This week we’re going to take a look at adding hedges to Model Railway layouts. Like trees, adding hedges has always been a bit tricky and kind of expensive for most modellers. For a long time, the commercial options have been very pricey and not that great to be honest. But now there are a
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Steve continues his excellent Model Tree Making series with a quick video about how to make Conifers for your Model Railway, Wargaming diorama or Slot car layout. In this video Steve shows us how easy it is to make Model Conifer Trees using just a few easy to source materials. Model trees are an essential
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People People People, they’re everywhere. And so to make your Model Railway (Railroad for our American Cousins) look as realistic as possible, your layout needs model figures, and lots of them. Every station, every town scene, the goods yard, the countryside… you need them everywhere. A layout with no figures is just wrong. I’m sorry,
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Can Hornby take on the Model Tree Goliaths Gaugemaster, Noch & Faller? Are their new SkaleScenics trees worth your hard earned pennies? Lets find out… Until recently, Hornby’s range of scenic products has been very very limited to say the least. Apart from its ever popular range of Skaledale Buildings which seemed to expand exponentially
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Part 2 of the instructional video series on How To Make Model Trees from Steve. In today’s installment, Steve shows us how to make the trunk of our deciduous tree using just a few simple materials and tools that every modeller should have in his/her tool kit.

To celebrate the launch of our sister site Model Railway Scenery’s new and rapidly growing range of Brick Papers, they’re giving away one of their post popular downloadable brick paper designs for free. So who are Model Railway Scenery? Well, the site is owned and operated by Scenery Experts founder, Justin, who has recently put
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It’s a few years since Gaugemaster launched their Ballasted Underlay and it’s still selling like Hot Cakes. We take a look to see what all the fuss is about… For realism on any Model Railway layout, it is essential that the track should be ballasted. This has always been a fiddly and time consuming process.
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Here’s Part 1 of a nice video series  from a guy called Steve who makes tons of Wargaming and Model Railroad Dioramas. This excellent movie shows how to make quick make quick and easy Deciduous trees from a length of copper wire and a few basic modelling materials. Look out for Part 2 tomorrow. Items
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The Easy Way To Add Detail To Gardens, Countryside and Allotments On Your Model Railway. If you’ve ever wanted to add realistic plants, reeds, vegetables etc to gardens, river banks or allotments on your Model Railway, it’s always been a bit of a challenge. The plastic offerings available from some manufacturers have always been pretty
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An essential item in the Railway Modellers arsenal, Lichen or Reindeer Moss, whatever you want to call it, is the most versatile material available for making trees and bushes. Every railway modeller, young or old can achieve fantastic results with just a small amount of lichen and a bit of glue! Well, this week, we’ve
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