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RAIL PHOTOPRINTS I seem to recall that all

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

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

This month, geologist Michael Mazurkiewicz answers Model Rail’s quick-fire questions, revealing how it took 45 years to realise his dream of driving a train

The Big Picture

The latest happenings from the world of model railways

ALL-NEW ‘47’ FROM BACHMANN

00 GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS The highlight of Bachmann’s

LNER ‘J72’ GETS THE SOUND TREATMENT

00 GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS Other new additions to

INSPECTION SALOONS, TANKS AND BRAKE VANS FOR FARISH

In ‘N’ gauge, the Graham Farish range introduces

SCENECRAFT SELECTION

N GAUGE 00 GAUGE The Scenecraft range has

In Brief

‘M7’ GETS FRIENDLY N GAUGE In answer to

ROBINSON ‘A5’ 4-6-2T FROM SONIC

00 GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS Sonic Models has unveiled

SONIC ‘J50’ 0-6-0T

N GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS Sonic Models’ next ‘N’

SOUVENIR TANK FROM LOCOMOTION

00 GAUGE Locomotion Models has released its second

JOIN THE GM REVOLUTION!

N GAUGE The pioneering Class 59, which revolutionised

CLASS 66 LIVERY SAMPLES

N GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS Dapol has shown off

TWO-HORSE DRAY

N GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS An attractive 3D-printed, pre-painted

DAPOL ‘O’ GAUGE UPDATES

O GAUGE Dapol’s Class 66 has moved a

ACCURASCALE Mk 5 UPDATE

00 GAUGE RAIL PHOTOPRINTS Decorated samples of Accurascale’s

CLASS 86/4 AT ‘DECO’ STAGE

00 GAUGE Heljan has also been busy with

EASY-TRACK MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUT IN A BOX

00 GAUGE H0 GAUGE Easy-Track is the latest

FORDHAMPTON EXPANSION CONTINUES

00 GAUGE Gaugemaster’s expanding ‘Fordhampton’ range has been

PREMIUM OPTION FOR DCCCONCEPTS’ ROLLING ROADS

RAIL PHOTOPRINTS N GAUGE TT GAUGE H0 GAUGE

Modeller’s Bookshelf

An amazing new geographical reference book is featured this month, along with a useful pair of older tomes that have proved useful to the Model Rail team

ON THE WORKBENCH

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

…and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard…

EXHIBITION DIARY – SEPT-OCT 2021

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

Staff Show & Tell

Keep on trucking

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community

According to Chris…

Chris Leigh’s fear of heights doesn’t mix well with his liking for big bridges

Dream depot

Beeching may have erased some of our railways, but for Bob Tiller it presented the opportunity to showcase his collection of models, and depict an alternative reality of Bournemouth West

Technical tour de force

His shed is set in the 1960s, but Ray Nor wood’s exhibition crowd-pleaser is controlled by cut ting-edge technology

Inbound/Outbound

Track plans to get you thinking in three dimensions

HOW TO BUILD A DEPOT… WITH A DIFFERENCE

Angling for something a little out of the ordinary – and inspired by a number of prototype locations – George Dent decided to model a 1970/80s diesel stabling point, based around the remains of a steam shed

PROJECT INSPIRATION

DEPOTS … WITH A DIFFERENCE

HOW TO INSTALL SPEED RESTRICTION SIGNS

George Dent adds some vital – but often overlooked – trackside details

HOW TO ENHANCE BACHMANN’S MK 2a COACHES

In his first attempt at detailing carriage interiors, Steve Nall aimed to replicate the distinctive fabric patterns on BR’s landmark carriages

HOW TO MAKE A PLOUGHED FIELD

After starting his farm in the last issue, Peter Marriott now experiments with crops, fashioning a ploughed field mat as we head towards the harvest

Hornby LNER Thompson ‘A2/3’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Hornby R3833 LNER Thompson Class A2/3 4‐6‐2 Cha mossaire ◆ PRICE RRP £208.99 ◆ AVAILABILITY Hornby stockists Web www.hornby.com

Heljan Lyn

◆ GAUGE ‘009’ ◆ MODEL Heljan Baldwin 2-4-2T E762 Lyn SR green (1929-32) ◆ PRICE £239.95 ◆ AVAILABILITY Heljan stockists Web www.heljan.co.uk

N Gauge Society Hunslet 0-6-0DH

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL N Gauge Society Hunslet 0-6-0DH industrial shunter ◆ PRICE £82.00 ◆ AVAILABILITY N Gauge Society Web www.ngaugesociety.org

Revolution Trains FWA ‘Ecofret ’ Intermodal Wagons

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL Revolution Trains FWA ‘Ecofret’ twin and triple sets ◆ PRICE £95.00 (twin set), £127.50 (triple set) ◆ AVAILABILITY Revolution Trains and stockists Web www.revolutiontrains.com

Kato 4w electric locomotive

◆ GAUGE ‘N’ ◆ MODEL Kato GM2260201 ES1-style electric locomotive (Gaugemaster Collection) ◆ PRICE £49.95 ◆ AVAILABILITY Gaugemaster Web www.gaugemaster.com