Photos of vandalised model railway exhibition at Stamford Welland Academy

This is what model railway enthusiasts were met with earlier today (Saturday May 18) following a break-in by vandals who wrecked their exhibition.

Members of Market Deeping Model Railway Club and similar groups were due to open their show this morning and had spent yesterday setting up the scale models on tables around Stamford Welland Academy hall.

Many featured dozens of tiny, hand-finished components, and had taken hours of preparation.