I’m taking a break from writing posts on Model Railway Engineer until the new year to spend time with family and friends, as well as plan for 2018.
I’ll be back at the start of January with more great hints, tips, inspiring ideas and the latest products, until then here’s a round-up of the very best and most popular new articles, videos and products from Model Railway Engineer in 2017.
Most Popular Posts Based on Traffic
- The cheapest way to clean track
- How to make embankments
- Best track tools
- Best track laying tools in 4 years of writing this blog
- How to instantly make your model railway look better
- How to fix wagons that derail on points
- Point Wiring How To
Most Popular Model Railway Engineer YouTube Video’s
Andys’ Picks
Here are some of my personal favourites from this year:
- Making your own flexitrack
- Train sounds with DCC
- How to make snow
- The best aid when your eyesight fades
- A Masterclass in laying static grass
- How to join track across movable baseboards
- How to construct cuttings
Most Commented On
- Where do you keep your model railway
- Train sound effects without DCC
- Humble Clear Gloss, review
- How to make your own scatter
- How to make Hornby / Peco track more realistic
Most Popular On Facebook
Most Popular Products
- Track cleaning alcohol
- Goo Gone For Track Cleaning
- Ballast Spreader – OO Gauge
- Ballast Spreader – N Gauge
- Head Magnifier
So that’s it for another year. I wish you and your loved ones a safe and Happy New Year and hope 2018 takes you closer to your dreams and the model railway you want 🙂
A final, personal, note: I spend a huge amount of time testing, photographing, writing and researching techniques for these articles and pay for all the running costs of MRE out of my own pocket. If you found this article useful you can support me by making a donation on my fund-raising page. Thanks and happy modelling, Andy.
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“Flying Scotsman” in newspaper reports is not about the locomotive, but one carriage in the SVR’s LNER teak set that may be advertised as “the Flying Scotsman train”, remembering that the loco was named after the London to Edinburgh service.
I suspect that the loco is tucked up nice and warm in Yorkshire.