It's all action in our big layout feature this month. Playmobil trains mix it up with slot cars in a display that has been delighting kids of all ages at exhibitions for years. And since, it's December, what better time to celebrate the younger end of our hobby?

Back at the workbench we build a huge truss-girder bridge, add realistic checkrails and ballast to an outdoor line, and our Peckett project reaches its grand, steamy, finale.

All this, plus plenty of new products for the large-scale railway modeller. Something for the Christmas list perhaps?