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  • The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling | February 2019

    The Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling | February 2019

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    Railway Magazine Guide to Modelling has a mission to enthuse modellers of all ages and abilities!

  • Back to Buntingford

    Back to Buntingford

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    Pete Fowler first thought about building an OO-scale layout of the former Buntingford branch terminus in Hertfordshire 30 years ago, but was put off by the lack of information then available. The internet has changed all that – and Pete Kelly brings this progress report on a charming and atmospheric layout in progress. Imagine the…

  • I’m just pawing over the latest modelling news…

    I’m just pawing over the latest modelling news…

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    I thought you might like to see this picture of Alfie, my 12-year-old Westie, who looks like a potential new reader of RMM! Sally Pepworth, Email For more Letters, Opinion, Reviews, News and Features, see the January 2019 edition of Modelling – available now! For a complete list of stockists and how to get your copy,…

  • Running-in your new model locomotive

    Running-in your new model locomotive

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    Many readers will have received new model locomotives for Christmas – but they need to be carefully prepared for use, and running-in is an important part of ensuring years of reliable service, writes Nigel Burkin. ‘Running-in’ or ‘breaking-in’ new models is a perennial subject, and one that comes to the fore around Christmas. Many people…

  • Those lovely model cab details – but what does everything do?

    Those lovely model cab details – but what does everything do?

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    Anyone who models the steam era cannot have failed to notice the ever-growing complexity of cab detailing in recent years — but what are the real-life functions of all of those levers, gauges and pipes? Craig Amess visits the Swindon & Cricklade Railway to find out for himself on the footplate of 56XX 0-6-2T No.…

  • A Settle & Carlisle goods shed in ‘N’

    A Settle & Carlisle goods shed in ‘N’

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    Pete Kelly spends an absorbing weekend putting together a well-detailed Metcalfe building kit from a series of buildings based around the legendary Settle & Carlisle line that are also available in the even more richly detailed OO scale. Just like model trains, card kit buildings are becoming more sophisticated by the day – and one…

  • What’s in the Shops: O-gauge Great Western Class 43XX mogul is another Heljan triumph

    What’s in the Shops: O-gauge Great Western Class 43XX mogul is another Heljan triumph

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    Nigel Burkin discusses a model of one of the Great Western Railway’s 43XX 2-6-0 mixed traffic locomotives.

  • What’s in the Shops: An O-gauge MGR hopper wagon from Dapol

    What’s in the Shops: An O-gauge MGR hopper wagon from Dapol

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    Dapol’s well-detailed O-gauge MGR coal hopper wagon sells for a very attractive price.

  • Doing what comes naturally: Eco-friendly alternatives to plastic modelling materials

    Doing what comes naturally: Eco-friendly alternatives to plastic modelling materials

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    GreenScene’s Andrew West offers a biodegradable alternative to plastic modelling materials.

  • Hornby’s completely retooled ‘Princess Coronation’ streamliner is on the way

    Hornby’s completely retooled ‘Princess Coronation’ streamliner is on the way

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    Hornby’s much-anticipated, retooled versions of the streamlined ‘Princess Coronation’ Pacifics are due out any time now.

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