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The Finescale Locomotive Company was established in 1993 and as the name might suggest,
the objective was to produce very high quality replicas of locomotives and, as the years progressed,
this was extended to coaches and other rolling stock. We decided to work from the beginning,
exclusively in Gauge 1 (1/32 scale). We chose this rather than the more traditional (at least in the U.K.)
10mm. scale because outside of the U.K., the rest of the world appeared to opt for 1/32 scale.
To underline the argument, 1/32 scale gave a near perfect scale/gauge relationship on 45mm. gauge track.
We have a core team of four or five personnel, with occasional guest workers ‘sitting in’ from time to time.
We believed from the beginning in trying to establish a degree of independence as far as components,
designs and finishing was concerned. We have always used castings from our own patterns, all of our artwork
and therefore photographic etchings are in the ownership of Finescale.
the objective was to produce very high quality replicas of locomotives and, as the years progressed,
this was extended to coaches and other rolling stock. We decided to work from the beginning,
exclusively in Gauge 1 (1/32 scale). We chose this rather than the more traditional (at least in the U.K.)
10mm. scale because outside of the U.K., the rest of the world appeared to opt for 1/32 scale.
To underline the argument, 1/32 scale gave a near perfect scale/gauge relationship on 45mm. gauge track.
We have a core team of four or five personnel, with occasional guest workers ‘sitting in’ from time to time.
We believed from the beginning in trying to establish a degree of independence as far as components,
designs and finishing was concerned. We have always used castings from our own patterns, all of our artwork
and therefore photographic etchings are in the ownership of Finescale.
