This weekend Fordingbridge Rotary Club put on the first ever Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition and my club, the Gosport American Model Railroad Group, was invited. So we brought our modular l…

10 money saving recycling tips when making a model railway.

5x10 N scale layout - I typically run four trains, a mix of steam and early diesel locomotives. Limited space meant I built up instead of out

This weekend Fordingbridge Rotary Club put on the first ever Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition and my club, the Gosport American Model Railroad Group, was invited. So we brought our modular l…

View 3 of the most amazing model train scenes ever created. These are outlandishly brilliant model train scenes.

Small HOn3 track plans - My track plan was determined by two things. The first was the space available and second, an operational railroad.

10 money saving recycling tips when making a model railway.

This weekend Fordingbridge Rotary Club put on the first ever Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition and my club, the Gosport American Model Railroad Group, was invited. So we brought our modular l…

Brakevan rides today! Happy New Year! Apologies for the lack of posts here, I've been rather busy with photographic shoots for Model Rail magazine and more recently a few commercial model making commissions. Drop me a line Enough of that, back in the autumn I was approached to build a layout in a box. I must admit to not really looking at plastic storage boxes to house a layout until then, but the owner needed to be able to store the layout under a bed or on-end in a cupboard when not in use. Everything had to be completely self contained in a foot print of 80 x 30cm - and being a fan and serial builder or micro layouts, I enjoy the challenge to see what can be squeezed in, whilst still creating a believable scenario so this was right up me street. The scenario to be depicted was that of the early days on the Bluebell Railway, featuring a truncated railway halt for brake van rides - Freshfield Halt being some of the inspiration with the line running through a shallow cutting. The layout is fully scenic, this end can be used as a fiddle yard. Nice an tidy - just 80 x 30cm! There's scope for projects like this to be extended If you enjoy these daily post, feel free to buy me a bev https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Nevardmedi3

This weekend Fordingbridge Rotary Club put on the first ever Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition and my club, the Gosport American Model Railroad Group, was invited. So we brought our modular l…

How to get model railway track cheap. Don't waste money on track for your model railway, follow these 7 tips and save money.

Save your time, money and heartache. Here's what I've learned after building over 25 OO, N and HO model train layouts.

Builder Basics: First, what is a scale model?

How to lay scatter, from the school of the blindingly obvious. Another tip from Model Railway Engineer.com, the UK's largest model train blog.

Trying to search for an idea for your model railroad layouts? Do you find it hard to progress with your railroad model on your own? Don’t worry! We will provide you with a short list of the best and ideal model train layouts that could help you create a foundation of your railroad project. These layouts […]

Just came across this site: http://www.ss42.com/pt-buildings.html#10 where you can download paper model templates of buildings and such. Can be used as plans for scratchbuilt models or as temporary fillers for those empty spots. And they are free!.

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One of the questions I get asked most when people see my layout or pictures of it is “How do you make the water look like it’s moving”? It’s really a simple process that anyone can do with the right…

The entire setup is literally assembled on hands and knees! First built a 4’ by 8’ table on 6 sets of casters that could move around while building and for maintenance. Foam board for nearly all the foundation and hills which are easy to work with and mold.

Layout by Dan & Mick Lawrence

Model road layouts are a great way to add realism to your model railroad. Learn how Gerry Leone makes asphalt and gravel roads for his layout.

Roger sent this in. It's the second of three - but I've started with this one as I thought it excellent. Hope you like it! "Hello Al Here's the second of my FREELOADS for flat

Trying to search for an idea for your model railroad layouts? Do you find it hard to progress with your railroad model on your own? Don’t worry! We will provide you with a short list of the best and ideal model train layouts that could help you create a foundation of your railroad project. These layouts […]

This weekend Fordingbridge Rotary Club put on the first ever Fordingbridge Model Railway Exhibition and my club, the Gosport American Model Railroad Group, was invited. So we brought our modular l…

Make your own model trees with this almost free quick and easy tip. Ideal for N, OO, HO and O gauge model railways.

I get asked a lot how I make my bushes on my model railways. Here's my short but fiddly technique.

How to make OO scale corrugated roofing. From Model Railway Engineer.com

The completely free guide of tried and tested tips & techniques on making landscapes, rocks, hills, rivers, lakes and forests for wargaming, miniature displays and model railways. My most comprehensive guide yet to making model scenery. From the multi-award winning model making blog.

This page is home to Model Railroader tracks plans as downloadable PDFs.

Model road layouts are a great way to add realism to your model railroad. Learn how Gerry Leone makes asphalt and gravel roads for his layout.

IntroductionModel railways is a very personal hobby, not only in terms of what era & location to model but also in terms of the track plan. Several factors influence the type of track plan that best suits you and in this article, we'll take a look at each...

The pianist said he finds tinkering with the set in the attic of his Kent mansion the perfect way to escape the chaos of everyday life - and particula...

Hey guys, im the stage of finishing my river scene that will extend off to Newport VT. that section has not been started yet but plan on getting around to it this winter. i am at a fork in the road weather or not to do a detailed rock river or a black deep river and what to use i used the woodland scenic water beofr i myself was not really a fan and i heard other have had problems with it any way i thought getting i would see if you guys would be willing to post some ideas or photo please let me know what you think. 📷

O / On30 layout - I’ve been plugging away on the construction of my O/On30 portable layout. The 4.5’ X 14’ layout is in three sections.

Hello everyone, I’ve been reading MRH for about a year now and really enjoyed reading through the forum and seeing everyone’s layouts. I’m in New Zealand in a small town where I don’t have any connections with other local modellers so it’s nice to still get to see what other people are working on. I thought it was time to post a few pictures of my Thoroughfare Gap Railroad, (named after the song by Stephen Stills). I’ve done some experimenting with Combine ZP which I have found quite good for focus stacking (especially because it’s free!), the compositions aren’t the best and neither is the lighting and the layout certainly isn’t near finished! But it gives an idea of where I’m up too. I wanted a bit of a western town setting, so the time period is I guess 1895-1900 or there abouts, I’m not too concerned about that but I’ve had a lot of fun building it so far. My father paints 25mm American Civil War figures and has been painting my HO figures for me. He does a great job as far as I am concerned, they are mainly Musket Miniatures figures with some Presier and Bachmann ones in there as well. Hope people enjoy the pictures. Luke