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.
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
Is your Hornby R8250 train set controller broken? Probably not...
When we found two train set controllers with apparently seized direction…
23 December 2019
Hornby Ruston and Hornsby 48DS
Arriving with retailers and modellers who pre-ordered via its website, are…
By Howard Smith | 18 December 2019
Dapol Class 50
Having recently celebrated their fiftieth anniversary, the Class 50s were the…
By Howard Smith | 18 December 2019
Locomotion Models Western
D1023 Western Fusilier was not only the last 'Western' to receive a general…
18 December 2019
Bachmann LNER J72
When Mainline Railways burst into the Hornby and Wrenn dominated OO UK market in…
18 December 2019
Sonic Models VEA 'Vanwide'
These wagons are the first from another new manufacturer entrant to the UK model…
By Howard Smith | 17 December 2019
Kernow Model Rail Centre PRA wagon
Andy York examines this new wagon arrival, exclusive to the model retailer.
17 December 2019
Bachmann WD 40T 'Parrot'
Howard Smith examines this new arrival from the Barwell manufacturer, ideal for…
By Howard Smith | 17 December 2019
Darstaed Mk. 1 'Suburban'
Howard Smith casts a rule over this latest item of rolling stock to arrive from…
By Howard Smith | 16 December 2019