Welcome to the Motor Museum in Miniature.
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 November 2025
Continuing with big machines this month we add an excavator, in 1/24th scale too. Scratch built from plastic card, rod and strip it is pretty impressive in size.
We don't have that many construction vehicles in the collection really (which is something we ought to amend), but this one was passed to us for safe keeping by the builder before cancer took him from us. The excavator is a testament to a great model maker even though he was very ill at the time of building this.
Graham Whitehead, RIP; we miss you mate.
2009 Liebherr R916 excavator.
Diversification has played a big part on Liebherr's success. Versatility, reliability, innovation and strength are also words that describe not only the products they make but also the company as a whole. Despite the years seeing change in the board as the family has aged, the Liebherr family remain firmly in control, building “Big machines for big tasks.”
The Liebherr R916 excavator range ran from 2009 through 2012. It weighs a whopping 24.1 tons! Certainly a “big machine”. It isn't a small crawler excavator in dimensions either, being 9.45m long, 2.98m wide and 3.057m high. It has wide tracks vital for off road work and a horizontal Boom Reach 9.8m. Not only is it a beast of a machine for excavation work with its detachable bucket system for different size options it also has other attachments that can be utilised for other sorts of other work too.
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