Modelling

  • Bachmann 2019: Few new diesel & electric models announced

    Bachmann 2019: Few new diesel & electric models announced

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    The new factory in Gaobu is now operational which should see ‘OO and ‘N’ models released steadily during the year.

  • St Ann’s Cove: A bit more mess, a few more buildings

    St Ann’s Cove: A bit more mess, a few more buildings

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    Progress continues on RMM’s N-scale St Ann’s Cove project by hacking out the central landscape section from polystyrene batons.

  • John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Beast of Knottewith Sidings

    John M Rodway’s Tales From Knottewithought Junction: The Beast of Knottewith Sidings

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    The sun rose suddenly over the Valley of the River Knotte. In this part of the county there were never any gloriously unfolding dawns or magic transitions through twilight to calm dusks. It was either bright day or dark night, and had been like this for as long as anyone could remember. There were three…

  • Epping Ongar: The line that refused to die

    Epping Ongar: The line that refused to die

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    Craig Amess tells the story of the never-say-die Epping to Ongar line that’s been transformed into a thriving heritage railway whose scenic locations, locomotives, rolling stock and buildings present some intriguing modelling opportunities for steam and diesel enthusiasts alike.    The story of the Epping Ongar Railway in south-west Essex started in the 1860s, but…

  • What’s in the Shops: ‘Hoovers’, ‘Grids’ and ‘Skips’

    What’s in the Shops: ‘Hoovers’, ‘Grids’ and ‘Skips’

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    It’s been a great month for diesel model fans, with some great reissues by Hornby.

  • Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!

    Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!

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    If you want to watch something truly incredible, make yourself comfortable, open the video link at the end of this feature.

  • Layouts we love: ‘O’, what an amazing sight!

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    Roy James’s immense O-scale urban layout ‘Dream City’ covers 2000 square feet and features stations named after his grandchildren.

  • Layouts we love: The delicate dance of an A4 Pacific

    Layouts we love: The delicate dance of an A4 Pacific

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    Pete Kelly is caught up in nostalgia as he spends an hour surrounded by John White’s remarkable OO-scale Leeds and Doncaster layout.  John White has built several well-known O-scale layouts, including one that can now be seen at the Oakham Treasures Museum in Bristol called ‘Oakham Halt’, which the public can operate, and which he…

  • Layouts we love: What are my model locos   and rolling stock really worth?

    Layouts we love: What are my model locos and rolling stock really worth?

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    There are many ways of disposing of model railway collections, and each has its benefits. We look at today’s booming pre-used market.  Railway modelling is a restless hobby: no sooner is a layout complete than a new idea crops up and we find ourselves already thinking about something else – and if that entails a…

  • What’s in the Shops: Another ‘Toad’ from Hornby

    What’s in the Shops: Another ‘Toad’ from Hornby

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    Hot on the heels of Hornby’s excellent OO-scale ‘Toad E’ brake van comes a former LNER 20t ‘Toad B’ – and it’s another cracker, writes Nigel Burkin Hornby’s new OO-gauge NE ‘Toad B’ brake van made its arrival in the studio shortly after the BR version of the NE ‘Toad E’ was reviewed in the…

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