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EXHIBITION DIARY – JANUARY–APRIL 2022

(ALL SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE ON COVID-19) 2022

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 4: Early BR on the Southern

Notes from the Workshop DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

ON THE EDGE “It only started off as

Two scenes… one location

We visit Andrew Thomas and his ‘Ewood’ layout, which features interchangeable scenery to suit every whim

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…

Behind the Backscene

Andy Hardy reveals how he wooed his wife-to-be from the footplate of ‘A1’ class ‘Pacific’ Tornado.

The Big Picture

The latest happenings from the world of model railways

HELJAN’S 2022 PLANS REVEALED

In early December, the team at Heljan announced

ACCURASCALE HOPPERS DUE IN JANUARY

Due to arrive early in the new year

ADDITIONAL MARK 2b COACHES ANNOUNCED

Accurascale has announced two further ‘OO’ Mk 2b

RING HAW EXCLUSIVE FROM HARDY’S HOBBIES

Hardy’s Hobbies has commissioned an exclusive version of

ROCKET RAILWAYS LAUNCHES RECLAIMED MODEL SCHEME

Coalville-based model shop Rocket Railways has launched a

FESTIVE (AND FEARSOME) FIGURES FROM OSBORN’S

Osborn’s Models has got into the festive spirit

NOCH MARKET STALL PACKS

Noch has released a selection of pre-painted market

Modeller’s Bookshelf

Here’s a quartet of highly useful books that have kept Model Rail’s edi tor occupied over the past month

ELEGANCE – AND DEVIANCE –FROM MODELU

Some of the latest figures to emerge from

GEAR UP FOR LIMA REPAIRS

The range of Lima spare parts produced by

ON THE WORKBENCH

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

ESSENTIAL STREET FURNITURE

Gaugemaster has produced a comprehensive range of traditional

TERRIFIC TREES FROM BUSCH

Adding to its already impressive range of scenics,

RUBBLE ON THE DOUBLE

Supplied in packs of two, these resin-cast piles

REDUTEX SHEETS NOW AVAILABLE FROM RAILS

This highly regarded range of pre-coloured, self-adhesive, textured

… and finally

Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard…

MODEL OF THE YEAR 2021

It’s that time of year again when we

Lighting the scene

Staff Show & Tell

Show & Tell

The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community

According to Chris…

Some people always go above and beyond, making a special place in everything they touch and everyone whose lives they affect. Chris remembers one such person, Allan Weare, who passed away recently

Be true to your shelf

Rising to the challenge of creating a layout in a constric ted area – in this case a shelf – Paul Marshall Potter has still managed to imbue his layout with atmosphere and operational interest – and future expansion potential

Scrapheap challenge

Inspired by a world por trayed in a cult comic book, Paul Rolley found real scrap value in his choice of set ting

TRIANGULAR junctions

Track plans to get you thinking in three dimensions

HOW TO GET THE BEST FROM A MODERN CONVERSION KIT

George Dent employs a 3D-printed bodyshell and a Hornby chassis to create a lesser known Stanier 0-4-4T

FIRST AND LAST – PROTOTYPE FACTFILE

Steam Railway editor Chris Gilson recounts the history of the Stanier suburban tank locomotives

HOW TO BUILD A LASER-CUT PUB

Laser-cut kits are a great way to ease yourself into scratchbuilding, says Chris Nevard

HOW TO MODEL WATERFALLS –THE EASY WAY

Peter Marriott demonstrates two methods for modelling realistic waterfalls

HOW TO BUILD A 3D-PRINTED WAGON KIT IN ‘N’

Short bogie tank wagons were rare in the UK, but a small fleet was built for liquid chlorine traffic in the late 1950s. Grahame Hedges recreates one in 2mm scale

HOW TO UPGRADE YOUR BUS FLEET

Former London Transport apprentice Paul Gosden has customised a fleet of die-cast buses for his impressive, scratchbuilt dioramas

HOW TO CLEAN AND SHINE YOUR STOCK

Q My steam locomotive bodies are looking decidedly dull

READER’S TIP – EASY WALL RETAINING PLATES

George says: After reading about the road overbridge

HOW TO HOLD AWKWARD PARTS WHILE PAINTING

I’ve scratchbuilt an exterior staircase for a signal box

Dapol GWR ‘Large Prairie’

◆ GAUGE ‘OO ’ ◆ MODEL

Heljan Class 47

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL 4863

Peco L&B goods brake van

◆ SCALE ‘OO9’ ◆ MODEL Peco

Dapol BR Banana van

◆ GAUGE ‘O’ ◆ MODEL Dapol

Hornby Mk 1 BCK

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODELS Hornby

Ground signals and interface

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ PRODUCTS DCD-GSC.1

Rapido Leyland Fleetline and ‘new look’ Guy Arab buses

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL Rapido

Low-relief card kits

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ PRODUCTS Small

Dimmable LED distribution board

◆ GAUGE Any ◆ PRODUCT CN161

Archaeologists and their finds

◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ PRODUCTS Noch