{"product_id":"rmseptember26-railway-modeller","title":"RMSEPTEMBER26 - Railway Modeller","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eThe cover of the September 2026 Railway Modeller features the upgraded Class 47 diesel locomotive in OO gauge from Bachmann, our sample being the Sound Fitted Deluxe version with digital sound, working roof fans, auto-release couplings and tinted windscreens. The model was posed on a diorama outdoors and photographed in natural light for the cover picture. Other new models reviewed in this issue are the Kerr Stuart Sirdar 0-4-0T and matching freelance wagons in OO9 from Rapido Trains UK, the OO gauge Thompson BZ van by EFE Rail for The Model Centre, and Hunslet Class 101 diesels from Irish Railway Models in OO gauge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eRailway of the Month is Crook Street, an impressive London \u0026amp; North Western Railway terminus station in O gauge, fitted into the small confines of a cellar, and thus proving what is possible in a restricted space even in this larger scale. Other layouts include Mynydd y Ddraig, an OO9 tribute to the Vale of Rheidol Railway in the BR blue era of the 1970s; Pettleworth Downs, a scenic railway in the landscape in N gauge, set on the Southern Railway\/Region of the 1940s and 1950s; and Beckindale, an OO gauge home layout set in the Yorkshire Dales in the steam\/diesel transition era of the 1960s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003eIan Cairns shows how he modelled a British Thomson-Houston Type 1 (BR Class 15) diesel in N gauge using a 3D-printed body, along with 4mm scale drawings of these locomotives; the Gauge O Guild explains how it and other clubs created a large modular continuous run layout for exhibitions; and RM editor Craig Tiley sees our hobby in the limelight in the new stage play The Market Deeping Model Railway Club.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PECO Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54515395232083,"sku":"RMSEPTEMBER26","price":6.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/2985\/0963\/files\/RM_cover_Sept_26.jpg?v=1786098147","url":"https:\/\/www.harburnhobbies.co.uk\/products\/rmseptember26-railway-modeller","provider":"Harburn Hobbies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}