VOTE NOW! Hornby Magazine Model Railway Awards 2024
Hornby Magazine’s prestigious Model Railway Awards return for 2024, with voting open from September 5 at 9am. Voting closes at 11.59pm on September 23 2024.
Lockdown Sidings in OO gauge
Lockdown Sidings started with a spare 1,100 x 600mm baseboard, two Peco points, a desire to see whether after a very long break and several false starts I could still build a model railway, and spare time during the first coronavirus lockdown.
Rapido Trains announces ‘N’ gauge ‘Peaks’
Rapido Trains UK has confirmed that it is to produce all-new ‘N’ gauge models of the Class 45/46 1Co-Co1 diesel-electrics in the first of a series of announcements leading up to the Rapido Railex event later this month.
AIR CRAFT’S NEW GLOSTER JAVELIN REFERENCE
The new colour profiles book by Air Craft offers a wealth of reference if you're planning builds of the Gloster Gladiator.
Making the most of ‘NG7’ Part 1
In the first part of this feature, DAN EVASON lays the foundations for a new layout intended for Bachmann’s new ‘NG7’ range. The setting is a classic slate quarry in Wales - see it at the 2024 Great Electric Train Show on October 12/13.
Bregenbach in 'N' gauge
Bregenbach im Schwarzwald is a small wayside halt on a private secondary line through the Black Forest in Germany and brings a small slice of this fascinating railway system to the 2024 Great Electric Train Show this October.
Team Grantham presents Per Ardua Adastra and All the Fun of the Fair
Per Ardua Adastra and All the Fun of the Fair are two of the layouts that Team Grantham built for the second series of Channel 5’s Great Model Railway Challenge (GMRC) in 2019. See them at the 2024 Great Electric Train Show on October 12/13.
Making Tracks expands Watford Junction for the Great Electric Train Show
Pete Waterman and the Railnuts have set their ambitious expansion plans for Watford Junction in time for Making Tracks appearance at the 2024 Great Electric Train Show on October 12/13 2024.
‘AUSSIE’ BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOT AND AIRCRAFT REFERENCE
If you're modelling RAF Battle of Britain aircraft, don't miss Busybird Publishing's weighty new softback detailing relevant pilots from Australia and their mounts.
Freightliner Class 90 named Pete Waterman OBE
Freightliner named Class 90 90041 Pete Waterman OBE at Crewe station on September 11 2024 to honour his contribution to the railway industry.