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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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Thompson bogies were the metal framework and suspension units that housed the wheelsets on Thompson railway coaches. They were hailed a great success due to their smooth running capabilities and were even retrofitted to earlier coaches and later...
A Beyer-Garratt locomotive is a type of articulated steam engine with three sections. Technically, as two of the sections have their own powered wheels it could be described as two steam engines with a connecting boiler in the middle, however, the...
White metals are bright metal alloys made to possess varying qualities depending on their intended use. Some white metals are particularly suited to being cast with fine details and are also highly polishable making them a perfect material to...
Catch points (sometimes referred to as trap points) are a kind of turnout usually positioned at the end of sidings to prevent rolling stock accidentally venturing onto the mainline without clearance.There are different types of catch points,...
Hornby Railroad models are a range of locomotives and rolling stock manufactured by Hornby to be a little less delicate than their standard models.Standard Hornby models have a similar specification and durability as those produced by other...
The TOPS system (Total Operations Processing System) is a computerised system used to keep track of a locomotive/rolling stock's location and servicing requirements. TOPS was developed in America to enable the railways to track their rolling stock...
Bogies are a chassis (or framework) that carry a wheelset on a railway locomotive or rollingstock. The Commonwealth bogie was introduced in the 1950s and used on BR Mk1s and Irish CIE Park Royal coaches. The Commonwealth bogie was manufactured...
Fortunately these days there are special products to help you remove any little super glue (cyanoacrylate) mistakes such as Deluxe Materials specially formulated Glue Buster, but historically super glue removal had been a bit of a sticky...
The Big Four is a collective term used to describe the four main railway companies that operated the railways between 1923 and 1947, these are the LNER (London & North Eastern Railway), the LMS (London Midland and Scottish railway), SR (Southern...
Rotary switches are operated by a rotating (twisting) action apposed to regular switches that require throwing, flicking or pressing. They are generally used when you require one switch to be able to divert current between numerous circuits either...
A sable brush is a very high-quality brush often used in modelling for detail work thanks to its ability to be finely shaped at its tip.The brushes are made from the tail hair of the kolinsky (a variety of weasel) and not an actual sable as its...
Bogies are the metal frames that sit independently beneath a railway locomotive or rolling stock to support its wheelset. The BT10 bogie is one of the most successful designs of bogie to date, it was designed in the 1970s and is still in use...