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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SHOW REPORT: THE INTERNATIONAL N GAUGE SHOW • Special ‘N’ gauge news round-up

SENTINEL SAMPLES RECEIVED

Opening the box Extra

EXHIBITION DIARY – SEPTEMBER 2022 – OCTOBER 2022

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

Staff Show & Tell On the (scrap) wagon • George Dent has been recycling leftover plastic waste to create more loads for his expanding fleet of scrap wagons. And he’s discovered a timely coincidence…

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

Inside track with Ben Ando • The Death of the Hobby… again!

Ore inspiring • Returning to the hobby after a break lasting some years, Tom Blount plunged head-first into a very different modelling world from the one he remembered, and ended up with this scratchbuilt ‘N’ gauge exhibition star.

A tale of two ENGINES • The Brush Type 2 remains one of our oldest main line diesel designs, but it’s not the locomotive it started out as. Chris Gilson looks at a stalwart from the Pilot Scheme.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR BRUSH TYPE 2s • George Dent tinkers with a trio of Class 31s, showcasing potential upgrades for ‘N’, ‘OO’ and ‘O’ gauge models.

Meet the Model Rail Expert Modellers

HOW TO REPAIR A BROKEN CHASSIS • Once you are past the shock of discovering that your favourite locomotive has a serious problem, how do you put it right? Chris Leigh and George Dent join forces to resolve one problem.

HOW TO BUILD A GAS WORKS PART FIVE • Richard Simpson adds the finishing touches to his Victorian gas works, adding the details that bring all the major components together to create a cohesive scene.

HOW TO CREATE A PUMPKIN FIELD • With autumn upon us, Peter Marriott recreates the sight of pumpkins ready for harvest.

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 delves into the Colour Rail archive to examine British Railways’ early use of the ‘cycling lion’ logo on Southern Region steam traction.

DAVE LOWERY’S TOP TIPS • PLAY VALUE… OR OPERATIONAL VALUE IF YOU DRIVE AN ARMCHAIR!

FIT SCALE COUPLINGS INTO SOLID HEADSTOCKS

A new way to sell your models • A hopeless hoarder by nature, George Dent had been considering trimming his model collection, so it felt like the perfect time to trial a new online trade-in scheme.

A corner of Dorset • Michael Bragg demonstrates how you don’t need a vast amount of space in which to model in 7mm scale narrow gauge, in this lovingly scratchbuilt Dorset-themed layout with fictional connotations.

COMPRESSION by design • Illustrating how a real location can be compressed effectively into a manageable space, Paul A. Lunn offers three different layout plans, based on the former Skipton-Colne line and its Barnoldswick branch.

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

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