Est. for the obsessive · Scale model railways

The romance of the railway,
shrunk to scale.

Heritage locomotives, rolling stock and scenery built to museum fidelity — for collectors who notice the rivets, and for newcomers laying their very first length of track.

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The first decision

Which scale is your world?

Gauge is the single thing that trips up every newcomer. Pick once and your whole layout follows. Here's the honest version — no jargon, just what fits your space and your eye.

1:148 N gauge

The grand vista, on a desk

The small one. Sweeping mainlines, long trains and real landscape in a space the size of a coffee table. Detail is finer to read but the world feels vast.

  • Footprint Compact · 1.2m+
  • Best for Big scenery, small rooms
  • Track 9mm
Most popular
1:76 OO gauge

The British favourite

The sweet spot. Big enough to hold real detail in your hand, small enough to build a proper layout in a spare room. The deepest range of stock anywhere.

  • Footprint Roomy · 2m+
  • Best for First serious layout
  • Track 16.5mm
1:87 HO gauge

The world standard

The global benchmark — vast European and American ranges, precise running, and the same 16.5mm track as OO. The collector's lingua franca.

  • Footprint Roomy · 2m+
  • Best for International prototypes
  • Track 16.5mm
1:43.5 O gauge

The heirloom

The big, weighty, deeply satisfying one. Every rivet visible, brass that feels like brass. A statement layout — and the scale collectors return to.

  • Footprint Generous · 3m+
  • Best for Showpieces & brass
  • Track 32mm

Still unsure? Talk to our workshop — we'll size it to your room and your budget before you spend a penny.

Featured collection

Stock worth the wait.

Limited tooling runs, hand-finished and bench-tested before they're boxed. Each comes with a numbered certificate and our lifetime service promise.

OO
Express locomotive

LNER Class A4 ‘Mallard’

OO Gauge · DCC ready · garter blue livery · numbered run of 500

£289
O
Brass heavy freight

GWR 2800 Class Heavy Freight

O Gauge · hand-built brass · weathered finish · limited 120

£912
N
Rolling stock set

Pullman Coach Rake · 5 car

N Gauge · interior detail · sprung buffers · umber & cream

£164
HO
Diesel locomotive

Class 66 ‘Shed’ Diesel

HO Gauge · twin motors · directional lighting · sound fitted

£347
OO
Tank engine

GWR 5700 Pannier Tank

OO Gauge · branch-line classic · DCC ready · Brunswick green

£198
Kit
Scenery kit

Highland Cutting & Viaduct

Universal · laser-cut ply · static grass · stone arch viaduct

£74
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Build your world

A layout is never finished.
That's the point.

The locomotive is only the beginning. The real craft is the world it runs through — the cutting, the station, the dusk light catching a signal. We supply every layer of it, and the patience to go with it.

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Track & baseboards

Set-track, flexible track and hand-laid options. Sectional baseboards engineered to stay true for decades.

Scenery & landscape

Static grass, foliage, water effects, rock moulds. The materials museums use, scaled for the kitchen table.

Controllers & DCC

From a single analogue dial to full digital command. Run a fleet, light the carriages, sound the whistle.

Buildings & figures

Stations, signal boxes, cottages and the tiny people who give a scene its breath. Kit or ready-weathered.

Our heritage

“We are not in the business of toys. We are in the business of belief — the half-second a visitor leans in and forgets the room around the layout is full-size.”

Brassline began at a workbench, with one locomotive rebuilt rivet by rivet because the factory had got the cab wrong. Four decades on, the obsession hasn't softened. Every model we sell is run-in by hand, every brass casting checked against the original works drawings. We chase the detail you'd only notice with a loupe — because we know you'll look.

The Brassline Workshop · Est. tooling 1978
Layout of the month

“Glenfinnan in Autumn” — by R. Whitmore

A 4m OO mainline crossing a 21-arch viaduct, with hand-flocked larch and a working dusk lighting sequence. Two years in the building. Read the full build diary.

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