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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Model Rail

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Model Rail essential information

NEW SENTINEL BATCH IN THE WORKS • The latest happenings from the world of model railways

MORE BR MODERN TRACTION TO COME FROM BACHMANN

NEW ‘BOXES’ FROM C-RAIL FOR ‘N’ AND ‘00’

EXHIBITION DIARY – SEPTEMBER 2022

…and finally • Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard…

Covid blues and bolts • While trying to shake off a bad dose of the dreaded Covid-19 virus, George Dent has been working on a large-scale truck kit – and was reminded of a range of detailing products recommended by a Model Rail contributor.

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

Inside track with Ben Ando

Black Country in a box • Contemplating modelling a more contemporary era than usual, Ed Purcell looked to his local area for inspiration to create this exhibition-going masterpiece.

Meet the Model Rail Expert modellers

HOW TO TWEAK A ‘J70’ TRAM ENGINE • Inspired by one of this month’s layouts, George Dent whiled away a few evenings by titivating a Model Rail exclusive LNER ‘J70’ locomotive.

ON SHED – WESTERN REGION STYLE • Jack Boskett explains how he created this atmospheric steam shed scene, with a little help from his friends…

HOW TO BUILD A GAS WORKS PART FOUR • As he nears the end of his mission to recreate a typical Victorian gas works, Richard Simpson upgrades a Bachmann low-relief gas holder.

HOW TO BUILD A STONE RAIL OVERBRIDGE • Peter Marriott trials double-track bridge building using foam sheet.

Know your stuff • This is where our team of experienced modellers answer YOUR questions. Email your queries about railways – real or model – to modelrail@bauermedia.co.uk

KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES • Paul Chancellor concludes his two-part history of the Class 56 diesel locomotives, by considering some of the schemes carried during their post-British Rail careers.

DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS

HOW TO IMPROVE RESIN PAVEMENTS

Norfolk punch • He may have modelled a relatively obscure village, but Alan Price’s largely scratchbuilt layout gets far more recognition than you might imagine.

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION • Paul A. Lunn explores the many uses for this versatile material on the network, and the works that produced it.

Reviews • In-depth and unbiased reviews of the latest products

Rails of Sheffield/Heljan NER Autocar

Dapol GWR ‘Manor’ 4-6-0

Dapol 14t anchor-mounted tank wagons

Accurascale CDA china clay hoppers

Accurascale HCA MGR hoppers

Accurascale PCA cement wagons

Peco ‘TT:120’ lineside building kits

Modelling ‘O’ in a shed • Next month we prove that even a humble potting shed can house an ‘O’ gauge layout, as we visit Michael Bragg and his layout ‘Hookton and the Lipp Vale’

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Present your case • If there’s a prototype that you think needs to be offered ready-to-run, here’s the place to voice your opinion…

Backscene • Chris Leigh offers some final thoughts about a film and a book, and the weather, in a not-quite-a-review page.