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HOW TO ADD REMOVABLE SNOW FALL TO YOUR LAYOUT

Q I’d like to add snow to my

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES

PART 3: Class 101s in the BR blue era

DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

SISAL AND TISSUE As modellers, we’re always trying

METALLIC MAGIC

Q Can you recommend a good range of

A shelf made for shunting

ON SALE DEC 23

Present your case

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

Behind the Backscene

After travelling the world with a Formula 1 team, Paula Thompson is now seeking to attract more women and children to our hobby

BACHMANN REVEALS FFESTINIOG DOUBLE FAIRLIE

009 GAUGE Ina surprise announcement, as part of

GMPTE LIVERY FOR FARISH ‘150 ’

The Class 150/1 is due to appear in

MORE ACCURASCALE CLASS 92 DECORATED SAMPLES

00 GAUGE Accurascale has received a second batch

RETURN OF THE ‘90’

Back by popular demand, Bachmann’s impressive Class 90

In Brief

BART THE ENGINE – ONLY

SPIFFING ‘SPRINTERS’

Mirroring the Farish Class 150/1 in early 1990s

FARISH ‘03/04’ UPGRADED FOR DCC

Sure to be popular with ‘N’ gauge enthusiasts

LMS IVATT ‘2M T’ IN POST-WAR BLACK

Bachmann’s improved Ivatt 2-6-2T will be available in

TTA TO COME FROM DAPOL

Dapol’s range of 7mm scale wagons will soon

LIONHEART L&Bs

Lionheart Trains has revealed livery artwork for the

In Brief

MILK CHURNS & PORTER The latest addition to

DAPOL TAKES STOCK OF 2022

Dapol has also been reviewing decorated samples of

ROLLING STOCK UPDATE

Over the next few months a trio of

REVOLUTION TRAINS CLASS 59 UPDATE

The Revolution team recently displayed test mouldings of

In Brief

HORNBY TV WAGON: A CORRECTION In last month’s

OBITUARY: CHRIS MARCHANT – ‘CJM’ – 1953-2021

Ben Ando writesÉ Chris Marchant, the hugely influential

KERNOW’S IN THE ARMY NOW

As we closed for press, Heljan’s latest batch

SERVICE CRADLES AND STORAGE CASSETTES FROM DCCCONCEPTS

DCCconcepts has launched a range of locomotive servicing

WIN! A HORN BY ‘MERCHANT NAVY’

Worth over £190! He described it as ‘gorgeous’

SPECIAL SHOW OFFERS HAVE ARRIVED!

Since Warley National Model Railway exhibition is cancelled for another year, we have chosen to run special show offers across lots of our models, so you can still grab yourself a bargain!

BRUTES AND ACCESS PLATFORMS

Scale Model Scenery has produced laser-cut kits for

Modeller’s Bookshelf

A look at the final years of British Rail’s freight operations and a photographic record of the Class 158/9 DMU family are joined by an album of inspirational ‘trifles’!

CALENDAR PICKS FOR 2022

The Bahamas Locomotive Society has released a 2022

ON THE WORKBENCH

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

WEATHERING STATION FROM NOCH

Containing seven jars of dry weathering pigments, Noch’s

BESPOKE SIGNAGE EXPANDS

News Extra sponsored by ANY GAUGE Pacific Models

EXHIBITION DIARY – DECEMBER 2021–APRIL 2022

(ALL SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE ON COVID-19) 2021

… and finally

Unusual scenes ca ptured by the lens of Chris Nevard…

A CLASS MODEL...

In stock now, the IRM CI…/Irish Rail A

Will the Oldenburg set sail?

Chris Leigh has been ruminating on one of his (many) unfinished projects…

Plucking up the courage

George Dent has finally grasped the nettle and started laying the track on ‘Lisburn Lane’

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community

According to Chris...

…Chris is making a ‘to do’ list but it’s likely to be a long one

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THE MERRY GO ROUND ñ POWERING BRITAIN

accurascale ww w.accurascale.co.uk Introducing our brand-new range of

A hamlet in the middle

Built as a scenic sec tion to go with his other Isle of Wight layouts, Mark Pretious acquired ‘Merstone’ as a nearly-bare baseboard and reaped the benefits of keeping it small

MOVING ON from the train set

Our master of composition Paul A Lunn describes a few layout dilemmas he helped to solve

Small details, big ambitions

After half a centur y of club membership, Dave Smith was elbowed into building his first home layout to satisfy his need for noise

Workbench

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

HOW TO BUILD AN ORNATE STATION ROOF

Building etched brass kits has long been regarded as a ‘dark art’, but Dave Langton shows you how he went about this impressive model of Bath Green Park

INSPIRATION STATION: BATH GREEN PARK

Richard Foster outlines the history of Bath’s erstwhile terminus, which was the inspiration for Dave Langton’s model project

HOW TO CREATE PERFECT WATER

Peter Marriott looks for ways to produce water features free of air bubbles

HOW TO BUILD A SCENE IN A JAR

You’ve heard of building ships in glass bottles, now Graham Goodchild does it with a railway diorama

HOW TO BUILD A PHOTO DIORAMA

Want to enjoy your model locomotives, but don’t have time or space to build a layout at home? Fear not, as Peter Marriott offers the perfect solution

Locomotion/Rails LNWR ‘Precedent’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL LNWR

Rails of Sheffield GWR Gas turbine No. 18000

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL 18000 ◆

OO Works Adams LSWR ‘Jubilee’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL LSWR

Bachmann Ffestiniog Railway double Fairlie

◆ GAUGE ‘OO9’ ◆ MODEL Bachmann

Irish Railway Models Metro-Vick A Class

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Irish