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WIEK HARBOUR

Helge Scholz describes his new German Oe layout project, representing a small part of the narrow gauge system which formerly served much of the Baltic island of R?ºgen.

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A REALISTIC FANTASY

Peter Cousins explains how he came to create a large Z gauge layout which is now on display at Walpole Water Gardens near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 

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St Andrews and Guard Bridge
Duncan Stewart describes the East Neuk Model Railway Club's latest project to recreate part of the signal-track line that once led to the Fife town of St Andrews - the world famous 'home of golf'.

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The Queensbury triangle
Dave Deakin presents this dramatic portrait of a forlorn mid-1950s industrial railway setting on the north east coast between the Tyne and Wear rivers. 

 

 

 

 

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Ormiston station
Jim Hay examines the brief history of this small Scottish station, complete with accompanying 3mm scale drawings of the North British station structure. 

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KANINCHENBAU

Ian Morrison introduces his computer-controlled Alpine HOe exhibition layout, the portable part of a larger permanent home project.

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SEIKETSU 

The (rail) way to a Japanese layout: Mike Keeble explains how the search for better N gauge mechanisms eventually took him to Japan.

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Brookwood
Trainspotting in and around Clapham Junction during the 1960s led Peter Chaston to create this extensive BR Southern Region system, housed in a purpose-built space above a garage.

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Highland lines that could have been
Railway routes that were proposed to serve the North West Highlands have long been a source of stimulus for layout builders. Mark Hornsey reviews a selection accompanied by a suitable layout plan by Steve Flint. 

 

 

 

 

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Furness Railway Rail Motor Car No.1 and Trailer
This Cumbrian area passenger vehicle is described with drawing in 4mm by Stephen Phillips. 

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WEIDENSTEIN

A Bavarian terminus in Detsche Bundesbahn days: David Cox describes his rural branch line layout, carefully observed and meticulously modelled in HO. 

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VICTORVILLE

Des Browne describes his large American HO loft layout, set in California in c.1953, which enables him to run long trains behind large locos, both steam and diesel.

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Dunston
Simon Garner chose N and a 1980s theme for his first layout project. Here he shares the construction details of this late British Rail era model.

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Northern grit
Neil Rushby returned to the York of his childhood for this new layout project. Here he explains how the track design developed through a process of trail and testing. 

 

 

 

 

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Princetown station stables
John Treays presents a set of 4mm scale drawings for this still extant Great Western Railway stable building situated high on Dartmoor.

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CHEAKAMUS CANYON

On the British Columbia Railway (BCR): Scott Fitzgerald describes the dramatic Canadian HO layout he built with Dave Standen and Roger Cole. 

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K?ñLN BR?úCKENM?úHLE

A small German scene modelled in HOe: Andrew Knights has a new layout. Or is it? An excellent examples of recycling.

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MARANIQUE

The place is northern France, the time early summer 1918 - Peter Gray of the Waveney Valley MRC describes his First World War OO9 narrow gauge layout. 

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SPIEZ

Peter Marriott observes this busy junction on the Bern L??tschberg Simplon system as a prelude to modelling part of it. 

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Downborough
Newcomer to the hobby Ian Smith had ambitious plans. Here he describes the ongoing development of this impressive Western Region OO gauge DCC layout. 

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The Willoughby Arms
Paul Bason constructed a stone-built pub with an unusual railway heritage for his 4mm EM gauge layout using plastic sheet.

 

 

 

 

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NER 10T 'birdcage' brake van
The North Eastern Railway's V1/1 10T 'birdcage' brake van is described by Steve Flint with drawings prepared by Steve Croucher in 4mm and 7mm scales.

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Boot c.1880
Peter Kazer took this former 3' narrow gauge line in Cumberland and modelled it to a scale of 1/4" to 1'. As a result, almost everything that can be seen on the layout has been scratch-built! 

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Shades of King's Cross 
Darrin Banks created this intensive N gauge mainline terminus layout after reading a letter in Railway Modeller. Here he explains the overall concept and operation. 

 

 

 

 

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Highley Signal Box
Craig Tiley describes this often-modelled signal box that is preserved on the Severn Valley Railway, accompanied by 4mm scale drawing by David Malton. 

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HORSETHIEF BRIDGE

Anthony Quinlan describes his American N layout, set on the Columbia River in the pacific north-west - a superb setting for watching long trains roll by. 

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HOLTZAPFFEL

Maurice Hopper developed an ingenious circular design using lightweight and easily portable baseboards for his second essay in modelling German railways in N. 

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The Railways of South Gloucestershire
Tony Ditchfield reveals the full extant of his decade long endeavours to recapture the railway scene of his youth in miniature with this garage-based layout in OO. 

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Brickmaker's Lane
Dave Cooper describes the concept for his current N gauge project, a complex  gauge London-based layout set amongst the busy lines south of the river.

 

 

 

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The Hawksworth '1500' 0-6-0PT
With the release of OO gauge R-T-R models for these Western Region locomotives on the horizon, we present 4mm scale drawings and accompanying prototype notes produced by the late Ian Beattie.

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