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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...
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A sheet rail, more commonly referred to as a tarpaulin bar or longitudinal bar, is a metal bar that is suspended above a railway wagon to support tarpaulins.Some early wagons were built with raised semi-circular end panels to support and...
28mm wargaming figures, sometimes referred to as miniatures, are the most popular scale of gaming figures on the market today (2021).Years ago, 20mm figures were dominant amongst players, but the slightly larger 28mm scale presents a figure...
When models get a little older they can often suffer from their decals starting to crack or flake. This can be very annoying or even heartbreaking for prised models, but there is something you can do.Microscale is a brand of decal finishing...
'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...