Making model railways

Guides, tips, and tutorials on making and building a model railway.

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Best N Gauge Ballast Spreader

The Best Ballasting Tool For N Gauge Model Railways

Ballasting is one of those tasks you either love or hate on a model railway...
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Protecting your rails while painting track

How to mask rails when painting track...
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Track Laying Mistakes and How To Avoid Them

Is cork underlay needed for track?

This is question that comes up frequently, here are my thoughts...
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Using polymer clay to clean up model railway track ballast

Getting crafty with track: Ballast Collection with Polymer Clay

An unconventional but cheap and effective technique for removing rogue ballast from your track...
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Using a graphite pencil to improve electrical conductivity and smoother locomotive operation on a model railway

Improve Locomotive Running with Graphite Pencils – How and Why

Want to improve the smoothness and reliability of your trains? All it takes is a...
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Track Bars

Tiny Terrific Track Tweaks : how to make your track work look better

Make your model railway track look better with authentic fish plates, just take a look...
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9 Top tips to laying flexitrack

Take your track work to the next level with these flexi-track bending, joining and cutting...
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The 17 must-have tools for building a model railway

The 17 indispensable tools for making model railways...
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Subsidiary Signal

Signalling – Basics: Semaphore Signals

A back to basics guide on what and how semaphore signalling worked...
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