7mm scale

I am finally getting around to posting a few photos of our Newton Heath Works layout, originally built for the MRJ Cameo Competition (which we were fortunate enough to win). The layout has been exhibited a few times, and appeared in various modelling magazines, so apologies if some of the photos...

As you probably know I’ve decided to hang up the soldering iron and retire from professional building. It would be nice to say it was a hard decision, but I’d be lying. Over the last few years, and particularly since the Covid unpleasantness, I’ve found my overall interest in model railways has...

Hi, After a fairly manic time preparing for the Guildex show at Stafford last weekend, I can now take a bit of a breather and consider the K3, which is the subject of a forthcoming kit from Finney7. I'm doing a test build with the production castings. First of all, a few pictures of the first...

A while back Phil @BrushType4 from Intentio contacted me and asked if I would build and finish one of his new kits, and document the build for others. I said yes. Phil's kits have a great reputation and the kit in question, the SR Provender Store, looked very interesting. Just in case folk...

During lockdown I decided to build a little 7mm scale loco shed layout, or perhaps it could be termed a working diorama, as the overall size is 8ft x 2ft, with a 9inch bolt on extension to the fiddle yard (which uses loco casettes). The location is "somewhere in Somerset", but there is a clue...