7mm scale

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...