Hello,
One of the joys of modelling is to make things from scratch. Draw (or adapt) some plans, source the relevant materials and see your creation take place over a period of a few hours or days or weeks or months.
Nothing is impossible when you do it like that. This is a great opportunity to learn lots: how to use tools, how materials behave, architectural skills, observation skills. Yes, this is sometimes hard work but it is very rewarding.
And obviously this can be used in any scale and on whatever subject matters you like, be it an N gauge building or a 1:35 AFV model or even a unidentified scale sci-fi model.
A good example are these stables from Nikki. Click on the picture to be taken to our Facebook page where you will see a lot more pictures of the same model.
Now that you are suitably inspired, you probably need the raw material. You can go for wood, metal, card or plastic. Plastic is usually considered the best compromise: easy to glue and cut, enjoyable to paint and strong enough to build most structures.
Did you know we carry a wide range of plastic shapes? They are available in packs or in singles and include : rods, open web trusses, deep channels (U), Z bars, angles, I beams, square rods, square tubes, H columns, T sections, channels (C), half rounds, stairs, stair rails, hand rails, ladders, quarter rounds and we have probably forgotten half of them!
Here is a selection in pictures. As always click on any picture to get more details and the full list of nearly 350 shapes and sheets is also available by clicking here.
Send us an email or give us a call to check availability or to reserve anything, whatever scale you model in. As usual, if we do not have in stock what you are looking for, we will order it for you and you will get it fast (usually within a week if the manufacturer has it in stock). We place weekly orders with most suppliers.
Remember, you can park for free for one hour on the High Street. So no excuse not to come and visit us!
Upstairs Downstairs is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am till 4.30pm, Sunday from 1pm till 4pm. We are closed only on Monday.
Carole & Max
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Upstairs Downstairs
3 Pier Street
Sandown, PO36 8JR
Isle of Wight
Tel: 01983 406 616
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