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 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
Ask Phil: Surface mounted point motors
Please could you advise on surface mounted point motors with ease of mounting…
By Phil Parker | 16 February 2021
Rust effects created using hair spray
Watch BRM's (British Railway Modelling) Phil Parker demonstrate how to weather…
By Phil Parker | 01 February 2021
Ask Phil: How high is a 009 platform?
What would be a typical height for a station platform for a 009 model?…
By Phil Parker | 27 January 2021
How to create a railway modelling farm scene
Skilled railway modeller, Jamie Warne, talks us through his farmyard diorama…
By Phil Parker | 26 January 2021
Ask Phil: Scratchbuilding a useful hut
With all the local model shops shut, and plenty of time on my hands, can you…
By Phil Parker | 21 January 2021
Basic model railway soldering techniques
Does soldering scare you? Worry no more, as Howard Smith takes us through the…
By Phil Parker | 07 January 2021
