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Modellings tips and answers - Modelling a station - Videos

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Be advised that we have just added quite a few second hand good quality engines to our website. If you model in O gauge, you will find some wagons kits built and detailed by master modeller John Kennerley. Grab them while you can as they are not going to stay here long.

As usual, all the new items can be seen here: https://www.trainshop.co.uk/new-products

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

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Railway song of the week

Modeller Steve send us a message a few days ago and suggested Iron Horse by country and folk artist Mean Mary. This great song, full of energy and banjo, won Mean Mary an Independent Music Awards. Surely, this means it is worth discovering? Click on the picture to watch the video.

This week in history

On March 7th 1966, the former 'Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway' was closed to nearly all rail operations leaving behind only a few spurs to access local industries from the surrounding mainlines.

Do you know this exists?

This is a coach light bar in cool white (modern type).

Each lighting strip is completely self contained with a built-in long life battery and five efficient LED lamps which realistically light the shortest Gresley to the latest Pendolinos!

There is no need for any switch because the strip incorporates a small sensor which detects when the train moves and turns on the lights automatically. The lights stay on whilst the train is in motion, then after it stops keeps the lights on for a few minutes before turning them off so that temporary stops at stations or signals leaves the coach lit.

Inspiration for your station

Stations are a big part of most modeller's layouts, there are big ones, small ones, recreations of real ones and completely made up ones, but whichever type of station you have created, there is always plenty that you can do to develop it and help it become a centrepiece on your layout. There are many larger or more obvious features you can add to your station to make it more interesting and imposing such as: a footbridge, canopy, station signs, platform lamps, fencing and benches. These OO gauge items are all very worthy additions to a station, but what you may not realise, is how many types and styles there are to choose from in model form, so resist picking the first one that you see, it's always worth researching ranges and offerings to find the one that will not only 'do', but that you love!

And don't forget the lesser considered details, it is these that provide realism to your station such as clocks and baggage carts, many bigger stations have platform signals, underpasses instead of bridges and car parks all just waiting to be modelled. But there is one thing all stations big and small have, and that is people, they are the soul of every station (apart from the trains that is) so don't forget to model them!

Modelling tips

We keep on adding modelling tips to our website. Here are the latest ones:

Or re-visit these slightly older ones:

You can read all the articles sorted by categories or from the most recent published one on our website.

Unboxing videos

You want to know what is inside the boxes of modelling products? We open them for you! Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified before everyone else or simply click on this selection. Please note that videos are at the bottom of each page.

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, 2024 will give us plenty of opportunities to attend events all over the country.

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