Many modellers can get through scalpel blades almost as quickly as surgeons do, but how should you dispose of them properly after use?Each council will have a preferred method for the disposal of blades and you should contact yours to find out...

A double-action (or dual-action) airbrush is a regular airbrush with a control button/lever that regulates both air and paint flow.A regular airbrush has a button or lever that will start the air flowing. The resulting air stream will pick up...

In theory, converting a regular analogue model railway to DCC involves little more than swapping your controller and ensuring all of your locomotives are DCC fitted, but in reality, there is much more to consider.Firstly though, let's take a...

An accessory decoder is a component that facilitates the operation of accessories such as lights, motorised points and signals etc from your DCC controller's keypad.Although there are some 'plug and play' accessories available that do work...

Under the analogue system, modellers have become accustomed to wiring their light, signal and point motor circuits directly to the auxiliary port of their controllers. But if you are converting to DCC, the process becomes a little more involved....

You have probably noticed that there are many types of power clips available to facilitate different ways of connecting power to your track. You may have also noticed that Hornby's Digital Power Connecting Clips are specifically designed to work...

A filter is a very thinned paint, it is applied to change the hue of models as a whole without discriminating specific areas or detail.Filters are often confused with washes which are used to pick out certain areas such as panel lines, rivets...

Metal burnishing fluid is used to weather white metal models.The fluid has been specially formulated to work quickly and effectively. Just a few seconds exposed to the formula is all it takes for white metal to start ageing in front of your...

If you are thinking of installing a bridge over your track on a model railway, how high should it be?You may think the answer to that question is high enough for your trains to fit through! and you would be correct, but there is more to...

When working out the gradient for an incline on a model railway, your research may well uncover advice and tolerances expressed in two different ways.A good example of this is the many articles written advising that an optimum gradient should be...

Choosing trees can be difficult for wargamers as many are sold with either a cautious suggestion of a model railway gauge (which means little to anyone other than a railway modeller) or worse still, no indication of scale at all!That may seem...

If like most modellers, you have an abundance of used model paints lying around, you will be familiar with the pang of trepidation experienced when you reach for a tin off the shelf to see if it's still useable.Usually, whether or not it can...