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Roger Ellis describes his fixed home Swiss HO layout based on the Bern-L??tschberg-Simplon which offers the opportunity to run some long trains.
Claude Fandel created a large scale field railway scene in a small space, in collaboration with Marcel Ackle.
A micro layout in HO set in the Paris suburbs -Wieger Pasman demonstrates that less can be more.
Sugar and passengers on the Hershey Railroad in Cuba - Andy Gautrey continues his fascination with electrified interurban lines with a new HO layout.
Debbie McMillan introduces her latest project, a 5-3-3 'Inglenook' switching puzzle in HO.
A childhood dream come true - Yann Mon baron describes a large French-Swiss HO layout created by Claude Court.
ISSUE DATE - APRIL 2023
A variation on a theme - Greg Coggins describes his new RhaÃàtische Bahn HOm layout, inspired by but not an exact model of this well-known location.
Ian Arkley introduces his compact American Z layout, just 920mm by 700mm, intended to fit in an alcove so he could simply watch the trains go by.
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Schmalspurig durchs Reichesbahnland - by narrow gauge through East Germany: Dieter West snd Volker Seidel introduces HOe narrow gauge layout of the Modelleisenbahnclub 01 M?ºnchberger Eisenbahnfreunder e.V. - a time machine going back to the 1960s.
David Ellis introduces his first American HO layout, and his first use of digital control.
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ISSUE DATE - November 2022
A town station on the famous Indian hill railway - John Crane describes the Darjeeling Himalayan OO9 layout he inherited unfinished and developed. 
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Maurice Kleverwal presents his new Norwegian HO layout, inspired by holiday memories and a childhood dream. 
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ISSUE DATE - November 2022
John Teasdale explains how he came to model in Sn3 a classic Colorado location on the Rio Grande Southern.
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Ian Milroy describes his new Swiss N layout, built in his shed during lockdown. Two gauges are represented - but only one used. 
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ISSUE DATE - November 2022
Somewhere between the Somme and Scarpe rivers - Eric Fresn?©¬†introduces a scene set in the R ?©gions Lib?©r?©es¬†following the First World War, modelled in OO9.
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Jim Trotman describes a series of German HO layouts built with and for his friend Norman Dickinson.
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ISSUE DATE - November 2022
A dream come true - Michael Rumsey presents his Rh ?§tische Bahn HOm layout, under development for some years and now effectively complete thanks to the collaboration with Jerry Clifford.¬†
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A location worth modelling - Rhys Own introduces an interesting French industrial line also now hosting trains of the Chemin de Fer Touristique du Vermandois. 
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ISSUE DATE - 20th October 2022
Designed for display yet suitable for operation – John Davis created a compact dépôt layout to house his collection of French HO locomotives.
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An approach to the cameo concept – Stein Pünther describes his compact Norwegian branch terminus in HO.
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Rob Rossington describes his imaginative island layout, a fictional colonial railway modelled in OO9. 
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Passenger and freight on Puget Sound - Scott Fitzgerald suggests a location worth modelling in Washington State. 
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A hilltop station on the Bregtalbahn: Les Richardson Presents his new German N exhibition layout, set on an imaginary but plausible line through the Black Forest.
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An unusual restricted setting: Rob Strachan introduces his new compact American HO switching layout. 
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A small branch terminua in On2: Bob Harper explains how he came to model a Maine two-footer location 
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Nick Dibben describes his compact American N layout with plenty of operational interest, representing an interurban station some time in the 1950s. 
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Norman Raven reveals the latest exhibition layout by Raven Miniatures - another foray into Japanese N, depicting the branch terminus at rural spa town. 
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Paul de Groot shows how he was inspired by an article to construct a Dutch HO layout to a budget (almost!) to encourage starters - and re-starters.
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Saxon narrow gauge in garden - Jim Trotman reveals how he took his modelling to a larger scale and out into the garden on 45mm gauge. 
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An American On30 exhibition layout with character - Alan Aitken introduces his new compact portable layout.Ԫø
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A small part of Switzerland recreated in Austria - Diet Haimer explains how he came to model sections of the Rh?§tische Bahn metre gauge.
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Fifteen years of enjoyment and pleasant memories - Jim Trotman describes the period German HO layout which he helped Peter Baker to build.
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Nostalgia in model form: John Hills replays fifty years of railway memories gathered in Germany by building an HO/HOe layout in his spare room during lockdown. 
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Bill Johnston explores a secondary line in the Aude region in southern France and finds a station worth modelling. 
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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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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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Ian Morrison introduces his computer-controlled Alpine HOe exhibition layout, the portable part of a larger permanent home project.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A narrow gauge terminus in Austria modelled in HOe: Peter Hoffmann has created a fictitious but plausible line with careful consideration of the historical background, geographical settings, and operating requirements.  
Keith White reports on the extensive HO exhibition layout of the B?âZIER model railway club in the south of France which depicts local scenes from the 1970s and 1980s.¬†¬†
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As might be expected of a professional railwayman, Robbert Jan De Vries has created an authentically detailed Netherlands HO layout in an area of just 240cm x 60cm.
East Prussia, July 1914: Jim Trotman built a new HO layout exploring an older period which was new to him.
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