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.
Creating Thomas the Tank
As the cheeky character celebrates its 75th anniversary, Phil Parker retraces…
21 April 2020
Model Railways – Making Holes – Top Tips
Whether it’s wood or brass, quite often you’ll need to make a hole in a piece of…
20 April 2020
THE 'SEE IT/MAKE IT' CHALLENGE: ROUND TWO
So, lockdown continues for at least three more weeks... fancy entering our…
By Howard Smith | 17 April 2020
Model Railways – Using Pencils on Brickwork – Top Tips
Using pencil crayons is quick, easy and will work on most materials, especially…
17 April 2020
Phil's Practical - Make a puddle
Puddles are a rare feature on model railway layouts and modelling them depends a…
16 April 2020
Model Railways: Working with Plastic Sheet – Top Tips
From buildings to wagons or locomotives, these sheets can be used to good effect…
16 April 2020
Model Railways: Building Card Kits – Top Tips
Card kits are an affordable and easy method to rapidly add architecture to your…
15 April 2020
Modelling Inspiration on RMweb - Our Top 5 Picks
As Britain's modellers pull up the drawbridge, there's no shortage of activity…
14 April 2020
5 glues every railway modeller must have
Modellers are always getting themselves into sticky situations, but do you have…
14 April 2020
Phil's Practical - Weathering a wagon by dry brushing
Take one ready-to-run wagon and, in a few minutes, give it that hard-working…
09 April 2020
5 ways to improve the running of your locomotives
We all have our cars serviced, so why not our models? Follow BRMs five-point…
09 April 2020
Model Railways: Using Weathering Powders – Top Tips
Weathering powders should be considered a useful tool when creating realistic…
08 April 2020
Model Railways: Brush Painting – Top Tips
You dip your brush in a tin of paint, then rub it up and down your model –…
08 April 2020
Wiring your model railway: top tips
When it works, we ignore its existence, when it doesn’t, we can be tempted to…
07 April 2020
How to fit a DCC uncoupler
Tired of manually uncoupling your rolling stock on a shunting layout? We install…
04 April 2020