As Chris Nevard hits a home run, he installs the windows and adds the final finishing touches to his idyllic-looking rural abode.

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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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.

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.

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…