Modelling

Often overshadowed by the Class 08s, the lower-powered Gardner-engined machines were adopted as British Rail’s standard small shunter, enjoying a varied career across five regions. Simon Bendall recounts the type’s history and the many detail differences that would appear over the years. BUILT between 1957 and 1962, the Class 03s, as they would later become…

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Seeking to recreate an everyday sight from his youth, Stu Davies describes how to modify the Bachmann Class 03 shunter to represent one of the batch employed on the Southern Region, in particular the Weymouth Quay tramway. FOR many years, the Weymouth Harbour tramway operated with vacuum-braked stock, diesel power appearing in the area for…

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The ‘O’ gauge market welcomes a new ready-to-run manufacturer as the British Thomson-Houston Class 15 goes on sale. THE appearance of a new ready-to-run manufacturer is always a welcome event, especially in ‘O’ gauge where the development and expansion of the products available continues unabated. The Little Loco Company first arrived on the scene in…

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Two new wagons have been announced, while the range of liveries on the new Mk.3 coaches has also increased. THE London Toy Fair at the end of January saw Oxford Rail announce the first items in its 2017 range of ‘OO’ gauge models. As is the norm for the company, this will be the first…

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The latest addition to the company’s wagon range is the LMS/BR coke hopper, this coming in two different body styles. Now available from retailers is the latest entry in Hornby’s ever-increasing range of high-quality 4mm scale wagons, this being the LMS and BR designs of the 20-ton coke hopper. Following on from the earlier LNER/BR…

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To coincide with the release of the new Hornby models, Trevor Mann describes the history of the coke hoppers, these evolving from a private owner design to one built by the LMS and BR. With examples remaining in traffic until the early 1980s, modified and converted examples are also examined. The origins of the British…

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For much of the 1980s, the Class 47/7-powered push-pull sets were the face of ScotRail, working the front rank inter-city services between Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. In the latest part of his article on the sets, Andy Clayton describes how to model the hard-pressed Type 4 motive power and continues with the coaches by tackling the…

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With the new tooling already announced at Warley, the manufacturer has unveiled the remainder of its new catalogue. January 4 saw Hornby complete its announcements for 2017 with the unveiling of its new catalogue and with it, the reliveries of existing tooling that can be expected over the next 12 months. As detailed last issue,…

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A quieter year for Bachmann’s ‘N’ gauge range also includes a retooled TEA bogie tanker and additional Class 40. In contrast to the 4mm announcements, the new Graham Farish range for 2017/18 perhaps has less of interest to D&E modellers but there are still some new tooling models. The first of these is the very…

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An all new EE Type 1 headlines Bachmann’s ‘OO’ gauge programme for 2017, with plenty of other D&E interest. In a change to its usual tradition, Bachmann announced its new ranges for the next 18 months or so on January 8, some two months earlier than normal. As ever, the manufacturer unveiled a diverse range…

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