Model Rail

Model Rail magazine is the UK's biggest-selling magazine dedicated to railway modelling. Every issue is packed with the country’s finest home and club layouts, stunning photography, unbiased and in-depth product reviews, expert tips, layout plans and step-by-step articles that really show you how. In our unique ‘Workbench’ section, we tackle a wide range of modeling skills and projects. Our expert writers and model-makers will help you to get the most from your hobby and build the layout of your dreams. Model Rail is published 13 times a year, every four weeks.

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The Big Picture • The latest happenings from the world of model railways

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Show & Tell • The place to share your projects with the Model Rail community.

News Real • What’s happening on Britain’s railways…

According to Chris… • …sometimes you can have too many layouts.

Penchant for the obscure • Modeller and exhibition veteran Andy Cundick likes a challenge, and what could be more demanding than scratchbuilding a layout based on a little.known railway that ceased to exist long ago?

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LAYOUT PLANNING AND DESIGN FIVE STEPS TO SUCCESS • Paul A. Lunn shows you the best way to approach and execute your layout ideas to ensure maximum satisfaction.

HOW TO DETERMINE YOUR IDEAL LAYOUT • Before you embark on realising your dream layout, you need to address some big questions, says George Dent.

HOW TO FIND A HOME FOR A LAYOUT • George Dent offers advice on where to locate your dream layout.

HOW TO CHOOSE A BASEBOARD • George Dent outlines the most important considerations – and available options – for creating perfect baseboards.

HOW TO LAY TRACK CORRECTLY • Tracks form the foundations of a layout and they need to be laid correctly to allow the trains to traverse them safely. George Dent offers tips for getting things right first time.

HOW TO WIRE YOUR LAYOUT • George Dent explains how to power up your freshly laid track.

HOW TO FULFIL YOUR LAYOUT DREAM • Decided to build a layout? Chris Nevard guides you through the process – and offers some tips to scenic success.

HOW TO SCRATCHBUILD A FAVOURITE STRUCTURE • George Dent takes a trip down Memory Lane to build a special railway structure from his youth.

HOW TO BUILD A CHURCH • Master of model buildings Clive Hardwick offers inspiration and advice on creating your own church.

HOW TO MAKE A DEVON HEDGE • No rural Devonshire-based layout would be complete without a carefully observed rendition of its famous hedge. Peter Marriott shows you the right way to model it.

FANTASY LAYOUTS • We all have dream layouts in mind. Editor Richard Foster outlines a few of his, along with images and books that inspired them.

MAKING the grade • A unique section of track demanded a unique locomotive. Richard Foster tells the story of the ‘Lickey Banker’.

HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ‘BIG BERTHA’ • Want your own model of that famous 0-10-0? Dave Lowery builds a whitemetal kit and shows you that it needn’t be an uphill struggle.

Skills Station

Fire your imagination • Visiting an exhibition 30 years ago, Ted Olney found all the...