RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Eastfield
This gargantuan 70' x 40' recreation of Glasgow Eastfeld diesel depot is due to make its exhibition debut at this year's Model Rail Scotland show. Graham Blount explains why Mick Worrall and the South Tyneside O Gauge Group embarked on the ambitious project.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH
A Princess Royal for Camden and Kilsby - Part 2
In the second half of his article describing the construction of a super-detailed Princess Royal Class 4-6-2, John Cooper-Smith builds, details and paints the locomotive body and tender.

 

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Inspired by a well-known painting, J.Cameron Millar presents an impression of an event in 1970s US railroading when Chicago hosted a famous visitor.

ALTE RINKAM

Doug Coombes, James Davies, and John Edge collaborated to create a generic German N layout which can host stock from different periods.

PLAN OF THE MONTH

A New York harbourside scene in P87 - Neil Kinison presents a layout which provides satisfying switching.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Wellpark
This 00 gauge layout by the Scottish Diesel & Electric Group, set in the suburbs of Glasgow in the 1980s, is due to be on show at the Model Rail Scotland exhibition in the city on 23, 24 & 25 February.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH
A Princess Royal for Camden and Kilsby
John Cooper-Smith describes the construction of a Stanier Princess Royal Pacific for his EM gauge layout Camden and Kilsby, Railway of the Month in the May 2023 Railway Modeller.

 

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Rail Mod?©lisme Ch?¢tenoyen (RMC71) introduce¬†their current HO exhibition layout, a representation¬†of their local station on the Chagny ‚Äì Nevers line.

A HARBOUR ON R?úGEN

A small layout modelled according to a classic plan ‚Ä쬆Paul de Groot describes his new German HOe project,¬†inspired by a published plan and a previous holiday visit.

THE LITTLE HIMALAYAN RAILWAY

A vertical slice of hill railway ‘pizza’ – Giles Perkins was inspired to model the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and captured its essence in an ingenious OO9 layout.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Tiverton Junction
Peter Fosberry describes the Culm Valley Model Railway Club's replica of this once extensive Western Region junction, which is on public view twice a month just a few miles from the real location.

PROJECT OF THE MONTH
Westhill Road station building
Southern modeller Graham Muspratt describes his scratch-build of a key structure, the station house and booking office, for his new, under-construction 4' x 18" layout in 4mm scale.

 

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Enter the wonderful world of railway modelling and explore this charming and worthwhile hobby, with modelling enthusiast Chris Ford.

Railway modelling is a lifestyle hobby enjoyed by millions of people from all walks of life, including famous stars like Sir Rod Stewart, Jools Holland, Pete Waterman and even Hollywood A-listers such as Tom Hanks. As a mainstream leisure activity, it encompasses a huge array of artistic, creative and technical aptitudes. It is incredibly rewarding and fulfilling, a great way to learn lots of new skills, and can be enjoyed equally at home or by participating in a local club or group. But knowing where to begin and how to navigate one’s way through the myriad of wondrous things the hobby offers can often be overwhelming to both newcomers and experienced modellers alike.

Hence, this brand new publication which takes a candid and sometimes humorous look at the hobby today, guiding the reader through the multitude of options and choices with which he or she is faced. From what size of models to choose? Where to house a layout in the home? What controllers do I use? Where to get more advice? Should I join a club? In fact, all the information one needs to integrate this ever-fascinating hobby into one’s busy life and including examples of many inspirational model railways built by hobbyists of all persuasions.

The author, Chris Ford, is a lifelong enthusiast who has built layouts in various scales and gauges and is a frequent contributor to Railway Modeller.

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WINTER WONDERLAND

A traditional Christmas scene, with a twist - Huib Maaskant shows how he created a setting for a television advertisement.

KERETAPI MINYAK SAWIT

Jan van Mourik and Henk Wust had the idea of creating a layout in HOe based on a Malaysian palm oil factory and its associated narrow gauge railway.

EASTON - PLAN OF THE MONTH

Ken Wearing was drawn to North American in N after modelling British 00.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Ellerton Road
Alan Turner recounts the story behind this 7mm scale pre-Grouping Midland Railway layout, which has been constructed over the past two decades by the East Staffordshire Group of the ScaleSeven organisation.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
Hayling Island
Ray Newman rekindled childhood memories of the 41h-mile Hayling Island branch - which closed 60 years ago - by creating a faithful depiction in 00 of the line's characterful terminus..

 

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KREIT

Anthony Bilton was inspired by an old album of photos and created a table-top tail chaser in HOe recalling the Stubaitalbahn south of Innsbruck in the 1960s.

STUTTGART

One man's dream in N, regrettably never fully realised - the remarkable private achievement of Wolfgang Frey, preserved for posterity and now open to the public.

VALBRUNA LUSSARI

A halt in the eastern Alps - Luca Klobas presents his new HO diorama, set on the Pontebbana line in Italy.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Potters Bar & South Mimms
Phil Clarke chose to replicate the glamour of the East Coast Main Line during the 1930s, when Gresley's A3 and A4 Pacifies reigned supreme, with this digitally controlled system housed in a loft space.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
Tunbridge Wells West
Andy Offen has fulfilled a dream by modelling this former London Brighton & South Coast Railway station in Kent as it appeared in the BR steam era, in N gauge.

 

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AUSSERBERG

Roger Ellis describes his fixed home Swiss HO layout based on the Bern-L??tschberg-Simplon which offers the opportunity to run some long trains.

MOULIN MARGOT

Claude Fandel created a large scale field railway scene in a small space, in collaboration with Marcel Ackle.

LA PLAINE SAINT-DENIS

A micro layout in HO set in the Paris suburbs -Wieger Pasman demonstrates that less can be more.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Westcliff
For his pre-Grouping Great Western layout, Richard Butler imagined how West Bay in Dorset might have appeared had it developed into the thriving holiday resort envisaged by the original promoters of the railway.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
Abbots Ripton
To mark this year's centenary of the 1923 Grouping, Josh Williams suggests an East Coast Main Line layout set in the first year of the London & North Eastern Railway's existence.