Railway Modeller

Published monthly by Peco Publications, Railway Modeller is a guide to creating railscapes of every era of train, from steam to electric, and caters for modellers of all abilities. Each issue features the best from the hobby for those modelling Britain's railways in all the popular scales and offers a unique blend of articles by experts and beginners alike, including a special section for newcomers wanting to learn all about the hobby and model making in general.

Model railway enthusiasts can now subscribe to the complete digital archive of leading magazine Railway Modeller , which stretches back to 1949 and encompasses more than 800 fully-searchable issues. The archive is organised into neat stacks of decades and years, which can be browsed across web, iOS and Android platforms for a flexible reading experience.

Every contents page is fully-linked to facilitate easy navigation to specific articles and features. The archive also benefits from the Exact Editions platform’s advanced search function, which allows readers to search for keywords across individual issues and the complete archive at the touch of a button.

For the January 2025 issue, Railway Modeller visits none other than rock star Sir Rod Stewart, to bring you pictures of his astonishing HO gauge layout set in 1940s America, which was recently relocated from Los Angeles to his UK home. We hear about his plans to extend the huge model still further, and about his passion for railway modelling, which he describes as "the greatest hobby in the world".
Railway of the Month is an impressive, garage-filling OO gauge depiction of Lancaster station, on the West Coast Main Line, in the pre-Grouping era, while the Plan of the Month features Southwark Bridge – an N gauge London terminus inspired by the classic layout plan Minories, drawn up by Cyril J Freezer in 1957. We also mark the 60th anniversary of the 3mm Society with a 'Mileposts' feature, together with a fine example of a 3mm scale layout, Stedham Mill.
Callum Willcox shows how to enhance the new Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST in O-16.5 (NG7) from Bachmann, with detailing and weathering to give it the work-worn appearance of the real machines at work in North Wales slate quarries. 
This issue also contains details of how you can vote for your favourite article of 2024 in the annual Railway Modeller Cup competition, with £1,000 worth of prizes to be won.
New product reviews include the North Eastern Railway H Class (LNER Class Y7) 0-4-0T in OO from Rapido Trains UK; the Plasser 12-ton crane from EFE Rail in OO; Ffestiniog Railway 'Tin Car' coaches from Bachmann in OO9; the Ruston & Hornsby 48DS diesel shunter in O from Heljan; and the Lowmac wagon in OO from Clark Railworks.