Category:Wardie Master Models
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Card box, Wardie Master Models [image info]
Wardie Master Models were a well-respected range of diecast metal accessories for 00-gauge model railway layouts, competing with some of the smaller-scale Dinky Toys accessories, and with the Britains Liliput range.
Promotional materials
Master Models had good-quality castings and bright colours, but, as B.J. Ward was rather smaller than their competitors like Meccano Ltd and Britains, and didn't have expensive graphic designers and artists on the payroll, the range was rather let down by the slightly unflattering "blobby" black-and-white photographic catalogue and advertising images, and the slightly wierd numbering scheme.
Manufacturing (Kemlows)
The Master Models range seems to have been manufactured for B.J. Ward by Kemlows Diecasting Products Ltd.
Kemlows was founded in 1946 by Charles Kempster and William Lowe in 1946, and is still going, although it has now moved out of London.
1959 listing
transcribed from the Gamages catalogue for 1959
- No. 1 – Railway Staff ×
- No. 2 – Railway Passengers ×5
- No. 3 – Assorted Figures ×5
- No. 4 – Seated Figures ×5 (no seat)
- No. 5 – Seated Figures (seat not included)
- No. 6 – Double Station Seat
- No. 8 – Platform Accessories ×8
- No. 8 – Milk Churns (two types) ×12
- No. 10 – Station Equipment
- No. 11 – Four Sheep in Pen
- No. 12 – Electric Trolley and Trailer
- No. 14 – W.H.Smith Bookstall
- No. 15 – Police and Telephone Booths
- No. 16 – Station Lamps
- No. 18 – Cable Drums, ×1 lagged, ×1 unlagged
- No. 19 – Tar Barrels
- No. 20 – Oil Barrels
- No. 21 – Island Platform Garden
- No. 21 – Platform Gardens ×4
- No. 22 – Station Platform Garden
- No. 23 – Track Repair Party ×5
- No. 26 – Sleeper Buffer
- No. 28 – 5" Ladders ×6
- No. 33 – 6 ESSO Oil Drums
- No. 34 – Watchman's Hut and Workman
- No. 35 – Cable Laying Party ×4
- No. 36 – Finlays Tobacco Kiosk
- No. 37 – Walton Fruit Kiosk
- No. 38 – Sand Bin and Fire Buckets
- No. 40 – Permanent Way Cabin
- No. 41 – Water Column
- No. 42 – Railway Container
- No. 43 – Cycle Rack, four cycles
- No. 45 – Coal Office
- No. 48 – Water Crane
- No. 49 – Level Crossing Gates on Ramp
- No. 50 – AA Box and Patrolman
- No. 51 – Ground Signal 1
- No. 52 – Ground Signal 2
- No. 57 – Crew Unloading Trucks ×6
- No. 58 – Track Ballast
- No. 59 – Two Tarpaulin Sheets
- No. 61 – Two A.A. Boxes
- No. 62 – Police Box and Patrolman
- No. 64 – Wicket Gates
- No. 65 – Charrington's Coal Bunkers, Scale, and Coalman
- No. 66 – Two Station Clocks
- No. 67, 69 – Street Personnel ×7
- No. 68 – Girder Bridge for single track
- No. 70 – Bus Shelter
- No. 71 – Crane on Base
- No. 72 – Gent's Toilet
- No. 74 – Single Fencing
- No. 75 – Seat with three figures
- No. 76 – Level Crossing Gates, Double Track
- No. 77 – Double Girder Bridge
- No. 80 – Loading Gauge
- No. 81 – Tractor and Roller
- No. 82 – Tractor and Rake
- No. 83 – Tractor and Hay-Car
- No. 84 – Signal Gantry
- No. 85 – Service Personnel
- No. 86 – BR Personnel
- No. 87 – Esso Petrol Pumps ×2 on Stand
- No. 88 – with RAC and Enquiry Booth (4 pieces)
- No. 89 – Footbridge
- No. 92 – signals, four types, electric
- No. 94 – 3 Bus and 1 Coach Stop
- No. 96 – Left Luggage Office
- No. 97 – Oil Storage Tanks
- No. B.S.2 – Buffer Stop with Lamp
- No. C2 – Imitation Coal
- No. H.1 – Small Hoarding
- No. H.2.T.1 – Hoardings and Time-Table
- No. H.3.T.4 – Warning Notice and Train Departure Board
- No. K16 – Filling Station
- No. K24 – Six Petrol Pumps
- No. K54 – Car Ramp
- No. K59 – Private Garage
- No. L.A.2 – Two Lamps with advertisements
- No. MP – Miniature Posters ×50
- No. 00 – Background Scenic Effects ×4
- No. Q1 – Imitation Quarry Granite
- No. Set A – Three Track Signs
- No. Set B.C – Four Track Signs
- No. SG4 – Single Seats (4)
- No. SM4 – Single Seats, green ×4
- No. T.3 – Large Timetable
1959 Gallery:
Links
- W is for Wardie (smallscaleworld.blogspot.com)
- Wardie Master Models crane (philsworkbench.blogspot.com)
- Master Models (binnsroad.co.uk)
kemlows
- Kemlows official website (kemlows.co.uk)
- Paul Brookes, The Illustrated Kemlows Story: Including the Mastermodel Story (2009) ISBN 0956187900
Pages in category ‘Wardie Master Models’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Media in category ‘Wardie Master Models’
The following 63 files are in this category, out of 63 total.
