Railway Modeller

Still Britain's most popular model railway monthly magazine with over 800 issues published since it was launched. Always at the very heart of the hobby, and justly proud of its policy to cover all the scales and gauges and topics of interest to both ready-to-run enthusiasts and kit and scratchbuilders alike.

Railway Modeller

Welcome • From Scotland to Dorset

Bowater’s Paper Mill • WILL HEATH describes the O-16.5 model of the steam railway serving Kemsley paper mill, constructed by St Neots Model Railway Club.

Taff Vale Railway 30-ton timber wagon • RICHARD LOYDALL describes how he modelled one of these pre-Grouping goods vehicles in 4mm (EM gauge) by adapting a plastic kit from the Peco range. The accompanying scale drawings were prepared by STEVE CROUCHER from artwork supplied courtesy of the Welsh Railways Research Circle.

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What to see at Model Rail Scotland • The SEC in Glasgow – 27, 28 & 29 March 2026

Scottish sojourn • CHRIS FORD completes the construction of this West Highland layout project in 4mm, which makes extensive use of products from the Peco range. See the finished layout at Model Rail Scotland in Glasgow on 27-29 March.

Largoward • DUNCAN STEWART describes how members of East Neuk Model Railway Club created this 1960s British Railways era model in 4mm scale, which depicts a location on the East Fife Central Railway in Scotland.

Hunslet Engine Co. workshops reborn – part 6 • ANDY ROSS brings us up to date with the latest progress on his ambitious 7mm scale project, with recent work focusing on the not inconsiderable task of painting the intricate workshop structure.

The line to Gairloch • Almost a decade has elapsed since we last reported on the North West Highland Railway by Australia-based modeller SIMON HOLTBY – an extensive N gauge project that portrays a never-built Scottish branch line. Here Simon describes the most recent addition to his 1960s system, taking the form of a compact waterside terminus that could form the basis of a stand-alone layout.

Scalefour Society Golden Jubilee • Ahead of a Jubilee Weekend event in Derby on 7 & 8 March, Scalefour Society Chairman JEREMY GOOD recounts the history of this specialist organisation, which for the past 50 years has promoted finescale modelling in 4mm, including to P4 standards.

Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway • To mark 60 years since the closure of the SDJR, TOBY JENNINGS discovers how easy it now is to model this celebrated system in its heyday of Prussian blue locomotives and coaches.

Chilcompton Tunnel • One of the most photographed locations on the S&D, re-created in 4mm scale by STEVE JONES .

Upwey – a layout in the round • Returning to the hobby after a 40-year break, RUPERT GODFREY chose to adopt a slightly more relaxed approach to modelling than he had done previously, whilst also being amazed by the commercial advances that had taken place during the intervening decades.

Modelling a Radstock Sentinel in 4mm • CALLUM WILLCOX re-creates one of the pair of Sentinel 0-4-0 vertical-boilered tank locomotives employed at Radstock in the heart of the Somerset coalfield by the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, using a pre-production sample of a 3D-printed body kit designed and produced by SDJR enthusiast Neil Kirby.

Comment • Observations and opinions on railway modelling

Readers’ Letters

Snippets…

General Motors Class 66 • FROM BY OUR EDITORIAL STAFF AND CONTRIBUTING MODELLERS

Cavalex reveals liveries for Class 47s in OO

Trio of Great Central wagons from Rapido Trains UK in OO

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