The National Festival of Railway Modelling is scheduled to be held on 20 and 21 October 2012 at East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE.

The Festival of British Railway Modelling is slated for 09 and 10 February 2013, at the Doncaster Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, Doncaster, DN2 6BB.

For more details see British Railway Modelling Exhibitions

Railway modellers from across the UK and the world make sure to mark the event in their diaries. If you are one such model railway hobbyist, note that the event will take place on the 24^th and 25^th of March, at Alexandra Palace, London. You will be happy to note that free modelling tutorials have been included at the Festival.

Here are the links that will lead you to additional information on the event, and enable you to your tickets – London Festival of Railway Modelling and ticket booking for LFRM 2012.

Finescale Railway Modeller’s Workshop is a community of model railway hobbyists  who share and help each other get the most out of the hobby.

Another resource  for model engineers in general, and railway modellers in particular, is Model-Engineer.

Joining a club could get you plenty of benefits like shopping discounts, magazine subscriptions etc. Look up one such collectors’ club

Get help from a professional artist and model maker who shares useful information about model making, including model railways, in Dovedalemodels

5th and 6th May 2012  - Weathering Special with Tony Sissons & Tim Shackleton

• About the workshop – Two of the ‘best model railway weathering experts in the world’. Tim Shackleton will show you how to use an airbrush to get an overall finish for your layout. Tony will concentrate on specific items. “An intensive practical weekend with plenty learn and have a go at”.

July – Model Railway 6 day Workshop- with Phil Atkinson.

• About this workshop – Nearly a week of loco’s, chassis, coaches, wagons, track, painting, buildings, and more.

Check outr details of registration and other planned workshops at Hobby Holidays Model Railway Workshops.

Model Trains & Railway Sets – Look up these listings of model railroads, trains  and plenty of related accessories from Amazon UK. You can readily see the discounted rates of sets that are on offer, with free delivery options.

Train sets from ModelZone, UK’s largest specialist model chain.

Railways ‘N’ Trains from a small family run business.

Model trains, train sets and accessories from Trainsontime.

Forums at Trains.com – classic toy trains, classic trains, garden railways, model railroader, and much more.

Railroad Line Forums

Model Railroad Article Library

Model railroad forums

N Scale community

HO Scale Community

Dan has plenty of stuff to share with complete beginners, as well as advanced railroaders. He also has plenty of tips and tricks, and information with recommendations on model train resources. This hobbyist has been collecting, building, buying and selling HO scale model trains for nearly three decades. He says that a simple Christmas gift - an oval Lima HO scale model train set - got him going.

Look up this enthusiast’s listings of model train resources. He has also reviewed a few books, which beginners and advanced railroaders are certain to find extremely useful.

This hobbyist calls model railroading as the “most versatile” hobby in the world. It is so multi-disciplinary that a model railroad enthusiast becomes a “jack of all trades” – because one acquires knowledge in subjects as diverse as history and engineering, carpentry and digital command control, electrical wiring and circuitry and artistry, and becomes a near-expert setting up audio-visual effects, painting, terrain and scenery.

The hobbyist conceived and wrote out the pages of the site from experience gathered during the period of over a decade working with model trains and their layouts.  Contributions also resulted from many others passionate about this hobby, so that you get “all the information, tools and techniques you need to build your own realistic, artistic and fully operational model railroad empire”.

Look up and don’t forget to bookmark  Building a Model Railroad: A Comprehensive Guide that consists of over 150 pages of information, tips and techniques.

If you are a hobby train enthusiast, you will be delighted to have a look at other’s collections and layouts. Of course you can choose to learn from those instances – or feel that you have something to teach them.

You will find plenty of veteran model railroad hobbyists ready and willing to share their experiences with novices and budding modelers. One such is this professional who happens to enjoy model railroads for the sheer fun of it. You will find ten helpful suggestions among the several pages that talk about the components of the personal collection. Go ahead and use the very useful material as reference  for your hobby.

Watch this space for more such reference material.

The designs are all from a dedicated model rail enthusiast. Access plenty of useful information for your hobby from Model Trains Today. You will be tempted to go through the site’s store offerings as well!