Model of the Month

Manchester or Ship wagon By Peter Dawes This model is based on a September 1965 article in The Industrial Railway Record No.7. The drawing is small and the article short. I have not included any attempt at the rope hauling gear. The body and non hinged straps are made of styrene. The hinged straps [...]

By Alan Hodgson Tram engines in their many forms have fascinated me for a long time and when Regner released their model “Paul”, I had to buy one.  I searched, without success, for kit carriages that (in my opinion) matched the style and scale of the delightful “Paul”,  hence this attempt to make a [...]

By Gerd Neumann While browsing some narrow gauge photo-sites came across a very neat electric loco/railcar running on 2ft/60cm track. Most electric railcars need an overhead wire to get their power and look quite "lost" to my eyes when running without. When the prototype of my model was rebuilt, a large battery box was included, [...]

By Simon Fletcher Hi again folks.  It’s been a while since I last wrote something for Model of the Month.  Where Covid lockdowns gave us additional opportunities to get building, Covid itself robbed me of the motivation.  No idea why, but it did.  So here I am at Christmas 2021 finally digging out kits that [...]

By Mike Barton Above: “Dolgoch” shunting slate wagons on a damp November afternoon. Compare to this 1941 photo by W.A. Camwell. I recently built two IP Tal-y-llyn slate wagon kits, but made a few modifications during the build that may be of interest to others, and these are outlined below. The kits are very nicely [...]

By Mark Sayer This started as a little lockdown project to run my PS. Models locos and small industrial stock, as I don't have a garden railway, and not a lot of room. The layout is 100cm x 60cm in size. The track was 3D printed using the STL files from Loco Remote (http://www.locoremote.co.uk). The [...]

By Adam Saunders Last year I had a chance to purchase two Kerr Stuart diesels, one of which later turned out be something rather special. The loco is really well built using a mix of aluminium & brass sheet and cast white metal parts. Unfortunately the paintwork wasn’t the best & consisted of several shades [...]

By Michael Belham I recently purchased an Accucraft Baguley Drewery diesel locomotive for use on my 16mm scale layout. I am basing my layout on Llanuwchllyn station, home of the Bala Lake Railway. As such my locomotives will be used in a “preserved” railway setting. The closest actual locomotive to the model appears to be [...]

By John Pearce This is a scratch built replica model in 16mm scale of “Exeter” station, that was part of my previous Gibbergunyah Railway that I completed in 1995. The actual station is on the main Southern line between Sydney and Melbourne, and is heritage listed. The prototype Exeter station. The overall length of [...]

By Philip Elwin Containers on the Kirschtal Bahn? Well almost, this low side wagon with removable casks has been added to the commercial fleet to deal with new business. Recently a local distillery approached the railway with a proposal to ship cherry brandy (Kirsch) in bulk. This had been a regular traffic during the great [...]