C I Beyer Garratt African Railways K Class New Zealand Railways

C I Beyer Garratt African Railways, 4-8-4 K Class New Zealand Railways

 

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Number C I
Name Beyer-Garratt 3 Ft 6 in. African Railways and 4-8-4 K Class New Zealand Railways
First year published 1947
Publisher Micromodels
Number of cards 6
Size of cards 9 x 13 cm
Scale 1 : 200
Description First and only printing in 1947 at 1/3d. This publication is one of the first five post war Micromodels.
There is also a USA version at 1/3d with 45 stamped on.
No re-print was ever catalogued.
The model was not catalogued in the Broadway Approvals 1958 catalogues “Micromodels” and “Micromodel Kits“. No stocks were passed down the line to the Watford Model Supply Co. in 1971.

It is a mystery why so many examples of this model continue to surface.

Micromodels London published a reprint of this model. In 2026 they also issued an enlarged model to celebrate 85 years of Micromodels . It is 2.2 times the size of the original model on high quality paper. They also published a number of bands in 2026 with railway models at the scale of 1:250! Set C1 is part of band 1..