When it was pointed out to us that plywood sleepers are no longer readily available we got straight onto it and added them to our standard range of 00 and 0 gauge products. They are available as 10″ x 8’6″ and 10″ x 9′ (5.8 x 63mm) sleepers and also in longer strips to cut …
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You will probably be aware that Royal Mail has again made substantial increases to the cost of posting first class letters. The press have described the 30 pence increase to send a first class letter as scandalous. Unfortunately the cost of sending our small boxes has gone up even more; between 50 and 60 pence …
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Andrew Turners fabulous model of Crewe Works is of special interest to us as Paul is from Crewe and his late father spent his working life here. The laser-cut windows Andrew used were 0-106 and 0-108. His model is 00 gauge but required particularly large windows so these 0 scale frames were just perfect.
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Mostly we laser-cut for the smaller gauge railway layouts but occasionally we cut much larger pieces for Garden layouts and in this case a full size lighting gantry for Aubrey Turner. The two designs were cut from 4mm MDF in seven sections to give a total length of six meters.
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Richard Thomas purchased two of our 00-Footbridge01 kits, plus a selection of additional frets from the standard kits, to construct this very impressive bridge across his layout, which is loosely based on the area north of Manchester, in the vicinity of Park Station (chosen as he lives in Park Lane) and Philips Park sidings. It …
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We have supplied Brian Fitzsimons with many architectural details over the years. For his glazed canopy we supplied GER-pattern valance (00-VAL105) and bespoke canopy brackets to this ‘cobweb’ design. The photograph shows it set into a temporary jig prior to assembling at the rear of the station.
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David Wright has built a model of “Britain’s wonkiest pub” after its illegal demolition, following the blaze on 5th August. The 18th Century Crooked House in Staffordshire was well-known for its “wonky” appearance due to mining subsidence in the area. It was a three week project for David, who worked from photographs he had taken …
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We have updated our range of fences and matching gates. The five designs are now laser-cut from brown laserboard. This is a strong moisture-resistant board which takes paint well, although having a mottled brown finish it’s ideal for modelling timber fences without the need to paint them. The fences can be fitted into your baseboard …
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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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