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‘Well, hello there. Fancy seeing you here. Do you come here often? Of course you do, every week, right? Well you picked the right week as you can finally have a look at a project that we have been working on. “What is it??” we hear you cry. time to find out……’

“F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!! And it’s a bank holiday weekend here in the UK so we get Monday off. M-M-M-M-M-M-M-M-MONDAY!!!!!!!!! Enjoy the blog, we’re off to buy beer and burgers for the weekend BBQs”

The 1938 Phantom Corsair (BRK33) premiered in the spring of 1991. It is finished in gloss black with a red interior, yellow license plate and whitewall tyres. The letters “DLM” etched in base stand for Darren Leonard Mould, who made the master. It was deleted in January 1998.   MINIGRID After completing his prototype Phantom Corsair, finished in high gloss black, Rusty Heinz painted it a matte light tan in...

‘It’s usually our Easter shutdown week but due to a change in holiday arrangements we are still here. So you lucky people are getting an extra dose of your Brooklin medicine. Open wide, here come the train…..CHOO CHOOOOOOOOO”

“It’s Friday. YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. That means that it is Blogtime. YAAAAAAAAAAAAY”

 Brooklin first produced the 1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner (BRK32) in September 1990. The standard edition is a pale green color but, due to paint variations, it has been seen in a creamy pale green and a grey color. In late December 1994 it was supplanted by the BRK32A. This version is done in a pretty shade of blue with a cream roof. It was deleted in August 2001. An...

“DON’T PANIC, MR. MAINWARING!!!” We are still here. Most of the week has been spent sending out orders to you lucky people. The New Venturas and the Rivieras are on their way out as we speak. Here’s a little look at what else the rest of the (smaller) team has been doing.

“We’re baaaaaaaack! No, this isn’t an April fools joke, we are actually blogging. After a rather crappy few weeks where had to say goodbye to many members of staff :’( we are back to ‘normal’. This week we have been getting the Pontiac Venturas boxed up and ready to go next week and working on another project that is, you guessed it, under wraps for now.

Mitch Stenzler had been collecting automobile memorabilia, gas station pumps and fixtures, antique toys and model automobiles since the early 1970's and this hobby quickly grew into a business. Weber's was actually a collection in itself, a product of a jewelry store established in 1917 by J. Weber, an immigrant from Germany. In 1984 Mitch's wife, Sonya, arranged a unique 50th birthday surprise. She knew that Mitch had been collecting...

BROOKLIN VIDEO I John Hammick and David Angel have created in 1992 a video tape cataloging BRK1 through BRK9 and featuring some rarely seen models. This video is extremely well done, right from the start, where nothing is said for the first few minutes, just a parade of Brooklin. This video begins at the beginning, with an interview of John Hall. It's a fascinating story of John's first models, actually...

“Greetings to you, dearest reader. It’s blogtime. Here it comes. Ready?”

The first standard 1953 Pontiac Van (BRK31) appeared in 1990, after a few special models had been released. It is painted orange, different shades exist, with a blue sun visor and interior and Gulf Oil decals. Approximately 30 models are known without sun visor. A baseplate error is noted with 300 of the Gulf Oil vans released with the "1 of 500" designation on the baseplates that were intended for...