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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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Think Flying Scotsman, and you undoubtedly think of the locomotive, however, the name comes from not just a single engine, but a whole train, a daily service between London and Edinburgh.Trains have been transporting passengers between the English...
To keep your brushes in the best condition, make sure you clean them as soon as you are done using them. Remove the paint from the brush by using it on a kitchen towel or similar. As acrylic paint is water based, you then simply need to agitate...
Steam locomotives come in all shapes and sizes, this is because their intended tasks require varying traction ability, speed or hauling capacity. To help accommodate these needs, steam locomotives are designed with different wheel arrangements...
Bogies are an independent framework that supports the wheelsets on a railway locomotive, coach or some larger wagons. The B4 bogie was a type introduced in 1963 to replace the earlier Commonwealth bogie design. The B4 weighs in at just 5 long tons...
In a world where modelling is becoming an increasingly popular past time, we are used to scale being a definitive equation that allows us to work out how big a model should be in comparison to its real-life prototype. Wargaming doesn't quite work...
A 4-6-2 railway locomotive is a steam engine with 4x leading wheels, 6x driving wheels and 2x trailing wheels. Engines with this wheel arrangement are known pretty much worldwide as Pacifics.Steam engines with the wheel arrangement 4-6-2 were...
A laser-cut kit is a regular kit that is put together the same way as any ordinary kit, and it's made from the same materials too (plastic, card or wood) but the difference is in how it's made.Traditionally, kits have been manufactured by either...
Modern Graham Farish and Dapol rolling stock should in theory couple together with little problem. This is thanks to the NEM standards that define model railway scales and guide manufacturers in creating compatible products that assist modellers...
A shunter (when used to describe an engine) is a dedicated railway locomotive used for marshalling trucks or coaches in yards or sidings ready for larger locomotives to take out on their journey.These days, shunters are typically specially...
Loading gauge is the maximum dimensions that a railway locomotive, coach or waggon (including its load) can be to travel safely along a track.There are many obstacles along the side of or above a railway line that could affect its loading...
The most important rule to remember when mixing paints is to never mix enamel and acrylic paint, this is because one is oil or solvent-based whilst the other is water-based, and oil and water do not mix. Apart from that, you should be able to mix...
Most modellers will be aware of how a controller makes a locomotive move along the tracks, with an analogue controller, the more power that is sent from the controller, the quicker the train moves, reversing the polarity reverses the direction of...