Model Engineering Kits
These fall into two categories. Machined kits or unmachined kits. The unmachined kits often consist of drawings, castings, stock metal and all the necessary nuts, bolts and other fixings necessary to complete the model. They require machining facilities to complete. Typically this will include a lathe, drilling machine and possibly a milling machine. A good level of knowledge about machining is necessary to successfully complete these kits. Machined kits are a set of parts that are fully machined and only require finishing with hand tools, painting, etc. Workshop machinery is not required. The kit will typically contain all the parts necessary to complete the kit, including all fixings, pressure gauges and other steam fittings, etc. These kits require a lot less work than an unmachined kit, but are very expensive. Availability tends to be limited as productions runs are small due to the high price.
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