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Modellings tips and answers - Metcalfe mini kits - Videos

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There will be a scale model exhibition in Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, Saturday 17th of September. The range covered is large and will include model boats, railways, cars, planes and more. This will take place at St Johns Church annexe in St Johns Crescent, PO36 8EQ. Entrance is only £1.

This week in history

On Tuesday 17th September 1901, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) opens what is to become known as the Grand Canyon Railway. This line is 64 miles in length and connected the town of Williams, Arizona to the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. The line was instrumental in the development of tourism in the area. The increased use of motor cars saw a steady decrease in numbers carried leading to the closure of passenger services in 1968 with freight services ceasing in 1974. In 1988, Private Investors purchased the line and now operate year-round passenger services using a variety of diesel and steam locomotives.

Tool for thought

This week's tool for thought is the Woodland Scenics A200 Gentle Grips. These grips will be a very useful tool for the modeller looking to populate their layout with a large number of small figures. The protective tips help ensure a gentle but firm grip is applied to any figure and removes the prospect of 'twanging' experienced by many users of tweezers which catapults small parts to the four corners of the globe, never to be found again. The extra long reach will help in placing figures or parts in difficult-to-reach locations, or for removing them as the situation demands. For modellers who have a regular need to precisely move and place small parts r figures these grips are sure to be a very useful tool.

Metcalfe mini kits

Metcalfe has long been associated with detailed, easy-to-build cardboard kits of stations, engine sheds, houses, and other larger structures for a model railway. But did you know they also produce a range of smaller models to add detail to your layout?

There doesn't appear to be any definitive theme to the mini kits they produce, but all are of a quality you would expect from Metcalfe and can find a home on most layouts. In OO gauge, kits include models such as a bus shelter, goods yard crane, stone fountain, show jumping fences, market stalls and a platform underpass.

The list doesn't stop there either, with a pill box to enhance countryside or field scenes, a shopping centre arcade roof to alter the look of existing shop fronts, a station clock to give platforms a Victorian feel, picnic tables for pub gardens or a cafe and a choice of benches.

Whatever your miniature model requirements, Metcalfe has it covered.

Modelling tips

We keep on adding modelling tips to our website. Here are the latest ones:

Or re-discover these slightly older articles:

You can read all the articles sorted by categories or from the most recent published one on our website.

Unboxing videos

You want to know what is inside the boxes of modelling products? We open them for you! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified before everyone else or simply click on this selection. Please note that videos are at the bottom of each page.

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

Events and exhibitions

Find all the latest events and exhibitions for the model railway world, on the UK Model Shop Events directory. Hopefully, 2022 will give us plenty of opportunities to attend events all over the country.

Do you need to order?

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. Obviously, our website is open 24h a day and we can post to most locations, including Europe, USA and Australia.

Upstairs Downstairs
3 Pier Street
Sandown, PO36 8JR
Isle of Wight
Tel: 01983 406 616
http://www.trainshop.co.uk or find us on Facebook

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