Techniques
Our aim is to help you become a better railway modeller by giving you the latest railway modelling advice from our team of experts. This section includes modelling techniques covering track, weathering, kit building, scenery, DC-DCC plus other essential model railway skills.
Model Railway Buildings: A Beginners Guide
This guide aims to explain the key differences between the different model…
14 July 2022
How to weather your first model
Looking to create a subtle weathered effect on your latest locomotive purchase…
06 July 2022
Ballasting model railway track: All you need to know
Real railways run on a bed of crushed rocks called 'ballast'. In our latest…
30 June 2022
Five great layout features
Add a dash of interest to your model railway and show it at its best with these…
24 June 2022
Push your modelling skills with this brass kit
Howard Smith constructs a highly-detailed etched brass chassis underframe kit…
By Howard Smith | 09 June 2022
Model Railway Static Grass: All you need to know
We all aspire to achieve realistic-looking grass on our model railway, this…
08 June 2022
How to assemble a 'download and print-at-home' kit
Michael Russell shares techniques for constructing a paper-based model building…
27 May 2022
How to renumber and weather a locomotive
For the BRM project layout, 'DHAPR wagon works', we needed a suitably scruffy…
By Phil Parker | 10 March 2022
Make a key for clockwork locomotives
Finding a suitable lost key for clockwork models can prove difficult. Here’s a…
By Phil Parker | 31 January 2022
Ask Phil: What's the difference between a narrowboat and a barge?
Are narrowboats and barges the same thing? Reggie by e-mail.
By Phil Parker | 06 January 2022
Ask Phil: Dirty Dublo
In the January BRM, you showed a weathered Hornby Dublo Volkswagen van. How did…
By Phil Parker | 22 December 2021
Ask Phil: What are angle plates?
Watching your baseboard building video, I'd like to know what the jig you used…
By Phil Parker | 22 December 2021
Enhance your layout with a narrow gauge feeder line
Inspired by a recent trip to a preserved railway, Phil Parker builds a narrow…
13 December 2021
Build an industrial water tower
You can't have a steam engine shed without a water tower, so to accompany the…
By Phil Parker | 07 October 2021
Miniaturising coal for your model trains
Nearly every station had a pile of coal to feed locomotives and most of those…
By Phil Parker | 24 September 2021