The cancellation of the long-running event, alongside the closure of a major modelling retailer, has been blamed on a lack of young people taking up the hobby.
Model railways, as the name implies, are based on small-scale representations of the real thing, so the choice for new modellers is the actual model’s scale.
Released in late 2022, the all-new Graham Farish Class 90 ac electric locomotive model is a major development for ‘N’ gauge modelling. It fills an important gap in the rosters of West Coast, East Coast and Anglia mainline modellers from 1987 to present day, both freight and passenger operations.
For most locospotters during the 20 years or so of British Railways steam, the sight of a named Stanier ‘Black Five’ 4-6-0 was something to savour, for out of a class of no fewer than 842 locomotives, only four Scottish-based examples out of the five to be so honoured passed into nationalisation in 1948. Ian…
Ever wondered what it would be like to take part in Channel 5 TV’s Great Model Railway Challenge? Andrew Brewin, proprietor of A2B Model Railways of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, who did so as part of the ‘Titfield Thunderbolts’ team in the 2019 series, recounts his experience and tells us about some of the things the…
