Showing posts with label Beatties collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beatties collection. Show all posts
Friday, July 10, 2026

Collectors Corner Catalogue 1983

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  Operating from various premises around Euston station from 1963 to 1998, Collectors Corner, was a simply wonderful emporium for those who ...
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Friday, July 03, 2026

Beatties does Fleischmann

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  In their day, Beatties didn't just sell British model trains, they were a supplier of the foreign stuff too. In those days, modelling ...
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Friday, June 05, 2026

Beatties track and rolling stock

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  The Beatties collection continues to grow, more by accident than design. A couple more vans joined the pile from eBay, where it seemed no ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Who keeps old glue?

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  A sticky addition to the Beatties collection - two tubes of plastic cement.  Sadly, one has overheated at some point and turned into froth...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

This is why my collegues think I'm weird

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Sometimes, work post for me goes to the office, and has to be forwarded on. At Doncaster, my boss handed me a jiffy bag that had just arrive...
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Friday, December 12, 2025

Airfix flick motor

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  "Would this fit in your Beatties collection?" asked someone generous at the weekend. I took one look at the price label, and sai...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Model shop carrier bags

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 Some people have greatness thrust upon them. I have old carrier bags from long-defunct model shops.  Trains and Transport of Preston Modelz...
Friday, July 25, 2025

My own little Beatties

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  Finally, I can add a complete shop to my Beatties collection! When I say complete, I mean a frontage. And it's in N gauge. However, th...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Stamford Haul

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  I stuck gold at Stamford. Rooting around a box where the second-hand stall were just looking for a few pence donations, there were some pl...
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Friday, August 16, 2024

Beatties Book of Boats

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  Another item for the collection, this time Beatties catalogue of model boat kits. Plenty in here that is still available in one from or an...
Friday, March 29, 2024

Another Beatties bag

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  The rest of the team on the BRM stand look at me like I'm weird, when some top person (sorry, didn't get a name) appears on the st...
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Monday, December 18, 2023

Beatties for live steam!

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Mamod has a new owner, we covered this in Garden Rail last month, but by coincidence, I found this Beatties leaflet on the RCTS stand at a ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Beatties 16 ton mineral wagon

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  File this in the "how come I've not posted about this before" group. Answering a question on RMweb last week, I assumed I...
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Monday, September 26, 2022

Hornby watch

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  I've been too busy for any personal modelling for the last few days, so this week's blog posts are going to be a bit of a catch-up...
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Friday, May 13, 2022

Beatties paper bags

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  Another excellent addition to the Beatties collection - three paper bags thanks to Ian on RMweb who spotted I was a bit of a fan and decid...
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Friday, January 07, 2022

Bradford Model Railway (Manchester) Centre bag

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Would you like an old plastic bag from a model shop?  Of course I would.  Just around the corner from a Wimpy - can things get any better?  ...
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Thursday, April 08, 2021

Taylor & McKenna bags

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  Some great post arrives - a package containing a load of old model railway catalogues which we'll look at another day, and the prize -...
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Friday, November 13, 2020

Rare!

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  Thanks to Hugh Freeman for this unexpected addition to my Beatties collection. An unopened packet of track pins, complete with price ticke...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Railmail wagon

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One for the extinct model shops collection - a Graham Farish OO gauge wagon in Railmail livery. Younger modellers will be surprised that...
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Monday, March 11, 2019

The return of the Handyman Hall Railway

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For the Leamington Show, I dug The Handyman Hall railway out of storage. Despite not having seen the light of day for at least 5 years, ...
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