British Railway Modelling (BRM)

We were in Barrihandie on our way to a holiday on the Western Isles of Scotland. The port of Barrihandie is a jumping-off point for ferry crossings to the Hebridean Islands off the west coast of Scotland. A sudden low-pressure weather front had blown

When the last issue went to press, we were very busy gearing up for our Doncaster show, The Festival of British Railway Modelling 2024. It was a great weekend, with around 5,500 thousand railway fans through the door across the two days. If you went

Get involved and visit rmweb.co.uk/topic/156891-showus-yours-realisticmodelling/ and post your pictures The Romford Model Engineering Club was established in 1934 and is one of the first Model Engineering clubs in the British Isles and this year we c

When the line from Swindon to Gloucester was built, Burdock never had a station, despite vigorous campaigning by local farmers and businesses. The farmers were particularly aggrieved because they were looking forward to not having to travel to Chalfo

Name: David Westwood Age: 73 Number of years modelling: Over 60 First layout: First exhibition layout was called ‘Claydon’, but that was over 20 years ago. My very first permanent one was when I was 13 or 14 but its name is lost in the mists of time,

Neat modelling is modelling that looks good. Since very few of us can judge a right angle by eye, a square to check things is a good idea. I use them for everything, although probably not as often as I should! Buildings, chassis, even fence posts, th

DCC Luddite, Phil Parker, tries his hand at fitting a simple chip. 1 First, carefully remove the body. The couplings and bufferbeam planking plates have to be pulled out, then a small cross-head screw in each corner has to be undone. Put all this som

OVER 70 quid for a static grass applicator? That's the sort of figure that makes many modellers decide the technique is not for them. However, how does £6 for 50 grass tufts sound? Well, using your static grass tool, you can make that many, saving so

BRIDGE WEATHERING is one thing that tends to be prominent to pedestrians in towns and cities when the pavement passes under bridges. It is often quite dramatic, as substances leach from the building materials and adjacent earthwork. It isn't quite so

THERE IS an excellent range of ready-to-deploy vehicles these days, but there are times when you want to tailor a vehicle and add your own graphics. For the garage scene I am building, I need some vehicles that are bespoke so that I can depict the co

IN 1937, Richard Maunsell designed a class of diesel shunter for the Southern Railway so that its performance could be compared with the steam shunting locomotives of the day. Three locomotives were built and put to use in Norwood yard in South Londo

THIS LINESIDE store is typical of those found all over the railway system from steam and into diesel eras. It is a small kit and ideal for trying out new ideas. When perusing the assembly instructions, I noticed they contained a picture of the real t

LAST MONTH, we started the build of the LCUT Creative ‘Small Drive Through Goods Shed’ by adding brick interior walls out of Slater's Plastikard, before putting together the goods platform and the main elevations to create the basic shell of the buil

Welcome to this issue of Traction in British Railway Modelling. As usual, we have a variety of articles written by railwaymen, historians and enthusiasts. In this issue, we look at the problems of running the HSTs over the steep inclines in Devon, th

The Achilles’ heel of the HST set working on one engine was its ability to climb gradients. Brunel had brilliant foresight when he surveyed his ‘billiard table’ route for the original route between London and Bristol. But when he moved further west a

By the time of my photography, South Yorkshire was in the grip of a decline of its traditional mining and heavy industries with dereliction all around. Personally, I found this a shame as the rail movements associated with these industries had either

Three times a year, we would benefit from what the school termed a “field day”, and on these occasions, our club would often be free to roam the rails. Limited by the timings of a normal school day, we could rarely travel too far from home, but Swind

Originally, there were four 0-4-0 diesel mechanical machines, built by Andrew Barclay, introduced in early 1956, numbered as 11503 to 11506, and allocated to Stratford in East London. They were intended for use on the local dock lines, where the shor

In the early days, there was no option but to be accommodated in bunk rooms, whereas in later I years it was possible to reside in individual seating. ‘The Royal Highlander’ may not have the luxury and glamour of the more famous ‘Orient Express’, but

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Dates: May 3-5th, 2024 Opening times: Friday 12.30pm-7.00pm Saturday 10.00am-5.00pm (9.30am pre-books) Sunday 10.00am-4.30pm (9.30am pre-books) Venue: Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 3JB Adult £13.00 (£12.00 in advan

