Editorial

The Editor’s view on ready-to-run model prices.

Arrowmouth

With scale length trains, this exhibition layout from the Redditch Model Railway Club is one not to miss.

Update

Bachmann’s Ivatt ‘2MT’ to be launched in July, Hornby’s plans for the autumn, the Severn Valley Railway is washed away and more.

Exhibition Round-up

A round-up of some of the shows that have taken place in May and June.

Competition

Your chance to win Hornby’s new DCC Boxed Set and a Faller Car System starter set.

Building Horndale, Part 2

Peter Marriott reveals how the track was laid, how to connect the controller to the running lines and uses a simple, but effective form of ballast.

Off the Shelf Modelling

This issue Off the Shelf turns the spotlight on BR’s Southern Region steam fleet and recounts which locomotive classes are available ready-to-run.

Inspirations

Period photographs of Southern Region steam, including Bulleid ‘Pacifics’, Maunsell ‘King Arthurs’ and BR Standards.

Summer railway days out

Summer is here and there is lots to see and do at heritage railways. Hornby Magazine highlights model related events taking place at these bastions of steam.

Coaling up

The new Skaledale Coal Drop is one of the most impressive items in the range. Mike Wild shows how it can be enhanced with weathering and sets it in a shed scene.

Chapel End

This evocative late BR steam era layout is a fictitious truncated branch line that has been built using a pasting table for the baseboards.

Hornby Post

Reader’s views on combining railway eras, Western Region Hydraulics on the Southern and Bachmann’s era system.

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