Brooklin Blog

Hello there and welcome to a more normal (and certainly less stressful) blog. This week sees the end of our total chaos and a move into a more gentle chaos. As you can see in the photos, we are pretty much organised and ready to make a start on producing models. If only the air compressor had been delivered when it was supposed to. As soon as it arrives we...

STANDARD EDITION This vehicle is a cooperative venture from Ford and Marmon-Herrington, a provider of four-wheel drive conversions and it is based on the 1952 Ford F1 Delivery Van. The casting was significantly modified to produce a Marmon-Herrington Ford Ranger (BRK42B). Changes to the van include chrome side and rear door handles, an outside mirror, black bumpers and a painted grille. The baseplate has been modified to show the all-wheel...

Greetings dearest reader. We are rapidly approaching the point of producing some models again. Darren’s Pattern Making area, the Assembly area and the office are all set up. We just need to put up some more shelves. So many shelves.

Well, what started out last week as a fairly spacious, organised space....has descended into chaos! 3 lorry-loads of stuff coming back from storage will do that to a building. As you can see we have stuff on top of junk on top of rubbish. We are gradually getting shelving up and throwing out everything that we don't need (the scrap metal man has done VERY well out of us this...

As the singer Paul Young once sang… “Wherever I lay my casting machine, that’s my home”. Or something like that. We are now settled in and feeling like we belong. All of our stuff is coming back from storage on Monday so we will be very busy getting everything sorted. Back up and running at full speed very soon.

“It has happened. It has FINALLY happened. We are officially in our new factory. Ok, so it might be a mess right now but we are already feeling at home here. Photos!!!”

STANDARD EDITION A standard version of the 1952 Ford F1 Delivery Van (BRK42) finally emerged in 1994 after several special editions were produced. It was an ambulance in the livery of Jasper County, South Carolina, adjoining county to Beaufort County where John and Jenny Hall maintained a vacation home in Hilton Head Island for many years. It features emergency front and rear lights cast in the roof. It was deleted...

Hello and welcome to one of the last few weeks for Brooklin in Bath. Our planned new factory has fallen through but we have already found a new one (it's on the same estate in Paulton) We all popped out there for a look earlier this week and it looks great. We'll be moving in as soon as we can. Take a look for yourselves.

The 1959 Chrysler 300E Convertible (BRK41) first appeared in January 1993 among a certain amount of controversy. It was to be a gold metallic. However, the factory erroneously painted the first 210 in a mustard gold and a few in a dark mustard before finally producing the proper intended color. Most of these color variation Chryslers were sent to Brasilia Press and were distributed to dealers in the U.S.. The...

“DON’T PANIC!!!! We are still alive! Things have been…weird….that’s probably the best description. After so many years in the same building it’s odd to be renting a small office. We are keeping ourselves busy though. Have a look. And send biscuits!”

The standard 1948 Cadillac 62 Dynamic Fastback Coupe (BRK40) was released in November 1992 and deleted in September 2000. It is finished in dark blue with red interior, yellow license plate and whitewall tyres. Three different shades exist with one being almost black. This model was initially supplied with a plated box opener shaped in the old style Brooklin logo, a very useful tool.       JOHN ROBERTS CONVERSION...

"And now, the end is near, and so I face the final truck-load. My friend I'll say it clear, Brooklin Models will soon hit the road. We've built so many models, that traveled each and every diorama highway. And more, much more than this, we built them the Brooklin waaaaaaaaay."