SPA CROFT
MODELS
Beautiful Models for the Discerning Collector
Established 1984.
Now
in our 40th year of supplying models to collectors in
the UK, and Worldwide.
98,
High Street, TIBSHELF, Derbyshire, DE55 5NU,
England.
Tel/Fax 01773 872780 e-mail spacroft@aol.com
We
stock selected items from Goldvarg, Esval, Matrix, Neo, Kess,
GLM, and Oxford Diecast.
Spa Croft
Models specialises in
the retail
of 1/43rd scale white metal,
resin
and
diecast
models of British
and
American
cars from the 1930s to the 1960s cars to the model collector
and
have
built
a
reputation
excellent
customer
service
over
the past thirty
six years.
As
a
collector,
the
owner
fully
understands
the
needs
of
his
customers
and
offers
a
no
frills
but
quick
and
efficient
service.
The company is
run by Mike Coupe who has been an enthusiastic
collector of model cars for longer than he cares
to remember. Spa Croft Models is the natural
progression of Mike's lifelong hobby.
The business really began in 1983 when he
launched the fondly remembered Hardstoft
Swapmeet at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn in the
small hamlet of Hardstoft about seven miles
south of Chesterfield in Derbyshire. Alternating
with the nearby, then major, swapmeet of
Nottingham International, it was held once every
two months on a Tuesday evening. A feature of
the swapmeet was a draw where the customer whose
entry ticket was drawn at the end of the
swapmeet, would receive a £5.00 voucher to be
spent on the night at any of the stalls present.
Needless to say, all dealers present waited with
eager anticipation to see if their takings would
be boosted by another fiver. As a comparison
with today's toy fairs, the numbers of tables
was between 30 and 50 at a cost of £5.00 per
table. The Swapmeet had a five year run, and
then the pub closed !!!!
The retail business, then known as Brock
Miniatures, was established in 1984, and was
gradually built up over the next ten years or
so, based solely on mail order and toy fair
appearances. In 1995, an idea which had its
beginnings a few years earlier, came to
fruition, and Spa Croft Models was born with the
release of our first model, the Series II Morris
Isis, at ModeleX of that year. Since then, Spa
Croft Models has steadily built up a loyal
following of collectors and we like to think
that our products are mentioned in the same
breath as other more famous brands of hand built
models. In recent years, as the name Spa Croft
Models has taken precedence over Brock
Miniatures in the minds of the collector, I now
trade solely under the name Spa Croft Models for
the
retail of white
metal,
resin,
and selected die cast
models.
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