Everybody, especially grown-up and young kids, loves scale models*. That’s everything from large radio-controlled model aircraft and ships – through detailed model cars, trucks, Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV), figures, space & sci-fi, scenes & dioramas – to elaborate model railways in all gauges down to tiny z-scale....
The Old Town Model Railroad Depot, a small model railway museum based in San Diego’s historic Old Town district, will remain open under new ownership. I can’t resist either a model railway or a good news story, so this is a welcome piece of news. The Depot,...
Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg is the world's largest model railway, and its most popular too.
Gulliver’s Gate is a miniature world in Times Square, New York. I love a good modelscape. How did I miss this one? How did I miss this one for a whole year?? It turns out NYC launched its own version of Hamburg’s fabulous Miniatur Wunderland back in...
The London Festival of Railway Modelling is a 2-day annual event that takes place every spring at Alexandra Palace in North London, drawing this year just under 10,000 model railway enthusiasts, and often their loved ones (sometimes less enthusiastically!), from all over the South East and further afield....
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