London Underground
London Underground
The Underground range of kits includes a small number of station buildings representing just a few of the different styles on the system.
There are also some more generic items which will hopefully be useful - tube tunnel platforms, embankment walls for the subsurface lines, escalators and general interior items for stations.
This new Underground station building is compact and useful where space is tight. It can easily be incorporated into a row of shops or other buildings.
A classic design inspired by a 1920s building that was finally replaced in the mid-1970s.
KUS - Kingsway Underground Station
A gentle warning to anyone whose grandmothers neglected to teach them to 'suck eggs'!
London Underground trains come in two sizes!
Although the Underground is generally referred to as 'the Tube'; not all Underground trains are actually 'tube trains'! The deep level tube lines run through tunnels only 12 feet in diameter. The trains are relatively small - it's quite possible that once aboard, your head will touch the roof.
The District, Metropolitan and Circle lines are served by 'Surface stock trains' which are of similar size to mainline trains and are simply too large to fit into the tube tunnels.
They do run underground but usually through tunnels that have been built by the 'cut and cover' method. This means that a trench was cut, and was then roofed over.
This means that the two Kingsway 'tube station tunnel' kits -TSA and TSN will only accomodate tube sized trains. This would mean the EFE 1938 and 1962 stock models, or any of the 'Metro Models' trains. Models of 'surface stock' trains will not fit!
See the diagrams to compare the difference in size.
Metro Models trains (tube stock) and Radley Models (surface stock) are now part of the PhoenixPrecision group.
For an explanation of what is involved in construction of the kits, please click HERE
See how Kingsway Models buildings can be used in dioramas on the DIORAMAS page.
