How to Model a Miniature Winter Diorama Over the next couple of videos, I’m testing out a number of snow products that I’ve picked up over the years. To do that, I need some base dioramas. I eventually built 12 similar dioramas, half in O and half in HO/OO as…
In the grand final of the Great Model Railway Challenge, the Basingstoke Badgers, Fawley Fliers, Railway Video Division, Strangers on a Model Train and Team Aberdeen each built a brand new layout in just 36 hours. It was tough and it was touch and go whether some of them would…
This week on the Great Model Railway Challenge, the Aberdeen Model Railway Club, The Shunter Guys and Wakefield Model Railway Club had the joy of creating a waterworld themed layout. Creating water scenery is a challenge that many modellers shy away from because it can be messy and use products like…
Great Model Railway Challenge Water Diorama At the end of one heat’s filming, they asked me to bring something to show off how water was done for the following week’s heat. I built 6 dioramas at 3 different stages of completion but in the end we only used the…
The saga continues… and this week is not pretty… First up, the masking tape wouldn’t stick so I used some Mr Masking Neo Sol which was great but it took me several attempts to put it on neatly… Painting iron man is much harder than printing him! If at first…
This week on the Great Model Railway Challenge, the Fawley Fliers, Diesel Dynamos and Railway Children battled it out to create layouts on the theme of fire and ice. I think ambition outstripped time on a few of the layouts but there were some fascinating results and a truck crash!…
