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HOP ABOARD - CATCH THE WEDNESDAY EXPRESS RETURN SERVICE!

Phil Parker joins Dawn Quest on another weekly excursion on The Wednesday Express.

Nov 21, 2024

The Wednesday Express (Not Stopping at Peterborough) - Highlights

Well, we were all in high spirits yesterday evening weren't we? Yes, it was another jaunt on the Wednesday Express (Not Stopping at.......

Nov 14, 2024

HOW TO BALLAST YOUR TRACK (AND WEATHER THE BALLAST TOO!)

EPISODE 6: MY BRAND NEW MODEL RAILWAY BUILD - THE LADYKILLERS WATCH THE LATEST EPISODE: Ballasting! Not everyone's favourite part of...

Nov 8, 2024

Brand New Model Railway Build: The Ladykillers Ep.5

EPISODE 5: BASIC TRACK WIRING AND INSTALLING A DC SHUTTLE CONTROLLER In this episode, I explain the basics of wiring your track, 3 basic...

Oct 14, 2024

The Secret to a Happy Life... and Relationship? Get a Hobby!

Model railways are good for our mental health. And our relationships. That's according to the latest report from Hornby Hobbies - The...

Sep 10, 2024

Brand New Model Railway Build: The LadyKillers Ep. 4

Weathering Track & Make Your Own Weathering Kit Based on the classic Ealing comedy, The Ladykillers - in Episode 4 of my step-by-step...

Sep 1, 2024

THE BIG REVEAL: MRS WILBERFORCE'S HOUSE

Join us tonight for the Big Reveal - Mrs Wilberforce's House, commissioned from Tom Marshall of Buggleskelly Station. Then immediately...

Aug 22, 2024

Brand New Model Railway Build: The LadyKillers Ep. 3

Laying the Track Bed (Underlay! Underlay!) In Episode 3 of my step-by-step series on building an exhibition layout: how to lay track bed...

Aug 20, 2024

Brand New Model Railway Build: The LadyKillers Ep. 2

Building the Baseboard In Episode 2 of my step-by-step series on building an exhibition layout, I show you one of the easiest ways to...

Aug 13, 2024

Brand New Model Railway Build: The LadyKillers Ep. 1

Not long after I finished building Brief Encounter Monochrome, and as I started to exhibit it on the circuit, I started to be asked a...

Aug 6, 2024

TONBRIDGE MODEL RAIL SHOW 2024

The massively popular Tonbridge Model Railway show returns for its 41st annual exhibition and it didn't disappoint. All the highlights...

Feb 26, 2024

Dover Night Ferry - N Gauge

Long before the first digger scooped out a chunk of earth to carve out the Channel Tunnel, and Eurostar welcomed its very first customers...

Oct 29, 2023

An interview with Julian Evison, chair of The OO9 Society

I had the real pleasure of meeting Julian Evison at the Beckenham & West Wickham Model Rail show just last week. He was there exhibiting...

Oct 28, 2023

The Brief Encounter monochrome model railway

The Brief Encounter monochrome model railway is a 11ft x 2ft OO gauge fully portable exhibition layout based on the 1944 David Lean film....

Oct 10, 2023

Do you have a model railway layout you'd like to be featured on the Model Railway Quest website? Send me your best photos along with a short description and I'll add your layout to my gallery page. I'll be choosing some of the best for a featured blog post. All you have to do is send your layout details to modelrailwayquest@gmail.com and write Gallery in the subject line.