Discover how to make realistic scenery with detailed step by step guides from the Hornby Magazine team. From signalbox interiors to car dealerships and industrial terminals, we have inspirational builds to capture your imagination and enhance your own projects.
Making a scene
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.
MAKING A SCENE: Modelling a seaside scene in OO gauge
Britain’s famous and very popular coastal resorts prompted DAN EVASON to show how easy it is to create a beach scene in ‘OO’ gauge in which you can almost smell the candy floss and fish and chips.
Ground Effects
Railways often used redundant van or coach bodies for storage or messrooms. DAN EVASON shows how to create a typical scene in ‘OO’ gauge.
Grand Café
Detailing models can be a satisfying pastime and following a visit to Model World LIVE recently, DAN EVASON opts to create a realistic café interior in OO gauge.
Bespoke Barn Build
What do you do when there are no suitable buildings available as kits or ‘ready to plant’? DAN EVASON shows that making your own structure can be simple and provide a unique aspect to a layout.
Woodland on a Budget
Model trees are readily available, but DAN EVASON reckons you can make them yourself for pennies – as he demonstrates in this latest ‘OO’ gauge scene.
Creating a Waterfall
For a very different feature on a layout, DAN EVASON shows how to create a stunning waterfall scene in this detailed step by step modelling guide.
The short and winding road
A veritable spider’s web of country lanes links villages and farms in the countryside. DAN EVASON shows how to model one in 4mm scale.
MAKING A SCENE: Submerged Spitfire scene
DAN EVASON was inspired by a story to create this stunning scene in 4mm scale - which, with adaptation, could be set in any era from the dawn of flight to the present day.
Making a scene: Snow covering tips
Recent weather and the arrival of two new steam locomotives with snowploughs in the accessory pack prompted MIKE WILD to give Shortley Bridge’s viaduct scene a quick winter makeover.