Lima spares

Availability of Lima and Hornby spares is most interesting reading. In the past, in contacting Hornby spares section - in most cases, Hornby refer me to a firm named Modelspares of Burnley and I must accept that this firm do carry a large stock of Hornby spares and are also most helpful. Modelspares however, only carry spares stock for Hornby models - mostly locomotives.
Any spares obtained (not many display) direct from Hornby, all spares carry a surcharge of £3.65 P&P per order, in comparison to Modelspares P&P charge of £2.00.
On reflection and it would be most interesting to learn, which Manufacture does supply spares to modellers.

Spongebob

Have you tried MB Models? I've managed to get every Lima spare I needed from him.

If you don't already know of them here's there contact details.

Bill Mossop
MB Models
32 Conery Gardens
Whatton in the Vale
Notts
NG13 9FD
01949 850063

I have had things from him before usually when i've been attending exhibitions. Thank you for reminding me though as I would imagine i'll be attending the festival of brm at Harrogate this year.I'll check if he will be there.
For anyone going to Harrogate my advice is be prepared for a lengthy queue on exiting the venue as the Yorkshire showground shares an exit with a sainsburys supermarket controlled by the crappiest set of traffic lights i've ever had the mispleasure of queueing at and that includes the ones i have to sit at every day getting into Leeds. Add to that the fact that it seems no one actually wants you to find the venue in the first place by actually putting any signs up for it on the approach roads so don't be surprised if you find yourself driving straight past(its easier to find by train as the service from Leeds goes right past the venue pity there isn't a station serving it).

Lord only knows how they cope when the Yorkshire show is on!

Come back Donny racecourse all is forgiven!

Oh goody according to the advert for MB models in this months model rail they will be attending the Harrogate event so i'd better get a list together then. So lets see thats buffers,handrails,traction tyres,wipers..... Jeez better get out a second mortgage then!!

Good evening Gary.
Interesting comment about spares production. I was wondering if some enterprising railway type might approach hornby with a view to producing spares or even acquiring some of the old moulds such as Railwayania did with the mainline stuff. I did see them selling some very nicely repainted lima loco's around the time lima went bust and also bought some consumable spares then. It would be interesting to see if hornby would allow it as it would be competition for them.
Just as a offshoot which lima products would you like to see supercede existing hornby ones? Personally i prefer their western to hornbys as it doesn't have that bizarre split valance and i've never been a big fan of the hornby class 37 to the point that all my 37's were lima except i now have 2 bachmann ones.

When Hornby release their versions of the ex-Lima models they will have been re-engineered to take a Hornby designed drive unit,-so Lima brushes,springs and traction tyres will NOT be remade as they are some of the components that wont be used in new production,and Hornby have no obligation[and why should they?] to provide a spares back-up for the now obsolete Lima designs,-almost certainly the bogies will be modified as well to do away with the non-standard[compared to Hornby]wheelsets,and the underframes probably modified in some way also,I expect these will become available in due course as spares,but of course they won't be interchangeable with the previous Lima equivalents...

For Lima spares try the previously mentioned MB Models,also:-

East Kent Models,
89 High Street,
Whitstable,
Kent.
CT5 1AY
Tel: 01227 770777

They have a few Lima spares in stock[no brushes and springs or lage traction tyres though]inc. diesel bodies,underframes,drive units,bogie frames,small parts,etc.
No bits for Classes 26,27,33,52,55.They also attend exhibitions..including Glasgow.

Also try Railwayania/Replica Railways near Swindon,Weekends only,sorry can't find 'phone no. at moment,-but they do advertise in the mags..

Right i've got my list together fo the exhibition at Harrogate this weekend I don't need as much as i thought i did, mainly buffers though maybe a couple of more difficult items a pair of class 73 rubbing plates and a horn, plus a warship underframe. I hope the man from MB models has a good supply of parts cos the last time i bought from him his stall was absolutely heaving with customers.