After outlining the baseboard construction last month, Peter Marriott turns his attention to laying the track and installing a concrete apron on his new Cornish-themed layout.

This is a layout that probably wouldn’t have been built, had not David Joughin battled back against a life-changing medical condition. The results speak for themselves.

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The model railway hobby may have some issues with the advancing age of modellers, but it’s not all gloom says CHRIS LEIGH .

Vivienne Crow was staying at Newfield Hall as a guest of HF Holidays, which organises walking holidays in the Yorkshire Dales and other UK and European destinations. Self-guided, three-night breaks at

Can Chris Leigh manage to make a serviceable Southern Region express formation from a donated carrier bag of elderly Kitmaster Mk 1 coaches?