The Hornby Magazine ‘O’ gauge test track has taken a back seat from the limelight lately, but that doesn’t mean it hasnt’ been worked on – its just that Topley Dale has been taking centre stage. Alongside the regeneration of…
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Over the weekend of March 10/11 we took Twelve Trees Junction to its native home land – the Southern Region of British Railways – when it was exhibited at the Basingstoke Model Railway Exhibition. Held at Aldworth Science College close…
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The Nuremberg International Toy Fair is a highlight on the annual Toy Fair circuit and is hailed as the biggest of its kind in the world. This year was the first time that I had attended the event which took…
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Regular readers of Hornby Magazine will have seen in the latest Staff Projects section that I have been working restoring a trio of kit built Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) to enter service on Twelve Trees Junction. All were originally built…
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Twelve Trees Junction has occupied our layout construction focus fully over the past few months and following on from its first appearance in its new format at the Great Electric Train Show on October 7/8 we’ve been busily working away…
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Its been an extremely busy couple of months in the Hornby Magazine office and workshop as we build up to the autumn period, but one by one projects are coming together. One of our big challenges outside of the daily…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: 2017, diesel, electric, Great Electric Train Show, OO gauge, Southern Region, steam, Twelve Trees Junction, VIdeo
The grand plan for Twelve Trees Junction’s rebirth is well underway and is making great strides towards completion ahead of the Great Electric Train Show on October 7/8. Even so, there is still a long list of jobs to be…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: Great Electric Train Show, Hornby Magazine, OO gauge, Southern Region, Twelve Trees Junction
Summer is the time when the Hornby Magazine team goes into overdrive. Not only do we want to have a break from work, but we are also in the throws of producing the Hornby Magazine Yearbook, our 2018 DVD, the…
The latest issue of Hornby Magazine has bumped the revival of Twelve Trees Junction back into focus as we brought part of it out of storage to create a handful of images for the Southern Region special (HM122 – on…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: 2017, Great Electric Train Show, Hornby Magazine, OO gauge, Southern Region, Twelve Trees Junction
The dust is just settling on a brilliant weekend of railway activity at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire which hosted its annual Model Event over the weekend of June 16-18. Hornby Magazine was there for fourth year running, having…
April 2019<b>MICRO LAYOUTS SPECIAL</b> The new issue of Hornby Magazine homes in on compact micro layouts and showcases eight designs you can build at home, including four feature layouts and four built by the magazine team. Plus, we have an exclusive model giveaway competition, reviews of the latest models, including the Western Region Pullman for ’N’ gauge, Heljan’s L&B 2-6-2T for ‘OO9’ and the Accurascale HUO hopper for ‘O’ gauge, top tips for modelling Fastline Freight, all the latest model railway news and more. We also investigate DCC Concepts’ new Zen Black decoder range and explore the shuttle operation feature, survey DCC terminology in FAQ and highlight 30 short train formations to suit layouts large and small. Don’t miss it!
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