4QD
Name: 4QD
Services:
Manufacturers of high power speed controllers and electrical systems for locos.
Address:
36 Greenfields
Earith
Cambridgeshire
PE28 3QH
Phone: 01487 450520
Website: www.4qd.co.uk
Email: esales@4qd.co.uk
Notes:
The website has details on choosing the right controller as there are several different options for each model. All accessories such as handsets, boxes and cabling are sold separately so make sure you have everything you need before ordering.
Blackgates Engineering
Name: Blackgates Engineering
Services:
Drawings and castings for locos, traction engines and machinery. Various raw materials and equipment.
Address:
Unit 1 Victory Court
Flagship Square
Shawcross Business Park
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF12 7TH
Phone: 01924 466000
Website: www.blackgates.co.uk
Email: sales@blackgates.co.uk
Notes:
Blackgates is a long established supplier of model engineering requirements. This is a friendly family company, well known to many model engineers. They have an extensive plan and casting supply service covering many popular designs featured in Model Engineer and Engineering in Miniature along with a number of independently produced designs. Their catalogue also features a wide range of materials, small tools and accessories. Recently the company has acquired the rights and material assets of the much respected H.P. Jackson of York, for which a catalogue is currently being prepared.
CPC
Name: CPC
Services:
Huge range of stock normally available for next day delivery. Everything from electrical components, household equipment, basic tools, garden furniture, cleaning products.
Address:
Component House
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9PP
Phone: 08447 880088
Website: http://cpc.farnell.com/
Email: sales@cpc.co.uk
Notes:
You do have to create a logon to purchase from the website and delivery is only to the card holders address but after your first order you can ring the accounts department and request a trade account that will deliver to any address. Delivery is free for web orders over £10 is normally with you in a couple of days if the parts are in stock.
Global Surplus
Name: Global Surplus Limited
Services:
David Wheelwright offers a very extensive range of new and used workshop equipment, to cite at random, a vast range of Imperial standard nuts and bolts, fastenings of all kinds, gas supplies, grinding discs, drills and taps, electrical fittings, precision measuring equipment, lathe accessories and tools. David usually has a selection of used machine tools in stock, smaller lathes including instrument maker’s lathes, larger lathes, milling machines, drilling machines and many specialised machines.
Address:
Grantham Road
Boothtown
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX3 6PL
Phone: 01422 362526
Notes:
Situated in the former Stirk’s engineering factory Global Surplus is an Aladdin’s cave of engineering supplies. The table top upstairs is not be missed. Prices are very competitive.
Phoenix Locomotives
Name: Phoenix Locomotives Limited
Services:
Manufacturer of various 5″ and 7 1/4″ locos in either kit form or ready to run. Also supplies speed controllers (iDrive), driving trucks and accessories.
Address:
1 Colchester Road
Kew
Southport
PR8 6XJ
Phone: 01704 546957
Website: www.phoenixlocos.com
Email: keith@phoenixlocos.com
Notes: Products have now been taken on by MRW
