Merchant Navy

The Hornby team go back to their illustrious past when they decide to launch a metal diecast replica of a 1940's steam locomotive, the Merchant Navy, General Steam Navigation. It's a passion project for Development Director Simon Kohler who fondly remembers his brother getting one for Christmas as a child, it's a bittersweet moment as his mum could only afford one set for the children since their father died. And enthusiast Callum Willcox recreates in perfect miniature, part of the now defunct Somerset and Dorset railway line, using loft insulation and a lot of patience.