Quintessentially English, creating the country cottage idyll for your layout is easier than you might think, as Chris Nevard discovered…

Model Rail magazine’s editor rounds up the latest modelling news

Pick up the phone, call your local railway, offer to volunteer, and it could be the start of a whole new adventure, says ALEX ALDER. You might even go the whole hog and buy an engine…

Having sat patiently on a shelf for a few years, the time has come for this Andrew Barclay 040ST to shine, as Chris Nevard portrays an oily, dusty and careworn industrial workhorse.

In February 2026 edition of MMM, Tech Help, Paddy G Walker asks if he can swap out the cab seats on a Peugeot Boxer as his shorter wife’s feet are left dangling. I have the same problem, and have got

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