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The latest happenings from the world of model railways

REVEALED: HORNBY’S ALL‐NEW ‘J13’/’J52’

00 GAUGE In late November Hornby announced an

DUBLO DELTIC PROTOTYPE GETS POWER UPGRADE

00 GAUGE Although announced as part of

NEW FLEET OF ‘TUGS’ SAILING IN

00 GAUGE Hornby also revealed a quartet of

‘TT:120’ CLASS 37 AND ‘J50’ PROGRESS

‘TT:120’ GAUGE Hornby’s future plans for ‘TT:120’ will be

‘SLIGO TANKS’ A BOON

00 GAUGE Irish Railway Models has teamed up

STOP PRESS

BUMPER CROP OF NEW RELEASES

ATOMIC ‘FLATROL’ DESIGN IMPROVED

MODEL RAIL OFFERS.CO.UK 00 GAUGE As revealed in

MIRRLEES CLASS 37/9 ADDED TO RANGE

00 GAUGE British Rail’s ill-fated Class 38 development

MORE NEW WAGONS FROM RAPIDO

00 GAUGE The latest additions to Rapido’s growing

ACCURASCALE SADDLES UP

00 GAUGE Nearly 500 Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0 ‐

DAPOL’S RAILCARS ARE APPROACHING

N GAUGE The latest production batch of Dapol’s

OXFORD UNCOUPLES FROM HORNBY – SPECIAL AWARD FOR LYNDON DAVIES

OO GAUGE Having owned the Oxford Diecast operation

GO SHOPPING WITH SCALESCENES

The latest addition to the Scalescenes range of

HELJAN LAUNCHES NEW PRODUCT CATALOGUE

The 2025 Heljan UK catalogue can be downloaded

LIONHEART LAUNCHES IVATT 2‐6‐2T AT SHOW

O GAUGE Dapol chose to announce its next

MORE EXCITING KITS FROM PECO

NG7 GAUGE 00 GAUGE Peco has expanded

METCALFE GOES FOR MOCK TUDOR

00 GAUGE A new addition to Metcalfe Models’

REVOLUTION TEAM GAINS NEW MEMBER

Louis Spurgin, left, and Ben Ando. The Revolution

News Real

Our full-size railways are constantly evolving, providing fresh inspiration for modelling projects. BEN JONES looks at a few of the latest developments that could soon be appearing on our layouts.

EXHIBITION DIARY – DECEMBER 2024–FEBRUARY 2025

December 21 HERNE BAY, KENT. East Kent Model

…and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris

Staff Show & Tell Changing stations

Chris Leigh takes a light-hearted look at a major layout alteration.

Inside track with Ben Ando

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

Model of the Year 2024

What a fascinating year it has been, with

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Backscene

Railway modelling standards have come a long way. CHRIS LEIGH suggests it’s more by accident than design.

Working on a coal mine

Buying a pre-built layout worked out well for Andrew Morris, who soon realised he had something rather special on his hands.

Taking the biscuit

Looking to have a break from his loft layout, Mike Baish decided to have a bit of fun and build a gritty industrial layout on a theme of… biscuits.

Going through the mill…

‘OO’ GAUGE LAYOUT

BUILD A CLASSIC ENGINE SHED KIT

HOW TO

CREATE SNOW EFFECTS WITH A GRASS BOX

HOW TO

BUILD A CLASS 06 FROM A METAL KIT

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Reviews

Rapido Trains UK LNER ‘Y7’ 0‐4‐0T

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODEL Rapido Trains

Hornby LNER ‘Coronation’ coaching stock

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODEL Hornby LNER ‘Coronation’

Revolution Trains Southern Region General Manager’s Saloon

♦ GAUGE ‘N’ ♦ MODEL Revolution

Revolution Trains ‘Borail EC’ & ‘Mullet’

♦ GAUGE ‘N’ ♦ MODEL Revolution

Bachmann FR ‘Tin Car’ saloon

♦ GAUGE ‘OO9’ ♦ MODEL Bachmann

Hornby Thompson ‘L1’ 2-6-4T

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODEL Hornby

Hornby KFA Container wagon

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODEL Hornby

Hornby ‘Trout’ ballast hoppers

♦ GAUGE ‘OO’ ♦ MODELS Hornby

Gaugemaster Infinity Sovereign DCC system

♦ GAUGE ‘N/TT:120/HO/OO/OO9’ ♦ MODEL Gaugemaster

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