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What scale is HOe?
Posted in: Model Railway
21st December 2020
HOe is a scale used by modellers in mainland Europe to construct layouts portraying a narrow-gauge railway with a...
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What are the common railway scales?
Posted in: Model Railway
30th August 2019
There are three common model railway scales, these being N Gauge, OO Gauge and G scale; although there are several...
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How many pieces of curved track do I need to make a circle?
Posted in: Design and Planning, Tracks
8th July 2019
As we all know it takes 360 degrees to create a circle, a standard curve is 22.5 degrees and a double curve is 45...
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What is a micromesh polishing cloth?
Posted in: Painting
30th June 2021
Micromesh polishing cloths are traditionally used for polishing delicate or valuable items such as jewellery and...
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What is flock as used for scale modelling?
Posted in: Scenery
11th July 2024
In scale modelling, "flock" refers to finely ground fibres or particles used to simulate textures such as grass,...
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What are clip-on spectacle mags?

Clip-on spectacle mags are individual magnifying lenses for people who wear glasses but still struggle to see close up while modelling. The device looks very similar to a single lens of a pair of swimming goggles and simply clips onto the frame of your regular eyewear.

They are not a substitute for prescription spectacles and work the same way as off-the-shelf reading glasses being offered in a range of pre-determined magnifications acting more as a handsfree magnifying glass than a solution to an eyesight condition.

Spectacle mags are ideal for modellers undertaking close up work or soldering where precision is important and where otherwise they may strain to see finer details.

Posted in: Kit building, Assembling and gluing

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