Model Rail (UK) - 1 Jan 2026
SHIP AHOY!
CLEAR THE WAY
BACKGROUND TASK
MODEL OF THE YEAR
Welcome
George Dent Head of Content This month’s contributors
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Staff Show & Tell
Masterclass: Independent snowploughs
Layout: Brook Street
News
Layout: Moors View
Model of the Year 2025
Inside Track
News Real
Build a resin boat kit
Create your own townscape
Order yours today!
Building ‘Ponts Mill’, Part 4
RAPIDO PLUMPS FOR THE ‘C12’
What’s planned?
What’s planned?
BLACK LABEL BULLEID UPDATE
CROWDS GATHER FOR NEW STORE OPENING
RAPIDO PUTS THE BRAKE ON
S160 & LMS HOPPERS IN COLOUR
HORNBY DELTIC AND ‘87’ ALMOST HERE
MURPHY’S DART TAKING SHAPE
HELJAN ‘WARSHIPS’ SAIL AHEAD
REVOLUTION UNITS PROGRESS – AND A SPECIAL ‘180’ FOR RAILS
MORE SLATE WAGONS DESCEND
EXHIBITION DIARY – DECEMBER 29 2025-MARCH 21 2026
Unusual scenes captured by the lens of Chris Nevard
Staff Show & Tell
Deluxe Materials Ballast Bond (100ml), Ballast Bond Refill (500ml), Micro tips/ Pin point applicator tips Model shops or Gaugemaster
What George used Geoscenics finescale weathered ballast, ‘OO’ gauge
STEP STEP
CREATING A SUPER ‘NOVA’
Inside track with Ben Ando
MODEL OF THE YEAR 2025
WINTER OUT WEST
3 things we like
FACTFILE: ‘MOORS VIEW’
ABOUT THE MODELLER: PAUL HOLWILL
No business like snow business
No business like snow business
NETWORK RAIL’S WINTER TRAINS
BEILHACK SNOWBLOWERS
CREATE A CLASS 08 SNOWPLOUGH CONVERSION
CREATE A CLASS 08 SNOWPLOUGH CONVERSION
CLASS 08 SNOWPLOUGH CONVERSIONS
Workbench
BUILD A RESIN BOAT KIT
BUILD A RESIN BOAT KIT
What you will need
WORKING IN RESIN – CHRIS’ TOP TIPS
CLYDE-BUILT CLASSIC
BUILD PONTS MILL
STEP BY STEP
BUILD PONTS MILL
What you will need
HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN TOWNSCAPE
MAKE A SKETCH
LOOK AT THE HORIZON
KNOW YOUR CONTOURS
CHECK YOUR MAPS
TEST YOUR DETECTIVE SKILLS
GRAB YOUR CAMERA
LEARN TO LAYER
GATHER YOUR COLLAGE MATERIALS
GATHER YOUR COLLAGE MATERIALS
SELECT A WINDOW OF TIME
DRAW AND PAINT YOUR LAYERS
PLOT LINES
RURAL WESTERN RETREAT
RURAL WESTERN RETREAT
3 things we like
ABOUT THE MODELLER: MARK HEMSLEY
FACTFILE: ‘BROOK STREET’
Hornby ‘TT:120’ LSWR ‘B4’ 0-4-0T
Rapido ‘Iron Mink’ vans
Reviews
How we test
Our reviewers
Hornby ‘TT:120’ SECR ‘Terrier’ 0-6-0T
Heljan BR Class 153 railcar
Rapido ‘Port of Par’ Bagnall 0-4-0STS
Rapido LNER Class J52/2 0-6-0T
Revolution Trains WIA car carrier set
Rapido ‘Port of Par’ Bagnall 0‑4‑0STS
Rapido ‘Port of Par’ Bagnall 0‑4‑0STS
3things we like
Factfile: ‘Port of Par’ Bagnall 0‑4‑0STS
Heljan Class 153
Heljan Class 153
3things we like
Factfile: BR Class 153
VITAL STATISTICS: HELJAN CLASS 153
Hornby ‘TT:120’ LBSCR ‘Terrier’
Hornby ‘TT:120’ LBSCR ‘Terrier’
3things we like
Factfile: LBSCR ‘Terrier’ 0‑6‑0T
Rapido LNER Class
3things we like
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
Rapido ‘Iron Mink’ gunpowder vans
FINAL VERDICT
SUMMARY
Hornby ‘TT:120’ LSWR ‘B4’
FINAL VERDICT
SUMMARY
Revolution WIA articulated car carriers
SUMMARY
FINAL VERDICT
LMS/BR CLASS 11 0-6-0DE
BR/SR CLASS 12 0-6-0DE
OUT NOW
What’s available?
‘16XX’ 0-6-0PT
BR Class 26/1 26043
BR BLACK, EARLY CREST (PRISTINE)
BR BLACK, LATE CREST (WEATHERED)
£149.00
£210.00
NCB GREEN
BR BLACK, LATE CREST (PRISTINE)
BR BLACK, EARLY CREST (WEATHERED)
PRESERVED GREEN
‘BUSBY’ CHIMNEY
£169.00
£99.00
Ruston ‘PWM’ 0-6-0DE
‘USA’ 0-6-0T
LNER ‘J70’
£127.50
What’s available?
BR/BRUSH CLASS 31 31116 RAIL Celebrity
BR/BRUSH TYPE 4 CLASS 48
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