Hornby have made a huge investment in launching a new range of TT trains and railway accessories. Hornby are predicting TT scale, which is already very popular in Europe, will become the “go-to-scale” for UK modellers in the coming years. Being in-between 00 and N gauge (2.54mm to the foot/ 1:120 scale) makes it ideal …
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I’m going to stick my neck out and say Dent Station must be the most recognisable UK station in the realm of railway model layouts – but I’m open to other suggestions? Just in case you’re not familiar with it; the railway station is on the Settle and Carlisle Line. We’re laser-cutting sets of windows …
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We were approached by Giles Baxter back in 2020 to laser-cut plywood roof beams and end screens with intricate tracery for a 00 scale model of York Station. He decided to replicate the Victorian engineering of the roof; no mean feat as anyone who has seen Yorks curving roof will appreciate. William Guild, a recently …
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Our new window frame strips can be used to create canopy roofs as well as north lights, roof lights and signal-box windows etc. They come in depths of 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40mm and three different spacing options with the glazing bars spaced either quarter width to height, half width to height …
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I’m sure it won’t come as a surprise to hear that, as with all manufactures, the cost of producing our products has been going up; but obviously I’m also very aware of the increasing pressures on everyone’s household budgets. Wherever possible we will absorb the increased overheads for as long as possible. We’re currently reviewing …
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I’ve just added this new door to our standard range of 00–scale architectural components. It’s a re-scaled version of the bespoke 0-scale door that features in all of the banners on our website. Link to new 00-DOOR408 Please get in touch if you would like any of our standard products re-scaled for your bespoke models. …
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Ian Hopkins is using frets from our 0-Footbridge01 kits to build his customized lattice footbridges for a model of the London terminus which the L&SWR built at South Kensington on the District Line. The bridge is different in various ways to our standard kit; in the main having extra broad steps at 10’ wide. The …
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David Pinch has just completed this fabulous model of Bournemouth Central Station. Last year we supplied him with the bespoke MDF walls and modified versions of our standard 00-Door08 and 00-202 windows. “It was a pleasure to work with such accurately produced parts – not even having to remove from sprues” David Please get in …
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Peter Lane used our window frames, stone quoins, brick and stone headers and louvred windows, all from our standard range of architectural components, for the brewery buildings on his ‘Hodges Brewery’ diorama.
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“The corridor connections have worked a dream on my Hornby LMS coaches and stretched to their limit quite happily on a 30 inch radius, the maximum on my layout.” “ Joe is working so hard clearing the cattle dock for the next arrivals and fails to notice the passenger train on the mainline” Mike Todd …
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