Scale Model Scenery Limited is a family run business, based in Cornwall, in the South West of the UK, supplying high quality, pre-printed & laser cut card and paper kits, textures and accessories to model railway & scale modelling enthusiasts all over the world. Our work is inspired by the world around us, with attention to detail being one of our highest values. These kits use photo-realistic textures throughout to ensure that once assembled, the finished model will look as close to the real thing as it possibly can. Our goal is to bring you a "realistically better" product to enhance your modelling experience.
Justin Noble (Founder & Co-Owner of Scale Model Scenery Limited and RailwayModellers Club) started doing downloadable textures and some basic kits from 2010-2014. In his teens, one of his hobbies was modelling but stopped doing it to focus on his career in Electrical Engineering which he went to university for. He realised that he didn't have any passion for this career path and got a job offer to do web design. Justin taught himself how to use Photoshop. Thinking back to his teenage hobby, he saw opportunity in the market and from here, putting 2 and 2 together, started creating textures and basic kits for modelling.
Our Origins Scale Model Scenery Ltd opened its doors officially in September 2014, the result of 5 years of hard work by Tina & Justin, working from their family home in Leicestershire, building up a range of over 400 instantly downloadable building kits for model railway layouts & diecast dioramas through Model Railway Scenery. Through the natural progression of product development & customer requests we are now able to offer a large proportion of our kits and textures in pre-printed format. In November 2014 we took delivery of a Laser Cutter which enabled us to expand our range considerably, with the launch of the LaserScenes Mini Kits range. This rapidly expanding range allows railway and scale modellers to access the precision and accuracy that laser cutting affords through the easy to work with mediums of card, wood & plastic. |
In June 2020, Justin & Tina finally made the huge leap from home based business to a brand new industrial unit (as seen in the photo above) located at Tresillian Business Park, near Truro in Cornwall. The move gives the company the space it needs to expand the range and increase production capacity over the coming years.
Scale Model Scenery has been awarded Hornby's "Specialist Retailer of the Year" in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Our products have been featured in many magazines such as ModelRail, BRM, Hornby and RailExpress.
💡 Where it all started...
- 2009: Released first downloadable OO scale texture papers via ModelRailwayScenery.com which started off the business...
- 2011: Launched the first weekly Newsletter... Which has now astonishingly been running every week... For over ten years!
- 2013: Released our first major download kit - KX005-OO Victorian Ale House. It was the first to get any magazine exposure!
- 2014: Scale Model Scenery opened its doors officially in September, with over 400 instantly downloadable building kits for model railway layouts and diecast dioramas.
- 2015-2017: Expansion of the business meant the addition of a laser room! This rapidly expanding range allows railway and scale modellers to access the precision and accuracy that laser cutting affords through the easy-to-work-with mediums of card, wood and plastic.
- 2018: Showcased products at the first Warley show in November which greatly improved visibility in the marketplace.
- 2019-2020: We have proudly been awarded Hornby's "Specialist Retailer of the Year" in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Scale Model Scenery products have been featured in magazines such as ModelRail, BRM, Hornby and RailExpress.
- 2020: In June, Justin and Tina made the huge leap to relocate from a home-based business in the Midlands, to a brand new industrial unit located at Tresillian Business Park, near Truro in Cornwall, UK.
The move was to allow the company the space it needs to expand the range and increase production capacity over the coming years. Now in 2024, we have a small shop and a showroom in the HQ - come and visit us!