cream (P64) above the waist. Standard lettering was applied.

Technical Specifications  

As supplied, a high quality synthetic (oil based) brushing enamel paint.

Stir thoroughly with a spatula (lollipop stick, wooden coffee stirer etc.) for a minimum of 5-10 minutes, or a power stirer. Ensure that you get into the bottom corners of the can and bring any sediment to the surface and stir in.

May be thined, if required, for brushing using PQ8 General Purpose Thinners.

For spraying, thin to approximately 80% paint:20% PQ9 Quick Air Drying Thinners and spray from between 75 - 100mm (3-4 inches) at a pressure of about 2 bar (30 p.s.i.).

Matt colours may require more thinning.

This product is best brushed or sprayed at a temperature of below 10° Centigrade ( 50°F). and left for a Minimum of 24 - 48 hours to dry before any overcoating or further actions are taken.

Apply over the top of a properly primed surface.


Please Note: Not all colours are available in all sizes.
Please see our disclaimer regarding colour and quantities below.

LNER
£4.75

We started producing and selling precision paints in 1972
 

Since then we have had our ups and downs, have supplied British Railways, the National Railway Museum and various preservation societies but we still have, probably, the most accurate and extensive range of paints for the modeller of British Outline railways.

Since 2010 we have added to the variety of products we can offer the modeller, with kits, bits and pieces and now solders, fluxes and chemicals.

 

 

Our earliest model trains

About Phoenix Paints

Manufacturers and Suppliers of paint, Solder, Flux as well as associated Kits and bits and pieces for Railway, Military and Road Transport Models. The majority of our paint, whilst manufactured using the latest technology, is Traditional High Quality oil based paint formulated to original specifications to ensure your models always look their best. If you require sizes not listed on this website please contact us for pricing and availability. Please read our Disclaimer on colour accuracy and quantities/sizes.

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