Welcome

Over the two decades or so that Digital

HORNBY’S 2023 RANGE INCLUDES WIRELESS DCC

George Dent presents the highlights of Hornby’s new forthcoming range.

EARLY RAILWAYS

After the arrival of the Liverpool & Manchester

STEAM RANGE

ANNIVERSARIES ABOUND As lead sponsor of the real

NEW TOOLING: STREAMLINED LNER ‘B17’

With Hornby already offering streamlined ‘A4s’ and ‘P2s’,

OTHER ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS

It’s been 100 years since the Grouping came

OTHER STEAM STORIES

Away from the glitz and glamour of special

STEAM HIGHLIGHTS

◆ R30270 LNER Class A1 4‐6‐2 No. 4478

NEW LIVERY OPTIONS FOR HST POWER CARS

The recently re-tooled HST power cars get more

DIESEL AND ELECTRIC HIGHLIGHTS

◆ R30306 Sentinel 0‐6‐0 DL81, London Transport green

AVANTI BI-MODE CLASS 805

Keeping things right up-to-date, Hornby is to replicate

COACHING STOCK

Hornby’s attractive Gresley corridor stock is being re-released,

SKALEDALE NEWS

The GWR station at Dunster (on the West

RAILROAD AND RAILROAD PLUS

The ex-Lima Class 101 tooling gets a welcome

RAILROAD WAGONS

Hornby’s venerable OAA and SAA open wagon types

FREIGHT STOCK

All-new freight wagons have been relatively rare from

TENDER-FITTED ‘MAINLINE’ HUNSLET JOINS BACHMANN RANGE

As mentioned briefly in a ‘Stop Press’ addition

‘POLYBULK’ EXCLUSIVES

FOR RAILS OF SHEFFIELD 00 GAUGE Winning Model

HELJAN Mk 1 CCT ARRIVES

In development since 2019, Heljan’s 7mm scale BR

PCA TANKS FOR REALISM REDEFINED

Realism Redefined, the retail arm of ‘Britain’s Biggest

COOPERCRAFT KITS RESCUED

After several years in the wilderness, the popular

VIX FERRY VANS ABOUT TO DOCK

00 GAUGE As we closed for press, Rapido’s

GWR ‘MINK A’ AND OPEN WAGONS FROM RAPIDO

With Rapido’s GWR ‘Iron Minks’ and 00 four-plank

FLEETLINE RIDES AGAIN

00 GAUGE Rapido is to produce a new

DYANAMOMETER AND OAA TO SHRINK TO ‘N’

Rapido’s acclaimed 4mm scale LNER Dynamometer car is

KEVIN FRY

Richard Gardner writes: It is with great sadness

MIDLANDS GARDEN RAIL SHOW ON TRACK

Plans are well on track for the 2023

RECTANGULAR TANKS HELP RAISE STEAM FOR MEDWAY QUEEN

The General Steam Navigation Locomotive Restoration Society has

RAPIDO TRAINS TAKES UP SMOKING

00 GAUGE Rapido Trains UK has signed an

LEYLAND NATIONAL WILL BE NEXT BUS FROM RAPIDO

00 GAUGE Rapido Trains UK has also been

MODEL OF THE YEAR 2022 – THERE’S STILL TIME TO VOTE!

Last year there was an amazing array of

SHED-TASTIC KIT

00 GAUGE New from Scale Model Scenery is

THREE-WHEELED MEAN MACHINE

00 GAUGE A notable recent release from Oxford

Modeller’s Bookshelf

Five new titles that have kept the Model Rail team occupied over the past month. 

ON THE WORKBENCH

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

GONE TO RUIN

The latest addition to Noch’s Abandoned Places range

PIZZA ON WHEELS

00 GAUGE HO SCALE This is another of

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard

Rufus the hound is such a fun‐loving dog.

NARROW GAUGE CREWS

009 GAUGE Modelu has been busy creating new

Temptation strikes!

Despite taking a break from most things model railway‐related over the festive period, George Dent couldn’t resist modifying a ‘OO9’ diorama.

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community.

Inside track with Ben Ando

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

EXHIBITION DIARY – JANUARY 21– APRIL 22 2023

January 21 WITHAM, ESSEX. Witham Model Railway Exhibition,

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

Chris Leigh offers meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue elsewhere, but which seemed terribly important at the time… 

Depot debutant

Despite never having built a layout, Brad Joyce jumped in feet‐first and created this beautifully observed West Midlands-inspired depot.

Gaelic Symphony

Sometimes modellers shy away from creating something with which they aren’t familiar. Not so for Andy Cundick, whose layout explores a relatively obscure but nonetheless charming corner of British railways.

HOW TO BUILD A STATION BUILDING FROM SCRATCH

In the first of a series of articles, Chris Nevard reveals how his latest layout project began, with the construction of a replica of Hemyock station building.

HOW TO RECREATE FELLED TREES

Peter Marriott donned his lumberjack shirt and headed down to the woods...

HOW TO REPLICATE MODERN ENGINEERS’ BALLAST LOADS

George Dent creates a seldom‐modelled facet of the modern railway, with the help of some laser-cut paper kits.

HOW TO INSTALL AN ILLUMINATED BILLBOARD

Peter Marriott finds an easy way to add an eye-catching lineside feature.

HOW TO REPAIR BROKEN WAGON TIE BARS

This is where our team of experienced modellers

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES

PART 16: Class 59s

PETER MARRIOTT’S WARLEY SCENERY CLINIC

At the 2022 Warley NEC show, Model Rail’s Peter Marriott spent two days answering a multitude of questions from modellers on building and enhancing scenery. Three main topics came up throughout the weekend: how to use static grass properly, how to make lightweight rockfaces that look good, and solving problems with water features. Here, Peter shares some of his scenic wisdom on these three recurring topics.

TIPS FOR WATER EFFECTS

Q I have been looking at a canal

ROCKFACES

Q I want to make a rockface on

Dapol Class 59

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Dapol

Accurascale Class 92

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Accurascale

Heljan Class 27

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL Heljan

Dapol HBA/HEA coal hoppers

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL •

Rapido Trains UK Class 28 ‘Co‐Bo’

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL Rapido

Rapido Trains UK BR ‘Conflat P’ wagons

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL 921001/921011