Editorial

The first issue of a new magazine and your chance to here some of plans.

Engine Wood

A magnificent layout capturing a ‘might have been’ section of the former Somerset and Dorset Railway described by its creator Tim Maddocks.

Update

A round of recent events in the model railway world. This issue Bachmann announces it’s new model for 2007 and Hornby’s 2007 new release program.

Exhibition Round-up

A collection of exhibitions that have taken place this year together with highlights for the next two months.

So you want to build a model railway?

Paul Appleton highlights some of the key decisions that need to be made before embarking on a new project.

Win a digital train set

We’ve got a great competition with two top prizes of a digital train set. Turn to page 34 for to enter for free.

The ‘Street’ in Skaledale

Model maker Peter Marriott turns his hands to building a street scene suitable for any period layout.

Off the shelf modelling

In the first of a regular series of features Mike Wild explores what is available ready-to-run to model the Western Region locomotive fleet.

Inspiration

Photographs to inspire a Western Region project with images of steam and diesel in the 1950s and ‘60s.

Swanleigh Road

The South Eastern Railwaymen’s Model Railway Society has three lovely layouts. We profile Swanleigh Road, a fictisious layout set on the Southern Region of BR.

Super Model

Celebrating some of the finest models around, Super Model turns its attention to a hand-built ‘O’ gauge streamlined ‘A4’ class ‘Pacific’.

Laying down the line

Track is the principal part of a model railway. Peter Marriott looks at the products available, the do’s and don’t’s of track laying and shows you how to lay and join flexi-track.

Building the stores

Free with this issue is a card building kit. Turn to page 66 to find out how to make it.

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