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…

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!

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

This substantial shed served the considerable freight needs of the Cumbrian port, with two heritage preservation attempts failing after its 1968 closure.

The unidentified Rhymney Railway carriage, mounted on a ...