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SPA CROFT MODELS
Beautiful Models for the Discerning Collector
Supplying the
collector with quality models since 1984
98, High Street, TIBSHELF, Derbyshire, DE55 5NU, England.
Tel/Fax 01773 872780
e-mail spacroft@aol.com
Official retailer of Lansdowne, Brooklin, IPV, CSV, Rod 43rd, and Robeddie
Models, The Buick Collection, J&M Classics, and Spa Croft Models.
Spa Croft Models is a small company which specialises in the manufacture of
1/43rd scale white metal models of British cars from the 1930s to the 1960s,
and together with our retail arm, we have been supplying high quality models
of mainly British and American cars to the model collector for the past
twenty five
years.
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 we 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 Minatures, 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 both manufacture and retail of
white metal models.
Our own Spa Croft Models are meticulously finished,
and much research is carried out to ensure accuracy. Each model is produced in two colour
schemes with a total run of only 400 pieces. In addition, an extra 100 are
reserved to produce limited runs of other colour schemes, including the
sub range, Le
Car
Noir
, which as the name implies, is a range of all black cars (limited to 50
pieces), produced in response to collector demand for
cars in the colour which they remember, and which in those far off days,
was generally black. The
majority of Spa Croft Models have been mastered by Peter Kenna, one of the UK's most
sought after pattern makers, and more recently, Ian Pickering, again a
well known craftsman in this field, and having produced the pattern for many
Pathfinder Models, he is creating superb masters for Spa Croft Models. There
are now 11 models in the range, the most recent being the Wolseley Super Six
25 Series II. The next model will the 1946 Humber Pullman, and it is hoped
it will be available in early 2010, with the Morris 25 Coupé following
towards the end of 2010..
All Spa Croft Models are still available, although not necessarily in stock, so you may have to wait a while until your own choice of model can be supplied.
Please note that Spa Croft Models are only available direct
from Spa Croft Models. Postage is free in the UK, and charged at cost
overseas.
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