'Modern Image' is a term used by many modellers to describe a layout that portrays modern times, for most this will cover the post steam era from the late 1950s and early 60s onwards, but hang on a minute, that was over 60 years ago! can we really...

If you're not electrically minded, the thought of installing solenoid point motors to your layout for the first time can be a little bit scary but don't worry because when you have done it once, it's really quite easy.The circuit you'll have...

EMU stands for Electric Multiple Unit and is a type of passenger train where most or all of the carriages has its own electric motor negating the need for a regular locomotive to provide traction.EMUs have been around since the late 1800s and...

EMF stands for Electromotive Force and requires a fair knowledge of electrics to fully grasp what it is and the effects that it has on motors and circuits, the problem is that most explanations often contain quite advanced terminology or at the...

In 1955 an act commonly known as the 'Modernisation Plan' was passed with the intensions of modernising British Railways.The railways of Great Britain had been under government control since privatisation in 1948, but they were still using...

5 and 7 plank wagons are a type of railway wagon design dating back to the early 1900s. They are a simple design of open wagon (featuring no roof) comprising a metal framework encompassing wooden sidewalls, the height of the wagon's sidewalls is...

A ground frame is a bank of point levers placed at the trackside to operate nearby points or emergency crossovers and are generally found in remote locations too far away from a signal box to be connected by traditional rodding or wires.The...

Years ago, many modellers would hang their planes from the ceiling, it was almost an obligatory custom between father and son, nowadays though, models are generally heavier and more focused on details meaning a display cabinet or shelf tends to be...

If you're lucky enough to know a lot about models and have experience painting them, how much the paint costs, is something you probably don't give much thought to. But equally, there are a lot of people out there either modelling for the first...

Removing decals can be a bit of a head-scratching (or rather a model-scratching) experience, but it doesn't need to be.There are several chemical-based solutions out there that will help you to remove old decals without the need for any...

The vast majority of model plane kits do not come with pilots and these will need to be sourced separately.They are available from specialist suppliers so you shouldn't have any trouble obtaining one, but if you are not experienced in building...

From the perspective of someone choosing a model aircraft for the first time, there can sometimes be some confusion surrounding the flying and non-flying types of model available. This could result in a prised model being happily lobbed out of an...