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Sorting and re-shelving stock after the great Railex show at Aylesbury this weekend has shown that we are now down to the last 11 Ferrocrete Cement vans. We sold 9 from the last box at Railex, and have therefore decided that we will not take them to shows in the... read more →

Minerva Model Railways, the independent company formed by Chris Basten and the late Chris Klein,    announce the production of a finescale, injection-moulded 0 gauge model of the Great Western Railway 56xx 0-6-2T in 7mm scale (1:43.5, for 32mm standard gauge). The 56xx class was C.B.Collett’s solution to the replacement of... read more →

Minerva Model Railways have received the decorated samples of their N32 Felix Pole Coal wagons, for the initial four liveries being released this year To recap, in 1923, the Great Western Railway started a concerted effort to introduce larger capacity coal/mineral wagons, to save shunting and enable shorter train lengths.... read more →

Minerva Model Railways will not be at the Gauge 0 Guild's Kettering show this weekend (4th March) but to allay any disappointment for customers who were hoping to purchase some models there, we can do the next best thing. For all orders placed on Saturday 4th March to the Online... read more →

We have received the decorated samples of our forthcoming GW Siphon G, and expect to have them on sale in the late Spring, subject, of course, to the usual proviso! There will be a couple of minor changes to the roof colours and the buffers will be blackened, but overall,... read more →

The artwork for the first 4 liveries of our forthcoming N32 Coal Wagon is now complete, and we have posted  advance order forms into the website. Go to 'Shop Online', hover over the banner and the order forms will drop down to download. The 4 liveries are below  

Just in time for the Guildford show on the 26th November, we received the first prototype of our forthcoming RTR Great Western Siphon. The base model is to Dia.033, but parts are included to make either Dia.059 with roof vents. or the BR built Dia.062 with side ventilators. Three different... read more →

We have just received the third batch of Chrezo's 140C 2-8-0 locos and tenders. Included is the last 140C in green with yellow lining, as Chrezo have now sold out of this version. We now have the last 3 available for sale. We will only be taking one of each... read more →

In 1923, The Great Western Railway started a concerted effort to introduce larger capacity coal/mineral wagons, to save shunting and enable shorter train lengths. They were colloquially known as Felix Pole wagons, after the GW’s energetic General Manager, who worked hard to promote their use. These 20ton wagons were built... read more →

We are pleased to report that we have new stock of our model bucket sets, and can offer them at the original price of £5.00 for 6, not including postage. They are now available via the Online shop or telephone orders, and we will have them at the Guildford Trade... read more →