Welcome

SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE… Unboxing a new

MODEL RAIL’S EXCLUSIVE ‘PWM’ – ON SALE NOW!

Arriving a few weeks ahead of schedule, our

MODEL RAIL VISITS… MODERN IMAGE O GAUGE EXHIBITION

George Dent writes: On March 25-26, Crewe Heritage

HORNBY COLLECTOR CLUB LAUNCHES THANE OF FIFE

Announced at a special virtual Hornby Collector Club

ALL-NEW ‘DELTICS’ BREAK COVER

Anumber of painted samples of Heljan’s re-tooled ‘O’

DAPOL TO OFFER GWR AUTOCOACH IN ‘OO’

Announced at the London Festival of Railway Modelling,

DAPOL CLASS 66 GETS THE ‘THIRD GEN’ TREATMENT

As well as re-tooling the bodyshell, Dapol has

GWR PARCELS RAILCARS REACH SAMPLE STAGE

Heljan has also recently shared images of factory‐painted

In Brief

L&B BUILDING KITS UNDER KITMASTER BRAND With Lionheart’s

GWR ‘TOAD’ BRAKE VANS FOR ‘O’

Dapol’s 7mm scale rolling stock range continues to

MORE EXCLUSIVE SCENECRAFT MODELS FROM KERNOW

Kernow Model Rail Centre has commissioned Bachmann to

‘TRACTOR’ NEWS

A late addition to Accurascale’s first production

‘SMALL PRAIRIE’ IS NEXT MODEL FROM LIONHEART

The latest locomotive project for Lionheart Trains will

BRING THE CORONATION TO YOUR LAYOUT

Osborn’s Models has produced ‘OO’ figures of King

LOCOMOTION COMMISSIONS ‘31’ FROM ACCURASCALE

As part of Accurascale’s forthcoming Brush Type 2

ACCURASCALE CHOOSES THE ‘BUCKJUMPER’

With Accurascale’s first steam-outline locomotive, the GWR ‘Manor’,

MORE NER HOPPERS AND EXCLUSIVE ZDV

The latest addition to Accurascale’s Exclusives range of

RAPIDO GOES FOR AN ‘E’

Rapido Trains UK is working on a ‘OO’

CAR PARTS AND BARRIERS

New from Scale Model Scenery is a variety

Modeller’s Bookshelf

A quartet of new books that will be useful for modellers and general railway enthusiasts alike.

ON THE WORKBENCH

What new items have appeared in George’s workshop this month?

PIZZA ON WHEELS

This useful vehicle and figure set by Busch

…and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard

URBAN TREES

Noch has produced a handy set of six

AUTUMN LARCH TREES

Primo Models is a newish UK company that

News Real

What’s happening on Britain’s railways…

Show & Tell

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

Kit-bashing in ‘N’

I was very pleased when my grandson bought

Staff Show & Tell

The number of the fish

Let there be (a different kind of) light

My ‘Lisburn Lane’ layout has seen little scenic

AIMING HIGHER

Model Rail’s scenic guru Peter Marriott has challenged

Inside track with Ben Ando

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

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April 14 & 15 SUTTON COLDFIELD, BIRMINGHAM. Sutton

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Extending a busy junction

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

There’s nothing new under the sun. Chris Leigh remembers the first time ‘TT3’ was launched.

Working with the big brass

Dave Stone didn’t let the thought of building locomotives, rolling stock and track deter him from choosing this seldom-modelled era.

CONNECT FOUR

Looking at railways in detail

HOW TO CREATE A POLISHED, WEATHERED LOOK

GET THE GROUPING LOOK

Remote beauty

Bleak and with relatively fewer features than most layouts, ‘Lochty’is everything that it needs to be – nothing more nothing less.

Workbench

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

HOW TO BUILDING HEMYOCK

PART 4: THE DAIRY AND LINESIDE STRUCTURES

HOW TO CREATE A LIGHTWEIGHT ROCKFACE

Making realistic rockfaces can be a messy business. Peter Marriott demonstrates how a new paper-based product affords outcrops to be made quickly, easily and cleanly.

HOW TO ANIMATE A CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA

Ready-to-plant children’s play areas can be bought off the shelf, but Graham Goodchild demonstrates how, with a little ingenuity, you can save money by making your own mechanism.

Know your stuff

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 18: BR Type 2s in green

Notes from the workshop

DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

USE POSCA PENS TO PAINT SIGNS

Vicky Prior writes: Like many in the Pandemic,

Hornby ‘TT:120’ The Scotsman Train Set

"The train set has provided plenty of fun,

Heljan NER/BR ‘ES1’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL •

Heljan Class 33/2 (As-built version)

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Heljan

Ellis Clark Trains/Darstaed LNER Thompson BG

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL Ellis

Hornby Class 60

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Hornby

Revolution Trains Class A Tank & MTV Open Wagons

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL Revolution

Rapido Trains UK GWR 4-plank open wagon

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL 925001

Hornby ‘TT:120’ Station Buildings, Signal Box & Plat forms

◆ GAUGE ‘TT:120’ ◆ MODEL •