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								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.   |