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Worsley Works, is a UK producer of kits for model railway carriages and locomotives owned and run from Worsley by Allen Doherty. Initially producing 3mm scale models Worsley works has expanded into many other scales.

Worsley Works are well known in the fine scale modelling world^{[citation needed]} especially in the less popular scales. They are one of the few sources for British HO scale"UK HO Suppliers". scale . They are of one the few sources of kits for 3 mm scale modellers"3mm Suppliers".. Their range expands regularly as customers ask for new etches to be designed to meet gaps in the market.

Worsley specialise in what they describe as 'scratch aid' kits "NGauge Society Links". a term they say they use to indicate their kits are not complete models merely the basic parts. By manufacturing only the etched brass or nickel silver components of the models they are able to produce a very wide range of kits in many scales even when demand is very low. This is hard to do with resin or plastic models where the costs of producing a master for casting are extremely high. Assembly of Worsley Works kits, like most purely etched kits, is, challenging and requires the modeller source other components or use fillers and their own skills to build awkward areas that are hard to fabricate in etched brass. In part as a result of the availability other small manufacturers produce resin extras such as curved roofs specifically to make building the Worsley Works models easier "2mm Scale Roofs"..

Constructed Worsley Works kits command high prices due to the quality of the finished models and the difficulty in building them. "Heritage N price list' October 2006'.

External links

http://www.worsleyworks.co.uk - official website

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+'''Worsley Works''', is a [[United Kingdom|UK]] producer of kits for [[model railway]] carriages and locomotives owned and run from [[Worsley]] by Allen Doherty. Initially producing 3mm scale models Worsley works has expanded into many other scales.
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-'''Worsley Works''', is a [[United Kingdom|UK]] producer of kits for [[model railway]] carriages and locomotives owned and run from [[Worsley]] by Allen Doherty.
-Worsley Works are well known in the fine scale modelling world{{Fact|date=March 2007}} especially in the less popular scales. January 2002 saw articles covering the building of two of their 4mm scale narrow gauge kits published in the very popular model railway magazines Railway Modeller and Continental Modeller covering the two 'Funkey' Diesel locomotives bought from South Africa and now running on the Ffestiniog Railway and the Welsh Highland Railway{{Fact|date=March 2007}}.  They are one of the few sources for British [[HO scale]]{{Fact|date=March 2007}} a scale for which they were prepared to produce a single kit Southern Schools locomotive which can be seen as built by David Armitage on the British HO Web Site. They are a major source of kits for 3 mm scale modellers{{Fact|date=March 2007}} the scale which saw the start of Worsley Works and for which they can now supply over 800 kits designed specifically for the scale. Their range expands regularly as customers ask {{Fact|date=March 2007}} for new etches to be  designed to meet gaps in the market. Kits such as the Schoema Viking Diesel commissioned by Robin Winter to illustrate one of a series of articals in the Railway Modeller covering aspects of the Isle of Man Railway and his model of part of that railway
+Worsley Works are well known in the fine scale modelling world{{Fact|date=March 2007}} especially in the less popular scales.  They are one of the few sources for British [[HO scale]]{{cite web | title = UK HO Suppliers| url = http://www.british-ho.freeserve.co.uk/suppliers/index_suppliers.htm}} scale . They are of one the few sources of kits for 3 mm scale modellers{{cite web | title = 3mm Suppliers | url = http://www.georgem.co.uk/5.html}}. Their range expands regularly as customers ask for new etches to be  designed to meet gaps in the market.
-Worsley specialise in what they describe as 'scratch aid' kits {{Fact|date=March 2007}} a term they say they use to indicate their kits are not complete. These have been reviewed on a regular basis in the Railway Modeller and Continental Modeller{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. By manufacturing only the etched brass or nickel silver components of the models they are able to produce a very wide range of kits in many scales{{Fact|date=March 2007}} even when demand is very low as shown by the production of a one off kit for the Southern Schools in 1:87{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. This is hard to do with resin or plastic models where the master costs are extremely high{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. Assembly of Worsley Works kits, like most purely etched kits, is, challenging and requires the modeller source other components or use fillers and their own skills to build awkward areas that are hard to fabricate in etched brass{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. In part as a result of the popularity of building such kits other small manufacturers produce resin extras such as curved roofs specifically to make building the Worsley Works models easier{{Fact|date=March 2007}}.
+Worsley specialise in what they describe as 'scratch aid' kits {{cite web | title = NGauge Society Links | url = http://ngaugesociety.com/links.htm}} a term they say they use to indicate their kits are not complete models merely the basic parts. By manufacturing only the etched brass or nickel silver components of the models they are able to produce a very wide range of kits in many scales even when demand is very low. This is hard to do with resin or plastic models where the costs of producing a master for [[casting]] are extremely high. Assembly of Worsley Works kits, like most purely etched kits, is, challenging and requires the modeller source other components or use fillers and their own skills to build awkward areas that are hard to fabricate in etched brass. In part as a result of the availability other small manufacturers produce resin extras such as curved roofs specifically to make building the Worsley Works models easier {{cite web | title =2mm Scale Roofs | url = http://www.worsleyworks.freeserve.co.uk/2mm/2mm_Roofs.html }}.
-Constructed Worsley Works kits command high prices due to the quality of the finished models{{Fact|date=March 2007}}.
+Constructed Worsley Works kits command high prices due to the quality of the finished models and the difficulty in building them. {{cite book | title = "Heritage N price list' October 2006'}}
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