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LK 759 Station Lights £7.95; LK 760 Telephone Kiosks £7.95; LK 761, LK762, LK 763 Station Seats £7.50; LK 764 Bicycles £7.50

Reviewed by Stuart Jackson

I have been asked by the Gazette editor to review some of the recently introduced Peco scenic kits: namely, gas lamps, station seats (three types), bicycles and telephone boxes. All these kits are very nicely moulded with virtually no flash. The fit of all parts is very good and all parts were simply assembled with MEK.
I started with the telephone boxes. The kit contains parts for two boxes, each one consists of six pieces; four sides, a roof and a phone unit. This last item is a press button type. The first job was to paint the back wall black then attach the phone unit and paint the insides GPO red. Then I assembled the four walls and roof followed by painting of the outside red and followed by a little light weathering. I cut the glazing to size and attached this with Glue “n” Glaze. The word ‘telephone’ is printed on the instruction sheet and this was cut out and attached, one to each of the sides, with Glue “n” Glaze. Job done, a very nice addition to the station entrance area.
I built the station seats next. Three types were provided, GWR, MR/Rustic, and SR/Modern. Sufficient parts are supplied in each kit to produce four seats.

The GWR seats have the shirt button monogram moulded into the legs and each has four individual planks. The SR seats are quite plain legs of a more modern design with two mouldings for the planks: a single plank for the back and a second moulding representing four planks for the seat. The MR/rustic seats have those lovely chunky leg castings. The planks have the bolt heads moulded in. All three types go together very easily.
Next on the list were the gas lamps, four of these in a kit. The cast iron pole is moulded in two halves with a rebate up the centre allowing two fine wires to be inserted if lighting is desired. The parts for the top are on a separate sprue and are quite delicate. Careful handling and detaching from the sprue are essential. The lamps were assembled leaving off the top and glazing. They were airbrushed dark green. The glazing comes as a one piece moulding and was placed inside the frame and the lamp top then fixed with Glue “n” Glaze. The only observation I would make is to repeat that care is required due to the delicate nature of some of the mouldings and that careful handling of the parts will result in a fine model.

The last kit I tackled was the bicycles. Eight of these are in the kit, just two parts per bike; one complete frame with wheels and pedals and one handlebar moulding. On two of the bicycles I made a small slit between the headlamp and the front wheel. I twisted the wheels, one to the left and the other to the right and positioned the handlebars accordingly. On one of the bikes, I chopped off the crossbar and replaced it with a piece of styrene at an angle to represent a lady’s bike. The hardest part of these bicycles is the painting. These bicycles in my view are nicer than etched versions as there is more relief detail. Some of the pictures show the finished kits in situ on and around the station area on Strathclyde O Gauge Group’s exhibition layout, Dunphore.

To summarise, all of these kits are a very nice addition to an expanding range of scenic accessories and I would certainly recommend them.

A copy of this review was sent to Peco and their Sales Manager, Steve Haynes, replied; Many thanks for your email, and the accompanying review and photos. I have read this through and thank you for a fair and accurate assessment of our kits. We would be quite happy for this to be published.