MTK parts forlorn hope

[Rana Temporia]

Does anyone know if the MTK DMU/EMU castings are still available? I know someone took the full range over but haven’t seen them for years.

[What About The Bee]

Hi Rana

For what it is worth, there are ~14 MTK kits listed on ebay. To find them, I searched, in quotes, for "modern traction kits". Perhaps one of those would have what you need.

Bee

[Rana Temporia]

Thanks Bee, it’s some particular unit ends I want. The MTK stall at exhibitions used to have packets of them for sale as well as detailing packs, probably 25 to 30 years ago now. I know someone bought the business but I’ve not seen anything about them for years. Maybe the much better and easier to build DC Kits saw them off?

[Fazy]

Was it not Phoenix paints that took them over

[The Doc]

Rana,

Might these be what you are looking for?

https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/4-cabs

[Rana Temporia]

Thanks all. It was Phoenix paints that took them over but they don’t have the particular ones i was after.

I have finally got round to starting a 3 car set of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham railway LMS designed OH electric stock by converting OO Grafar coaches.

I have one of the MTK Liverpool/Southport electric parcels units M28497M, the prototype of which was converted from 1920s LMS Liverpool/Ormskirk/Southport stock (the same design as some of the LMS 3rd rail units used around Watford) and the unit ends of all are very similar.

I am finding the Grafar plastic quite difficult to work with, it seems to have a very low melting point and attempts to cut it with a disk or drill it result in my tools being bunged up with melted plastic. I thought if these particular unit ends were still available it’d save me some grief. Looks like I will have to persevere! Looking at the MTK ends on my Southport unit it’s probably a good job. They were never the best castings! I have a few other MTK kits that never got finished, maybe one day….

Again, thanks for the info.

Actually, looking at it a Grafar conversion to produce the Southport unit might look more like the prototype than the MTK one.