Steam Traction World

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Great meal out with (almost) all of the staff to celebrate our 15th birthday. Many thanks to @richie_anderson for being a great sport & joining us for a photo opportunity. Really down to earth and top guy. 👏🏻❤️

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Fancy a Steam Traction World 6" Foden C type but don’t want to build it?

Offered for sale by our colleagues over at Legacy Vehicles is a really good example that runs beautifully. #Foden #Fodenforsale

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Our Steam Traction World factory tours continue to prove popular. It offers visitors the perfect opportunity to see us, our engines, our kit and our staff.

View the very latest finished engines on display and how the kits are made from the design

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For those of you in the UK there is distinct feeling of Spring on the way. That is great news for all steam enthusiasts as we look forward to another successful steaming year.

We can’t wait to get stuck into the season and here, Jon Shephard, says

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It’s a sign of the unprecedented times that prices for everything are going up. Energy, food, bills, raw materials. Did you know, for instance, our boiler plate cost has gone up over 300% in the space of a year alone! #SteamEngineinKitForm

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We love to see Your Builds - and so, it seems, does everyone else as these insights always prove popular.

Here’s an update from Francis Simpson who says “First coat of Burrell green is on. Need another kit already! #BurrellGreen #SteamTractionWorld

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@NPCreatives @BBCBreakfast Scale model hobby booming. None more so than @SteamTraction who produce the equivalent of two complete large scale metal kits per week. Everything from design, prototyping & manufacture done here in the UK.

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@BBCBreakfast Great report showing @Airfix but how about instead of always mentioning the ‘big boys’, giving the lesser known model manufacturers a mention. We’ve been doing all metal (not plastic) model kits for 15 years.

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There’s singing, there’s dancing, football, skateboarding - a silly song and steam! It's the annual Steam Traction World festive film for 2022. https://t.co/0Ww2cb8gI9

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We love the Christmas adverts here’s our take on a trio of tasty treats from this year.
John Lewis Advert - with a slight twist
We just couldn’t resist!…
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We love to see your builds and we always say “at any stage,” so here is a very important stage - for builders and us!

Brian Kettell, from Northamptonshire, has just placed an order for a 2” Inch Burrell Traction Engine. #Startingyourbuild

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Well here’s super news. Another engine complete.

This one was a full rebuild and paint by Dave Tucker on behalf of a customer. Dave says “Thank you to the Steam Traction World team for sorting out all the spares.”
It’s #BurrellRoadLocoBuilder

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We delivery Steam Traction World kits all around the globe.
Here Ted Best from Orlando, Florida, in the US is pleased to welcome kits 11 through 30 of the 6” Foden Lorry and the Lykamobile.
“A lot of work ahead” he proclaims. #BuildaSteamEngine

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Congratulations to Mark Steven for another Best Miniature in Show at the recent Hunton Steam Rally.
The rally, which this year saw the 35th Anniversary, takes place in the village of Hunton in Lower Wensleydale. #steamrally

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What an incredible event the Great Dorset Steam Fair is.
#greatdorsetsteamfair #GDSF #steamtractionworld #steam

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It’s Your Builds again - Here’s Greg Clifton and the fantastic Audrey, a 4” Scale Burrell Roller, recently completed.

Greg says “Have a look on the Facebook Burrell Roller Builders Group it’s brought a lot of fun to our family!”
(Link #SteamRoller

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We love to see your builds at any stage and here’s a fabulous Foden that is tantalisingly close to being finished.

The engine, belonging to Mark Steven, from Edinburgh, says “Outside for the first time in a while so I could clean the workshop.

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair is BACK and we are pleased to announce Steam Traction World will be there with our BIGGEST display EVER!

For the first time in 3 years, The Great Dorset Steam Fair. 'The National Heritage Show’ returns and remains the

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The 6" scale Little Samson
The Little Samson was a 5 ton steam tractor built by Savages of Kings Lynn to comply with the Heavy Motor Car Orders of 1905. The model is now available with Steam Traction World in 3", 4" and 6" scale. #LittleSamson

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Last week saw the completion of a 4" DCC Burrell Scenic Showmans Engine John Rex Model Engineers have built from a Steam Traction World Kit with certain modifications.
#steamtractionworld #showmansengine #steamengine

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