Examples of ETCHING Custom work

available for further sale

Steam And Things is proud to show this short section of custom work carried out for our clientelle where we have produced the drawings and phototools from sketches supplied by them. ALL these products are available from us.

In brief we charge out as follows:

1. Phototool from $25 (£-sterling 10)
2. Consumables / Materials from $10 (£4)
3. Processing time $20-$30 (£8-12),say
4. Drawing time at $20 (£8) per hour
5. Postage from $6 - £4 (Aus - Intl, optional insurance)
6. Above based upon 0.3mm (12thou) brass

Further details (including presentation of information) are given with an official quotation.

Please note,that custom / bespoke etching is akin to development work - every job is different!

On an experimental basis we are accepting drawings prepared by others; this is as a service and is not the main thrust of our bespoke etching service. We give some guidelines to producing art-work to suit our processes, but that is all. Ongoing advise in the form of tutorials is not given; meaning, you need to have done this before or done your own research work

This button takes you to a list of typical custom jobs done over recent time, whereas if you scroll down this page you can see a selection of pictures and short descriptions of some of them.

Photos: Etch,S&T; model, client
These are coach sides in 4mm scale for and LNER (NE) Composite / Van Coach DIA 124 52 ft to replace sides in a D&S kit. Apparently D&S do a range of kits, including a DIA 125 but not a 124.

Photograph: S&T
Sets of balcony gates for QR Bogie coach CO of 1889 in 0.3mm brass. 1/4" scale (1:48)

More Esoteric Examples

which are definitely one-off...?

Photos: our client
Hand built 19th Century side tipping wagons, by one of our clients, using our etchings. The prototpyes of these models were used during the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal and the Great Central Railway, London Extension. Timbers are from www.modellingtimbers.co.uk

Photo: S&T
These are etched cab parts to convert Bachmann (?) HO locos into lookalikes of Victorian Railways Rogers 4-4-0 "D" Class of 1877 and the Baldwin 2-8-0 "V" class of ~1900

Photo: S&T
These paddle wheels, geared and ungeared are for a large scale model of Brunel's "Great Eastern". This will be a very large model - the wheels are 175mm (7") diameter and there are 384 teeth on the gear.

Line drawings of further examples, loco plates and miscellaneous parts