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Reviews
Model making tools, accessories, paints and glues and model trains tried, tested and reviewed by a lifelong modeller. No incentives, payment or gifts were exchanged for the reviews with all products were purchased at normal prices.
Best stripping tool for bus wiring
The easiest, fastest and best way to cut and strip wires for electrical work. [...]
Best Ballast Spreader for N, OO and HO track in 2021
Ballast transforms your railway from a train set to model railway but it's time consuming, fiddly and slow to lay. No more with this brilliant little ballast [...]
Masters Brush Cleaner, review
If you do a lot of painting you'll undoubtedly go through a lot of brushes. I did. But not any more. [...]
A rotating tool holder, it’s not what you might expect
Is your workbench a mess, with tools, paints and glues scattered around? Looking for an organiser? I was and have found what could be the perfect rotating [...]
A stable aid to let you keep modelling when your hands shake
If tremors and shakes are keeping you away from your model making, this handy accessory will be a game changer for your modelling. [...]
Review Märklin 81701 Z Gauge Train Starter Set
It’s happened again and I was powerless to resist. [...]
The best head magnifier
It happens to us all. Some sooner, some later. But it happens. [...]
Dremel 3000 review – the best model making tool in 2021
I'm a long time fan of Dremel's versatile rotary tools and the Dremel 3000 is one of my favourite tools — no make that my number one most used model making [...]
2020 Review: LEGO City High-Speed Passenger Train 60051
While adult model train enthusiasts tend to focus on railways from Hornby, and the like and younger fans attention is drawn to Thomas and Brio, there's another [...]
Review: British Steam BR Standard Locomotives
There are lots of books on steam trains that have promise for railway modellers but this one has real potential. [...]
