Upstairs Downstairs
Another proper traditional high street style model shop. Location: Sandown, Isle of WightAddress: 3 Pier Street, Sandown, United Kingdom, PO36 8JR Phone: 01983 406616 www.trainshop.co.uk Like so many of the model shops I now...
Monthly Archive: September 2021
Colletts Models
Having started writing about my preferred and recommended model shops, I featured two model stores in the north of England. Following my writings about Caistor Loco and KJB Models this one couldn’t be much...
Caistor Loco
Located on the market square in the North Lincolnshire village of Caistor this model shop is a proper traditional affair. Not the largest of stores by any stretch of the imagination, so how they...
KJB Models
One of Britains newest model shops, it only opened it’s doors to the public in December 2020. To date I have not been to the new shop, however I have used their online and...
Model Shops
Much has been made over the last few years in the press about the importance of buying local, and independent. The plight of small businesses has been a hard one over the course of...
Dapol announce N Gauge O & K JHA Hoppers
Dapol have provided more details of the O & K JHA Hoppers they announced at TINGS (The International N Gauge Show). With the announcement of the class 59 in N Gauge by both Dapol...
RevolutioN Trains announce all steel ‘K-type’ Pullman carriages
Anyone who reads the annual polls on most wanted new releases be it in magazines or on the internet can be sure to have seen these mentioned in the N Gauge lists. Now people...
Revolution Announces First RTR Tube Stock In N
And now for something you didn’t necessarily realise you wanted or needed. Or at least, not until it was announced this morning by Revolution Trains. Revolution Trains have announced today at The International N...
The International N Gauge Show
This weekend sees the return of what I would describe as the first major exhibition of 2021. And also, as it happens the first major one since the relaxation of Covid restrictions in the...
Hello world!
Welcome to the archetypal WordPress welcome post. Over the years I have contributed to more blogs and websites on the topic of model railways than I care to remember. Including a number of sites...