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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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One way to fix track to a baseboard is by tacking it down with special pins or nails. If you look closely at the sleepers on most set track and some flexible track, you will notice that every so often there is a tiny hole in the middle of the...
Safety warning Soldering irons get very hot and can reach temperatures in excess of 400 degrees centigrade, so always take great care when using a soldering iron. Give consideration to the workspace where you will be soldering as hot soldering...
Twenty years ago it would have been easy to write an instruction leaflet on how to service an engine because model locomotives were all built pretty much the same way, with a motor, a few cogs, two wires and some wheels, and removing the body...
If you have never had the pleasure or are new to wiring anything other than a controller to a layout then you are in look because installing basic 2 aspect light signals is one of the easiest things that you are ever likely to install.What...
A headcode box (also known as a route indicator or train reporting box) is a display unit mounted on the front of early British Rail diesel or electric locomotives and multiple-units. Its purpose was to display a four-digit code that told signal...
One of the many advantages of using DCC is that compliant models are capable of operating auxiliary functions such as horns, lights, fans, smoke and realistic sounds. The amount of additional functions that you can add to a model depends on how...
If you are venturing into the world of flexible track then no doubt you are discovering that it is not just the track that is flexible, your track plans are now equally as flexible and you can now recreate exactly the bends and curves that you...
One of the jobs of a DCC decoder is to control pretty much everything that your model locomotive does, from starting and stopping to sound and lighting, the decoder gives the orders and distributes the power within the model to all the components...
A back to back gauge is an instrument for measuring and setting up the distance between wheels on an axle of a model train.It is often very disappointing when one of our engines or coaches constantly derails on a particular set of points or...
There are many variations of wheel arrangements for diesel and electric locomotives just as there were with steam locos, and for the same reasons: to facilitate different power outputs and distribute the weight of an engine. These arrangements...
It is not really a question of which track is best when it comes to a comparison between flexible track and set track, it is more a question of which track will best suit what you are trying to achieve.Flexible track usually comes in lengths...
To understand what a DCC decoder does, we must first take a look at how DC and DCC work.DC stands for Direct Current, this is the way modellers have been controlling their model railways for years. You have a controller which sends electric to...