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.
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
How to gild a lilly
Phil Parker upgrades the latest addition to the Metcalfe Models range with…
23 September 2021
How to assemble miniature signals
Recently due an eye test, Howard Smith provided a visual test of his own with…
By Howard Smith | 22 September 2021
How to motorise a turntable kit
These impressive features of larger steam depots have long-interested modellers.…
By Phil Parker | 22 September 2021
How to improve the appearance of track
In a bid to transform your permanent way into one of the star qualities of your…
20 September 2021
How to optimise your layout lighting
Theatrical consultant, Giles Favell, shares his years of experience in set and…
20 September 2021
Wiring for reliability
Here to keep your layout's 'veins' in good order, Paul Moss shares techniques…
20 September 2021
How to animate a shunter
Hornby's attractive, versatile shunter is proving popular with modellers and…
20 September 2021
