Modelling

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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Experience the ultimate model railway day!

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Arianne Davey

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21st March 2023

Hornby are hosting an exclusive Virtual Club Members’ Day on Saturday, 25 March.
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Astley Bridge

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Arianne Davey

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8th March 2023

My layout called “Astley Bridge” was inspired by Crewe Gresty Bridge. It is a fictitious location somewhere in the midlands between Derby, Nottingham and Leicester.
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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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A lockdown project continued

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Arianne Davey

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27th February 2023

Take a look at Paul Simpson’s model railway layout, based on the Teesside area.
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Broombank & Elstead Park

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Arianne Davey

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13th February 2023

Here’s Bill Thorne’s two model railway set-ups.
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Dunwoody Way

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Arianne Davey

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30th January 2023

Mark Fletcher sent us the details of his model railway, loosely based on his time spent in Crewe as a child.
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Tara Junction

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Arianne Davey

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16th January 2023

Tara junction is an Irish themed layout where scenes from the 1980s up to the present day can be recreated.
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Train Care Depot

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Arianne Davey

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2nd January 2023

Jacob Hampson’s set up is a 4×6 baseboard with scenics on and a 2×1 “fiddle yard” board.
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Colmore Junction & Colmore TMD

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Arianne Davey

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19th December 2022

Here’s my 00-gauge home layout build, called Colmore juction & Colmore TMD.
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