2019 updates and improvements

  • December
    • Christmas-themed reworking of the Lego collection (snowy winter village scene)
    • Start of serious building work on overhauling upstairs “jack arch” storage spaces
  • November
    • Toy Hoover, washing machine, and iron
  • October
    • Rebuilding of the 1930s Layout upper level slope (October-November)
    • LNER 8304 Tank loco
  • September
  • August
    • New raised floor in upstairs storage area, electrical rewiring
  • July
    • New MiniBrix building added to one of the building sets cabinets. The very last sets supplemented the rubber bricks with plastic accessories.
  • June
    • Construction and installation of the new temporary display of early Lego Company products.
  • May
    • Several new pieces added to the Marklin Model Railways display.
    • Bilofix tractor
  • April
    • Overhaul of the Museum’s main website.
  • March
    • Corgi Landrover plastic “test shot” on sprue … Before going into full diecast production, moulds would sometimes be “shot” with plastic, to identify any potential problems.
  • February
  • January
    • Replacement of all the screens around the central 1930s model railway layout with brand new perspex.