Barry Witteridge of the 009 Society, Oxford Group, constructed this Chelfham railway building using our bespoke laser-cut windows, doors, screen and barge boards, along with our terracotta diamond tiles. We had previously laser-cut these 4mm scale components for Mr Barnard, who kindly gave his permission for us to use the drawings we had produced for …
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John Shaw designed this kit of parts for a 4mm loco shed for a friend’s layout. With a little guidance from us he was able to provide us with computer drawing files ready for laser-cutting. The most time consuming part of any bespoke project is producing the drawings so if you, or a friend, can …
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Nigel Brown commissioned us to laser-cut bespoke valances for his magnificent scratch-built 7mm scale GWR footbridge. He also used our standard columns which he has slightly modified to achieve the desired design. 0 scale 3D printed columns 00 scale 3D printed columns
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“Thank you so much. You’ve brought a 50 odd year old Hornby Dublo building back to life”. When we received one of the few remaining windows from Graham Day’s Hornby Dublo model we were able to use it to create the required computer drawings to then laser-cut perfect copies. As he said when he kindly …
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We modified our standard 00-106 industrial windows for Roger Tarring’s 00 scale signal box; a shortened version of the original building. Please get in touch if you would like a quote for the designs tweaking, or dimensions changing, of any of our standard components. He also used our N-scale canopy brackets N-D104 to support the …
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When I received this photograph from Colin Spiers I was extremely surprised to read that it was his first attempt at model-making. The beautifully detailed 00-gauge farm diorama is of his original home in County Down, Northern Ireland. “I enjoyed this challenge and I appreciate the products that are available from York Modelmaking as this …
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Roger Marler, of Calgary, Canada, has completed his model of Marlborough Station and it’s now in place on his friend’s layout of the Midland & South Western Junction Railway. Without any form of architectural drawings of the building, but with just a handful of early photographs available, he had to make a series of educated …
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“You may remember making parts for this signal box last November, the brick walls, window frames, brackets and some other bits. The roofing slates are also yours. It has taken me most of my spare time since to complete the model and here are some pictures of the finished result.” Paul Scott Link to guidance …
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Jim Edwards has used 7 of our 0 scale low-relief terrace house kits for his new Mamhead exhibition layout. The standard kits have plane MDF elevations to which you can add one of our laser-etched facades or your own covering. Bob Hunter needed 35 houses for the back-scene of his layout so we laser-etched the …
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