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Kingsway Models Bounds Green Underground Station kit

BGN Bounds Green Station

Another of the distinctive stations of the northern extension of the Piccadilly Line, Bounds Green was designed by Charles James under the supervision of Charles Holden. It was opened in 1932.

The model measures approximately 9" wide by 10" deep. (The paving shown is not included)

Price: C

Bounds Green Underground station

 


PAVING

Kingsway card paving

PAV Paving

Three sheets of card paving for use with Kingsway Models kits. This is printed on stout mounting card 1.25mm thick, equivalent to a kerb depth of nearly 4". It just needs to be cut out, have the edge darkened with a 3B pencil and stuck down on a baseboard. The kit provides over 100" of straight paving with corners as well. Each pack includes a large corner suitable for use with many of the 'corner site' buildings such as Burtons and Bounds Green station.

Price: AA


ART DECO SHOPS

 

 Corbets Tey Rd shops Upminster

 UCT Upminster Corbets Tey Rd shop parade.

A parade of shops dating from the nineteen-thirties in typical art deco style with curved windows and balconies. Shop fronts are representative of the 1960s period.
Model shown with added paving (not supplied in kit). Completed model is approximately 18.5" wide by 3.5" deep.

Price: B

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BURTONS

Burtons the tailors, Greenwich

BTG Burtons tailors, Greenwich

A distinctive art deco shop in the iconic Burtons style. This half relief model is designed for a corner site, measuring approximately 7.5" by 7.5". The building itself is about 3" deep, thus fitting neatly alongside other buildings in the range. In the picture above it is positioned next to the Odeon cinema (CWLO) and Woolworths (WWMD), and card paving has been added. Below is the model built straight from the kit.

Price: B

Burtons tailors Greenwich


 

EASTERN COUNTIES  

Ipswich Market garage Kingsway Models kit

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ECIM Ipswich Market garage.

A typical ECOC depot which measures approximately 7.5" wide by 7" deep.

Price: A 


LONDON TRANSPORT 

 

Seven Kings bus garage Kingsway card kit

AP Seven Kings

Situated in High Road, Seven Kings the garage was built in 1913. For many years Seven Kings was associated with RT family vehicles receiving RTs in 1948,  which were replaced by RTLs in 1949, and joined by RTWs in 1950. In 1958, RTs were back again and stayed until the garage was modernised in the mid seventies. Rebuilding allowed DMSs to be allocated alongside Routemasters. The garage closed in 1993.
The kits depicts the building prior to rebuilding and measures approximately 19" by 4".

Price: B

LT Seven Kings garageSeven Kings bus garage Kingsway card kit


 

CROSVILLE

  

Crosville Flint card kit
Flint
 
An impressive brick built structure in North Wales. The model measures approximately 22.5" wide and 6.5" deep.
Price: B
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 WOOLWORTHS

Woolworths Market Drayton Kingsway Models card kit

Woolworths Market DraytonWWMD Woolworths
- Market Drayton  

A small high street store. The model is half relief and measures approximately 6" wide by 3" deep, plus paving.

It comes with a choice of modern or period signage.

 

Price: AA


FERODO BRIDGE

 

Kingsway Models card kit Ferodo Bridge

FB Ferodo Bridge

A once  common sight in towns across the country, this Ferodo bridge can provide a period scene for use on a model railway layout or simply a diorama for 4mm scale vehicles. The kit can be constructed to make a complete single span bridge or can be built as a half relief double span. Bridge walls and piers are included, but the builder will need to provide the bridge deck (a sheet of stout card, or maybe ply or MDF if a model railway track is to be laid). The bridge spans are about 6.5". The piers allow for a deck about 6" wide.

Price: AA

Ferodo Bridge Kingsway Models card kit
Kingsway card kit with streetscene behind
The simple addition of a streetscene behind the bridge makes a tremendous difference!

 


LONDON TRA
NSPORT   

 

High Wycombe Kingsway Models Kit

HE High Wycombe

Originally built for the Amersham & District Company in 1929, the garage was acquired by London Transport and in due course passed to LCBS. It closed in 1977. The model is approximately 14.5" wide and 4" deep.

Price: B

HE High Wycombe bus garageHigh Wycombe garage Kingsway Models kit

 


SOUTHDOWN  

 

Southdown Chichester depot Kingsway card kit

SCHR Chichester

This model of Chichester depot is approximately 16" wide and 7" deep. The doors can be repositioned as required.

Price: B

Southdown Chichester Kingsway kit
Southdown Chichester Kingsway card kit

 


  MIDLAND RED

Shrewsbury depot Kingsway card kit

MRSY Shrewsbury Ditherington

Built in 1920 and successively expanded over the years, Shrewsbury depot comes with modern Arriva signage. The model measures approximately 26" wide by 3.5" deep.

Price: B

Kingsway models Shrewsbury depot

 


 

  GREAT YARMOUTH 

 

Great Yarmouth Corporation bus garage Kingsway kit

GYC Great Yarmouth Caister Road

A magnificent art deco garage and adjacent office originally owned by the Great Yarmouth Corporation. The building is still in use by First Eastern Counties. The decorative stone panels depicting bus, train and stagecoach are reproduced. In later years these have been painted blue, but bare stone versions are included to build an earlier version. The model is approximately 25" wide by 9" deep. Many thanks to Tony Hall for inspiring this kit, and providing photos.

 Price: C

Great Yarmouth Bus Garage Kingsway kitFirst Eastern Counties Great Yarmouth

 


CINEMA

 

Whalebone Lane Odeon Kingsway kit

CWLO Whalebone Lane, Chadwell Heath Odeon.

