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A dropped baseboard is where modellers construct a small section of their board at a lower level than the rest. The...
Sand pipes on a steam locomotive are essential components used to improve traction, especially under slippery...
When evaluating whether finescale or standard track is the better option for your model railway pursuits, there are...
The simple answer is yes, it is advisable to varnish your decal, for a couple of reasons One being that if the model...
A 'tripcock' is a piece of safety equipment on a train comprising an arm that protrudes to make physical contact with...
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Feedback on an analogue controller is a function that detects if your model train is experiencing difficulty climbing a gradient or struggling due to voltage drop, the controller then automatically applies more power to counteract the effects.It...
A unifrog turnout can perform as an electrofrog or an insulfrog turnout, that means that there is no longer a need for two products.A unifrog turnout works by having a metal frog, but the frog is isolated when in its default setting, this means...
From a modeller's perspective, there is no practical difference between bullhead and flat-bottom rail. The existence of two variants merely facilitates modellers who wish to represent a particular era in railway history. But why did the real...
A TPWS (Train Protection & Warning System) grid is an apparatus used on the railway as part of the ATP (Automatic Train Protection) system. Specifically, it is a transmitter placed on the track adjacent to a signal and is activated when the signal...
The answer to the question "What is the colour of rust?" is more a tip about modelling in general than a lesson in rust.The problem is, that we all have predetermined concepts of what colour everything in the world should be, probably ingrained in...
The British Rail Double Arrow logo was designed by Gerald Barney in 1965 for the then nationalised British Railways. The company was in pursuit of a new corporate image to complement the modernisation plan already in motion and promote rail travel...
Originally in the UK, signal posts were constructed from wood and square in shape.The later round signal posts were generally made from steel tubing and started to appear on the railways in the mid-1930s to support new colour-light signals and...
A push-to-break switch is a button that can be pressed to break a circuit. The break in the circuit is only effective for as long as the button is physically pressed in because the switches do not lock into position, current will again flow once...
Nowadays, freight trains are fairly uniform in their consists, industries seem to send everything in one trainload to a processing plant or further distribution centre. Inevitably that means most freight trains we see today will be wagon after...
Parkside wagon kits are a large range of 00 gauge plastic wagon kits from Peco. Some of the kits have been re-branded from Peco's popular Ratio range.The kits are fairly easy to construct and a good place to start for modellers new to kit...
Bubble cars were a single-unit first generation DMU built by British Rail in the late 1950s and 1960. Because they had a cab for the driver at each end, they could be used singularly on lightly used branch lines or coupled to other DMUs or...
If you have decided to install a smoke generator to one of your engines, you will now be faced with the task of wiring it in. But don't worry, it's easier than you think.The hardest part is finding (or making) a suitable space to physically house...