For this blog post I thought I’d do something different and take you on a video tour of the Hornby Magazine workshop. As always we are busy behind the scenes working on a series of micro layouts for the April…
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On Monday we made the trip to London for the annual Bachmann catalogue launch – which you can read about on the News pages of our website and also in more detail in HM141, March 2019, on sale from February…
I’m breathing a huge sigh of relief as I type as our brand new ‘OO’ gauge exhibition layout, West Coast Cement, which is debuting at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition this weekend (November 24/25 2018) is now complete, packed…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: 2018, digital, Digital sound, OO gauge, Warley 2018, West Coast Cement
It is literally only a few days since we packed up at the Great Electric Train Show, but already our thoughts are focused on the next two exhibitions for Hornby Magazine – the Spalding Model Railway Exhibition in Lincolnshire on…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: 2018, diesel, electric, OO gauge, Southern Region, Spalding 2018, steam, Warley 2018
Tonight is a special night for railway modelling as Channel 5s new Great Model Railway Challenge is set to air at 8pm this evening. It pits teams of modellers against each other to build working model railways for this brand…
Time flies and it barely seems like five minutes ago that we were packing up after the Great Electric Train Show in 2017 with Twelve Trees Junction after a marathon build. But, here we are, 12 months later and the…
I’ve been making an effort to stop by the line side on my regular photography trips for the magazine lately. On August 15 I headed across country to Crewe for a photo shoot with the team from 45C (HM125) to…
Its not often I get the opportunity to stand by the line side these days, but earlier this week after visiting Pendon Museum for the official opening of the Bristol Line (you can read all about that in HM134, on…
Last Friday, May 11, we were headed north for the opening of Rails of Sheffield’s new Emporium which forms part of its retail premises on Chesterfield Road in Sheffield. Rails has been part of the model railway world since the…
Posted in Blogs, Mike Wild Tagged with: 2018, Bachmann, Dapol, Emporium, Gaugemaster, Heljan, Hornby, launch, Oxford Rail, Peco, Rails of Sheffield
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…
January 2020The January 2020 issue of Hornby Magazine is out now featuring a FREE 32-page guide to modelling BR’s Western Region between 1948 and 1968, an exclusive model giveaway with 10 prizes worth more than £1,000 in total and much more. This digital edition comes with four videos, including an exclusive tour of Milton Keynes Model Railway Society’s ’N’ gauge layout Brinklow - one of three feature layouts in the magazine. Leading this issue is extensive coverage of the new announcements and new products on show at the Warley National Model Railway Exhibition. Also inside you can read our full review of Hatton’s new ‘O’ gauge Gresley ‘A3’ 4-6-2, delve into the details of Bachmann’s new 45ton steam crane, take a tour of Redditch Model Railway Club’s 1970s ‘OO’ gauge layout Smallwood and discover how to make your own rock cuttings. Plus, we have a detailed review of Dapol’s new GWR signals for ‘OO’ and ‘O’ gauge, a step-by-step guide to installing sound in the Oxford Rail ‘N7’ 0-6-2T, railway history, a full updated Show Guide and more. Don’t miss it!
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