Railway Modeller

Still Britain's most popular model railway monthly magazine with over 800 issues published since it was launched. Always at the very heart of the hobby, and justly proud of its policy to cover all the scales and gauges and topics of interest to both ready-to-run enthusiasts and kit and scratchbuilders alike.

Railway Modeller

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Fairwood Junction • Inspired by a local prototype, STEVE JONES created a 4mm scale exhibition layout, which he subsequently extended to improve its appearance and better reflect the real location.

A construction project in N A turntable for Leominster • In the April 2025 issue, PETER DENNIS described the ambitious project being undertaken by members of the Marches Model Railway Group to construct a layout based on Leominster station in the steam era. Here, he explains how he set about creating a working model of the 45' turntable.

Oldbury (Pearsall Street) • NIGEL GOSLING describes this fictional suburban terminus set in the West Midlands, which has been constructed over the past nine years by the O Gauge Group members of WARLEY MODEL RAILWAY CLUB . The layout is set to make its exhibition debut at this year’s Warley at Statfold event on 10 & 11 October.

Hunslet Engine Co. workshops reborn – part 7 • Ahead of its appearance at the Warley at Statfold show this October, ANDY ROSS provides a taster of what visitors will be able to see, now that this ambitious 7mm scale project is nearing completion.

Warley Model Railway Club – 60 years on • The 2026 Warley at Statfold Model Railway Show, to be held at Statfold Country Park near Tamworth on 10 & 11 October, will mark 60 years of the Warley Model Railway Club. Life President PAUL JONES looks back over its history.

Running a railway • GRAHAM NICHOLAS details the operational aspects of a home-based OO gauge system built by his late father, ROGER NICHOLAS , which evoked the atmosphere of the Scottish rail scene around Aberdeen during the BR steam era.

Compass Point • CHRIS O’DONOGHUE describes this coastal narrow gauge vignette, which will be in action on 17 & 18 October at the 41st Uckfield Model Railway Exhibition.

Modelling a Class 66 in 3mm • Supplied with a single-piece bodyshell and a motorised chassis, the 3mm Society kit for a Class 66 diesel locomotive provides an ideal Privatisation-era entry point for modellers working in this scale. DAVE BATES tells how he painted, lettered and weathered his example to depict a member of the Direct Rail Services fleet.

Penrhyn Quarries • In seeking to design a model railway that could be exhibited easily, and which would demonstrate his skills at making realistic terrain while also standing out from the crowd, BILL FERGUSON turned to his long-held passion for the Welsh narrow gauge to find a solution.

Horncastle • SIMON STEWART explains how he took a real Lincolnshire branch terminus and changed its history, imagining how it may have appeared had it remained open into the 1980s.

Sprat & Winkle autocouplings in TT:120 • CALLUM WILLCOX describes how to fit proprietary TT:120 stock with Sprat & Winkle autocouplings to assist with hands-free operation.

Haunted Hollows • NATALIE RUDD presents the highly unusual horror-themed OO gauge diorama that she created as an entry for the Peco RAIL200 Model Layout Competition.

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