Tornado Books & Hobbies

Established in 2019, Tornado Books & Hobbies is an independent specialist

rail, road, air, maritime transport and military book and model shop

in Birmingham city centre

We are open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm

(CLOSED Monday & Sunday)

COMING SOON

We will be launching the new Tornado Books & Hobbies online store

very soon which will enable us to list many more of the

great products which we stock...

We stock books from the following publishers, plus many more:

Abteilung 502, Adam Gordon, AEB, After the Battle, AMMO by Mig Jimenez, Air-Britain, AK Interactive, Albatros/Windsock, Amber, Amberley, Avonmore, Bellcode, Book Law, British Bus Publishing, Canfora, Capital Transport, Casemate, Chime Whistle, Classic, Crecy, Crowood, Desert Eagle, Destin World, Detail & Scale, Double Ugly!, European Airlines, European Rail Timetable, Fawndoon, Fonthill, Ginter, Great Northern, Greenhill, Grub Street, Guideline/Warpaint, Helion, Hikoki, History Press, HMH, ICRS, Irwell, Kagero, Key, Lightmoor, Luftfahrtverlag Start, Mainline & Maritime, Middleton, Mortons, Mushroom MMP, Oakwood, OPC, Osprey, Peko, Pen & Sword, Phoenix, Platform 5, RCTS, Red Kite/Wing Leader, Schiffer, Seaforth, Shire, Silver Link, Specialty, Stenlake, Strathwood, Stratus, ST Publications, Tankograd, Trackmaps, Trackpad, Transport Treasury, Totem, Twelveheads, Unique, Valiant Wings, Venture, Wild Swan, WWP

Kits and diecast from:

Academy, AFV Club, Airfix, AK Interactive, Aoshima, Arma Hobby, Armourfast, Big Planes Kits, Bel-Kits, Corgi, Dragon, Eduard, Flyhawk, Foreart, Gecko, Heller, Great Wall Hobby, Hasegawa, Hobby 2000, Hobby Boss, IBG, ICM, Italeri, Magic Factory, Meng, MiniArt, Modelcollect, Northcord, Nunu/Beemax, Oxford, Pegasus, PM Model, Revell, Roden, RS Models, Rye Field, Special Hobby, Takom, Tamiya, Trumpeter, Valom, Vespid

Modelling accessories and paints from:

AK Interactive, Humbrol Enamels & Sprays, Javis, Model Craft, Tamiya Acrylics & Sprays, Vallejo Model Color Acrylics,

Woodland Scenics