A MODELS and toys business will celebrate its 30th anniversary this summer. From humble beginnings on the kitchen table to a global exporter, Nick Metcalfe – once a printer’s apprentice living in a caravan in his parent’s garden – has built a business that brings joy to people around the world. That very garden is where the Metcalfe factory stands today and is now the epicentre of a card modelling phenomenon. Metcalfe Models, in Bell Busk, near Coniston Cold, has become a popular choice for model railway hobbyists with a community of loyal fans, and it is now on a mission to grow the range via new means of print production and state-of-the-art technologies, the future of card kits has never looked stronger, it says.
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