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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 make realistic shop windows
We all moan about the changing high street and lack of model shops in many…
04 September 2021
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