Tim Chambers Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Can't remember seeing this shop mentioned on RMWeb before. Browsing through their enormous selection of DVDs and videos,I selected three and ordered by 'phone Wednesday morning-received Thursday morning- nuff said! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 (edited) Excellent shop with good service. They have a very good range of model railway stuff in addition to the largest collection of railway related DVDs that I have seen. Not the best of places to get to by public transport I imagine, but it is not too far from Shackerstone making a car trip a little more appealing Recommended Edited May 3, 2012 by Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D9JEF Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) This is my local model shop and I buy most of my stuff from here. Martin and his team are always friendly and have a wide range of 00 and N gauge stock. Not always the cheapest (compared to the box shifters) but always have the thing you need. Personally my view is - support your local model shop, I do! Well worth a visit! Cheers Jeeff Edited June 3, 2012 by D9JEF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37255 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 (edited) Not the best of places to get to by public transport I imagine 15-20 mins by bus (74) from the centre of Leicester, and worth it! Edited June 3, 2012 by 37255 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebem Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Nice to see the Signal Box have just won the Bachmann retailer of the year. I started shopping with them when I was 12 years old with my dad (when they were based in Coalville) and still visit a couple of times in the year. The shop is well laid out and the stock is always well displayed on suitable shelving/glass cabinets. I like how they always stampt the warranty cards and always test new locos on purchase. They always have some excellent 2nd hand bargains too. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgilbert2 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 An old thread but this shop certainly gets my vote. Small but amazing stock levels all over and really helpful! They must be one of the last surviving model shops in Leicester now!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Can't remember seeing this shop mentioned on RMWeb before. Browsing through their enormous selection of DVDs and videos,I selected three and ordered by 'phone Wednesday morning-received Thursday morning- nuff said! A bit late (?), sorry Tim, but just caught up with this thread, by they used to be one of my main wholesalers for railway vids/dvd's when I had my shop - excellent service, and quick delivery, but I believe they have had a change of owners since I packed up my shop in 2005. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgilbert2 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Just to clarify my post above, online they seem to be a "DVD" type store but the shop itself in Anstey is a treasure trove for model railways. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted June 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2018 I dropped by today for a small DCC decoder for an Ixion Fowler [gauge 0] and they helped me out with a Hornby one. They had some Bachmann buildings and a corner shop for $15 was a bargain too. I can't think of any other model rail shops in Leicestershire now. Conveniently close to Rothley GCR [by car] and Mountsorrel too. Dava 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Acme models in Sileby if it is still there? Not my neck of the woods... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgilbert2 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Acme closed earlier this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I dropped by today for a small DCC decoder for an Ixion Fowler [gauge 0] and they helped me out with a Hornby one. They had some Bachmann buildings and a corner shop for $15 was a bargain too. I can't think of any other model rail shops in Leicestershire now. Conveniently close to Rothley GCR [by car] and Mountsorrel too. Dava Have known, and dealt, with this Business since the days when Maureen and her Husband owned it. A wonderful couple, and a fantastic shop - used them when I bought DVDs to support a Preservation Society, would go out of their way to help. But the market has changed so no longer in the market. Good to see that they are still going. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Foden Posted January 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2019 Another mention for this excellent little shop. Popped in for my annual post Christmas model retail therapy this week, excellent, friendly service as always. Walked out with a few wagons, and a pre-order for an area rep ltd edition class 37 As mentioned, model railway shops are in thin supply in this neck of the woods, it's great to see this place still going strong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I've not been into the shop for quite a while, I don't get that side of Leicester often but I was once a regular when they were in Oadby, going back to 1988 when I worked in Leicester. If I remember correctly they started in an indoor market in Wigston before moving to the Oadby shop. I seem to remember they had another shop which might have been out Coalville way which closed at the same time as the Oadby shop when they moved to Anstey. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 On 05/01/2019 at 21:56, RANGERS said: I've not been into the shop for quite a while, I don't get that side of Leicester often but I was once a regular when they were in Oadby, going back to 1988 when I worked in Leicester. If I remember correctly they started in an indoor market in Wigston before moving to the Oadby shop. I seem to remember they had another shop which might have been out Coalville way which closed at the same time as the Oadby shop when they moved to Anstey. As I recall, the Coalville shop (corner of Breach and Forest Road) would have opened around the end of the 70's/beginning of the 80's ('79/80 comes to mind?) For a 12/13-year-old modeller it was everything I could wish for- a model railway shop that I passed twice a day on my walk to school! Pretty much all of my teenage loco and stock purchases came from there, supplemented by occasional Hornby from Geoff's Toys in Coalville (now gone as well, Coalville and Loughborough shops both closed a couple of years ago) I'm fairly sure Signal Box in Coalville was still going when I moved away (I went off to Uni in 85, came back briefly after graduation then moved away in '89) but closed sometime in the early/mid 90's from memory? I don't think I ever visited the Oadby shop, but now use the Anstey one fairly regularly since I moved back to Leics a few years ago- I've had quite a few secondhand loco bargains from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 30/06/2018 at 18:34, dgilbert2 said: Acme closed earlier this year What a great shop and two great owners. I'm pretty sure they still make and sell their kits, as their website is still up. Connoisseur Models, who is owned by Jim McGeown also was also once based in Anstey (although he and his family now live in Herefordshire) but whether he had anything to do with ACME, I have no clue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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