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.

Suitably festive scenes for the December issue of Railway Modeller are provided by two layouts: one is Moors View, an N gauge exhibition model depicting a snow scene on Dartmoor; having previously featured it in the January 2022 issue with 1950s BR steam, we now show the layout operating in its later time frame with 1980s diesels. The other winter layout, also N gauge, is inspired by the Harry Potter books. 
Railway of the Month is Templecombe Lower, an OO gauge exhibition model of the hub of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, recreating the unusual working practices of the prototype; in the first half of a two-part feature, owner Tim Chapman describes the layout's conception and operation.
Ian Cairns shows how he modelled a Tyne Dock to Consett iron ore train in N gauge, and Peter Brown relates how he recreated Richmond engine shed in North Yorkshire in N , complete with 2mm scale drawings. Our Railway Modelling Explored section features layouts built by eight and nine year olds – one of whom is already taking it to exhibitions!
In our Talking Points article, covering topical issues in the hobby, Jenny Kirk tells how she assembled the first Hornby model to be made in the UK for 30 years, and asks whether it would be possible to bring production back to this country.
We also bring you all the news from the railway modelling world, and review the latest items to be released: the highlights of the latter being the new OO gauge Class 31 diesel, and matching BR Mk.I suburban coaches, from Accurascale, and the Hornby OO gauge A3 Pacific with steam generator.