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Welcome

Hornby’s 2022 range contained a handful of surprises.

…and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris

EXHIBITION DIARY – JANUARY – MARCH 2022

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Present your case

If there’s a prototype that you think needs to be offered ready-to-run, here’s the place to voice your opinion…

Behind the Backscene

This month, we fire the questions at laser-cutting boffin Julie Lightburn, who was greatly inspired by Blue Peter as a child

EXCITING RELEASES IN HORNBY’S 2022 LINE-UP

The latest happenings from the world of model railways

DIESEL AND ELECTRIC RANGE

00 GAUGE HORNBY SENTINEL INDUSTRIAL LOCOMOTIVES 0-6-0 What’s

GWR ‘SIPHON G’ FROM ACCURASCALE

00 GAUGE To complement its forthcoming GWR ‘Manor’

DECORATED ‘MANORS’ REVEALED

In late December, Accurascale unveiled images of decorated

REVOLUTION’S NEW RECRUIT

Revolution Trains is delighted to announce that well-known

ORDER BOOK IS NOW OPEN FOR RAPIDO’S ‘TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT’ MODEL LINE-UP

Rapido Trains UK has announced that the order

FLAMEPROOF LOCOMOTIVE FROM PLANET INDUSTRIALS

Planet Industrials’ latest multimedia kit depicts the flameproofed

PLENTY OF PROGRESS FOR REVOLUTION TRAINS

N GAUGE 00 GAUGE A bumper consignment of

VOTE NOW!

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MAKE A START WITH SHAPER SHEET KIT

Woodland Scenics has launched a Shaper Sheet Learning

FITTER’S ESSENTIALS

Modelu’s latest offerings aren’t figures but a range

Modeller’s Bookshelf

An exhaustive history of two of BR’s less-fêted

RELAY BOXES FROM ROUTEMEX

To complement its recent range of signal kits

ON THE WORKBENCH

George Dent looks at the new products to land on his workbench this month

BATTERED FENCING

These laser-cut sections of weatherbeaten wooden fencing, from

NEW WEATHERING POWDERS FROM WWS

A range of weathering powders is now available

LOW-RELIEF SHOPS AND OFFICES

00 GAUGE More low-relief building kits have been

ROTARY SWITCH

The RS100 series of rotary switches from BCL

A tale of two bridges

Although track laying is taking longer than planned, George Dent has at least finished the two bridges for ‘Lisburn Lane’…

LISBURN LANE BRIDGE – TAKE TWO

As the areas of unpainted plastic stonework testify,

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community

Inside track with Ben Ando

Ben Ando is the co-founder of Revolution Trains and a regular contributor to Model Rail.

According to Chris...

…the pandemic has changed the face of railway modelling forever – and the internet makes it hard to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to model ‘reviews’…

Bigger challenges… smaller scale

Railway modelling had changed a lot since Chris Sykes was a teenager. Now he’s discovered that life begins at 1:148

Perfect pitch

Returning to the hobby after 30 years, Andrew Thomas set himself the lofty goal of including a football stadium in a layout that could be switched to por tray a preserved railway

COVER STORY

Covered trainsheds offer something a lit tle dif ferent to a station. Pa ul A. Lunn shows how suitable s truc tures can be created by adapting existing models. Artwork & photography: Paul A. Lunn

Workbench

23 pages of projects, advice and top tips that show you how

CREATE A SCRAPYARD SCENE

While taking a break from building layouts, Paul Gosden created a fascinating scrapyard diorama. Meanwhile, weathering supremo George Dent shares a range of practical tips for creating your own scrapyard scenes

MAKE YOUR OWN MOVING VEHICLES SYSTEM

Motion is one of the key elements of model railways, but it’s often just our trains that move. Graham Goodchild offers a means of creating a cheap and effective system for animating your road vehicles

HOW TO BUILD A SNOWPLOUGH TRUCK

EXPERT MODELLERS SHOW YOU HOW

POPULATE A DAPOL RAILCAR

Never a fan of ‘ghost trains’, Chris Leigh puts a driver and passengers into the Dapol ‘O’ gauge Class 122 railcar

BUILD A RUN-DOWN ‘BOTHY’

Inspired by the numerous abandoned structures close to his home, George Dent modified a laser-cut kit to portray a small rural outbuilding in a semi-derelict condition

CUSTOMISE ISO CONTAINERS

This is where our team of experienced modellers answer YOUR questions. Email your queries about railways – real or model – to modelrail@bauermedia.co.uk

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES

PART 5: Class 58

Notes from the Workshop DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

A GOOD GRILLING! We all want to get

ALIGN RUB-DOWN DECALS

Q Following the recommendations of several well-known modellers,

Reviews

In-depth and unbiased reviews of the latest products

Bachmann Class 20/0

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Leaf effect materials

We test five similar modelling products to help you make the most informed choices