Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 3 featuring Dewsbury Midland, one of the best layouts on the exhibition circuit. The first two editions of the Hornby Magazine Yearbook, published November 2008 and 2009, were a huge success. Editor Mike Wild has once…
Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 1, published November 2008, was a huge success, was instantly in high demand and sold out within weeks of publication. The Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 2 follows a similar format combining practical features with a wide…
Hornby Magazine made a big impact in the model railway magazine market when it was first launched by Ian Allen. The magazine filled a gap in the market to cater for the less experienced modeller. Hornby Magazine Yearbook No 1…
Modelling the Southern: Ideas and Inspiration is an excellent book about the southern railway for the modeller. Author Jeremy English has produced a very informative book containing a wealth of knowledge on all things Southern. A major gap in the railway modelling…
Jeremy English is back with the second book on Modelling the Southern. Modelling the Southern Vol 2.From Locomotives to Lineside is another must for the Southern fan. The Southern Railway was long neglected by the big model railway manufacturers, but…
The late Cyril Freezer produced First Steps in Railway Modelling over 25 years ago. Cyrils’s son Nick has worked with Bachmann to completely update the book. The 1988 original, as would be expected from the former editor of the Railway…
If you are taking their first steps towards making your own model buildings Scratch Built Buildings from Paul Bason will be very informative. The book has easy to follow, step by step instructions that are well illustrated with pictures. There are…
Lineside Buildings by Paul Bason is part of the British Railway Modelling series of books and is generally a good primer to the model buildings commonly used by railway modellers. The book has a few drawbacks and needs updating, the…
Road Vehicles for Model Railways by Ian Morton is the third title in the”Aspects of Modelling” series and deals with rarely covered subject matter well. Ian Morton provides useful information about scale, relevance, operation and much more. The book offers railway…
Scenery by J Hobden in the ‘Aspects of Modelling’ series will give modellers of all abilities, and particularly beginners, all the necessary skills and abilities to perfect one of the most important and satisfying aspects of a model railway layout,…