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Modellings tips and answers - Lineside kits - Videos

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Don't forget to read our latest modelling tips and unboxing videos located at the bottom of the newsletter.

Please note our shop in Sandown will be open as usual during the Queen's Jubilee bank holidays on Thursday and Friday. We expect to see you make the most of these extra modelling days!

This week in history

On Monday, May 31st 1965, Dr Richard Beeching stepped down from the Chairmanship of the British Railways Board. Earlier that year the Second 'Beeching Report' on the future of the British Railway system had been submitted for approval. The main proposals of this Second Report were the rationalising of routes to the North of England and Scotland via the existing East and West Coast mainlines. In short, this proposed that of the existing 7,500 miles of the existing trunk railway routes in Britain only 3,000 miles were worth further development. These proposals became very unpopular and were rejected by the Government which led directly to Dr Beeching relinquishing his role with the British Railways Board.

Tool for thought

The Expotools stencil and decal knife and cutting mat can be a very useful addition to any modellers toolbox. Frequently the shape or size of decals can make them extremely difficult to cut with precision with larger hobby knives or scissors. The expo decal knife offers precision with a small but sharp cutting edge facilitating the process of working with intricate decals requiring sharp and precise cuts. The high-quality cutting mat also offers cutting support and a steady surface with traction to aid the precision requirements of decal cutting.

Thinking big with Peco's larger OO gauge kits

We would be the last in line to argue that finer details make for a good model railway, however, one must first have something to add such details to, and that means track, buildings, stations, engine sheds, bridges and tunnels, in fact, anything that makes up the foundations of a layout.

When sourcing larger structures or buildings for a model railway, modellers are generally spoilt for choice, especially in OO gauge, and Peco certainly plays a significant role in that choice. Their Lineside Kits range feature a number of models portraying larger structures that many modellers desire on their layouts. Lineside Kits are mostly plastic kits and are relatively easy to put together. Parts are usually pre-coloured for convenience, making them ideal for family layouts and beginners alike. That's not to say more experienced modellers don't also find them attractive as their designs are prototypical enough for a spot of weathering to turn them into extremely credible models.

A good example is Peco's 'Well Type' turntable kit. This kit produces a smooth turning hand-operated turntable and features components to power the deck's rails. For those wishing to take things a step further by adding motorised rotation, a motor can be added using a readily available kit such as Expotools' Turntable Motorising Kit.

If engine sheds and loco sidings are a planned feature of your layout, but turntables belong to an era unbefitting of your HSTs and other modern diesels, Peco's Lineside kit of a train shed could be just the ticket. This modern image diesel facility can be used in isolation to represent a humble diesel depot or added to using multiple kits to create a modern train care facility of an infinite length and width.

Stations are not surprisingly another feature of many layouts. Most modellers will have their own ideas concerning which platforms to use and is a subject best left for another day, but when it comes to station buildings and surrounding features, Peco's Lineside kits offer a number of options including a country station building complete with canopy, adjacent toilets and brick or stone option, an oval roof canopy for larger mainline stations, a post-war signal box for the grimy British Rail years, a goods depot unloading platform kit of the same architectural design and a platform subway that, admittedly, is a smaller model but does give the impression of a larger feature.

Some other Lineside kits that are big in both actual size and the effects they produce include a 297 mm long locomotive inspection pit (available with both code 100 and code 75 track), a kit to build the sides for a 222 mm long plate girder bridge and a kit to build the sides for a truss girder bridge of the same length.

Modelling tips

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Unboxing videos

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You can access all the unboxing videos by visiting this page or simply click on the link called "videos" on our websit e.

Events and exhibitions

Find all the latest events and exhibitions for the model railway world, on the UK Model Shop Events directory. Hopefully, 2022 will give us plenty of opportunities to attend events all over the country.

Do you need to order?

Send us an email or give us a call to check availability or to reserve anything, whatever scale you model in. As usual, if we do not have in stock what you are looking for, we will order it for you and you will get it fast (usually within a week if the manufacturer has it in stock). We place weekly orders with most suppliers.

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