Model of the Month

By Matt Towell In this Model of the Month Matt Towell scratchbuilds a Ffestiniog Railway "bug box" as a birthday present for his Dad. Introduction Every once in a while you find yourself in need of a project. Nothing too simple so as to provide little to no interest; but equally nothing so complex that [...]

By Rob Guinness In this Model of the Month we showcase a recently completed example of the Association of 16mm Narrow Gauge Modellers' "Victory" locomotive. With many members now under way building their own locomotives, we thought it might inspire those in the middle of construction, or about to start, to see a finished example. [...]

By Richard Huss In May's model of the month Richard Huss takes us through an ingenious representation of the Vale of Rheidol trestle bridge that could be implemented in many garden railway settings. Wrightscale Wren and tippers at Pont Siriol, on the Elmdon Heath Light Railway During my student days in Aberystwyth, a favourite Sunday [...]

By Nigel Town March 2014 will see the publication of the Modellers Guide to the Festiniog Railway. This will be the third in our series of Modellers Guides, the first two featuring the Penrhyn Quarry railway and the Leighton and Buzzard railways. This Model of the Month previews one of the models featured in the guide. [...]

By Pat Brewer Whilst at the National Railway Show I came across a loco on the Member to Member sales stand that was certainly a bit unusual. It really falls into the heritage area of things although at the time I did not fully realize this. We are talking about a Garratt made by Salem [...]

By Brian Dominic  Kits in our scale are made in all sorts of materials - wood, card, plastic, resin and metal readily spring to mind, but until Busted Bricks went into it, nobody did anything in MDF. It has to be well sealed (= painted) if it's to survive outside, but its lack of grain [...]

By Keith Skillicorn  This model is one of my favourite Archangel locomotives. The model, built in 1982 represents "Princess" a Kerr Stuart Skylark locomotive built for the Campbeltown Coal Company in 1900. The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway took the loco over in 1906 and apparently worked it into the ground. With a very short [...]

By Mike Dockery  At the risk of upsetting Roger and my other good friends in Doncaster, I am going to voice the opinion that a standard Roundhouse Millie is not the prettiest 16mm locomotive ever produced. True, it does not plumb the aesthetic depths represented by, for instance, a Cheddar Ivor or a Class 70 [...]

By Steve Herring  Rear three-quarter view I’d always liked the Glyn Valley Tramway with its unique Tramway Engines. Early on in my 16mm days I started building its rolling stock finding its 4 wheeled coaches and wagons an ideal size for those of us who have small railways with lots of sharp bends. Getting hold [...]

By Allan Black My first scratch building began with a plan of the month of a LMS 2F 0-6-0T Dock Tank, it progressed no further than the plasticard frames. For a long time I have been inspired by Guy Williams (famous in 4mm scale for his work at Pendon Museum, Didcot) and have read his [...]