Model Rail (UK) - 1 Sep 2025
DEVON delight
REVIEWED THIS MONTH
◆ ALL-NEW ‘8F’, ‘J71’ AND CLASS 47 FOR ‘OO’
RISING STOCK
◆ TOP TIPS FOR AUTHENTIC AUTUMN SCENES
IDENTITY SWAP
WOODEN WONDER
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Layout: Bluish Moor
Reviews
Layout: East Anstey
News
It’s almost showtime!
Inside Track
The Greatest Gathering
Staff Show & Tell
Top tips for autumn scenes
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Wooden it be nice
Exhibition Diary
Devon delight
Identity swap
Rising stock
Backscene
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Layout: Bluish Moor
Modelling autumn
Give your vans a weathered finish
Apply a modern livery
Order yours today!
Replace broken wagon buffers
Build a timber platform kit
Change your steam loco’s identity
A quick way to add coal to bunkers
Concrete hardstanding from card
‘Pacer’ liveries in the BR era
THE GREATEST GATHERING: A SPECTACLE FOR THE AGES
THE GREATEST GATHERING: A SPECTACLE FOR THE AGES
BACHMANN’S BUMPER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR AUTUMN
EASTERN RELEASE IN ‘OO’…
…AND IN ‘N’
OTHER ‘OO’ HIGHLIGHTS
‘N’ GAUGE REVAMPS AND RETURNS
SCENECRAFT AND THE CLUB SCENE
CAVALEX ANNOUNCES A CASCADE OF CLASS 47s
‘CROMPTONS’ ARE MAKING A COMEBACK
HORNBY BRINGS NEW ‘TT:120’ ITEMS TO THE TABLE
BIG ‘66’ APPEARS IN COLOUR
EXCLUSIVE CLASS 89 ARRIVES
SPECIAL YELLOW FOR 45TH ANNIVERSARY
KMRC IS HOSTING A SPECIAL IN-STORE EVENT
AN N-GAUGING EVENT AHEAD
FESTIVE DELIGHTS IN MANCHESTER
NEW STUFF FROM NEWMAN
EXHIBITION DIARY – AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2025
Amusing scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard
Staff Show & Tell Scottish wanderings
Order your Class 26 today!
Staff Show & Tell Scottish wanderings
MAGNIFYING THE ISSUE
CONSORTING WITH A CLASSIC
The Greatest Gathering… Rule One for Real?
WESTWARD BOUND
WESTWARD BOUND
3things we like
FACTFILE: ‘EAST ANSTEY’
Change your locomotive’s identity
Build a timber platform kit
Top tips for autumnal modelling
Workbench
Give your vans a weathered finish
Apply a modern livery
BUILD A TIMBER PLATFORM KIT Chris Nevard
BUILD A TIMBER PLATFORM KIT Chris Nevard
What you will need
CHANGE THE IDENTITY OF YOUR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
CHANGE THE IDENTITY OF YOUR STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
What you will need
MODEL AUTUMN SCENERY
MODEL AUTUMN SCENERY
TOP TIPS FOR AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE
PETER’S PICKS: AUTUMNAL SCENIC PRODUCTS
IMPROVING READY-MADE TREES
SEA MOSS TREES
CREATING AUTUMN BRACKEN
Peter’s TOP TIP
APPLY A MODERN LIVERY
APPLY A MODERN LIVERY
STEP BY STEP
What you will need
FACTFILE: Class 357 Electrostar
HOW TO GIVE YOUR VANS A WEATHERED FINISH George Dent
HOW TO GIVE YOUR VANS A WEATHERED FINISH George Dent
STEP BY STEP
KEEP ‘EM CLEAN
STEP BY STEP
REPLACE BROKEN WAGON BUFFERS
Know your stuff
STEP BY STEP
REPLACE BROKEN WAGON BUFFERS
What George used
KNOW YOUR… LIVERIES
HOW TO: ADD REAL COAL TO BUNKERS IN 15 MINS
HOW TO LAY CONCRETE HARDSTANDING
Back to Blueish
What makes this layout great?
Back to Blueish
3things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLER: PHIL MASON
FACTFILE: ‘BLUISH MOOR’
Accurascale LNER ‘Buckjumpers’
How we test
Our reviewers
Lionheart Trains GWR ‘Small Prairie’
Sonic Models Robinson Class A5
Accurascale Class 60
Accurascale LNER ‘Buckjumpers’
Accurascale LNER ‘Buckjumpers’
3things we like
Factfile: GER/LNER Class J67, J68 & J69 0‑6‑0Ts
Lionheart Trains GWR Collett ‘Small Prairie’
Lionheart Trains GWR Collett ‘Small Prairie’
3things we like
Factfile: GWR Collett ‘Small Prairie’
Accurascale Class 60
Accurascale Class 60
3things we like
Factfile: Br/brush Class 60
VITAL STATISTICS: ACCURASCALE CLASS 60
Sonic Models Robinson Class A5
Sonic Models Robinson Class A5
3 things we like
FINAL VERDICT
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
BR/SR CLASS 12 0-6-0DE
Specification list
BR/SR CLASS 12 0-6-0DE
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
Specification list
‘16XX’ 0-6-0PT
BR Class 26/1 26043
Specification list
£210.00
Ruston ‘PWM’ 0-6-0DE
Specification list
LNER ‘J70’
Specification list
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