Category Archives: News

Following the government’s advice, we are taking measures to protect our staff and our customers.  As of today the office is closed to visitors and we will be working reduced hours.  We will be monitoring emails and responding as quickly … More →

In light of the recent news and advice from the government we have decided to postpone our open day and sale, scheduled for 18th April.  As many of you know, all exhibitions until at least June have now been postponed … More →

Welcome to our March update.  This month we bring you reminders for our open day and sale and the Midlands Garden Railway Show, as well as news of a very unusual venue for steaming an Accucraft locomotive and last calls … More →

Welcome to our February news bulletin, we bring you the welcome news that the ‘G’ Vans are in stock, the design for the Quarry Hunslet is complete, we set a date for this year’s Open Day and some rare Accucraft … More →

Happy New Year! Welcome to our first 2020 website bulletin.  This month we bring you news of our next 16mm (1:19 scale) locomotive to follow Talyllyn No.1, updates for some forthcoming items and following a tidy-up in the warehouse, a … More →

Happy Christmas! We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and thank you for your support during 2019. We’d like to take the opportunity to highlight some forthcoming releases and some … More →

Welcome to the November website bulletin!  We can now bring you up to date with the new Aster LNER Class B1 4-6-0, progress with the L&SWR Radial Tank and some J&M coaches to go with it, news of production of … More →

End of Season Sale!  The big news this month is that we are having an end of season clear out of older lines, ‘open box’ items and repaired stock, J&M Coaches make a welcome return, the G1MRA AGM and Show … More →

Despite rumours of its recent demise we’d like to assure Aster and Accucraft customers that Aster is alive and well and planning on growth!  Bing Cheng of Accucraft Trains and Fujii Susumu of Aster Hobby have issued the following joint … More →

It was a hectic start to the month with the Llanfair Garden Railway Show, where it was great to see so many of you; the two new generic locomotives, Talgarth and Sabrina were very well received (see the forthcoming review … More →