Category: Scenery and Landscape

18 November 2019

Woodland Scenics – Peel ‘n’ Place Tufts

Woodland Scenic’s new addition to their Field System™ range are the Peel ‘n’ Place Tufts™ which allows you to model a variety of grassy plants often found in fields, meadows and pastures more quickly and easily than ever before! See the latest video here… As an extension of the Field System™, these Tufts are ready-made and can be used right out...

Categories Scenery and Landscape/Woodland Scenics

25 October 2019

GMRC Series 2 – The Semi- Finals

Channel 5’s Great Model Railway Challenge 2019 has reached the semi-final stage, and this week we review the excitement as the six successful teams to make it through the heats battled it out to secure themselves a place in the final. Semi-final one brought together Team Grantham, Rail Riders and Corby Steelmen to tackle the ‘Myths, Monsters, Legends & Fables’...

Categories Branchline/Model Railway/Scenery and Landscape/The Great Model Railway Challenge

26 September 2019

GMRC Series 2 – Heat Two

Heat two of the Great Model Railway Challenge Series 2 on Friday 20th September saw three more enthusiastic teams of modellers go head to head for a coveted place in the semi-finals of the competition; Team Phoenix, Rail Riders and Scarborough Flyers tackled the week’s ‘Classic Books’ theme with innovative and contrasting approaches. Two teams made extensive use of Woodland...

Categories Model Railway/Paint, Tools and Display/Scenery and Landscape/The Great Model Railway Challenge

14 June 2019

Make Scenecraft Central to Your Plans

On Friday 14th June 2019, Bachmann Europe Plc announced several new additions to its Scenecraft range of OO scale buildings during the Great Central Railway’s Model Event. Fittingly, the models are based on the structures found at the GCR’s Rothley Station. The models have previously been available in Green & Cream livery – originally used by the GCR in the...

Categories Announcements/Scenery and Landscape

10 April 2019

Woodland Scenics – How To Accent Tufts

Previously we showed you how with the Woodland Scenics Field System you can easily add extra depth and texture with some wild grass tufts – missed it? Watch the video here! Today we will be taking things a stage further by showing you how to customise your existing grass tufts by adding colourful accents, to create a wide verity of...

Categories Paint, Tools and Display/Scenery and Landscape

13 February 2019

Get on track with Woodland Scenics

Tidy Track® is a complete system that includes all the tools needed for corrective and preventive maintenance of your track and wheels.

Categories Dioramas and Wargaming/Scenery and Landscape/Uncategorized

11 February 2019

Behind the Scenes at Bachmann Showcase 2019

In January the Bachmann team toured the country as part of our annual Bachmann Showcase, where we announced our 2019 Branchline & Graham Farish catalogues and upcoming ranges to our retailers and members of the press. On our travels we visited London, Bristol, Leicester, Bolton and Edinburgh and were delighted with the response we received to our new announcements. In London we welcomed Phil Parker from BRM who...

Categories Announcements/Branchline/Graham Farish/Model Railway/Scenery and Landscape

7 February 2019

2019 Scenecraft Catalogue – Out Now

Pick up a March 2019 copy of Hornby Magazine today to get your FREE copy of our 2019 Scenecraft Catalogue, featuring all our new announcements and releases for the year ahead! Each year new models are added to the range, whilst popular models which have previously sold out may also be reintroduced, and 2019 is no different. Within these pages...

Categories Model Railway/Scenery and Landscape

1 February 2019

Woodland Scenics – How to Make a Temporary Dam

With this video from Woodland Scenics, modellers can learn how to build a temporary dam to enable them build a water feature to the edge of their layout for enhanced realism. Before you begin, make sure you have prepared your base properly (refer to the Water Undercoats video for more information). The demonstrator in the video uses a piece of plastic and...

Categories Dioramas and Wargaming/Scenery and Landscape

21 January 2019

Woodland Scenics – How to Make Grass Tufts

If you have ever wanted to add a little more texture and dimension to your layout or diorama with realistic grasses by using the Woodland Scenics Field System you can do just that!

Categories Scenery and Landscape/Uncategorized