Welcome

Like many enthusiasts of a certain age, The

GREEN LIGHT FOR CLASS 48

MODEL RAIL EXCLUSIVES UPDATE

FINAL CLASS 11 GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL

It may have taken an extra few weeks,

SURPRISE BOOST FOR BACHMANN’S WINTER LINE-UP

BULLEID’S EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRIC TOPS BILL The biggest surprise

BACHMANN’S ‘N’ GAUGE HIGHLIGHTS

The cut-down HRA hopper debuts in ‘N’ gauge,

HELJAN POWERS UP FOR CENTENARY EXCLUSIVE

00 GAUGE The LNER’s unique ‘U1’ 2‐8‐0+0‐8‐2T Beyer-Garratt

REVOLUTION ANNOUNCES CLASS 66 FOR ‘N’

N GAUGE The Revolution team will be unveiling

RAPIDO GETS BUSY WITH BUMPER CROP OF NEW PROJECTS

It has been a busy month for Rapido

Getting my head down to some modelling

Staff Show & Tell

Inside track with Ben Ando

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

MODEL RAIL’S Christmas GIFT GUIDE

Whether treating yourself or a fellow enthusiast, George Dent, Chris Leigh and Chris Gadsby offer a host of ideas for festive gifts.

EXHIBITION DIARY – NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2023

November 18-19 BRIGHTON. Brighton MRC. Patcham Community Centre,

Up the line to Uppingham

We visit Martin Olley and his 3mm scale

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…

Backscene

The fallout from the pandemic and the potential health risks posed by large gatherings of people put Chris Leigh off attending exhibitions. Now he’s getting ‘back on the horse’.

Many hands make light work

Working with a group of like-minded modellers can yield impressive results, as Graham Tierney explains.

“We want The Titfield Thunderbolt!”

The Titfield – Mallingford Railway was entirely made up by Ealing Studios… but the filming location in Somerset was far from phoney. Paul A. Lunn presents a handy guide to the fiction and reality behind a 1950s comedy classic.

Fen-tastic Voyage

Entering a friendly layout-building competition gave Steve Farmer the impetus to get ‘Farmers Drove’ completed – and choosing an East Anglian location gave him a very level playing field indeed

HOW TO WEATHER A WAGON WITH DECALS

EXPERT MODELLERS SHOW YOU HOW

HOW TO BUILD ‘TITFIELD’ STATION

EXPERT MODELLERS SHOW YOU HOW

HOW TO SET THE TITFIELD SCENE

After more than a year, Chris Leigh has finally completed his layout based on the eponymous location from The Titfield Thunderbolt.

HOW TO: USE STATIC GRASS TEMPLATES

This is where our team of experienced modellers

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES

Paul Chancellor turns his attention to the various iterations of InterCity livery, worn by Class 47/4s in the later years of British Rail and into privatisation.

DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

Notes from the Workshop

Rapido Trains UK Titfield Thunderbolt Train Pack

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Rapido Trains

Hornby LMS ‘Princess Royal’ class ‘Turbomotive’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL R30134 LMS

Hornby LMS ‘Princess Royal’ class ‘Turbomotive’ – in detail

Factfile: LMS ‘Turbomotive’ 4 ‐ 6‐2 William Stanier

Hornby BR Standard ‘2MT’ 2 ‐ 6‐0

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Hornby R3836

Lionheart Trains L&B Manning, Wardle 2‐6‐2T & coaches

◆ GAUGE ‘On16.5’ ◆ MODEL Lionheart Trains

Dapol TTA 45T tank wagon

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL Dapol 7F-064-003

Heljan PCA powder tank

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL Heljan 1090

Rapido Trains UK LMS Dia. 1666 open wagon

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Rapido Trains

Hornby Class 20 & new wagon releases

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODELS Hornby R30318