Railway Modeller

Still Britain's most popular model railway monthly magazine with over 800 issues published since it was launched. Always at the very heart of the hobby, and justly proud of its policy to cover all the scales and gauges and topics of interest to both ready-to-run enthusiasts and kit and scratchbuilders alike.

Railway Modeller

Welcome • TT:120 comes of age

Chapel Lane • JONATHAN MARCUS sought to create a 7mm shed layout that would evoke the feel of the Edwardian railway scene around Derby. The result is a grand showcase for his vast collection of pre-Grouping locomotive models.

Seven decades of railway modelling contributions • It was exactly 70 years ago, in the November 1956 edition, that Michael Farr had his first article published in RAILWAY MODELLER. Here, he reflects on his lifelong interest in the hobby, and the steady stream of articles that have charted his modelling interests throughout the intervening years.

Starting out in TT:120 • To explore the possibilities of British 1:120 scale for a small exhibition layout, DAVE WATSON created this table-top continuous run on a 7' x 3' 6" board.

The 2am from Carlisle • IAN NUTTALL explains how a chance acquisition of some London Midland & Scottish Railway coach sides prompted him to re-create a prototypical passenger working for his Settle & Carlisle empire in OO. The assembly of this eight-coach formation begins this month with the construction of a Diagram 1705 12-wheel First Class sleeping car.

Dogdyke Engineering • Memories of visits to industrial railway systems inspired GEOFFREY HANKIN to create this compact shunting cameo in OO.

An overhead crane for Leominster • Last month, PETER DENNIS described how he constructed a working turntable for a model of Leominster station that is being built by members of the Marches Model Railway Group (see Plan of the Month, RM April 2025). This time, he explains how he went about making a working overhead crane for the goods yard.

Rockport • You’ve seen many of ADRIAN COOK ’s card buildings featured in RAILWAY MODELLER, with tips on how they were made – now see them on the layout for which they were intended.

Locomotives for Totnes • In the August issue, JERRY CLIFFORD recalled the history of this spectacular N gauge layout created by the late JOHN BIRKETT-SMITH . In this follow-up feature, we look at some of the exquisite Great Western-outline locomotives that John constructed for use on the layout, accompanied by a selection of 2mm scale drawings from the IAN BEATTIE archive.

Tamerton Foliot

Behind the scenes at Aardman • To coincide with the release by Peco of models celebrating 50 years of Aardman, Craig Tiley looks at some notable railway sequences from the studio’s catalogue of stop motion animation films.

Ballyconnell Road • Hailing, as they all do, from Kent, STEPHEN MOOR and members of the 3mm Irish Group faced a steep learning curve when modelling the 5' 3" gauge scene in 1950s County Sligo.

Moving on from the train set • MIKE WARD relates how the chance rediscovery of a childhood train set led him and his wife to create this fold-up 6' x 4' system in OO.

Ready for service – enhancing a Hornby TT:120 ‘Terrier’ and four-wheel coaches • Following last month’s article on fitting proprietary TT:120 stock with Sprat & Winkle autocouplings, CALLUM WILLCOX describes how he gave this Isle of Wight ‘Terrier’ and matching rake of four-wheel coaches a realistic ‘in service’ appearance.

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