Work on our limited edition kit for the ultimate LMS locomotive, the Coronation 4-6-2, is moving nearer to completion after the long and unavoidable delays due to Covid and illness.

The specification is similar to our previous LMS kits with a resin boiler/firebox but now with the addition of resin printed components. Follow the link to see these in detail.

The kit will allow the building of the de-streamlined engines (46220-29, 46235-48) with either semi- or round-topped (cylindrical) smokeboxes, or the non-streamlined engines (46230-34, 46249-55). It includes both the curved drop and open front footplates and both single and double chimneys.

Two versions of the all-welded 10 ton 4,000 gallon tender will be available, one with the "mushroom" pattern vents as built with 6230-6234 and the other, the de-streamlined type with extended sidesheets and rear ladder. There will also be a part-welded tender as built with 46253-46255. Parts to build all three types will be included as standard.

Note that parts will not be included to model the last two engines, 46256/57, which had modified cabs and pony trucks.

Jim Smith-Wright has been patiently building the pre-production model as the kit developed and has from time to time described progress on his blog.

We intend to have the kit on sale during the first half of 2026.

Single chimney, cylindrical smokebox, curved drop footplate

Double chimney, semi- smokebox, open footplate

Double chimney, cylindrical smokebox, open footplate

Double chimney, cylindrical smokebox, curved drop footplate