The reasons people model railways are many and various, a frequent one is trying to reproduce the railway you remember from your youth. Which, in my case, would mainly consist of Westerns on the Berks and Hants line, followed by seeing them being cut

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new railway modelling exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. The National Festival of Railway Modelling will take place over the weekend of November 23 & 24, 2024. The new show is

Accurascale's tooling suite of Mk. 1 suburban coaches allows modellers to recreate a rake of these workhorses for the first time in a ready-to-run format. With the first batch of carmine and blue coaches nearing completion at the factory and due in s

Visit www.world-of-railways.co.uk to enjoy the following videos, interviews and features: EXPLORE: The clay branch lines of Cornwall come to life on this fantastic P4 model railway, ‘Wheal Elizabeth’, featured in the October 2023 issue of BRM. WATCH:

Having examined the OO GWR Castle and LNER A1 representatives of Hornby's centenary celebrations of the Big Four, it's now the turn of the LMS’ representative in the form of Fowler's highly-successful 2-6-4T. Hornby is in a bit of a quandary with reg

Rapido Trains will be expanding its range of OO Gauge wagons, with the first-ever Caledonian Railway wagon diagram to be produced in ready-to-run, the Caledonian Railway Dia.67 Van. The OO Gauge Caledonian Railway Dia.67 Van features external and und

It is 2018, and the members of the Wirral and North Wales Model Railway Group were I relaxing in their clubroom over mugs of tea and the mandatory chocolate biscuits when one of the members spoke up, “It's about time we started a new 4mm 00 gauge lay

The ‘Twins’, Nos. 10000 and 10001, were the first main line diesel locomotives built in Britain, and this iconic duo is now reproduced in N scale for the first time. Claiming an impressive specification, the new Graham Farish model includes a coreles

Rapido Trains has revealed it will be expanding its OO range of industrials with the black sheep of the family, the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Fireless. The new model will be available in a variety of liveries, covering the locomotives lengthy history, fro

Accurascale has revealed the decorated samples of the Andrew Barclay tank engines, which it had taken over following the closure of Hattons. The decorated samples of these colourful tank locomotives have been assessed by the Accurascale engineering d

Dapol's design team is currently reviewing the 1st shots and preparing comments to help the factory make any necessary improvements. Expected to be in stores by autumn 2024, one area that is being particularly scrutinised by the team at Dapol is the

Due to retirement, the popular manufacturer of etch brass kits in N, 3mm, OO, O and On30 ceased trading at the end of February. After 32 years in the business, and countless exhibition appearances, Nick Tilson has decided to retire from the etched pa

The new Class 31 (and Class 30) locomotives follow in the footsteps of the all-new Class 47 from Bachmann Branchline, which was first released in 2021. With the Class 47, Bachmann introduced two brand new innovations to the British market – these bei

Wessex Wagons has revealed several limited-edition wagons that are now available for customers to order. The new models come boxed with a numbered certificate and the prices below do not include postage. Wessex Wagons is currently running a special o

0 1935-68 & preservation 949 - 1,175 Once in a while, an item comes in for review that takes your O breath away; Ellis Clark has done just that with its first steam locomotive for O gauge. Principally, the model is available in five distinct livery c

00 1977-present 189.95 & 289.95 Cavalex's first locomotive has received much acclaim from C modellers on release and rightly so. The initial impressions from the box are of a well-finished, weighty, quality model to the high standards we are now enjo

N 1947-66 184.95 - 284.95 Although we have seen three different manufacturers tackle the LMS twins in OO gauge, this is the first time they have been available as a ready-to-run item for N gauge. As the Derby Works-built locomotives were very much ma

00 2004-2005 362.99 Hornby has released a welcome reworking of its 4-VEP third rail multiple units. First released in 2011, the model of the Class 423 was criticised at the time for errors in the cab ends, interior issues, poor traction and incorrect

00 1988-present 169.50 per pack Revolution has just released a model that will be of great interest to those modelling Scotland and the North-East over the last 35 years. 43 PCA powder tanks to design PC020A were built by Powell Duffryn in 1988 for a

The 80/88DS class was introduced by Ruston & Hornsby of Lincoln in 1938, with the first 16 of these small four-wheel chain-driven diesel mechanical locomotives being powered by Ruston's 80 bhp 4VPO four-cylinder engine. Subsequent locomotives in the