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Accurascale reveals exclusive 21ton hopper packs.

Accurascale has added two new exclusive packs of its forthcoming all-new ‘OO’ gauge 21ton hopper wagons, appearing in ICI industrial and BR engineering ZDV colour schemes.

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Ebsworth Street

This bustling modern-era ‘OO’ gauge layout incorporates an exceptional level of bespoke circuitry, providing full colour light signalling, train detection and more, as GREG MARSHALL reveals.Photography, Trevor Jones

Hornby adds new HM7000 stay-alive capacitor

Hornby has announced a redesigned power bank for the HM7000 family of Bluetooth and Digital Command Control (DCC) decoders.

DORA WINGS’ NEW NOORDUYN NORSEMAN MK.IV Review Premium

DORA WINGS’ NEW NOORDUYN NORSEMAN MK.IV

Read our in-depth review of Dora Wings' new 1/72 Noorduyn Norseman Mk.IV... it's a splendid offering!

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Caprotti ‘Black Five’ debut

For the first time modellers can add a ready-to-run Caprotti ‘Black Five’ to their collection with the arrival of the all-new Hornby model. BEN CHURCH finds out how good it is.

More Dapol ‘Manors’ in production

Dapol has revealed decorated samples for its next batch of Great Western Railway (GWR) 7800 ‘Manor’ 4-6-0 locomotives for ‘OO’ gauge.

USEFUL NEW PAINT SHADES FROM SMS

New acrylic lacquers in the SMS Premium PL range will be particularly useful for modellers building RAF World War Two bombers and fighters.

SPECIAL HOBBY’S P-40 RELEASED AS F/L WITH NEW DECALS Review Premium

SPECIAL HOBBY’S P-40 RELEASED AS F/L WITH NEW DECALS

Special Hobby reworks its 1/72 P-40 to F/L format and adds new decals.

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‘King’ for Another Day

Everyday Swindon steam in the 1960s wasn’t as glossy and highly polished as the locomotives seen on heritage railways and enthusiast specials might suggest. TIM SHACKLETON fettles a ‘King’ into typical last-days condition.

IMPROVING HASEGAWA’S SHINKAI 6500 Feature Premium

IMPROVING HASEGAWA’S SHINKAI 6500

Explore the ocean depths with Juanjo Dominguez Calvo as he super-details Hasegawa's 1/72 Shinkai 6500 deap-sea sebmersible.