Model Railway

In theory, yes you can add smoke to your engines regardless of whether you are running analogue or DCC. You will need to get yourself a smoke generator which is fitted inside the body of your engine and connected to the pickups of the train, you...

Sharp bends are just about the only aspect of a model railway that still cause modellers a headache with regards to making them look real.Advances in the hobby have meant that everything else from rolling stock and buildings to people and...

When it comes to value for money the complete train set has to be the way to go. With a typical train set, you will get: a controller, a locomotive, coaches or wagons depending on which set you go for and enough track to create a fair-sized oval....

In Britain we love our 00 gauge model railways. It is the most popular gauge to model in closely followed by N gauge, and it would appear that around the world our modelling friends too prefer this gauge, it's just that they call it H0 gauge,...

Whether to use the term HO (letter O) or H0 (zero) is not something that causes many modellers a sleepless night. We are accustomed to both being understood and accepted when written or typed. The fact is that usually when we use the term it is...

The dictionary defines gauge as "the distance between the two rails on a railway line" and scale as "the scale of a map, plan, or model is the relationship between the size of something in the map, plan, or model and its size in the real world".In...

A track rubber looks like a standard eraser that you would use to rub out unwanted pencil lines on a piece of paper. However, they are much harder to the touch than standard erasers and have a slightly abrasive quality.The function of a track...

There have been many fantastic advances in the world of model railways in the last twenty years. One of these is the ability of manufacturers to create more aspects of our model world to a more accurate scale.The height of the rails on model...

There are many ways in which you can construct your layout, there are several common types that have names you might recognise and they can all be adapted, extended or even amalgamated to create a layout that suits your needs, desires or space...

Have you ever wondered what NEM couplings are? We see the name mentioned all the time because they are supplied on many new models these days, but what are they? And why are they better than the older style couplings?The NEM (Normen...

1:148 scale refers to a model where the real-life prototype that the model is based on is 148 times bigger than the model.1:148 scale is the British version of N gauge model railway, continental Europe and the US both use a version of N gauge that...

If you are planning a model railway layout then you are likely making some crucial decisions, one of which will be how much track vs scenery should you plan to incorporate into the layout?The correct answer to this question is personal to you and...