Model Rail
Vol 14

The Model Rail Vol 14

In this programme join Nigel Harris, Managing Editor, EMAP Railway Titles, for a visit to the thriving Milton Keynes Model Railway Society, which is based at the celebrated Station X at Bletchley Park, where wartime boffins cracked the German’s Enigma code.

Here are just some of the highlights of Volume 14:

Buxfield
‘Buxfield’ – a modest sized modern image
‘0’gauge layout expertly modelled by club member Mark Agnew.

Water features
Model Rail Editor Chris Leigh fills the pond he built in programme 13

 using one of the water products available as a reader offer.

Silver collections
There’s the rare chance to look at no less than two layouts devoted to collections of historic models – Hornby Dublo and Trix Twin both of which have been out of production for some 40 years yet still have their ardent followers.

Doncaster 150
Doncaster 150 a look at some of the visiting steam locomotives.

Reviews
Our review section looks at the splendid new Hornby ‘8F’ and the locomotive which often replaced it, the Class 25, in a revised version from Bachmann.

Archive
The English Electric Class 40s are the subject of our archive feature.

Summer steam
There’s also time to find out just what’s on offer at a typical club like Milton Keynes which offers something for everyone from

‘N’ gauge to gauge 1 live steam.

Be a DCC expert
DCC – first look at what Digital Command Control can do for you.

A soft bed
Well laid and weathered track is one of the secrets of a good looking layout and we show how it’s done using Carr’s profiled track underlay.

Milton Quays
Milton Quays is a superb Milton Keynes based ‘00’ gauge model

 featuring both main line and dockside running on the Southern region.