Welcome to the Motor Museum in Miniature.
A unique display of model road and race cars.
Feel free to stroll through our halls and enjoy the world of motor cars, motor racing and building model cars.
The Motor Museum in Miniature
As you move through the museum you will find many fine models, scratchbuilt and highly detailed. But you will also come across models that may not appear as impressive. This is for two very good reasons.
Firstly some of the models are very old now and reflect the level of knowledge and equipment available to the modeller at that time. Modelling supplies have come a long way from the era of tube glue and brushed on enamel paints. Part of the museum's philosophy is to show how much things have changed in the modelling world as well as in the motoring world, so some of our exhibits remain as they were first built, period pieces, a testament to the modelling technology of the time.
Secondly we want all our visitors to know that we didn't start off with some natural talent to deliver high quality model cars, we had to start as novices and learn just like everyone else. We are not afraid to show you our "lesser" models, or admit our mistakes, because we want you to feel encouraged to keep trying. It's easy to say 'if I can do it, so can you', but there was a time when we both looked at other peoples models and said 'I could never do that'.
Well we did do it, and so can you. Of course we still make mistakes and we are never totally happy with a model, but that is the spur that keeps us all trying that bit harder with the next model we build.
A word of warning though, when the drive for 100% accuracy and perfection start taking the fun out of modelling, take a step back and have a good think about things. We start making models we like for the pleasure they give us, it is a hobby for most of us and it's our standards we should measure ourselves against. As long as you're happy with your model if somebody else comes along and enjoys it too, that's an additional bonus.
Enjoy your modelling, Rod and Ian
New for January 2026
A happy new year is wished to all our visitors as we enter 2026. May health, wealth, love and long life, bless you all this year.
In a post war Europe surrounded by the aftermath of destruction, many countries were in competition to refill their financial coffers, and give their people a better way of life. The French contribution was the Citroen 2CV, an icon of French chic and equality for all. It would be up there with the VW Beetle and the Austin Mini for design innovation, numbers built and longevity of production. It has deserved a place on this website for a long time and finally joins the other two "Peoples" cars this month.
Also added is the story of a little remembered racing driver. A man capable of beating the very best but whose name would later become synonymous with a disaster he himself played absolutely no part in.
Alfred Velghe, "Levegh".
Alfred Velghe was always sport orientated and in the 1890s, while still a teenager, he began racing bicycles including events at the Stade Buffalo and Velodrome of the Seine. He even rose to be one of the stars of his era.
From there, racing automobiles was a natural step, as it was for several famous drivers. Generally an imperturbable character, “Levegh” was also very knowledgeable about the cars he drove and he insisted on a high level of preparation and standards; all these traits probably assisted greatly in his success.
Velghe raced against the likes of Rene De Knyff, Camille Jenatzy, Charles Jarrott, Leonce Girardot, Charles Rolls, and Fernand Charron; "the names" to beat across Europe. And competed in the biggest races of the era.
Follow our current projects on FaceBook, the motor museum in miniature is waiting to show you what we are up to. Watch us going through the build processes, warts and all, till the finished article makes the step up to this site.