Gaugemaster.com Reviews 472

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Considering 81 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Many customers consistently praise the prompt and efficient delivery service, often noting that their orders arrived quickly and were well-packaged. People frequently highlight the competitive pricing and the wide selection of products available, making it easy to find what they need. The overall service is described as excellent, with many appreciating the ease of ordering and the helpfulness of the staff. However, some customers also noted occasional issues, such as a lack of notification for out-of-stock items or delays in receiving replacements. A few other people also felt that the website's search function could be improved, and some products lacked clear pricing or descriptions.

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Service

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

ordered some fleichmann profi track, point motors and controller.shipped via ups and delivered a couple of days later. go to gauge master because they have a good selection of European n gauge track a... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the first time I’ve used Gaugemaster, but not the last!, I found the website really easy to use and found that the products I ordered were really competitively priced. I felt that the 10% disc... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been doing business with Gaugemaster for just over a year now, and I've never been disappointed with their value or more importantly their service. Never had any issues with deliveries at all.... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have dealt with this company many times before and they have been excellent every time. All my orders have been delivered FOC as I have not been in any rush for delivery so took advantage of their f... See more


Company details

  1. Hobby shop

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Gaugemaster - The Model Shop for Big Imaginations. Gaugemaster are one of the largest model shops in the UK, with over fifty thousand products listed – many of which are in stock. We stock the finest model railway items from companies from all around the world, so you will almost certainly find what you need – no matter what scale, period, or location you model. Our friendly, helpful staff are only a phone call or an email away.


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4.6

Excellent

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

472 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Tug boat smoke generator.

The smoke generator has now been installed in the funnel of model harbour tugboat.
Powered through a relay switch and receiver can be operated via a switch on my transmitter.
It works very well.’

4 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A very satisfied customer.

i liked the vast range of products that they stock and at very attractive prices. the service i received was both quick and efficient with very good postage charges. in my opinion an all round excellent company, many thanks.

31 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Website frustrations

I primarily use the website to search for Heljan Spare Parts which to say at the least can be very difficult because there are no images or drawings of the parts, and in many cases descriptions, aided by the search facility not appearing to work as it displays completely irrelevant products. This may be because there is no common system deployed in cataloguing the items which makes the entire experience very poor, frustrating, time wasting. Oh then there are links to pages that no longer exist.

20 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Visited the Gaugemaster shop at Ford

Visited the Gaugemaster shop at Ford, amazing selection of all scales model railways, the shop had changed interior since my last visit, were working layouts, enjoyable but can be expensive visit, staff were helpful, one big downside is lack of pricing on railway buildings and accessories.

18 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Another disappointment at Gaugemaster

A comprehensive stock of many different scales. The shop has been completely rearranged and nobody has much idea where things are and the placement of some items is confusing and illogical (a member of staffs comment). I model 0 gauge which as most know is about twice the size of 00 scale but it doesn't mean 0 gauge modellers are twice as tall as 00 modellers so putting the wagons and locos 3 metres off the floor isn't the cleverest thing to do. If the wagons were at least visible instead of only the labels on the box end which most can't read. You need to rethink this .

19 July 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great company

The company is efficient, helpful, trustworthy and a pleasure to deal with. I particularly like their willingness to send out a partial order if some ordered items are out of stock.

3 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Gaugemaster, Ford, West Sussex

I have been ordering products from Gaugemaster since 2004, I have always been extremely satisfied with this retailer.
My experiences with Gaugemaster have been a combination of online and personal visits to their shop.
I have always found them to be professional, polite and always helpful.
I thoroughly recommend Gaugemaster.

24 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Delays when ordering out of stock items

When you have an article in stock it comes really quickly. Which is good.
When an article is out of stock but can be ordered it takes for ever to arrive and there are no updates about progress or possible delivery date. Sometimes, eventually a message comes that it is no longer available. This is frustrating and bad.
I currently have two models caught up on this limbo land of “on order”

27 April 2025
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very professional

I am very impressed by the speed of dispatch following an order. To be honest, I feel they are a little on the pricy side but there is no denying the quality.

25 April 2025
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

We ordered some vouchers from you for a…

We ordered some vouchers from you for a retirement gift for one of our staff members. You delivered them really quickly however I am giving 3 stars due to the fact that the vouchers cannot be used online and for the really archaic process in terms of using them. I think you have great products however, you must be losing a lot of business that you don't even realise you are losing due to the arduous way your vouchers work. There are a lot of company's offering similar products but with a modern gift voucher offering. I really wasn't going to purchase them because of this and only ended up doing so after the employee said it would be okay.

25 April 2025

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