Hornby Magazine

Edited by Mark Chivers alongside Publisher Mike Wild, Hornby Magazine set out with a new approach and was aimed squarely at newcomers and returnees to the hobby, as well as those who were established in the hobby.

Its mix of inspirational and shows-you-how features, coupled to the best model railway layout photography and latest product reviews soon caught on as modellers everywhere discovered its fresh, new approach, talking in a language that everyone understood and not assuming everyone reading it was full of technical knowledge.

There will always be at least 90 pages of editorial in every issue of Hornby Magazine, making it the best value read of all the model railway titles. It is regularly promoted at retail outlets and can be found at W H Smiths, Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, Morrisons, Mills and many other good news outlets, including independent newsagents. Where it isn’t stocked, it can be ordered. Just ask!

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Latest articles from Hornby Magazine

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GWR '61XX' 2-6-2Ts

11th October 2018

Although the Great Western Railway set out to produce a range of standard steam engines in the Churchward era, inevitably as time went on variants were produced for specific tasks. One of those were the ‘61XX’ 2-6-2Ts which were specifically provided for commuter services in London, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES explains.

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Hornby Magazine October 2018

13th September 2018

Digital Command Control is in focus in the October 2018 issue of Hornby Magazine, but there is plenty for everyone, no matter what control system you use. Highlights include an exclusive competition to win Hornby and Gaugemaster models and equipment worth more than £1,000, extra pages with more editorial features, a first review of Bachmann’s new Brighton ‘Atlantic’ for ‘OO’ gauge, a full installation guide to sound for the Hornby Class 800, Hornby Magazine’s top 20 digital products and much more.

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Hornby Magazine September 2018

9th August 2018

Headlining the news are Hornby’s LNER ‘Toad’ brake van decorated samples together with new announcements from Heljan, Kernow and Accurascale. An exclusive limited edition VIP ticket for the Great Electric Train Show is also now available plus we reveal more of the 30 layout line-up for the event which takes place on October 13/14 2018 at the Arena MK in Milton Keynes.

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Upscaling to ‘O’ gauge

9th August 2018

Changing from ‘OO’ to ‘O’ gauge is much simpler than it used to be with an increasing range of motive power and greater consideration to digital control and sound. MIKE WILD opens up the Heljan Class 05 for ‘O’ gauge and shows how it can be enhanced with sound quickly and simply.

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Hornby Magazine August 2018

12th July 2018

Inside we bring you the latest from behind the scenes at Hornby, news from Kernow on its D600 ‘Warship’ for ‘OO’, new product announcements, full reviews of the Dapol ‘B4’ 0-4-0T and Heljan Class 07 diesel shunter and much more. Three stunning layouts feature, including Oake by the Somerset Railway Modellers Group in ‘OO’ gauge and Peakstone by Tim Lowe in ’N’ gauge - both of which will be attending the Great Electric Train Show in October - plus our team show you how to model realistic parcels trains, choose the best 21-pin decoder, install digital sound in a DJ Models ‘J94’ 0-6-0ST and take you behind the scenes in the Hornby Magazine workshop.