Hornby: A Model World: P2
The Hornby team complete a model of the giant LNER P2007, The Prince of Wales, encountering problems replicating tiny details.
Near Hull, one of Britain’s most accomplished layout builders has spent five years painstakingly recreating the Staffordshire breweries of the nineteenth century.
And enthusiast Sam Turner from Sam’s Trains puts Hornby trains to the test in his Nottinghamshire loft and attempts to discover the steepest gradient he can persuade a locomotive to climb.
Based at the company’s HQ in Kent, Hornby: A Model World is a nostalgic look at the world’s most famous modelling company, home to Hornby Railways as well as the Corgi, Airfix and Scalextric brands.
With multiple new product launches, the immersive series documents the ups and downs of trying to get these much-loved collector’s pieces to their customers on time and on budget, exploring how, by studying the original full-sized machines, these replicas are faithfully reproduced in miniature with incredible attention to detail. The series also features a passionate community of collectors and their layouts; whose expertise and knowledge is invaluable to the company.
Season 1 Episode 9
Runtime: 60 minutes
Time: 21:00
Airdate: 6 Dec 2021
Network: Yesterday