ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Get more of the latest content from the Hornby Magazine team including the first look at our new videos, exclusive premium features you can't find anywhere else and more. Check back regularly for new articles.
VIDEO: Immingham Depot
The operations in and around the busy port of Immingham are the focus for this impressive 'OO' gauge layout. Watch it in action here and read the full feature in HM155, May 2020 - on sale from April 2 2020.
VIDEO: Cherry Orchard
Ron Bailes superb multi-gauge 7mm scale layout Cherry Orchard features in HM155, May 2020. Join us here to watch this brilliant layout in action on video.
Heljan 'O' gauge 'Hymek' sound
In this exclusive online feature, MIKE WILD shows how a ZIMO digital sound decoder was installed into the latest version of Heljan's 'O' gauge 'Hymek' diesel-hydraulic.
VIDEO: Graham Farish Class 70 for 'N' gauge
Bachmann's new Colas Rail liveried Class 70 is put through its paces on the Hornby Magazine 'N' gauge test layout Barrenthorpe.
VIDEO: Heljan Class 35 Hymek for 'O'
Heljan has released a refreshed version of its 'O' gauge Class 35. We've added digital sound to the reissued Hymek, watch as we put the completed model through its paces.
VIDEO: Bachmann Class 121 for 'OO'
Bachmann's long-awaited Class 121 diesel railcar is pressed into service on Topley Dale as we put this new 'OO' gauge DMU through its paces.
VIDEO: Hornby BR liveried ‘Princess' for 'OO' gauge
Hornby's latest 'OO' gauge BR lined maroon Stanier 'Princess Royal' is put through its paces on the Hornby Magazine test track, Topley Dale.
VIDEO: Hornby Magazine Show | March 2020
Join the Hornby Magazine team of Mike, Mark and Richard for a tour of West Coast Cement, a visit to the Basingstoke Model Railway Exhibition and more in the fourth of our Layout Update series.
VIDEO: Heljan Class 07 with sound
In the latest issue of Hornby Magazine Paul Chetter shows how to install digital sound in Heljan's compact 'OO' gauge model of the Class 07. In this video we showcase the finished model running on Topley Dale. See HM155 or sign up to KeyModelWorld to read the full sound installation guide.
VIDEO: Static grass for beginners
Static grass can enhance the scenery on any model railway. In this exclusive online video we showcase the methods used by the Hornby Magazine team to create its exhibition layouts.
Miniature garden construction
In the latest issue of Hornby Magazine, HM155 - May 2020, we illustrate how you can build a garden scene in 'OO' scale using readily available products. Here we present a full step by step guide together with a timelapse video of the diorama's construction.
VIDEO: Airbrushing for beginners
An airbrush is a brilliant tool for painting and weathering. In this video we explain the basics to get you started.
VIDEO: Ballasting for Beginners
In this exclusive online video feature we show you how to ballast your model railway for realism and detail using Woodland Scenics ballasts and simple techniques.
VIDEO: Hornby Magazine Show | February 2020
Join Richard Watson and Hornby Magazine Editor Mike Wild as they go over the progress and new additions to the 'OO' and 'O' gauge test track layouts in the Hornby Magazine Workshop for February.
VIDEO: 'OO' gauge running session | Scottish Traction
Join us for a quiet morning running session at Topley Dale station as we change from the usual Midland Region steam traction to 1980s Scottish diesels on a mixture of passenger and freight workings.
VIDEO: Evening Star with ZIMO digital sound in ‘OO’
In the latest edition of Hornby Magazine HM154, Mike Wild looks at the Bachmann BR '9F' 2-10-0 and shows us how a twin speaker setup can be added together with stay alive and firebox flicker. Watch our video of the finished model here.
VIDEO: Dapol GWR parcels railcar for ‘OO’
We put the latest release from Dapol, a GWR parcels railcar through its paces on the Hornby Magazine test layout Topley Dale in this video.
VIDEO: Dapol Class 29 Bo-Bo diesel for ‘OO’
We put the latest release from Dapol, a Class 29 Bo-Bo diesel through its paces on the Hornby Magazine test layout Topley Dale.
VIDEO: Hornby LMS ‘Princess Royal’ 4-6-2 for ‘OO’ gauge
Join editor Mike Wild in the Hornby Magazine workshop as he puts the impressive LMS 'Princess Royal' 4-6-2 from Hornby through its paces in this video.
VIDEO: Dapol Sentinel for 'O' gauge
Dapol's new Sentinel four-wheel vertical boiler tank engine (4wVBT) touched down at the end of 2019 offering a new choice of shunting locomotive for 'O' gauge.
VIDEO: Cheadle Ridge Lane TMD | 'OO' gauge
Richard from Hornby Magazine attended the Manchester Model Railway exhibition 2019, one of the layouts that stood out was Cheadle Ridge Lane TMD, a modern image DRS depot.
VIDEO: An interview with Simon Kohler
To mark Hornby's 100th anniversary we interview Simon Kohler to get his take on the 2020 range including the inspiration behind this year's models, his favourite items and more.
VIDEO: Hatton's Class 66 for 'OO' gauge
Hatton's all-new 'OO' gauge Class 66 touched down in the Hornby Magazine office in late December 2019 - just in time to feature in our February 2020 issue
VIDEO: Locoman Sounds D&H ‘Black Five’ sound decoder
Locoman Sounds has produced a brand-new sound file for the Stanier 'Black Five' 4-6-0 for Doehler & Haass chips.
VIDEO: Yorkshire Dales Model Railway
We visit Lewis Bucknell of the YouTube channel MouldyRaspberry to discover the full story behind his brilliant 'OO' gauge loft layout.
VIDEO: The Hornby 2020 Range | Full review
Hornby celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Join Hornby Magazine's Mike Wild and Richard Watson as they take a detailed look at what the manufacturer as to offer in its 2020 catalogue in this full video preview.
VIDEO: Hornby Magazine Show | January 2020
Join Richard and Mike for the first of the new Hornby Magazine Layout Update video series with a tour of the workshop and a round up of the latest arrivals.
VIDEO: Dapol semaphore signals
In this brief video we highlight the operation of Dapol's new GWR lower quadrant signals for 'O' gauge - the same mechanism is used in its new design of GWR bracket signals for 'OO' gauge.
VIDEO: Oxford Rail 'N7' 0-6-2T with Zimo sound
In the HM151 we showed how to install digital sound in Oxford Rail's 'OO' gauge 'N7' 0-6-2T using a Zimo MX648R decoder and a sugar cube speaker. Watch the finished model in action here.
VIDEO: KR Models GT3 first sample
KR Models has received the first engineering sample of its 'OO' gauge model of unique English Electric gas turbine prototype GT3. Watch it on our test track here.