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Triang-Hornby 26 Pieces R-453 and R-457 Bridge Incline Piers, OO and HO-Gauge

Triang-Hornby 26 Pieces R-453 and R-457 Bridge Incline Piers, OO and HO-Gauge

7 $18.00 32m
Triang-Hornby 48 Pieces R-430 and R-431 Curved Sidewalls & Inserts, OO HO-Gauge

Triang-Hornby 48 Pieces R-430 and R-431 Curved Sidewalls & Inserts, OO HO-Gauge

9 $39.99 36m
Triang-Hornby 48 Pieces of R-456 Straight Sidewalls and Inserts, OO HO-Gauge

Triang-Hornby 48 Pieces of R-456 Straight Sidewalls and Inserts, OO HO-Gauge

12 $49.99 42m
Triang-Hornby Assorted Trackside and Support Pieces

Triang-Hornby Assorted Trackside and Support Pieces

 5 $2.00 54m
Triang-Hornby OO and TT-scale Brochure and Track Plans, Beautiful Artwork!

Triang-Hornby OO and TT-scale Brochure and Track Plans, Beautiful Artwork!

 1 $0.99 1h 20m
Hornby R2685 4-6-2 West Country BR #34006 Bude HORNBY OO SCALE 1 76 DCC READY

Hornby R2685 4-6-2 West Country BR #34006 Bude HORNBY OO SCALE 1 76 DCC READY

 - $129.00 1h 48m
R.794 Hornby OO Scale Advanced Passenger Train Pack

R.794 Hornby OO Scale Advanced Passenger Train Pack

 8 $162.74 2h 14m
MECCANO HORNBY MOBILOIL GARGOYLE SHELL MOTOR OIL SPIRIT TRAIN TANK CARS TANKER

MECCANO HORNBY MOBILOIL GARGOYLE SHELL MOTOR OIL SPIRIT TRAIN TANK CARS TANKER

 - $69.00 2h 44m
Vintage 3 Rail OO Hornby Dublo LMS 0-6-2 Steam Loco Shunter and Wagon RR

Vintage 3 Rail OO Hornby Dublo LMS 0-6-2 Steam Loco Shunter and Wagon RR

 - $48.14 2h 57m
Hornby OO British Rail Class 31 Diesel Loco R2421 31110

Hornby OO British Rail Class 31 Diesel Loco R2421 31110

 - $129.99 5h 2m
hornby vintage bumper stops

hornby vintage bumper stops

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 $13.99
$17.99		 19h 56m
hornby vintage signal cabin

hornby vintage signal cabin

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 $19.99
$29.99		 20h
hornby vintage d1 island platform

hornby vintage d1 island platform

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 $29.99
$39.99		 20h 5m
hornby vintage d1 through station with original box

hornby vintage d1 through station with original box

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 $39.99
$59.99		 20h 9m
hornby vintage d1 foot bridge with original box

hornby vintage d1 foot bridge with original box

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 $22.99
$29.99		 20h 13m
hornby vintage oo guage 3 rail set with original box

hornby vintage oo guage 3 rail set with original box

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 $149.99
$199.99		 20h 32m
hornby corridor coach oo guage w original box

hornby corridor coach oo guage w original box

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 $22.99
$29.99		 23h
hornby corridor coach oo guage w original box

hornby corridor coach oo guage w original box

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 $19.99
$24.99		 23h 4m
hornby corridor coach oo guage

hornby corridor coach oo guage

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 $17.99
$21.99		 23h 6m
hornby corridor coach oo guage

hornby corridor coach oo guage

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 $19.99
$23.99		 23h 8m
hornby duchess of atholl steam 3 rail oo guage

hornby duchess of atholl steam 3 rail oo guage

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 $84.99
$109.99		 23h 17m
hornby oo guage 3 rail switch lot (7)

hornby oo guage 3 rail switch lot (7)

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 $59.99
$70.99		 23h 28m
hornby oo guage lot of 13 freight cars w original boxes

hornby oo guage lot of 13 freight cars w original boxes

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 $88.99
$99.99		 23h 44m
hornby vintage oo guage lot of 5 rail isolators and switch with original boxes

hornby vintage oo guage lot of 5 rail isolators and switch with original boxes

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 $17.99
$21.99		 23h 49m
hornby vintage oo guage lot of 3 uncoupling rail ubr 3 rail with original boxes

hornby vintage oo guage lot of 3 uncoupling rail ubr 3 rail with original boxes

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 $14.99
$19.99		 23h 56m
hornby vintage oo guage d1 switches (7) with original boxes

hornby vintage oo guage d1 switches (7) with original boxes

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 $14.99
$19.99		 1d
hornby vintage oo guage track lot pieces 3 rail

hornby vintage oo guage track lot pieces 3 rail

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 $27.99
$39.99		 1d 32m
vintage oo guage tunnels 3pc

vintage oo guage tunnels 3pc

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 $27.99
$39.99		 1d 39m
HORNBY R6411 12 13 SHARK ZUV WAGONS (THREE)

HORNBY R6411 12 13 SHARK ZUV WAGONS (THREE)

 - $45.00 1d 3h 47m
Hornby Iron Bert OO HO Thomas and Friends RARE

Hornby Iron Bert OO HO Thomas and Friends RARE

 - $89.95 1d 4h 26m

Model News

  • More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft    1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles   1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.