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 • New models with no frills?

Keighley Northern • ANDREW HARTLAND describes how he enlisted the help of professional modellers to create his dream layout, a fictional portrayal of the London & North Eastern Railway in 1937, set in West Yorkshire.

A water tower for Mallerstang Junction • IAN NUTTALL describes, with accompanying working drawings, how he scratch-built a Midland Railway-style water tower in 4mm scale, which is destined for use on the third and final phase of his grand Settle & Carlisle-inspired Dentdale empire.

Neurodivergence and the hobby • In recent years, there has been much discussion in the mainstream media on the topic of neurodiversity. Here, railway modeller and podcaster, James Walker, relates his own experiences of navigating the hobby following a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Brunswick Yard

Coaching stock for the Clyre Valley Railway • TIM COULING explains how he adapted Parkside Models (ex-Ratio) Midland Railway clerestory coach sides to batch-build a fleet of passenger-carrying vehicles in OO9 for his freelance narrow gauge system.

Eyemouth • JOHN SPENCE describes how he modelled the terminus of this former North British Railway branch in Berwickshire, Scotland, which ran for three miles from Burnmouth, where there was a connection with the East Coast Main Line. Opening in 1891, primarily to serve the fishing port of Eyemouth on the North Sea coast, the line closed to all traffic in 1962. This portable N gauge model measures just 8' x 18".

Working road vehicles for Bournemouth West • One of the latest developments on this vast OO gauge exhibition layout, following its recent acquisition by Kevin Babey (see RM October 2024), has been the addition of working road vehicles. ASHLEY HAINES explains how it was achieved.

Kyle of Macallan MPD • ADRIAN WALBY constructed this compact shed scene in just 44" x 17", modelled in EM gauge. It takes its design cues from the former depot at Kyle of Lochalsh, a prototype that was described in detail in our March 2025 edition.

Constructing a Class 158 in O • NIGEL HURST reveals how his project to model a classic British-outline Diesel Multiple Unit turned into a round-the-world voyage…

Train storage for Heaton • Faced with a reduction in available space following a house move, GEOFFREY OGDEN devised a cassette storage arrangement for the non-scenic part of his layout.

FROM THE ARCHIVE • TOBY JENNINGS delves into the RM Digital Archive to look back at historic issues of the magazine.

Birkenhead Priory • GRAHAM NICHOLAS describes this large OO gauge home-based layout, which was constructed in a spare room by his late friend and fellow modeller, PETER LAWSON .

Smallburn • BOB BRUCE explains how he built this compact, digitally controlled exhibition layout in OO with the assistance of his grandson, LOGAN BRUCE , who is 60 years his junior. Appropriately, this Scottishthemed model will be in action at the 60th anniversary Model Rail Scotland exhibition this March.

A good idea on reflection? • ADRIAN COOK explains how he integrates mirrors into the urban backdrops on his layouts to create the illusion of greater scenic depth.

Readers’ Letters

Snippets…

Churchward Saint 4-6-0 • FROM BY OUR EDITORIAL STAFF AND CONTRIBUTING MODELLERS

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