Model Rail (UK) - 1 Jul 2025
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Detail a log loading siding
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Eight essential scenic tips
Try a new way of weathering
Bring your cabs to life
Detail a log loading siding
Try a new way of weathering
Eight essential tips for better scenic modelling
Bring the cabs of older models to life
The Big Picture
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EXCLUSIVE ATOMIC WAGONS MOVE AHEAD
REVOLUTION ‘ELECTROSTAR’ IS GO!
RAPIDO LAUNCHES NARROW GAUGE RANGE
DEMOUNTABLE TANKS BRING CHEER
CLASS 66 IN COLOUR
LMS BRAKE VAN PROGRESS & CONTAINER FLATS REPRISED
MORE Mk 2Fs & DBSOS
RETURN OF THE ‘K3’
NEW BACHMANN MODELS FOR ISLE OF WIGHT
FARISH FREIGHT HIGHLIGHTS
BRUSH TYPE 4 QUARTET FROM FARISH
FIRST CLASS POST FOR COLLECTORS CLUB
‘COALFISHES’ ALMOST HERE
HUNSLET TO HELP PUT WILBERT BACK ON SHOW
SHOW PREVIEW: PERTH 2025
MMRS – A CORRECTION
ALTERNATIVE ALUMINIUM SOURCE
KERNOW HELPS GIVE ‘4-VEP’ A BOOST
RUST IN A BOX
MERSEY PARADISE
CAPITAL CHANGES
NORTH WALES BRANCHES
‘S&C’ SNAPSHOT
ON THE WORKBENCH
ON THE RIGHT TRACK
STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS
GET CLOSER TO THE EARTH
LONE RANGER
EXHIBITION DIARY – JUNE 6-JULY 19 2025
Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard
News Real
Staff Show & Tell Factory production
What George used
Staff Show & Tell Factory production
SADDLE UP FOR SOME FUN
A SHABBY SOUTHERNER
Inside track with Ben Ando
No place like home
No place like home
3things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLERS: NEIL WOODBINE AND SUE FARMER
FACTFILE: ‘ROSEBURY GOODS’
Try a new way of weathering
Detail a log loading siding
Workbench
Meet the Model Rail Expert modellers
Bring the cabs of older models to life
Eight essential tips for better scenic modelling
TRY A NEW WAY OF WEATHERING
TRY A NEW WAY OF WEATHERING
What you will need
Workbench
GRAB YOUR OWN ‘PWM’
HOLD IT STEADY!
Factfile: Ruston & Hornsby 0‑6‑0DE ‘PWM’
8 ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR BETTER SCENIC MODELLING
8 ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR BETTER SCENIC MODELLING
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
HOW TO USE IT
BRING THE CABS OF OLDER MODELS TO LIFE
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What you will need
DETAIL A LOG LOADING SIDING
STEP BY STEP
DETAIL A LOG LOADING SIDING
What you will need
PROTOTYPE INSPIRATION: LOG LOADING IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS
STEP BY STEP
STEP BY STEP
Weathering
A Capital case
A Capital case
3things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLER: PAUL PAGE
FACTFILE: ‘LONDON BANKSIDE’
Swan song
Swan song
3things we like
OUT & ABOUT
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FACTFILE: ‘TORREYCOMBE’
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Heljan BR Class 02
How we test
Our reviewers
Rapido RCH 1907 & SECR 12t seven-plank wagons
Accurascale/locomotion Models Class 31
Bachmann Ffestiniog Railway ‘Curly Roof’ van
Bachmann LNER ‘Arc Roof’ coaches
Bachmann Scenecraft March East signal box
EFE Rail LSWR Adams ‘O2’ 0-4-4T
Iwata Vault Kustom CS airbrush
Farish BR Mk 1 Post Office Tender
Clark Railworks LNER ‘Quad-arts’
Rapido CR Dia. 67 10t van
Heljan BR Class 02
Heljan BR Class 02
3things we like
Clark Railworks LNER ‘Quad-art’ coaches
Clark Railworks LNER ‘Quad-art’ coaches
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Bachmann LNWR 50ft ‘Arc Roof’ coaches
Bachmann LNWR 50ft ‘Arc Roof’ coaches
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Bachmann Ffestiniog Railway ‘Curly Roof’ van
FINAL VERDICT
SUMMARY
Farish BR Mk 1 Post Office Tender
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
EFE Rail LSWR Adams ‘O2’ 0‑4‑4T
EFE Rail LSWR Adams ‘O2’ 0‑4‑4T
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Accurascale/ Locomotion Models Class 31
3things we like
Bachmann Scenecraft March East signal box
SUMMARY
Rapido RCH 1907 & SECR 12t seven-plank open wagons
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Rapido CR Dia. 67 10t van
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
FINAL VERDICT
Iwata Vault Kustom CS airbrush
SUMMARY
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
BR/SR CLASS 12 0-6-0DE FIVE VERSIONS TO CHOOSE FROM
Specification list
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LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
Specification list
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A woolly tale
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