London Midland Region
Building Topley Dale - Episode 1
Development of Topley Dale's Diversion Route is starting as the Hornby Magazine team start work on the scene by building a baseboard extension, laying sidings and introducing the ground work for a new quarry scene. Watch the video advert free here on KeyModelWorld.com.
Building Topley Dale - Episode 2
Topley Dale's Diversion Route is starting to take shape as we build the road bed, reshape the scenery and begin the footing for the scenery. Join us in the workshop for the second episode advert free for Hornby Magazine and KeyModelWorld subscribers.
Building Topley Dale - Episode 3
In episode three of Building Topley Dale we start creating the scenery around the quarry and road bridge using Woodland Scenics and Green Scene products. Join us in the workshop to watch the video advert free here for Hornby Magazine and KeyModelWorld subscribers.
Building Topley Dale - Episode 4
In the fourth episode of Building Topley Dale we continue the scenery on the Diversion Route by installing a Wills viaduct kit to carry the railway across a road and river scene. Watch the full video here advert free.
Building Topley Dale - Episode 5
In the fifth episode of the Building Topley Dale series we installed the Faller Car system around the Topley Dale diversion route while taking the scene forward to the 1990s with rolling stock from the final years of British Rail and the first years of privatisation.
Sealed beam ‘Peaks’ are back!
The overhauled Class 45 ‘Peaks’ have been a missing component from the modern era ‘OO’ gauge catalogues, but Bachmann is setting that right with the arrival of its Regional Exclusive versions of the Class 45/0 with ‘sealed beam’ headlights. MIKE WILD takes a closer look at this new arrival from Bachmann which has been much requested.
The final years of the Class 45s
While many of British Railways’ early diesel classes were failures, the Class 45s were so useful that many were upgraded and refurbished to extend their lives, as EVAN GREEN-HUGHES explains.
STANIER SOUNDS
The ‘8F’ 2-8-0 has a purposeful and exhilarating bark which Locoman Sounds has replicated on the Doehler & Haass decoder suite. In this step by step guide, MIKE WILD upgrades Hornby’s Stanier ‘8F’ with sound, stay alive and firebox flicker using a D&H 8-pin chip.
Staff Projects: Building bridges
Topley Dale has gained a third bridge scene with a new four-arch low height viaduct being built for the diversion route. MIKE WILD explains how it was assembled using the popular Wills kit.