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| {{Box|Milbro_meatwagons_ad_1939.jpg|Advert for the Milbro "Meat Wagon" and other rolling stock (1939)|380}}
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| '''Milbro''' was the trademark of '''Mills Bros Model Engineers Ltd. of Sheffield and London'''.
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| Founded in (1919?), Milbro produced gauge 0 model locomotives, rolling stock, track and points (including some quite complex points systems), and also sold station buildings, signalling and other accessories. Like [[Bassett-Lowke]], they also sold their specialised components (such as bogies and loco parts) separately, and could make up special locomotives to order.
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| For many collectors, one of the mosre distinctive features of the Milbro range was their wooden passenger carriages, which allowed the recreation of LNER teak-finished carriages in real varnished wood, rather than a faux-wood effect.
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| Milbro also sold wooden make-your-own-carriage kits.
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| The profusion of Milbro parts and their promotion to the hobby builder market means that it’s not always obvious whether a carriage that seems to be a Milbro car really is a 100% Milbro-manufactured piece, or is a home-assembled piece made using Milbro parts to Milbro instructions, or is a more “freestyle” homebuild piece using a combination of Milbro and non-Milbro components.
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| ==Advertising==
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| Milbro's adverts tended to fixate on individual items, and could sometimes give the impression that the company was a very small operation with quite a restricted product range - however, by the late 1930s, their catalogue (cost 6d) was 104 pages thick, and had an introduction by J.N. Maskelyne, editor of "Model Railway News".
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| ==Addresses==
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| Milbro's Sheffield address was '''St Mary's Road''', and their London showrooms were at '''2 Victoria Colonnade, Victoria House, Southampton Row, London WC1''' .
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| {{links}}
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| * [http://www.milbromodelrailways.co.uk/introduction.html Milbro Model Railways (milbromodelrailways.co.uk)]
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| * [http://www.s436587802.websitehome.co.uk/lowko/b5_mills.html Mills Bros (Milbro) (s436587802.websitehome.co.uk)]
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| * [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Mills_Brothers Mills Brothers, Grace's Guide (gracesguide.co.uk)]
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| * [http://modelenginenews.org/cardfile/hardinge.html The post-war Mills Engine (modelenginenews.org)]
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