I noticed several comments on the Kings Cross range of number and nameplates.
The original two websites were withdrawn by BT , the replacement one on Yahoo was not at all popular so I am pleased to say there is now a conventional website on
www.gcrsociety.co.uk/kingscrossplates.html
For those of you who like to know the history of Kings Cross Plates, here it is.
When the Kings Cross Model shop and Eames of Reading shut down , the assets were bought by Brian Emberton of Firsby in Lincolnshire, he lived in the former station house and had plenty of land attached. Brian also at the time owned Nu Cast , K's Pirate and several other brands. His main business was making face masks for North Sea oil workers. from high quality plastic. Brian's sons did not share his interest in model railways so in 1993 he decided to sell his railway business. Alan Gibson bought one white metal brand and Autocom bought NuCast and K's. .
I bought Kings Cross Plates and the large collection of books from the two shops. . Having catalogued the books I sold off the bus books wholesale to a place in Friar street Reading but I kept most of the railway books. I dont speak or read German so a small number of the books are of limited use to me.
Now back to today : I have added a few plates to the range and in particular to the 3mm range,: the 3mm Society members have been good customers for me. I dont do my own etching , it seems a somewhat dangerous process if you dont know exactly what you are doing , so I have used PhotoEtch in Brownhills near Walsall to do the work. You still have to cut the plates out , it would take too much time and money to move over to a tab based system..
If you are interested in buying plates , just follow the instructions on the website and call or email me
Geoff Burton
