Brooklin Blog

“Hello there, dearest viewer. We have the heating on. It’s a little early but it’s flipping cold here in the mornings. One of the assembly team has had her scarf on for weeks. Brrrrrr…..ooklin Models”

The newly formed North American Brooklin Collectors Club announces its first major event:  The NABCC will kick off with a big event planned for November 19 & 20, 2021. To be held at the world-renown NB Center for American Automotive Heritage in Allentown, PA, USA. This event will feature the world debut of the all-new NB Centerline of Brooklin models with an unveiling of six models, four of which will...

‘Hello. Your mission, should you choose to accept it is to have another looks at some of the things we have been building here at BM this week. This message will self-destruct in 10 seconds. ***Disclaimer: This message won’t actually explode.***

This model was originally introduced as the Shelby Mustang in 1986, but was deleted in 1988 due to licensing problems with Carroll Shelby. The standard edition is finished in metallic blue, with white markings, mag type wheels and racing air scoops. Tyres are blackwall. Approximately 5000 of these models were produced.       MODEL EXPO Marc Mosko, Chairman of Model Expo which has been in the model kit and...

“Well. We’re not normally one(s) for talking small about the weather but…..IT IS WET HERE!!!! Thankfully we are tucked up nice and warm in the factory making awesome models. Don’t believe us? We have photographic proof!!!!”

Hello there and welcome to your Friday look at life at Brooklin Models. It’s been a busy week!

The first standard edition of the 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria, produced in 1987, strangely had the wrong license plate number. Many were produced with orange “TEXAS BRK22” plates. During the production run, the tags were changed to the correct “FLORIDA BRK23”. The color is spearmint green, with some models in a lighter shade, interior is light beige with license plate orange, changed to white with yellow plate for the second...

‘The schools are back, the weather is on the turn, Autumn is on the way and we have the heating on. Well once, it was really cold that day. No slowing down for us though and we are plowing on with builds.’

‘Well hello and a very warm welcome to another week at Brooklin Models. We are at an odd place right now between jobs but we still have a few things to share with you. Enjoy’

The Indianapolis 500 is held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a 2.5 mile (4 km) oval circuit. The track is a rounded rectangle, with four turns of identical dimensions connected by four straightaways: two long straightaways and two short chutes. Drivers race 200 laps, counter-clockwise around the circuit, for a distance of 500 miles (800 km). From its beginning in 1911, the race has always been scheduled on or...

‘Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember? Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September… Another month gone and a new one begins. Before we know it we will have the pumpkins out, the fireworks up and the Xmas tree decorated. Before then we have loads of orders to complete. Onwards!’

Hello and welcome to you all. Only a few pics this time as we are ‘between projects’. Come on in and have a look around.