Toy Model Shops

The challenge of building a toy model kit is hard to replicate with any other type of toy. The journey from seeing a photo of the model on the front of the box to constructing it, painting it and then using it for the very first time brings with it a sense of satisfaction and achievement that is essential for growing children to experience.

Airfix kits are probably the best known model toy maker in the UK, and millions of little boys (and their dads) have spent countless hours making and painting these precision kits. Toy model building helps to build confidence in a child's ability to firstly imagine things and then to work towards turning those ideas into reality! There is also very much a creative side to modelling - as many of the model shops shown below sell products that require a level of invention and innovation as well as the ability to copy and follow instructions.

Realistic ready made vehicle models with high levels of detail are favourites amongst the thousands of UK collectors. With dozens of manufacturers around the world striving to build the best models of cars, planes, tanks, lorries or buses that they can, Corgi models probably have one of the most extensive catalogue of pre-built models in the UK. Their attention to detail is legendary, and some rarer models with very limited and numbered editions are high in value and demand.  

From every boy’s childhood favourite, Lego, to the very latest model of a favourite film vehicle, the toy model shops featured below stock some of today’s most popular and sought after toys that are guaranteed to be challenging, fun and rewarding. This category is very much about model vehicles, whereas if you are looking for other types of models, you may like to also check out our construction toys category.