Garden Railway Suppliers
See also: Garden Railway Links, Other Scales and Ride OnThe suppliers listed here are ones I've used, or come across in the course of my hobby. They are listed here in roughly alphabetical order.
ABC Gears
ABC Gears supply high quality, efficient
gearboxes for 0 Gauge and Gauge 1 modellers.
They have a range of gearboxes for electrically powered model locomotives, including some
gearboxes designed for bogies in models of diesel locos.
ACME Steam
ACME Engineering's mission is to bring life to model engineering.
Mike Ousby is an authorised service and repair agent with Accucraft UK (and before that, with their
predecessor, Marches Models). He has a vast amount of experience
with their products and can tackle any job. Being approved by Accucraft UK means that his work
won't invalidate your Accucraft UK warranty.
AnDel Models
Andy Bell sells a range of 16mm/ft model kits, made of polyurethane.
He started trading via an eBay shop, and has
recently moved to running his own website at
www.andelmodels.co.uk and expanded his range
of rolling stock kits.
Brandbright
Brandbright are excellent, you can buy just about anything
to do with Garden Railways from them, and they offer good old
fashioned service. They deal mainly with 16mm/ft,
but also cater for G scale and Gauge 3. Brandbright are also
a supplier of Roundhouse
locos.
Rob Bennett's Busy Bodies
Rob sculpts amusing model people so you can add
character(s) to your garden railway. Figures are
available in a number of large scales including
16mm and 7/8ths
from RobBennet.org.
Samples of his recent commissions can be seen on his
Photobook
site.
Rob's YouTube includes such goodies as a video of
Graham Stowell's Nell Firkin loco.
Dream Steam
Dream Steam
Supply parts and enhancements for Mamod and MSS locomotives, as well as new MSS locos and rolling stock.
They are based in Plymouth, and following a period of uncertainty in 2010, have re-launched the company.
Forest Classics
Forest Classics
aim to supply the best Steam, Gas and Hot Air Engines in the world.
As well as being a major Mamod stockist, they stock many other suppliers
including Wilesco, Mercer, Ministeam and Jensen and a range of Stirling engines
and other parts.
Garden Railway Specialists
Garden Railway Specialists get
a special mention for getting me started in the hobby. These people are specialists in
G scale, and do 16mm/ft as well, and they have their own range of locomotives, largely
electrically powered. They are also stockists of LGB and loads of other G-scale suppliers.
Fans of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways may be interested to know that they
sell kits for "Prince", a Double Fairlie and a Beyer-Garratt K1.
(Check here)
Hog Hill Works
Hog Hill Works (an eBay shop)
sells a number of engineering components for garden railways, including rolling roads,
and metal stock.
IP Engineering
IP Engineering
supply a range of parts and kits, including loco chassis kits, parts for Mamod
locos and a few ranges of coaches. I have obtained a number of electric chassis
from IP for my own railway.
Kent Garden Railways
Kent Garden Railways Model railway suppliers of all gauges.
Specialists in 16mm and G Scale
Mamon Online
Mamod Online
supply oscillating motor steam models,
traction engines, stationary engines, cars,
locos and rolling stock.
Marcway Models
As well as being a model railway shop,
Marcway of Sheffield offer a track-making service,
and can supply custom-made pointwork in just about any scale and gauge, including
16mm/ft.
PPS Steam Models
PPS Steam Models
have possibly the largest UK-based Garden Railway shop on the internet. These guys
are suppliers for every loco manufacturer in 16mm scale that I've ever heard of.
Squires Tools
Squires, based in Bognor Regis, West
Sussex, supply an enormous range of tools and materials
for the modelmaker, and to other hobbies as well. It's well worth obtaining
their catalogue (email them your postal address).