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Stripping enamel paint from a model can seem like a delicate process, but with the right tools and techniques, it's...
Servicing your model railway locomotive is an essential part of maintaining its performance and longevity. Regular...
Fixing warped plastic parts on a model can be a bit tricky, but it's a manageable task with some patience and the...
The UK railway scale is called 00 gauge (pronounced "double-O") due to its origins as a smaller alternative to the...
For decades, British Rail (BR) was a symbol of national unity in transport, linking cities, towns and villages across...
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The concept of putting together a white metal kit is very much the same as with plastic ones: you have sections or parts that need removing from sprues, followed by a spot of sanding before sticking them all together and painting. So if you fancy...
Brown! everybody knows that a tree trunk is brown! end of story! or is it?The question "What colour is a tree trunk?" is more about modelling as a whole than a debate about tree trunks, and the point to be suggested is that what we have learnt and...
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...