Australian Model Railway Magazine

The release of a new scale, or the re-release of a scale by a big player, is rare. Hornby have put their weight behind releasing a full range of TT (Table Top) scale 1:120 locomotives and rolling stock, track (this works out to be 12mm gauge) and acc

Managing Editor Scott Fitzgerald Editorial Assistants Alan McKenna, Phil Knife Consultants Chris Jones Office Manager Melissa Cullen Subscription and Sales Coordinator Karen Baldini Illustrators Ian Thorpe Design John Casey Computer Programmer Graham

In the early nineteen nineties I made one of the better decisions of my modelling life and became a member of the Wyong and District Model Railway Club. I developed a friendship with a member, Ray. At the time Ray was probably in his early fifties an

In the April 2023 issue of AMRM, John Casey presented an excellent Location to Model article on the Oberon Branch in New South Wales. I would like to present some additional information on models and references. Additional information: The Oberon bra

The layout envelope occupies about 300m2, and much of that space will be devoted to representing the wide-open landscape of the South-Western district of Victoria. Most of the permanent way on the layout represents the lightly laid branch line that d

Website: https://www.ctrlpmodels.com.au Ctrl-P Models have released a NEM pocket to mount a coupler to the front of the Australian Railway Models (ARM) New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) HO scale C38 steam locomotive. They are supplied as a

John E Miller 3 Nov 1963 – 22 April 2023 John was inducted into the hobby at an early age, starting his career in telecommunications, he met up with a lot of like-minded colleagues, and his modelling techniques flourished. John was a long-time member

Ray Smith 9 July 1959 – 23 March 2023 It is with great regret and sadness that I advise of the passing of fellow modeller and past AMRM author, Ray Smith. Ray died unexpectedly on Thursday, 23 March after a fall. I met Ray via Facebook when I was AMR

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On first reading the comment, Are we detail Snob's, as a home based modeller for over 50 years starting with Tri-ang, Hornby and Lima to today's super detailed models, I have to say the hobby has moved ahead leaps and bounds. Growing up with early eq