A low relief model of a classic style Odeon cinema. It is approximately 11" wide by 4" deep, and comes with a choice of posters for three different films.

Price: B

 


 

EAST YORKSHIRE

East Yorkshire Driffield Kingsway card kit

EYD Driffield

This model of Driffield depot includes signage for present day and NBC periods.
It is approximately 11" wide and with the adjacent office 14" deep. The doors can be posed as required.

Price: B

 


 LCC TRAMWAYS

 

Brixton Hill tram depot Kingsway card kit

BH Brixton Hill Tram Depot

Brixton Hill was built as a tram trailer shed, but by the time it was completed in 1924, the LCC had decided to no longer use trailers. The depot became an annexe of the nearby Telford Avenue depot. It was the only LCC depot that didn't have a traverser. After the trams the building was used by the motor trade but is now used by Arriva. Extra parts are included to model as the current Arriva garage. The model is 12" wide by 6" deep.

Price: B 

 


 LONDON TRANSPORT

Leyton Garage Kingsway kitT Leyton Garage

T Leyton Garage

Built in 1912 by the LGOC, Leyton garage was severely damaged in WW2 and reconstruction was not completed until 1959.
In 1947, it was the first garage to operate the postwar RT, which it did for 25 years. The model is approximately 20" wide by 8" deep. An alternative unsigned label is included together with an East London Bus Group sign, to represent the modern period.

Price: B

 

  


LONDON UNDERGROUND

Maida Vale Station Kingsway card kit

Kingsway card kit Maida Vale StationMAV Maida Vale Station

Built in 1915 to a design by Stanley Heaps after the style of Leslie Green. This Bakerloo line station building measures approximately 10" by 11" for a corner site. 

 Price: B

 


ISLE OF MAN

 Ramsey Bus Stn IOM Kingsway card kit

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IOMR Ramsey Bus Station

A model of Ramsey bus station on the Isle of Man. Although a small prototype, this is a substantial model measuring 10" wide by 14" deep, being modelled in it's entirety.  
Many thanks to Steve Bryce-Grant who suggested this kit and assisted
with photos.        Price: B


 LONDON TRANSPORT

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PITS Bus Inspection Pits

Based on LT practice this kit provides four inspection pits, with surrounding walls and doors to the rear.   Price: B

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MIDLAND RED
Midland Red Southgates Depot Kingsway Models kit

MRSS Southgates Depot

Built in 1927 and finally closed in 2009, this model of the exit from Leicester Southgates depot is approximately 8" wide by 9.5" deep.

Price: B

 

Midland Red Wellington depot Kingsway Models card kit

MRWL Wellington depot

Wellington depot was rebuilt in this style in 1953. The model is approximately 17" wide by 3" deep, and comes with signs for Midland Red or Arriva ownership.

Price: B


UNDERGROUND

 

Kingsway Models card escalator kit

Kingsway models card escalator kitESCW wooden escalator

This bank of three escalators climbs a vertical height of 68mm and is 90mm wide. It could be cut down to a double unit if required.

Kingsway Models card escalator kitThe nature of the prototype is such that this is a slightly fiddly kit to make - but spare parts are included.
The finished model might benefit from a clear plastic curved roof to use in a sectioned Underground station scene.

Price: AA


 

  EASTERN NATIONAL

Kingsway kit Dovercourt depot

ENDT Dovercourt depot

A model of this compact depot (now used as a public library) with its small forecourt enclosed by adjacent buildings. The model is 8" wide by 10" deep.

Price: B

 


 

Kingsway kit Canvey Depot

ENCY Canvey Depot

As it was just before closure and subsequent conversion to a Transport Museum. Also available as a museum - see ENCP on the Provincial page.

Price: A

 


 

 LONDON TRANSPORT

 
Kingsway models Poplar PR kit

PR Poplar Garage

Originally opened in 1906 as an LCC tram depot, Poplar was converted for trolleybuses in 1940. From 1959 it housed the first allocation of Routemasters to be used on trolleybus replacement routes.
The model is approximately 33" wide and 5" deep. Doors can be modelled open or closed.

Price: C


 

FIRE STATION

Kingsway Romford fire station modelROMFORD FIRE STATION kINGSWAY CARD KIT

ROM Romford Fire Station

Originally an Essex fire station, but later part of the London Fire Brigade, Romford has been providing fire cover since the 1950s. This  semi relief model is approximately 14" wide by 6" deep. The tower is 12" tall. Doors can be modelled open or closed. Ideal for the Corgi Dennis F12 fire engine.

Price: B


CROSVILLE

Kingsway models Corwen depot kit

 

 

CC Corwen Depot

The small Crosville depot at Corwen, North Wales. The model is approximately 10" wide by 5.5" deep. Alternative labels are provided for NBC and Crosville Cymru. The depot can be built with the doors open or closed.

Price: B


 LONDON TRANSPORT

 

IH  Isleworth Depot

Isleworth had originally been Hounslow tram depot. It was rebuilt for trolleybuses in 1935. Unusually it operated just one route - the 657. After the war Q1s were allocated but these were sold to Spain and replaced by older vehicles until closure in May 1962. The model is approx. 19" wide and 10" deep.

Price: B

 


 

 

MAIDSTONE & DISTRICT

St Johns Rd Tunbridge Wells Garage. Kingsway kit

MDSJ Tunbridge Wells, St John's Road Garage.

The model is  approximately 27" wide and 4" deep. Alternative labels are provided to depict the garage in the Arriva period. 

Price: B

 

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