Visit the 2025 FMES Rally

A date for your diaries! Our 2025 FMES Rally will be held on 6th September 2025 hosted by RUGBY Model Engineering Society. Very many thanks to them for this opportunity to visit, to run or exhibit models or just to come and meet people and get immersed in Model...

New Member – Phoenix Model Marine Club

We are pleased to welcome the Phoenix Model Marine Club as new members of the Federation. Based in the Silvermere Golf complex in Cobham. The club members are of all abilities and have both sail and scale models. For the yacht enthusiast they have a regular race...

Do you recognise this loco?

Help needed to find background of this 0-4-2 version of a 7-1/4″ “Hercules” (image used with kind permission of Station Road Steam) If you know anything of its origin, builder or recognise the location shown in these photos, please send details to...

David Goyder

We were all saddened to hear of the passing of David Goyder, our treasurer and finance director, yesterday. David was an enthusiastic and active supporter of the hobby and of the Federation. Our commiserations to his family and all who knew him. There will be more...

Cherry Hill

We were all saddened to hear of the passing of Cherry Hill recently…probably the best model engineer of recent times and a fine example of the truly universal and open-to-all appeal of the hobby of model – and professional – engineering: RIP.