Reviews
Welcome to the BRM Review Area, the place to both read and watch product reviews covering a plethora of railway modelling products from model locomotives and wagons through to glues and trees. Expect to see the hobby’s biggest names such as Hornby, Bachmann, Dapol and Heljan.
Bachmann Class 24/1
Bachmann’s latest model provides a ready-to-run version of the Class 24 with cab…
11 March 2020
Heljan Class 03
Howard Smith believes Heljan's smallest O gauge locomotive is ideal for your…
By Howard Smith | 11 March 2020
Bachmann Class 158
Andy York praises Bachmann's new multiple-unit for its innovative chassis,…
11 March 2020
A Beginners Guide to RMweb
Our forum, RMweb, is a terrific resource for all railway modellers. With so much…
09 March 2020
5 great photos from RMweb
One of the most popular threads on RMweb is "How realistic are your models?…
09 March 2020
FIRST LOOK: Bachmann Class 121
Bachmann’s Class 121 is examined by Andy York, ahead of the full review in the…
06 March 2020
VIDEO: Unboxing Heljan's Class 03
Howard Smith casts an eye over the latest RTR locomotive to come from the Danish…
By Howard Smith | 19 February 2020
VIDEO: Unboxing Hornby's W4 'Peckett' Port of London Authority No. 74
Hornby's industrial 0-4-0ST arrives in a new livery depicting Port of London…
By Howard Smith | 19 February 2020
5 favourite locomotives...
We asked five layout owners at The Festival of British Railway Modelling, which…
08 February 2020
Dapol LNER Y1 'Sentinel'
One of the smallest RTR locomotives we’ve seen in the scale for a while, Dapol's…
By Howard Smith | 24 January 2020
Hornby LMS 20T brake vans
A common sight from the 1930s to the late-1980s on Britain's railways , the…
By Howard Smith | 24 January 2020
10 train shaped things from the London Toy Fair
We've been reporting on the serious models from London, but what about the…
22 January 2020
Hattons Class 66
Hattons Model Railways highly-anticipated Class 66 models are en route to…
By Howard Smith | 15 January 2020
VIDEO: Unboxing the Bachmann 009 Baldwin with DCC Sound
Bachmann's 009 Baldwin is already a well-regarded locomotive in standard form.…
07 January 2020
The curators pick - 5 of the best at the NRM
We asked the Senior Curator of Rail Vehicle Collections at the National Railway…
27 December 2019
