Modelling

Team of railway modellers to building working layout in a weekend for charity

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Alex Bestwick

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12th September 2024

Over the weekend of September 21/22, Heritage Railway staff writer Owen Hayward will be leading a team of railway modellers […]
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Fears for the future of model railways as Warley National Model Railway Exhibition closes ‘for the forseeable future’

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Alex Bestwick

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15th January 2024

The cancellation of the long-running event, alongside the closure of a major modelling retailer, has been blamed on a lack of young people taking up the hobby.
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Hattons Model Railways announces closure after 77 years

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Alex Bestwick

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9th January 2024

Hattons Model Railway has announced that it will cease trading, and launched a closing down sale.
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Accurascale reveal first look at decorated 16 tonner samples

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Alex Bestwick

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13th December 2023

Accurascale have revealed first looks at samples for their upcoming and highly anticipated 16 ton mineral wagon range.
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Modelling basics: A decision on size

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Shannon Butcher

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16th November 2023

Model railways, as the name implies, are based on small-scale representations of the real thing, so the choice for new modellers is the actual model’s scale.
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Bastwick Wood Sidings

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Arianne Davey

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15th September 2023

Here’s James Eggleton-Akers’ model railway layout, inspired by a set of sidings just outside Neasden South Junction, in London.
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Graham Farish Class 90 DCC Installation

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Arianne Davey

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6th March 2023

Released in late 2022, the all-new Graham Farish Class 90 ac electric locomotive model is a major development for ‘N’ gauge modelling. It fills an important gap in the rosters of West Coast, East Coast and Anglia mainline modellers from 1987 to present day, both freight and passenger operations.
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Upgrading a named Hornby ‘Black Five’

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Alex Bestwick

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5th October 2022

For most locospotters during the 20 years or so of British Railways steam, the sight of a named Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0 was something to savour, for out of a class of no fewer than 842 locomotives, only four Scottish-based examples out of the five to be so honoured passed into nationalisation in 1948. Ian…
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Smile, you’re on TV!

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Alex Bestwick

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30th September 2022

Ever wondered what it would be like to take part in Channel 5 TV’s Great Model Railway Challenge? Andrew Brewin, proprietor of A2B Model Railways of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, who did so as part of the ‘Titfield Thunderbolts’ team in the 2019 series, recounts his experience and tells us about some of the things the…
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Model railway events coming up this Autumn

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Alex Bestwick

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29th September 2022

There are plenty of exciting events coming up in the model railway world this Autumn – here’s a few to put into your calendar.
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