How To Get Your Modelling Mojo Back, Plus Two Huge HO Scale Layouts & More!
Morning Gang!How's things? Ooh it's warmed up a bit down here this week. The sun has definitely had its hat on this week, and it's been rather lovely to be...
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How To Model A Concrete Viaduct & The History of The BR Logo
Morning Gang!How's things? Happy Star Wars Day if that's your thing! What have you been up to this week? It's been a right old mixed bag of weather down here....
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When Is A Layout Ever Finished? And Would You Squash A Scratch-Build? I Certainly Couldn't!
Morning Gang!How's things? And that's April done and in the bag pretty much. Just a couple more days before we step into the madness and mayhem that is May and...
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American Modeller Takes On The UK, Plus Bo, Luke, Daisy & Uncle Jessie Visit Dylington
Morning Gang!How's things? That's the end of another week of chaos, mayhem & madness at HQ. A million and one things going on as always and we're still buzzing from...
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Build A Model Railway On A Shelf, Plus Easy Peasy Rocks & New Releases
Morning Gang!How's things? You'll never guess what? It's actually stopped raining! That must be nearly 48 hours since the last drop and we've even had a bit of sunshine. And...
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N Gauge Dystopia, The Modellers Dilemma & Tips From Real Railway Engineers
Morning Gang!How's things? It's still blummin raining!Well we're back in the Southwest and hard at work at HQ, cracking on with a number of things. Loads going on as always...
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Age Is Just A Number When It Comes To Model Railways! Plus Handy Track Laying Tips.
Morning Gang!How's things? Oh and Happy Easter! Flipping heck… when is it going to stop raining? We drove up to Liverpool to pick Elizabeth up for the Easter break and...
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Weathering Locos Without An Airbrush, Quick & Easy Oceans Plus This Weekend's New Releases
Morning Gang!How's things? It's gonna be a bit windy down here this morning! And quite wet again by the looks of it. But hey ho… Ideal modelling weather though. Tina's...
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Wes Anderson's Miniatures In Film, Rod Stewarts Layout Plus Women In Railway Modelling.
Morning Gang!How's things? And we're half way through March… flying along. But we're making good progress. And it's still blummin' raining! There's no way there can be a hosepipe ban...
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Million Dollar Model Railway, Kato Hobby Centre & New Kits!
Morning Gang!How's things? Week one of March in the bag already and my goodness it's been a wet one down here. It's been relentless! Can't wait to see a bit...
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Famous Trains, Bizarre Trains & Abandoned Stations
Morning Gang!How's things? We're back again with the first update from SMS HQ for March 2024… Can you blummin' believe it? March already and I've still not mowed the lawn...
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Model Railways Are Still Not Dead... Plus Art Deco & The Railways
Morning Gang!How's things? We're back again with another update from SMS HQ… A miniature world of Realistically Better… simply wonderful things to help you build better layouts and dioramas! And...
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An Amazing European Layout, A WWII Bunker & New Weathered Brick Papers
Morning Gang!How's things? Doesn't seem five minutes since I sat down to write last weekend's update… probably because it's not really! I'm writing this on Wednesday afternoon as it's half-term...
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A Look At 1980's Hornby Models, Southampton Model Railway Exhibition & The Latest From Dylington
Morning Gang!How's things? It's the end of another wet week in the Southwest… But it's been quite warm though, so the daffodils are in flower (although ours in the back...
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Modelling Realistic Rocks, Gardens & Pavements
Morning Gang!How's things? Hope you've all had a great week. Well… we did it! We got the whole darn showroom carpet laid last weekend and even managed to get half...
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Figure Painting Techniques, Chicago in N Gauge Plus The Future Of The Hobby
Morning Gang!Do you ever start a job and think why the heck didn't I hire someone to do it? Now that the decorator has made the railings around the mezzanine...
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