British Railway Modelling (BRM)

Good weather is here at last! When we were preparing the July issue, summer was still trying to make a proper appearance, but it's finally here now – and what wonderful weather we have been having. Modelling usually takes a back seat in the warmer mo

Name: Chris Romain Number of years modelling: 40 years Favourite eras/regions: County Donegal 1950s and Somerset & Dorset 1960s Favourite locomotives: CDR Baltic tank, and Bulleid Pacifics. I live in Dorset and my interests include the Ffestiniog and

Don't you just love opening the box on a new locomotive for the first time? Carefully extracting the model from its plastic cocoon to place on the track. Once run, do you put it back in the box? I prefer not to. Years of exhibiting layouts mean that

Name: Richard Holmes Age: 72 Number of years modelling: 60 Name of first layout: ‘Midholme’ (Mk. 1) Favourite era: Narrow gauge 1930s Favourite locomotive: Narrow gauge, any small industrial Future projects: Currently working on a 16mm narrow gauge i

Name: Roland Wood Age: 72 Number of years modelling: 15 (a late returner) Name of your layouts: ‘Burniston Bay’ was the first home layout I built. I'm now exhibiting ‘Yorkshire Pennines’ (featured in BRM – August 2021). Favourite era/region: LNER and

If there's to be a month of any given year notable for the most scenic accessory launches for railway modellers, let June 2023 go down in history as being one of the busiest! With so many smaller model manufacturers embracing the benefits of 3D-print

News arrived just before this issue went to press that Bachmann Europe is to release models of the Newton Chambers-built car carriers for 4mm: 1ft scale under its Exclusive First Editions Rail brand (EFE Rail). Available as individual models, these a

Golden Valley Hobbies is to provide Amtech tools to model and hobby shops in the UK, complementing its range of other modelling consumables. With products ranging from needle files to clamps, tweezers and knives, or more specialised mini-drills, shar

Visit www.world-of-railways.co.uk to enjoy the following videos, interviews and features:

1 Bachmann Class 37/0 37207 William Cookworthy in BR blue with Cornish Railways branding. The locomotive depicts the prototype in its early-1986 to July 1987 form. Prices are: £249.95 DCC ready, £349.95 DCC sound-fitted, and £379.95 DCC sound-fitted

Hornby released its newly-tooled SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2s a few years ago, and now we're treated to further liveries, with a sample of 21C1 Channel Packet in Southern lined green livery being provided. Carrying an RRP of £223.99, the first locom

Received in abundance this month was a selection of samples from Westhill Wagon Works in 4mm:1ft scale from its depot accessory range. Pictured is a cooling group from a Class 08/09, which retails at £9.95 for a pack of two. 3D-printed, it'll require

The Stephenson Locomotive Society has relocated its library to Redland, Bristol. The collection is arguably one of the largest private library collections of railway reference material, covering UK and overseas subjects. Accessible to railway enthusi

Scale wheelbarrows, assortment of tools and opportunities for miniature cameos arise as Mudmagnet Models has shown images of its latest 3D-printed resin creations for 7mm: 1ft scale, now in stock. A Garden Tool set (£8.00), and Workmen Tool set (£12.

Peco has released its 4mm: 1ft scale kit of Monkton Combe halt, priced at £24.95 (RRP) with retailers. Laser-cut from wood, the model assembles using tab-and-slot construction to closely resemble the timber-built prototype, constructed in 1910 by the

New short-wheelbase RTR wagons made by Taiwanese firm Haskell are available in the UK, exclusively via EDM Models. For those working in 7mm:1ft scale narrow gauge, or those looking to add a narrow gauge feeder line, the range has two body widths, eac

Scale Model Scenery's (KX094-OO) Stoney's Workshops, RRP: £15.99 and (KX095-OO) Small Platform Shelter, RRP: £9.49, arrived for review this month, and we examined the contents of each in our video on World of Railways. Laser-cut from thick wood for s

We've become accustomed to model manufacturing of ready-to-run locomotives, rolling stock and some model accessories taking place in the Far East for a few decades, now. Dapol, however, continues to manufacture some of its products in the UK, and thi

Hornby's recently-introduced Bluetooth control system, HM7000, has become more accessible thanks to a new App, available to download from the Google Play store for Android device users. Released upon launch for iOS (Apple) users only, the system can

A new survey of 2000 grandchildren and 2000 grandparents has been commissioned by Legal & General, which shows how grandparents have been the inspiration behind countless hobbies and habits to last a lifetime. The research highlighted a surge of inte

Dapol is to produce models for 7mm: 1ft scale/O gauge of the Charles Roberts 14T (later uprated to 16T) slope-sided mineral wagon, and 22-24T iron ore hopper. Tooled and inbound later this year in Q4, photographs of samples have been shown, with mode

00 gauge 2021 present 152.49 There can be few liveries as evocative, or as complex as this. Applied to ScotRail's fleet of five Class 153s, modified to carry extra bicycles and luggage onto West Highland line services between Glasgow and Oban – the v

TT:120 1970present 136.99 The Class 08 needs no introduction – the backbone of freight and marshalling yards, station pilots, branch line goods, and later, private industry, and now preservation. The Class has been one of Britain's longest-lived and

00 gauge 1926 onwards 32.95 Rapido has steadily and speedily brought a range of useful and accurate wagons to market that have, maybe, had a bias towards the Southern and Western Regions, and this now continues into the grouping era. Choosing an eigh

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