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Adding realistic tyre tracks to muddy terrain in your scale model can enhance the scene’s authenticity and tell a...
When modelling fog in a railway scene, you’ll want to create a convincing sense of mist rolling over the tracks,...
Keeping your model trains running smoothly requires regular maintenance, and lubrication is a key part of that....
Waterslide transfers are a key component of scale modelling, allowing you to add intricate markings, insignias and...
The Firefly Class was a series of broad-gauge steam locomotives built for the Great Western Railway (GWR) between...
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Train wheels are probably one of the most important components of a railway locomotive, coach or wagon. Their shape and design are key to providing safe, reliable, stable and speedy operations and a typical train wheel has many features and design...
Lamps have been used on the front of railway locomotives since the mid-1800s. All through the steam years, the lamps consisted of oil-burning units that were hung on the front of locomotives on special brackets called lamp-irons. Surprisingly,...
Model figures are used by many creators of wonderful things, whether it be railway layouts, display dioramas, school projects, cake makers or florists, and it often falls into the hands of friendly model shops to supply the figures to all that...
A toggle switch is one of the most basic switches used on model railways, but it's also one of the most useful!A toggle switch is a compact switch that uses a lever to be activated. It is easy to install and easy to wire, operation of the switch...
If you have ever opened up a traditional brushed DC motor (the motor on older model railway locomotives), you would have been greeted with a solid outer casing with a component inside that spins around. A closer inspection of the bit that spins...
Hornby Dublo was an early brand name for models produced by the company that we now all know as Hornby. The brand was launched in 1938 and featured model trains that were roughly half the size of the 0 gauge models that had dominated the model...
A crossover is a railway track formation that allows a train to cross from one line to another.Crossovers are constructed from two turnouts (points) to facilitate a train movement from one track to another. A typical arrangement would be to have...
HOe is a scale used by modellers in mainland Europe to construct layouts portraying a narrow-gauge railway with a prototypical track gauge of between 650 and 850mm (25.59–33.46 in).HOe scale trains run on model-track with a gauge of 9mm between...
Model trains certainly run at a voltage low enough that they can be operated from batteries, and as lithium batteries become smaller and more powerful it is plausible that a model train could run from batteries if you wish, but the question is...
Put simply, H0m is the scale that modellers would use is they wanted to portray a real-life railway that has a 1-metre track gauge and wanted to model it in H0 scale.Metre gauge railways are a common sight around the globe with many mountain...
The era system was introduced by manufacturers to help modellers identify in which period of history their model's prototype would have been seen in service. Both Hornby and Bachmann have a system where they allocate their models a number between...
Electrical relays perform so many different tasks that it would be very difficult to definitively say that a relay does X, Y or Z, but in essence, relays are switches that operate without you having to be there.There are no doubt many experts that...