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

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Much of Bachmann’s recent output in the way of new OO gauge diesel locomotive tooling has focused on revamping existing types, this variously encompassing Classes 08, 20, 37, 47 and 66. It is nice, th

It may have been the final piece in the jigsaw of an industrial backscene, but something about the structure didn’t sit right with George Dent . Eventually, he found the solution.

It’s second time lucky for George Dent , as he assembles a delightful kit of a Cheshire Lines Committee signal box, having made a pig’s ear of his first attempt!

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