Sunetra Sarker
Narrator (Voice)
Hornby: A Model World (2021)
Season 1
Going behind the scenes with one of Britain's best loved model-making companies. Hornby opens its doors to reveal how their dedicated team of designers strive to shrink a new generation of mighty machines
Released Oct. 11, 2021
Episode 58 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.model-railway, imdb.model-maker, imdb.behind-the-scenes, imdb.designer, imdb.company-name-in-title
Production Companies: Rare TV
Network: U&Yesterday
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Merchant Navy
A perfect diecast replica of a Merchant Navy steam locomotive is the task for Hornby's design team. Engineer Chris tries to capture the authentic sounds of a Light Pacific loco.
Oct. 11, 2021, midnight
S1E2 - Bristol Fighter
Experienced designer Carl has a challenge on his hands attempting to recreate a First World War biplane as a 1/48th scale Corgi model.
Oct. 18, 2021, midnight
S1E3 - Churchill's Funeral Wagon
Designer Sam creates a model of Winston Churchill's funeral wagon and first-time modeller Simon builds Britain's biggest model railway layout from his memory.
Oct. 25, 2021, midnight
S1E4 - APT
The team at Hornby are creating a replica of the West Coast Mainline train the APT to top speed.
Nov. 1, 2021, midnight
S1E5 - Spitfire
Hornby's young designer Paramjit Sembhi takes on the challenge of building a new version of the iconic RAF fighter of World War II, the Spitfire.
Nov. 8, 2021, midnight
S1E6 - Mosquito
After visiting an original Mosquito at the de Havilland aircraft museum, Airfix designer Paramjit attempts to shrink the wooden wonder to 1:72 scale.
Nov. 15, 2021, midnight
S1E7 - Intercity 125
The Intercity 125 gets an overhaul and the pressure is on to design two quick build models of the Ford Mustang in time for the summer holiday.
Nov. 22, 2021, midnight
S1E8 - Vampire Jet
Young designer Tom has his work cut out creating a new model of the record-breaking British jet the Vampire with its unusual space age look.
Nov. 29, 2021, midnight
S1E9 - Prince of Wales Locomotive
The Hornby team race to complete a model of the giant P2, The Prince of Wales locomotive, determined to be the first to bring a model of this giant to market.
Dec. 6, 2021, midnight
S1E10 - Lamborghini Countach
Hornby's Scalextric team attempt to tap into the brand's glory years, the 1980's, and devise a plan to create a model of a classic supercar, the Lamborghini Countach.
Dec. 13, 2021, midnight
U&Yesterday
58 min/ep
1218 min
Oct. 11, 2021
March 27, 2023, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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