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

Being too young to go to Shildon in 1975, my railway hobby started with the Liverpool and Manchester Rocket 150 celebrations in May 1980. I have lasting memories of visiting Rainhill for the cavalcade

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

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.

Bob Cooper of Macclesfield, Cheshire remembers: From an early age, I have always loved reading and writing. My best subject at school was English to the detriment of maths, and I managed to become top