Welcome to Britannia Models, your British model trains destination!

Our business serves a customer base of British railway modellers across North America and, therefore, much of our business is done through online, email and phone orders. In order to respond to those customers in a timely manner, our bricks and mortar store operates on limited opening hours as shown below. We are happy to receive walk-in customers by appointment on the days we are not open and, in this way, they too can receive more immediate and full attention.


Mail or phone orders, are available Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm pacific time. Our online order system and our fax and voicemail facilities, are of course available 24/7.

Monday Closed
Tuesday By appointment only
Wednesday By appointment only
Thursday By appointment only
Friday Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday Open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed
  To make an appointment for a store visit on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, just call ahead on 604-538-2698


We carry a large selection of products including Hornby, Bachmann Branchline, Graham Farish, Dapol, Bassett-Lowke and Ace Trains, locomotives, rolling stock and accessories. Other model railway accessories include Peco, Ratio, Wills, Metcalfe, Woodland Scenics, Superquick, Kestrel. Diecast road vehicles in OO scale from Corgi, Oxford, Base Toys, EFE, Cararama and Classix. British magazines covering railway modeling, the real railway, past, present and preserved. Plastic kits from Airfix, Tamiya, Italeria, Svesda plus paints, glues, brushes and tools.


Interested in plastic kits, wooden ship kits, slot cars or modelling tools and supplies? Check here for information on what is available and how to order.

So enjoy your visit to Britannia Models and try our friendly service. You can check out our history and a little bit more about us, here.

Thank you for stopping by!


Latest News:

May 9th, 2012 - We have just listed our stock of Dapol OO scale goods wagons. You can see them here.

April 26th, 2012 - We are now taking advance orders for the new Ramsay's 14th Edition British Diecast Model Toys Catalogue.Our regular price when the book is in stock will be $50. Our pre-delivery price is $45. Delivery is expected late May.

April 11th, 2012 - The two Bachmann GWR Class 3700 City Class locos, 'City of Bath' and 'City of London' will be here before the end of the month. If you want one of these superb models, please let us know as they will go quickly. They are both DCC Ready, pre-wired with Bachmann's 21-pin socket. Our price is $175.00 each.

April 10th, 2012 - For our O-scale friends we have received new stock from Bassett-Lowke including re-stock of the Peckett 0-4-0 Saddle Tanks, plus Private Owner wagons, SR, LMS and BR wagons and Petrol tank wagons. Don't forget too that we now have all the Bassett-Lowke cast resin buildings in stock.

April 10th, 2012 - New arrivals this week include Hornby's Brighton Belle train packs and coaches in both 1934 and 1969 liveries and the LNER (teak) and BR (ex LNER) Maroon Full Brake; Bachmann's Derby Lightweight 2-car DMU and Johnson 3F in LMS livery; Dapol's first two N-scale A4's (Wild Swan and Silver Fox) plus their N-scale Magnetic couplings!

October 20th, 2011 - Newly arrived are these two beauties from Bassett-Lowke! Peckett 0-4-0 Saddle Tanks 'Wenman' in maroon and 'Joseph' in green, are O scale (7mm) engines adjustable for 3-rail or 2-rail running. Each model is individually numbered with a brass 'builders' plate.

                              

                                  

These latest offerings from Bassett-Lowke are each priced at $415

October 12th, 2011 - Check out the exciting news from Dapol! New N-scale models of the LNER/BR Class A3 and A4 have just been announced and are expected to be available before year end. This includes an up to date model of #4472 'Flying Scotsman'! See all the variants planned for these two classes, as well as all of the Dapol steam locos here.

Yes, the dome looks odd. Remember that these are pre-production samples!

If you model in N-scale you might want one of these beauties! Even if you don't model the LNER/BR(E) you might want one coming through on a special!