Shire Scenes

Shire Scenes make a limited range of N detail items in etched brass.

Shire Scenes
4 North Cottages,
Landscove, Ashburton, Devon. TQ13 7LU
England

Phone from within the UK: 01803 762 498
Phone from outside UK: +44 1803 762 498

They don’t have a catalogue, but do have a photocopied price list of all their items. It isn’t illustrated.

All of the Shire Scenes models are exquisitely detailed photo-etched brass sheets. The fact that everything is made from sheet does pose certain limitations - you can’t make domes or curved automobile parts using brass sheet - but the detail is incredible. The etchings are works of art!

Shire Scenes sell small detail items such as various types of station benches, telephone boxes (telephone booths in North Americanese), trolleys and barrows, etc. All unbelievably detailed. And somewhat expensive.

In addition, Mrs Francis sells handpainted detail items - white metal items from the usual sources. (Langley and P & D Marsh) Convenient if you don’t want to bring out the magnifiers and paint them yourself, I suppose.

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