Model Rail (UK) - 1 Apr 2025
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EXCLUSIVE! CLASS 12 SHUNTS FORWARD
EXCLUSIVE! CLASS 12 SHUNTS FORWARD
LMS/BR CLASS 11 – THE PIONEERS
What’s planned?
BACHMANN’S SPRING UPDATE OFFERS VARIETY
RAIL 200 ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS
What’s available?
What’s available?
OPEN TOP PARADE
FARISH HIGHLIGHTS
BULLEID & BR COACHES ADDED
DESIRO CLASS 350 EMU RETURNS
What’s available?
HUDSWELL, CLARKE ADDED TO EFE RANGE
CLASS 74 IN COLOUR
What’s available?
What’s planned?
SIGN UP FOR A HIGHLY DETAILED ‘ELECTROSTAR’
RAPIDO’S ‘COUNTY’ LINES
GREAT CENTRAL SIX-WHEELER
What’s planned?
REVOLUTION UPSCALES HUNSLET 0-6-0DE TO ‘OO’
REVOLUTION REVEALS DETAILS OF K-TYPE PULLMAN & ALCAN
HELJAN DISPLAYS ‘PEAK’OO & ‘153’ PROGRESS
‘CROMPTONS’ MOVE AHEAD
OXFORD UNLEASHED!
MORE HIA HOPPERS
FAB ‘TIN TAB’
PASSINGS
Modeller’s Bookshelf
JACK IT UP
MOSSY ROCKS
PUT A RING ON IT
COUNTRY BOOZER
RECOVERY POSITION
HOLD IT STEADY
TROLLEY DASH
CLIMBING VEGETATION
EXHIBITION DIARY – APRIL 6–APRIL 27 2025
…and finally
Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard
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Wagons front and centre
Wagons front and centre
MIDLAND PULLMAN HST COMPLETE
What George used
Inside track with Ben Ando
The RESULTS
‘OO’ DIESEL/ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
‘OO’ gauge
‘OO’ FREIGHT STOCK OF THE YEAR
‘OO’ STEAM LOCOMOTIVE OF ‘T0H0’EGAYUEGAERSTEAM
‘OO’ COACHING STOCK OF THE YEAR
‘009’ gauge
‘OO’ MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
‘009’ MODEL OF THE YEAR
TT:120 gauge
‘N’ gauge
‘N’ MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
‘TT:120’ ROLLING STOCK
‘N’ LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
‘N’ ROLLING STOCK OF THE YEAR
‘TT:120’ LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
‘O’ GAUGE LOCOMOTIVE OF THE YEAR
‘O’ gauge
‘O’ GAUGE ROLLING STOCK OF THE YEAR
OVERALL MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
RETAILER OF THE YEAR – LARGE
Retailer of the Year
‘O’ MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR
RETAILER OF THE YEAR – LOCAL
Interchange of the imagination
Interchange of the imagination
3 things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLER: MIKE TURTON
FACTFILE: ‘YEOVIL CENTRAL’
CUSTOMISE A SIGNAL BOX KIT
CUSTOMISE A SIGNAL BOX KIT
STEP BY STEP
What you will need
COLOUR THEORY
DETAIL YOUR ‘LEADER’ CHRIS LEIGH
The task list
DETAIL YOUR ‘LEADER’ CHRIS LEIGH
Wash-out plugs
SCRATCHBUILD A RAIL OVERBRIDGE
SCRATCHBUILD A RAIL OVERBRIDGE
STEP BY STEP
PROTOTYPE INSPIRATION
BUILD A PLATFORM FOOTBRIDGE CHRIS LEIGH
BUILD A PLATFORM FOOTBRIDGE CHRIS LEIGH
What you will need
MAKE YOUR OWN GRAFFITI TRANSFERS Peter Marriott
Peter’s TOP TIPS
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STEP BY STEP
Branch line
3things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLER: NIGEL SMITH
FACTFILE: ‘TANYBWLCH’
Heljan Class 26/1
Heljan Class 26/1
3things we like
Factfile: BR Class 26
Accurascale Ruston & Hornsby 88DS
Accurascale Ruston & Hornsby 88DS
3things we like
FACTFILE: RUSTON & HORNSBY 88DS
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Accurascale BR Mk 2c coaches
Accurascale BR Mk 2c coaches
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Cavalex Models O&K PHA/JYA wagons
Cavalex Models O&K PHA/JYA wagons
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Accurascale/ Locomotion Models Class 55
Sonic Models Motorail Car Transporters
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Rapido GWR ‘B‑set’ coaches
Rapido GWR ‘B‑set’ coaches
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Oxford Rail RCH 12ton tank wagons
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Peco BR ‘Clayhood’ wagons
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
BR/SR CLASS 12 0-6-0DE
Specification list
What’s planned?
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
Specification list
‘16XX’ 0-6-0PT
BR Class 26/1 26043
Specification list
Ruston ‘PWM’ 0-6-0DE
LNER Sentinels – the latest batch
Specification list
LNER ‘J70’
‘USA’ 0-6-0T
Specification list
Specification list
BR/BRUSH TYPE 4 CLASS 48
Specification list
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