Valid to UK only - excludes oversized items
Using a back-to-back gauge for your model railway ensures that the wheels on your rolling stock are spaced correctly...
A poly-cap is a type of plastic cap often used in model-making kits, especially for assembling figurines or model...
Graham Farish is a name you’re likely to come across if you're interested in British model railways, especially in...
Semaphore signals, those distinctive mechanical arms that once graced railway lines across the UK, were largely...
Kato track is a popular choice in the world of model railways, known for its quality, ease of use and versatility. If...
Click here to receive the tips weekly in your mailbox. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Most of you will be aware of the basic principles behind the workings of a steam locomotive, fire heats water, water turns to steam, steam moves pistons. But if any water was to find its way through to the pistons, significant damage could be...
Long before computer systems were introduced, signal boxes, stations and goods yards communicated with each other by sending telegraphs to ensure the safe and efficient running of trains. Telegraphs are a bit like an early form of text message and...
When constructing a kit, lengths of wire are often included for use as railings on buildings such as signal boxes and cranes etc. But is this the best material for the job?Well, for most modellers, the wire does the job just fine, and the metallic...
If you're thinking of weathering a model using an aerosol, have a good think about it first.Although it is not impossible to apply weathering to a model using an aerosol can, it is very difficult to achieve convincing or realistic effects....
Barrow crossings are designated crossing points found at some railway stations where staff and sometimes even passengers are allowed to cross the tracks between platforms.These days, physically crossing the tracks is not a favoured method for...
A bolster wagon is a railway wagon designed to carry long items such as rails or posts.In appearance, bolster wagons look very similar to flatbeds and feature little more than a chassis with a large flat load bed fixed on top. The difference...
A fan fiddle-yard is a permanent fiddle yard where each track is accessed via a series of turnouts 'fanning' out from the layout's main operating line. But with so many turnouts connected in series, the space required for a yard of this type is...
Even accomplished modellers will high-five anyone around when their transfers go on seamlessly, they can be a little trick at times (decals that is, not accomplished modellers), but with a few simple tips, you too will be searching for a high-five...
When choosing turnouts for your layout, you may have noticed there is a choice between turnouts with insulated frogs (sometimes called insulfrogs) and turnouts with live frogs (known as electrofrogs), so what's the difference?Model railway...
When building a model railway layout, or any diorama for that matter, you will most likely want to place at least a few buildings on it. Whether it be a simple station or an all singing and all dancing village, buildings are a big part of a...
Traction tyres were used on many older model railway locomotives to improve their traction, not surprisingly, when they break the locomotive is often left unable to move little more than itself.This can be very frustrating and is a problem...
Screeching model railway locomotives are a common problem that most modellers come across at one time or another. If your engine is partial to the odd screech, it will likely be one of two things, but in either case, it rarely means it's the end...