Model Railway

Hornby Dublo was an early brand name for models produced by the company that we now all know as Hornby. The brand was launched in 1938 and featured model trains that were roughly half the size of the 0 gauge models that had dominated the model...

If you have ever opened up a traditional brushed DC motor (the motor on older model railway locomotives), you would have been greeted with a solid outer casing with a component inside that spins around. A closer inspection of the bit that spins...

A blanking plate is a little circuit board that can be plugged into a DCC model railway locomotive. Its function is to by-pass all of the circuitry that DCC models use therefore turning a DCC model into a regular analogue (DC) model. This...

Model figures are used by many creators of wonderful things, whether it be railway layouts, display dioramas, school projects, cake makers or florists, and it often falls into the hands of friendly model shops to supply the figures to all that...

Lamps have been used on the front of railway locomotives since the mid-1800s. All through the steam years, the lamps consisted of oil-burning units that were hung on the front of locomotives on special brackets called lamp-irons. Surprisingly,...

Train wheels are probably one of the most important components of a railway locomotive, coach or wagon. Their shape and design are key to providing safe, reliable, stable and speedy operations and a typical train wheel has many features and design...

The installation of signals on a layout is always an exciting part of the build, but it can be a little daunting if you want to install powered-signals and don't have a lot of experience working with electrics. But don't worry, it is really easy...

A train reporting number is a code given to every train movement on the network whether it be a scheduled operation, one-off special or even a light-engine movement, all trains must be allocated one.The four-digit code made up of a number followed...

Every toolbox has a can of WD-40 in it to rid the world of squeaks and loosen any stubborn nuts and bolts, so the temptation when your model locomotive develops a squeak or starts to run a little rough is to grab the can and get to work. This...

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...

You do not have to use the track mat supplied with a starter set, ultimately, it's your layout and how you play with it is up to you.What a track mat does do is protect your models from accumulating dust, fluff and debris from the carpet which...

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...