Current progress

May 2006

The workshop was rebuilt last year - now we are knocking down some walls - 2 down, 3 to go - then new kitchen etc!

Locos will be available in future in three forms - Basic kits, Superkits and Ready to Run
See the Superkits page for details

The SECR D class loco production has been temporarily discontinued to enable me to concentrate on the LSWR T9. Design of the latter is almost complete, but the etches require a little more work, and the casting masters have still to be made.
Locos will be more detailed with correct backhead, hidden controls for R/C and an Electronic Water Level Display fitted as standard

May 2005

Orion Models has moved - at last!.
See the contact us page for the new address.

First the good news - I can now rebuild my workshop - it has been mostly packed away for the last 12 months whilst awaiting the move. Curiously most potential buyers do not consider a bedroom converted to a workshop as an asset. Odd that.

Now for the bad news - I have to rebuild my workshop. Hopefully this will not take too long, after which loco production can resume - at a greater pace than before.

My apologies to those of you waiting for locos, kits or parts that have been delayed by all this disruption. It is a little tricky building anything on the office desk, without adequate tools!

November 2003

Emphasis has switched to development of the DEErivative models - the GWR 4-4-0s are turning out more complex than I had originally intended. As this is a full time business, I need to concentrate on something that will actually generate revenue!

The GWR 4-4-0s will be done (I have put too much time and effort into them to abandon them now) but at a later date. A Bulldog may well appear as a DEErivative model in 2007.