British Railway Modelling (BRM)

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Having retired from the RAF in the summer of 2014, I found myself with time on my hands and the desire to take up a hobby to keep me occupied. During my childhood and into my mid-teens, I had been an avid railway modeller, initially in OO gauge and finishing in N gauge. So, perhaps now was a chance to re-engage with this wonderful pastime. A visit to the newsagents saw me return home with a number of publications, from childhood memories like ‘Railway Modeller’ to a new one for me, BRM. Having read them all from cover to cover, I was impressed by the quality of the modelling, the range of models available and the advances in techniques and electronics, especially the potential that DCC offered. I was also excited to discover that the BRM team was organising a major exhibition in nearby Peterborough that coming October.

The exhibition was an

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