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 make model hedges
We provide a step-by-step guide to making realistic model hedges for your model…
29 August 2021
A beginner's guide to using 3D printers for your model railway
One tool that is becoming more popular (and more affordable) for modellers is 3D…
24 August 2021
How to restore an airbrush
Damaging a top-of-the-line airbrush can prove a costly mistake, as Howard Smith…
By Howard Smith | 18 August 2021
Modelling Russell Lupins
Adding a bit of colour to some wasteground is easy using this simple modelling…
By Phil Parker | 17 August 2021
How to build a canal
When it comes to providing a waterway for your layout, Phil shows how everyone…
17 August 2021
Planting model trees
Nobody wants their scenery to fall apart. Phil Parker shares a commonly-used…
10 August 2021
How to build a car workshop
Phil Parker anglicises this German-outline garage kit from Golden Valley…
10 August 2021
Ask Phil: Wiring a crossover
I am expanding the Hornby Family Fun project for my grandson. My aim is to have…
By Phil Parker | 16 July 2021
How to build a 1970s bungalow
Phil Parker recommends this range of buildings for beginners as he constructs a…
05 July 2021
How to adapt Hornby's Salt PGA wagons
When a model isn't available in kit form, or produced by manufacturers, a…
25 June 2021
Build a coal yard kit
A layout project can seem like a never-ending project. Sometimes you just need a…
By Phil Parker | 17 June 2021
Ask Phil: Wiring or tracklaying first?
What is the correct sequence when laying track and wiring it up for DCC? Fix the…
By Phil Parker | 23 April 2021
Paint an N gauge signal box
In the May 2021 issue of BRM, Phil Parker builds a OO signal box kit from…
By Phil Parker | 19 April 2021
Ask Phil: Will 'OO' models run on 'HO' track?
I am a British ex-pat living in the USA. I have some nice UK 'OO' locomotives…
By Phil Parker | 17 February 2021
Build an N gauge Wickham Trolley
Don't make your miniature Permanent Way gang walk to work - Phil Parker shows us…
By Phil Parker | 16 February 2021
