Models on track to make eastern transit (5,3)
I believe the answer is:
train set
'models on track to' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.
'eastern transit' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'eastern' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'transit' is 'trainst' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for train set that I've seen before include "Strange treats in store for this model toy" , "Toy for dads?" , "A child might play with this" , "Layout with engines" , "Number of tracked items" .)