Model of the Month

By Mike Barton Above: the last train of the day waits outside the new station building on a fine evening. During the process of creating a new station area on my line I envisaged that a Country Station kit from the excellent Pendle Valley Workshop range (I have no connections with the firm) would be [...]

By Bert Coules The Talyllyn's number three Sir Haydn has always seemed to me one of the most delightful and attractive of all narrow gauge locos, possibly because it was the first I ever consciously encountered. True, this was in a photograph rather than real life, and a black and white photograph to boot, but [...]

By David Thompson Background Built for the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway in 1893 by Ashbury’s of Manchester, coach No. 10 was built as a 4 door corridor coach with a seating capacity of 38. In 1927, the coach, by then numbered 24, was converted by the WHR into a 1st/3rd buffet car with the [...]

By Vince Sherwood From being first interested in the hobby some 12 years ago, one my first purchases was of a second hand standard meths fired Mamod loco, which gave much fun and entertainment from its unruly manner. Since then a series of other Mamods have been purchased, and modified to tame their behaviour. Following [...]

By Jason Morgan Everyone has heard of 3D printing: the miracle process that can make any shape. It’s gradually changing the way that manufacturing works (especially rapid prototyping). The question that the world really needs to know though: Can I make a 16mm scale diesel with it? As you can see the answer is yes; [...]

By Brian Torrens I had been invited to exhibit at a local Model Railway Exhibition; my only problem was that I didn't have much rolling stock, having only recently returned to 16mm scale after a time in 4mm. I had read about making rolling stock from card, so I decided to try it. I found [...]

By Pat Cross Around two years ago, I decided to sell my flat in the big city, and head for the countryside – village life, rural cottage, the whole bit! Sadly, country cottages are quite expensive, but I found a lovely place I could afford to rent instead; close to my Model Engineering Society and [...]

By Martin Haywood A couple of months ago, with a 16mm sugar cane event looming in June 2017, it became apparent rolling stock was required. Precious little is available in kit form or ready-to-run, and drawings or any technical data of prototypes are thin on the ground. Researching into the wonderful CaneSIG website run by [...]

By Les Breame I will admit straight away, with no conscience , that I am a toy steam boating chap principally! Had circumstances been different forty years ago I might have ended up a steam loco chap instead. But there you are, I make boats and not trains… except for this experimental turbine piece, built [...]

By John Ely Our holiday last year was situated near the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, and it was fascinating to see what has become of the buildings along the line. Although Parracombe was the only reasonable conurbation along the line, it only ever had a halt. It was well photographed because it was a regular [...]