Established in 1984 by Martin Pearce, we have been professional model makers for almost twenty years. However, his experience and background in model making goes back much further. It was in the very early 1960’s that an “apprenticeship” was started with Airfix kits, Triang trains and scratch built models.
Over the years we have made a wide variety of models for many different clients and uses. These have included architectural models for both development and exhibition, historical models for museums, scientific models for educational use and prototypes for product design.
Gradually we have become more and more involved in the world of miniatures and have even made dolls houses for use as teaching aids in schools. With our background in model making, we can usually make anything a customer wants however strange, obscure or difficult and in very small scales. Our years of experience and expertise in a wide range of materials is at your disposal.
Looking down onto Golcar Flat.
Our workshop is located in Golcar, a village in the Pennine Hills of Yorkshire, approximately half way between Leeds and Manchester. Once described as “the Provence of the North” by Sir John Betjamin, it has been made famous by television programmes such as Where the Heart Is and Last of the Summer Wine. The older part of the village is on a steep valley side and is characterised by the many weavers cottages that were once at the heart of the woollen trade before the industrial revolution.
The village stretches from the old side across a flatter area known as “Golcar Flat” which, as any visitor will testify, is far from flat. The location of the village is totally dfferent from that of the others in the Colne Valley which are situated on the valley floor. Each village in the valley has a name or legend associated with it’s inhabitants, those in Golcar being known as “Golcar Lillies”. There are many explanations as to the origin of the name and the flower forms the crest of the local cricket team.
