Model Rail
Volume 1

In this first Model Rail video programme, you'll find loads of inspiration for your model making, whatever your scale or gauge.  Throughout the programmes we've shown aspects of model railways which are not easy to show in magazine illustrations and we've gone behind the scenes to full size and miniature locations, which are not normally accessible to the public.  Here are just some of the highlights: 

Tetley's Mills
Dave Shakespeare's superb '00' layout that never leaves home was featured in Model Rail in 1997.  In the July 1999 issue we've returned to see the transformation that's taken place in two years.  Using modern miniature cameras, we step aboard the locomotive for a unique view of this impressive layout based on an imaginary West Yorkshire town.  Join us for a unique trip, over the viaducts and into the tunnels of this miniature world. 

Easy Air Brushing
We've taken the video camera to Dave Lowery's workshop for an expert demonstration of air brushing.  Dave shows, in easy to follow steps, how he prepares wagon bodies for painting, before he loads and uses the air brush, and applies the transfers.  An air brush is a lifetime investment, so Dave shows how to clean and maintain it, too. 

Getting ready for Summer
Trevor Jones is an innovative garden railway modeller who introduced us to his revolutionary 'rubbercrete' - a concrete mixture you can plane or nail - in the Autumn 1998 Model Rail.  He's gone on to demonstrate a whole series of techniques for garden railway construction.  Now he reveals how he prepared his scale three miles of '00' layout for summer operation. 

Inspirations Galore!
Our 'Inspirations' pages provide detailed views of prototype railways as an aid to accurate modelling, so here's a round up which includes Bulleid light 'Pacifics', Class 52 'Westerns', Class 59s and 66s at work, container trains and - in a preview of the next Model Rail, a look at the transport of timber by rail. 

Bekonscot - A Driver's Eye View
Visit Bekonscot, the world's oldest model village.  Be inspired by 1930s scenes and ride with our miniature digital camera on a gauge '1' railway where the locomotives cover 12,000 scale miles in a season.