Always pop in when over Ilkeston. Always happy to help you and if anything is not in stock then Malc will try and order it in for as soon as possible

Driven past this village many times but only found this shop yesterday. Glad I did. Answered questions helpfully. Nice guy. Large selection of stock. Will call again.

Finally managed to visit this great old school shop yesterday. Very friendly family run shop. Got some good advice and will stop by again. Free parking to the rear.

I have visited Edward at Aspire on several occasions and always find him to be friendly and helpful. As I'm a novice modeller his advice has been invaluable to me and I have always found him extremely willing to share his knowledge of the hobby.

Can't praise Olivia's Trains enough. All the staff are great and no query is too much for them. Always my first choice when buying new trains. I love the way they customise my trains and coaches. Professional and knowledgeable as I often have questions which they answer fully and give sound advice from years of experience. Highly recommended.

I found them to be most helpful and so very interested in what I was planning to do. The 210 mile journey to Norfolk was woth it just to visit Bouys Toys and Models. I shall be back again.

Great service from Hattons The packaging was excellent and my parcel arrived very quickly You can always count on getting value for money when you buy from this seller

thank you for a excellent service, my order arrived on time and in perfect condition. I shall be placing my next order very soon. I have used your service several times in the past.

An excellent shop for models (Hornby trains, Revel kits, etc) as well as stamp collecting. Still very much in business (2017); I have shopped here for over ten years, and found the owner knowledgeable and very helpful. Honest and professional, will order if asked.

Very friendly and helpful service. This shop is highly recommended, because personal advice saves time and is often more effective than browsing the internet. Living part time abroad and in Eastbourne, I'm very happy to have found that shop. Being a trained precision mechanical and electronic engineer, I do highly appreciate this kind of special shop. Many thanks to Sebastian, I have lots of new ideas to plan a new track layout. Thank you for all your hints. See you soon.

Visit this shop on occasions when I am working in the area. It carries a good range of stock and is only 5 minutes from the town centre. Prices were fair and the gentleman behind the counter approachable.

Great shop visited last friday. Lots of items for sale. Owner very helpful. Lots of scenery stock available. Good prices and also many model kits to build.

An easy walk from the city centre. Just the sort of model shop you would want to find. Good stock of a variety of model types & supplies. A friendly welcome & a good chat.

I am new to modelling North American railroads so finding this dealer was like finding Alladin's cave. The store is located in an industrial estate and is part of a small manufacturing unit. Having traveled quite some distance from home I was offered a hot drink and I needed to use the toilet which was no problem. The owner spent ages with me giving helpful advice and tips which would save me money. I could have spent all day chatting and browsing with no pressure on me. Lots of equipment in stock and more available to order all at reasonable prices. Well done. This is how to do it. Many thanks. Julian Hemstock.

Called in to day(24/8/17)very, very,little N GAUGE, no locos no coaches or trucks, ok if your looking for OO,HO got some good stock at good prices.Not N Gauge ....Brian

I visited this shop via a last-minute scan through the ukmodelshops site for retailers near Sheffield. My first visit will not be my last as this shop carried a large stock from what looked like a modest frontage in the village square. Parking is immediately adjacent to the shop once you navigate the one way system. Prices were fair. Stock included some discontinued and pre-owned items. Lots in the smaller H0/00 railway-compatible scales of 1:87 to 1:72 as well which is quite unusual. I left with a bag full of 20 (!) models without breaking the bank. Worth travelling for.

What a great shop! Arrived late in day and welcomed by excellent friendly crew. Great range of models tops etc. How refreshing! I'll be back again!

Definitely the friendliest shop I have ever been in. An excellent range of model railways and all of the bits and bobs that accompany modelling! Very good prices and a good range of previously owned stock.

An excellent model railway shop. Good stocks of Hornby, Bachmann, Farish and Oxford. Tools and materials available including paint, plastic and metal sheet and sections. Friendly helpful service by the owner.

I had never visited a model shop specialising only in diecast before so it was a nice change. There were shelves full of new and used in scales from 1:43 to 1:148 (and probably larger; I didn't look). My personal collecting preference is cars and vans in 1:76 and the range carried was mostly discontinued with little in the way of new releases. They were, however, well priced and I left with a couple of purchases. I would certainly recommend a visit for diecast collectors as there is a lot of stock.

Not just a shopping trip but a full experience! Like I suspect is the case for many customers, I was there to renew stock after a couple of decades away from the hobby, and I received good advice and a good deal at the end. I live abroad but I now plan a visit for every return trip!

Superb service, good prices swift post at a reasonable price. can't ask for more but they are nice people too always a pleasure to deal with. Recommended to anybody buy from or sell to safely.

What a brilliant shop. A very extensive stock, lots of secondhand, and above all really friendly and helpful service from Jim. I think you could find nearly anything here, and Jim always makes the time to see that your needs are met!

I don’t think that I’ve ever been to a shop like this before. As someone else says here, a visit to the Northfields Model Shop is a surreal experience. The place is something of an anachronism for this day and age (not a bad thing), and not just because you cannot pay by debit or credit card. Think “Aladdin’s Cave for model railway enthusiasts which you’ll never find your own way around”, and you’re getting there. It is literally packed from floor to ceiling with model railway items dating from (at least) the 1950s to the present day. In fact there’s so much stock that there’s not much room for customers! Having said that, if you’re looking for a particular hard-to-find item, I reckon that there’s as much chance it being here as in any shop I’ve ever been to. However, the chances of you finding what you want for yourself are slim to non-existent. Thankfully the proprietor (a self-confessed collector) is a very approachable chap who was keen to rummage through his copious stock to find items about which I enquired until he found some for me. Slick and well-presented it’s not - incredibly well-stocked it most definitely is. In conclusion the expression “seek and ye shall find” doesn’t really apply at Northfields Model Shop, but “ask the man and he’ll most likely find it for you” most definitely does!

All too often I get negative reactions when I ask in model shops if they have a particular item. Today I called in at Jane’s Trains in Tooting, and was delighted to discover that (1) there really is a Jane at Jane’s Trains and (2) the shop is really well stocked. Right from the moment I entered the shop the folk there were really very pleasant too. I only bought one item (well, it would have been rude to spend nothing), but I shall definitely return when next I venture into that part of the world. So go there now, but try to use the train like I did because parking isn't easy.