RAILstuff Podcasts

Adam sits down with Michael Scott, creator of the remarkable fictional N gauge town of Chandwell.
What started as a small lockdown-era railway project has grown into one of the most distinctive modelling projects on YouTube - a gritty 1990s West Yorkshire town filled with scratch-built buildings, fictional history, bizarre local celebrities and stories that somehow feel completely real.

They talk about:
Building Chandwell almost entirely from card
Creating believable urban scenery inspired by Bradford and West Yorkshire
Scratch building techniques and workflow
The huge challenge of modelling Bradford Cathedral
The importance of storytelling in model railways
The upcoming Make a Scene 2026 competition
Along the way there’s discussion of graffiti, skew bridges, Britney Scroggins, model railways as an art form, and why sometimes the railway becomes secondary to the world around it.
Find Chandwell:
https://chandwell.com
Make a Scene 2026:
https://rail-stuff.com/pages/makeascene
Use code POD10 at rail-stuff.com for 10% off your first order.

In this special episode I sit down with Jonathan from JSModels to discuss the recently announced 'Make a Scene' competition.
Find out how to get involved and all about the Hex-TRAK concept that forms the base of the competition.
Then get involved at https://makeascene26.com

The art of organizing big shows
Final episode of the series, so it's guest time, and in this one Richard and Adam head over to Topley Dale to meet Mike Wild and chat through the art of organizing big shows.

To experience a big show, why not head to Model World Live in April? Richard will be there with Accurascale and Adam will be there with RAILstuff and Model Paint Stuff.
https://keymodelworld.com/modelworldlive

It's episode 6 from Adam and Richard, with thanks to our sponsor Accurascale.

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What makes a good layout? That is the subject for this episode. What do you think?

It's episode 5 from Adam and Richard, with thanks to our sponsor Accurascale.

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The year ahead: 2026 That is the subject for this episode. What are we most looking forward to?

It's episode 4 from Adam and Richard, with thanks to our sponsor Accurascale.

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