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Hello to you, dearest collector. We are getting very excited for our Christmas holidays in a few weeks but until then we have to keep building your models. Come on in and take a look!    

In 1848, an enormous gold discovery in the Sierra Nevada mountains initiated the California Gold Rush of 1849. By 1852, San Francisco, with its natural harbour, had been transformed from a sleepy outpost into a world class metropolis, the "Gateway To The Gold Fields". Over the next two decades, grand houses and hotels were built, but the finest opened its doors in 1875. Towering seven stories above what was then...

Hello everyone! Step inside for another chance to see what we have been doing behind the scenes at Brooklin Models....

The fifteenth edition of the world football championship was held in the United States in 1994, for the first time outside of Europe and Latin America, and for the first time with the assignment of three points to victory. This was also the last 24-team edition, expanded to 32 from the next world championship.     It was won by Brazil, after defeating Italy in the final on penalties for...

The Berlin Wall was a system of fortifications built by the East German government to prevent the free movement of people between the territory of East Germany and West Berlin. It was considered the symbol of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. On November 9, 1989, after several weeks of public riots, the East German government announced that visits to Germany and West Berlin would be permitted, therefore many...

Welcome to rather cryptic blog. This week we are ALL working on some projects that we can't reveal yet. Here are some ambiguous closeups to... Check this out and leave a comment about what do you think about!

Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another look at the happenings at Brooklin Models. This week we also feature some photos form the Brooklin Collectors Club AGM held in Bath. Looks like everyone had a great time. The casting room are busy working on various pieces for an upcoming project, Mark C. is sanding wooden bases for the project too. The master is the finished BRK 229 - Chevy Bel...

Hello one and all. We are still sorting out a few bugs in the new website system but we hope to have everything up and running as normal very soon. This week Martyn has almost finished the BRK 229 seatpan, the casting room are working on a new, slightly larger steering wheel and we have 2 pieces from 2 upcoming projects.....which (surprise, surprise) we can't show you yet. Thanks for...