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Miniature model makers Hornby are getting business back on track in Margate
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29/11/2023
The industry has had to compete with the online entertainment space, so they hope this new immersive centre will transport people back in time.
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A vintage film of the golden age of steam.
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Well think again, zooming out of camera and you quickly realise this is all actually a
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model.
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Wonderworks in Margate is a newly opened space featuring models you can play with from the
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Hornby Hobbies brand.
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But in recent years Hornby has had to compete with computer games, but they say that's yet
00:25
to derail their business.
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It's enormously important and I would obviously say it's very sustainable.
00:31
These brands have been building up followings and enthusiasts for years and years and years,
00:36
for decades in fact.
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And actually there's one thing about them that's really important, that it's really
00:40
really nourishing, valuable, creative time away from screens.
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So I think it's a really really important thing for new generations but also to continue
00:48
supporting the older generation.
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And it's not just model trains, the brand is also responsible for corgi, scalelectrics
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and airfix.
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The new space tells their story and they even have experts on hand to help you get in to
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the hobby.
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Well I think more than that it's even more sort of therapeutic and really rewarding to
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do.
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They've gotten smaller since I used to do them when I was younger, which makes them
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all the more fiddly and all the more sort of rewarding when you actually get it where
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you want it to be and it's finally painted and all put together properly.
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But yeah, just incredibly sort of therapeutic to paint as well I find, especially doing
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it freehand.
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And you can even race a car around the Margate seafront.
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Let's see if I'm any better than I was when I was a child.
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And your fastest lap was 11.
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I'm currently at the bottom of the leaderboard but the whole point is you can have as many
01:40
goes as you want to try and build that time up and get yourself at the front in the Grand
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Prix du Margate.
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Yeah, the whole point of Scalelectric is that it's a family game, it's a family thing
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that people can play together.
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A games console for Christmas is great for one member of the family and the others just
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have to watch.
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So the point of Scalelectric is you can put it on the floor on Christmas Day and all of
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you can play together.
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It can be granddad and grandma versus the youngest in the family and they're all on
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the same playing field and they can all play together.
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And that's what we've got here.
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Families can come and enjoy the experience as a whole.
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It might be a world of miniature, but bosses here say the Wonderworks is a giant leap to
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encouraging more of us to get into modelling.
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Gabriel Morris for KeanTV in Margate.
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