News from your model shop - 8th May 2022

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Don't forget to read our latest modelling tips and unboxing videos located at the bottom of the newsletter.

Two great things are happening next weekend on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th of May. First, the Rydabus event will take place across the Isle of Wight. You will have the opportunity to ride vintage buses like the Leyland Olympian, Bristol L6B or  Bedford CFL. More than 20 buses will be available during this free event. Click this link for more details.

No matter which era you're modelling, flowers play a big part in the environment. Whether they be in a neatly kept garden, park, public space, growing wild or part of a proud station master's platform display, they are everywhere.

When modelling flowers there are generally two options, these are the use of coloured scatter to give the illusion of flowers or the creation of individual detailed plants and flowers for the ultimate detail.

Most will opt for the first option, there's nothing wrong with that, but if you have already decided on the latter, Busch is a good place to start as they produce a huge variety of HO gauge plastic plant and flower kits covering a range of types and perceived habitats. They are obviously suitable for OO gauge.

Busch's simplest flower kits contain a single type of flower and include examples such as their roses, tulips or daisy sets. You get a plentiful supply with 120 individual flowers or plants in each kit. Parts are pre-coloured so painting is not required unless you choose and stems fit into an included base to keep them upright. Modellers can use the kits to create whole fields or just patches of flowers as desired. Alternatively, they can be spread around a layout to populate a number of gardens and floral displays.



For a 'well kept' appearance to a small cottage or garden, you might consider a kit that includes window boxes or planters.



Other intriguing kits includes their garden design kit, flower and plant kit and late summer undergrowth kit. The first two are ideal for creating large scenes, while the latter features a number of plants nearing the end of their lives, ideal for railway shoulders.



For watery scenes, Busch's bull rushes kit will add a realistic feature, their climbing vines are ideal for making model buildings appear unique and their autumn landscape kit contains everything needed to give an autumnal feel to a patch of wasteland.



These are just some of the flower kits Busch has to offer, so why not have a look for yourself to see what your layout could be saying with flowers!

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• Graham Farish 379-307 Steam Locomotive Staff & Crew - N Gauge
• Kibri 39707 Single-track steel girder bridge - HO gauge
• Arma Hobby 70047 Grumman F4F-4 Expert Set in 1:72 scale
• Ratio 468 GWR Round Post Junction Signal kit (Lower Quadrant)
• Faller 180238 Four railway construction workers with signal horn sound effect - HO gauge
• Expotools 71006 Dual Action Model Clamp with Reversible Heads
• Parkside Models PC734 LMS (ex LNWR) 50 ft. Arc Roof Brake 3rd Coach OO gauge
• Peco NR-P178 Ronuk 10ft tank wagon - N gauge
• Trumpeter 05797 HMS Queen Elizabeth 1918 - 1/700 Scale
• Graham Farish 379-326 Livestock Farming Figure Set (1940/50s era) N Gauge

You can access all the unboxing videos by visiting this page or simply click on the link called "videos" on our website.