10,000th hit

Last week our 10,000 visitor hit the Cooper Hire MRC blog. OK, we may be trailing our sister site, Bron Hebog, and are very much non-league in the wider world, but it is still an achievement.

Our 10,000th visitor was Jason Grimshaw from Rochdale who tells us that he is a GWR 00 modeller like many of his friends in that area and gains his inspiration from John de Frayssinet. He supports Leeds United and lists Carling as his favourite tipple. Thanks for clicking on us Jason.

DP2

Phill Hutching's fabulous DP2, a Craftsman etched body on a detailed LIMA chassis, heads south through New Mills on an up Liverpool service. Another image from the recent HORNBY magazine photoshoot.

New Mills - front page news

Hot on the heels of the illustrated article on Dduallt in the December issue of MODEL RAIL and the Chris Nevard take on our flagship WCML layout in issue 166 of the same magazine last summer, our New Mills layout is a main feature in the March copy of the HORNBY magazine.  They can't get enough of the Cooper Hire MRC layouts! Watch out next for a feature on Bron Hebog, our new 009 FR/WHR layout capturing the area around Beddgelert station and the two dramatic horseshoe curves that carry the line north towards Snowdon. And maybe an anniversary special on our Merioneth Town heritage collection, Don Boreham's pioneering 16mm narrow gauge models.

Go to our sister website http://bronhebog.blogspot.co.uk/for the very latest news on our Bron Hebog project.