Railway modelling Blog

The last Magazine appearance... And what next?

Well happy new year, to those who read this blog, as you can see by the cover image of this blog post, the layout is not just in the current February 2018 issue of Hornby magazine, but also on the front cover, which was a great surprise to me. So what next? Well the layout is now 12 - 13 years old, and has suffered badly with the cold, and being moved, and is starting to look a bit tatty and also my modelling has improved hopefully over those years so if money allows it I would like to rebuild

Warley, model updates, and what's new?

Well it's November count down to Christmas and recently the Warley Exhibition the biggest show in the country, and it was certainly busy! Opted to go Saturday due to strike action on my line, arrived around 12pm, and it was certainly slow going getting to layouts, but there was a great selection of layouts, and quite a shame that I missed a few in my rush round!  Seemed to be a few bargin's around shame I didn't have any cash! There were not as many announcements as I was expecting, Hornby

September, A busy month

A busy month! Well September has been pretty busy clearing my work bench ready for the winter work, of which there is a fair bit along with my own small projects... well I say small... However lets kick off with some announcements! Hatton's announce 2 models! The SECR P Class 0-6-0T as well as Andrew Barclay 14" & 16" 0-4-0ST have been announced by Hatton's on the 11th September, surprisingly not a commission through a manufacturer, but Hatton's themselves as the manufacturer by finding a