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Numerous variations of the 1949 Buick Roadmaster exist, due to a wide variety of shades for body color. Although generally thought of as being dark metallic grey, shades of dark silver, green, grey, violet have widely been seen. To increase the variation quantity even more, there are two castings of the Buick Roadmaster, early models with a small hood ornament and later versions without. It might be correct to say...

Another hot week in the Brooklin models factory and another sweaty bunch of model makers…..Euuuggghh. Don’t worry, we clean the models before they get sent out to you.

Good grief, it is August already. That Covid lockdown really sped the year up. We are working on some standard models plus a few things that we can’t quite show you yet. What could they be?Guesses on a postcard to the usual address. Prizes will be handed out. *DISCLAIMER* Prizes will not actually be handed out

The 1940 Ford Van has a long history as the base for many promotionals beginning with the release of the Marque Products van in 1979 and was likely intended that way. The very first models were made in Canada but the main production was made in England. Two castings were used, one with ridged side panels and the other one with smooth side panels, which is the most used. The...

Hello there, thanks for joining us again. It is a scorcher here today. It’s so hot that we are worried that the metal castings may start to melt. Let’s take a look at what we have been working on this week.

Welcome to this weeks blog. Another chance for you to see what is happening behind the scenes here at Brooklin Models.

On October 17, 1989, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, which lasted around 15 seconds, hit the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 67 people with more than 3,000 others injured and causing more than $5 billion in damages. Despite the fact that the disaster was one of the most powerful and destructive quakes ever to hit a populated area of the United States, the death toll was relatively small. The earthquake is...

Hello there, lovely to see you again. The weather is warm and so is the welcome here at BM Towers. Let's take a look at what we have been doing this week.

Hello boys and girls and welcome to another look behind the scenes at Brooklin Models. Today's show is bought to you by the letter C, the letter V and the number 19.

The 1940 Chrysler Newport was originally produced in dark and medium shades of metallic green in Canada. An off-white Canadian version was made for the National Model Car Convention. After Brooklin moved to England, a signal amber version was made. Two casting types, C2 and E2, do not have the raised Le Baron badge on the front fenders. The license plate is only on rear. The model was deleted in...

Hello for the second time this week (you lucky people). Things are starting to get back to normal here at BM Towers. Come on in and take a look.

Well hello there. Long time no see. We hope that you are all well and staying safe during these trying times. A lot of the Brooklin Models staff have been home for weeks and weeks but we are all back now and getting things moving again. Things have changed here (as they have in many places) but we are raring to go.