Other
As the name suggests, this is where you’ll find a number of additional railway modelling techniques such as detailing, modification and painting. Follow these guides, and the many more found on this website, to make yourself a better railway modeller.
How to build your first shunter
Phil Parker assembles this accessible new industrial locomotive from Planet…
03 September 2021
How to adapt the Hattons Andrew Barclay
A growing number of cottage industry manufacturers are producing conversion kits…
By Howard Smith | 02 September 2021
How to automate your layout signals
Tired of passing signals at danger, endless switches on your control panel or…
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 build a canal
When it comes to providing a waterway for your layout, Phil shows how everyone…
17 August 2021
How to build a car workshop
Phil Parker anglicises this German-outline garage kit from Golden Valley…
10 August 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
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
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
Ask Phil: What is a fibre pen for?
In my Christmas stocking, Santa has brought me a "Scratch brush". I'm told it…
21 December 2020
Ask Phil: Beginners model railway guides
I'm very much excited about this early Christmas present - the Hornby Coca-Cola…
By Phil Parker | 09 December 2020
Ask Phil: How were coal wagons unloaded?
My question concerns end doors on wagons. I know these were flagged with a…
12 November 2020
Ask Phil: Which loco do I need for an industrial layout?
For my new adventure, a UK small shelf switching layout, I have been thinking…
04 November 2020
Ask Phil - What is a Sprat & Winkle coupling?
In your recent podcast, you mentioned something called a "Sprat & Winkle"…
29 October 2020
