Latest News

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Occasional up-dates regarding Masterpiece Models Ltd generally, together with information about our suppliers and associates, will follow at frequent intervals.


Monday 8th, February 2010

Latest King photographs

We thought that you would like to see some of the latest images of our GWR King Class locomotives now that they have been delivered to their new owners! As.... click for full news article

Monday 18th, January 2010

The Bristol 0 Gauge Show and King catch-up

Masterpiece Models will have a stand at the Bristol 0 Gauge Guild Show on 31st January. Unfortunately I will be away on holiday but delighted Malcolm Mitchell will be.... click for full news article

Tuesday 5th, January 2010

King delivery

Although most remaining Kings were couriered to buyers yesterday (Monday), some still haven’t arrived yet (Tuesday evening), even though we used TNT’s 24 hour delivery service. The delay is.... click for full news article

Thursday 31st, December 2009

A look ahead

With completion of our Kings and our Coronation/Duchess build proceeding rapidly with delivery expected early/mid autumn 2010, we anticipate our next builds (Britannias and Stars) making steady progress during 2010..... click for full news article

Saturday 19th, December 2009

The unforgotten aspect - packaging

This is an odd ‘one-off’ Latest News, about packaging – one of those usually neglected aspects of model building. Packing is particularly important for shipping high quality model trains.... click for full news article

Tuesday 3rd, November 2009

Britannia, Clans and other new builds

The Britannia & Clan full ‘Availability List’ will be posted in the respective part of this website on Friday 6th November at around mid-day. Although our Britannias have had.... click for full news article

Tuesday 13th, October 2009

Summary of our latest visit to the builder

Summary of our latest visit to the builder


Thanks to Malcolm Mitchell for up-dating our general Latest News last weekend. I apologise for not making any posting.... click for full news article

Monday 5th, October 2009

General update

Michael Brooks of Masterpiece Models has asked me to post this general ‘Latest News’ on his behalf. There are two reasons for this.
Firstly, Michael is visiting the builder to.... click for full news article

Thursday 3rd, September 2009

A 'SOUND' AGREEMENT

We are very pleased to announce that Masterpiece Models Ltd has reached an agreement with ESU AG of Ulm, Germany for the direct supply of Loksound decoders/sound chips. Buyers.... click for full news article