HORNBY ON TRACK TO FUTURE FINANCIAL SUCCESS

SOLID PROGRESS ON THE Hornby Group turnaround plan is proceeding well, according to the company’s latest report.

LEE CARNIHAN’S MAGIC OF MODEL MAKING: RAIL SETS AND MORE

MODEL RAIL SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED with easily available ready-made buildings and trackside equipment. Is it model-making though? Maybe not if that's as far as a train set goes, but when dioramas are concerned, it's a different matter.

MICROSCOPIC MODEL TRAIN MAY BE THE SMALLEST EVER MADE

At barely 6.35 x 3.18 mm (0.25 x 0.125 in) in size, New Jersey model train builder David Smith’s tiny train must be in the record books for the smallest ever - it works out to 1:35,200 scale. It’s not a feature in its own right however, for it represents a model train running inside an already small Z-gauge 1:220 scale display.