What Membership Offers

The Gauge O Guild’s aim is to encourage and assist modellers working in all areas of 7mm railway modelling from narrow gauge to tinplate and from Finescale to ScaleSeven. Whatever your interest, you are assured of a warm welcome in the Guild, sure in the knowledge that membership is the ideal way of keeping in touch with everything in 7mm modelling. We actively encourage people of all ages to join us and enjoy the hobby. To find out a little more about O gauge modelling, please download the Welcome to O Gauge Guide and it is also worth viewing our web pages What is O gauge? and Getting Started.

Your annual subscription will renew on the 1st of the month following the anniversary of your joining date.

You can Join or Renew online today, or to enquire about joining the Guild and Guild services, please email Enquiries or call 01594 545676.

The video above gives you a brief introduction to the benefits of Gauge O Guild membership. Don’t forget that you can have one month free to explore the website and enjoy those benefits before deciding whether to convert to full membership.

What Membership includes:

  • The Gazette - a quarterly 96 page magazine
  • Quarterly editions of Guild News
  • Discounted entry to our four annual events at Kettering, Kempton Park, Guildex at Stafford and Wigan
  • Access to a virtual show each year
  • Monthly seminars online called ‘An Evening With’
  • Opportunities to attend skills workshops around the country
  • A website full of information such as: The Knowledge Base – an encyclopaedia of everything O gauge
  • Forum for discussions
  • Trader directory plus information about local clubs and events

Your new member pack will include your membership card, general information about the Guild and a copy of the most recently published Gazette. You will then get subsequent Gazettes when they are published.

N.B. If you sign up for digital membership, you will not get paper copies of the Gazette or Guild News or AGM papers, they will all be online but membership is £5.00 cheaper.

We also have student membership for those who are under 18 years at the time of joining for £5.00 per year but this is a digital only membership. Students can change their membership preference on graduation to full membership.

Guild Publications
Our quarterly Gazette, an all colour magazine of 96 pages, is posted to all members. All Gazettes, from the very first newsletter in 1956 are available to members on line with a searchable index. Guild News accompanies each Gazette with news of the Guild activities, local group reports and notices of forthcoming events. The Guild's comprehensive technical Knowledge Base about all things gauge O is available online for members.
Local & National Events
Our shows at Kettering (March), Kempton Park (June), Wigan (December), a virtual show in February, and particularly the Guildex convention at Stafford each September, contain layouts to inspire, skilled demonstrators to help you, a bring & buy stand, and numerous trade stands offering the vast range of models and equipment now available in this superb scale. Guildex also features the annual competition and AGM.
View the events for 2025.
Traders' Products
Traders now offer a huge range of products for the Gauge O modeller. The Guild website lists over 500 traders' websites with full contact details.
The product directory contains over 22,000 products which members can use to find that elusive product be it a complete kit or a part.
Members' Gallery
The web site has built up a large gallery of over 5,500 pictures of members models including complete layouts and individual models. The gallery continues to expand as members add more examples of their work.
Sales & Wants
Simply hundreds of items for sale to members from top of the range ready-to-run stock to the smallest line side features. If it is not there then just ask using the wants section.
Bring & Buy
The Guild sponsored shows have a bring and buy stand. This enables visitors to bring along models that are then offered for sale.
Slides, Videos & YouTube
The Guild has a huge library of videos and a collection of slides. We also have a YouTube channel, full of interesting videos, all of which can be viewed via the Media section of the website.
Online Forum
Linked to the Guild website is an online forum where members can ask questions and discuss matters of O gauge interest.
Making Contact
O gauge modellers are a friendly bunch. The Guild acts as a communications hub for many local groups of O gauge modellers and O gauge sections of general model railway clubs. You will soon make friends.
Other Benefits
A comphrehensive Technical Manual, hints and tips, Garden Railways, Small Layouts Vol 1, 2 & 3, and collections of drawings.

You can Join or Renew online today, or to enquire about joining the Guild and Guild services, please email Enquiries or call 01594 545676.

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