- Railway Staff, Wardie Master Models 1 (Gamages 1959).jpg 560 × 633; 58 KB
- Railway Passengers, Wardie Master Models 2 (Gamages 1959).jpg 551 × 650; 61 KB
- Assorted Figures, Wardie Master Models 3 (Gamages 1959).jpg 596 × 633; 60 KB
- Seated Figures, no seat, Wardie Master Models 4 (Gamages 1959).jpg 761 × 634; 74 KB
- Seated Figures, no seat, Wardie Master Models 5 (Gamages 1959).jpg 758 × 645; 80 KB
- Platform Accessories, Wardie Master Models 7 (Gamages 1959).jpg 831 × 569; 65 KB
- Milk Churns, two types, Wardie Master Models 8 (Gamages 1959).jpg 648 × 544; 60 KB
- Station Equipment, Wardie Master Models 10 (Gamages 1959).jpg 654 × 609; 65 KB
- Four Sheep in Pen, Wardie Master Models 11 (Gamages 1959).jpg 700 × 633; 68 KB
- WH Smith Bookstall, Wardie Master Models 14 (Gamages 1959).jpg 879 × 619; 83 KB
- Station Lamps, Wardie Master Models 16 (Gamages 1959).jpg 518 × 608; 51 KB
- Tar and Oil Barrels, Wardie Master Models 19 (Gamages 1959).jpg 855 × 591; 75 KB
- Track Repair Party, Wardie Master Models 23 (Gamages 1959).jpg 518 × 636; 58 KB
- Sleeper Buffer, Wardie Master Models 26 (Gamages 1959).jpg 408 × 615; 41 KB
- Esso Oil Drums, Wardie Master Models 33 (Gamages 1959).jpg 628 × 636; 59 KB
- Cable Laying Party, Wardie Master Models 35 (Gamages 1959).jpg 746 × 583; 63 KB
- Permanent Way Cabin, Wardie Master Models 40 (Gamages 1959).jpg 828 × 628; 75 KB
- Water Column, Wardie Master Models 41 (Gamages 1959).jpg 480 × 784; 51 KB
- Railway Container, Wardie Master Models 42 (Gamages 1959).jpg 633 × 616; 67 KB
- Cycles and Cycle Rack, Wardie Master Models 43 (Gamages 1959).jpg 635 × 571; 59 KB
- Coal Office, Wardie Master Models 45 (Gamages 1959).jpg 781 × 614; 66 KB
- Service Personnel, Wardie Master Models 85 (Gamages 1959).jpg 467 × 736; 50 KB
- Level Crossing Gates on Ramp, Wardie Master Models 49 (Gamages 1959).jpg 1,116 × 701; 117 KB
- AA Box and Patrolman, Wardie Master Models 50 (Gamages 1959).jpg 699 × 653; 75 KB
- Ground Signals, Wardie Master Models 51 52 (Gamages 1959).jpg 323 × 602; 38 KB
- Crew Unloading Trucks, Wardie Master Models 57 (Gamages 1959).jpg 734 × 653; 76 KB
- Two Tarpaulin Sheets, Wardie Master Models 59 (Gamages 1959).jpg 630 × 515; 60 KB
- Police Box and Patrolman, Wardie Master Models 62 (Gamages 1959).jpg 494 × 584; 52 KB
- Wicket Gates, Wardie Master Models 64 (Gamages 1959).jpg 1,200 × 488; 89 KB
- Two Station Clocks, Wardie Master Models 66 (Gamages 1959).jpg 555 × 580; 53 KB
- Street Personnel, Wardie Master Models 67 69 (Gamages 1959).jpg 617 × 610; 70 KB
- Bus Shelter, Wardie Master Models 70 (Gamages 1959).jpg 315 × 503; 32 KB
- Crane on Base, Wardie Master Models 71 (Gamages 1959).jpg 451 × 729; 50 KB
- Seat with Figures, Wardie Master Models 75 (Gamages 1959).jpg 500 × 641; 60 KB
- Level Crossing Gates, Wardie Master Models 76 (Gamages 1959).jpg 1,200 × 641; 112 KB
- Double Girder Bridge, Wardie Master Models 77 (Gamages 1959).jpg 1,042 × 701; 120 KB
- Loading Gauge, Wardie Master Models 80 (Gamages 1959).jpg 635 × 502; 44 KB
- Signal Gantry, Wardie Master Models 84 (Gamages 1959).jpg 1,196 × 695; 120 KB
- BR Personnel, Wardie Master Models 86 (Gamages 1959).jpg 600 × 740; 61 KB
- Footbridge, Wardie Master Models 89 (Gamages 1959).jpg 783 × 430; 55 KB
- Electric Signals, Wardie Master Models 92 (Gamages 1959).jpg 680 × 624; 72 KB
- Bus and Coach Stops, Wardie Master Models 94 (Gamages 1959).jpg 518 × 708; 56 KB
- Left Luggage Office, Wardie Master Models 96 (Gamages 1959).jpg 757 × 459; 59 KB
- Buffer Stop with Lamp, Wardie Master Models BS2 (Gamages 1959).jpg 605 × 379; 36 KB
- Two Lamps with Adverts, Wardie Master Models LA2 (Gamages 1959).jpg 547 × 531; 49 KB
- Track Signs, Wardie Master Models Set A (Gamages 1959).jpg 441 × 646; 46 KB
- Track Signs, Wardie Master Models SetBC4 (Gamages 1959).jpg 440 × 636; 49 KB
- Single Seats grey, Wardie Master Models SG4 (Gamages 1959).jpg 460 × 557; 45 KB
- Wardie Master Models, box.jpg 2,200 × 1,349; 284 KB
- Wardie Master Models, pack logo.jpg 2,200 × 1,362; 239 KB
- BJ Ward brands (GaT 1956).jpg 2,000 × 819; 271 KB
- Garage equipment, Wardie (Hobbies 1966).jpg 881 × 1,200; 147 KB