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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Buckhorn Weston
Maurice Lockwood describes how he created this extensive loft-based layout in 00 gauge, which plays host to a vast array of BR Southern Region steam-hauled services of the late 1950s to mid-1960s period.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Island steam in TT:120
With PECO announcing a trio of laser-cut kits based on structures at Ventnor West, which will complement the forthcoming Hornby models of an Isle of Wight 'Terrier' and four-wheel coaches, modelling this station in 1:120 is set to become tantalisingly straightforward ...
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Thomas Bossonet presents his popular French HO exhibition layout, a rural terminus in the steam era which includes many distinctive local features.
The late Jochen Klinger and Jens Petermann created an impressive HOe display showing what was once the highest narrow gauge railway bridge in Saxony.
Southern Germany in the snow - Norman Raven describes his family's latest HO exhibition layout, named and presented in memory of his late wife.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
The Dial Hill Railway
David Stockwell recounts the childhood influences that led to him modelling the Southern Railway-operated 1' 111h" gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in 16mm scale, complete with an impressive replica of the line's Chelfham Viaduct.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Pure nostalgia!
Thomas Burnham proposes an intensive 00 gauge plan using Peco Setrack components, which seeks to rekindle the excitement of Hornby Dublo layouts from the 1950s and 1960s.
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From Hell to Dovrefjell - ModelSpoorGroep Valkenswaard introduce their Norwegian HO exhibition layout, an imaginary location chosen to include typical features.
Emmanuel Nouaillier demonstrates more of his techniques for intricately detailed structure modelling.
A wayside station on a former PLM secondary line - Regis Deroussin introduces his home HO layout, which manages to include a station, a junction, and an impressive viaduct, in a reasonable space.
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On the Athus - Maas line: MSC De Kempen present their new Belgian HO exhibition layout, set in Epoch Ill-IV to allow steam and diesel traction.
A seaside town served by a metre gauge secondaire - MSC Het Spoor vzw introduce their HOm evocation of a French coastal light railway.
German HO in the loft - Ian David describes his layout, which has been developed in two stages.
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IN THE CÉVENNES - passing through the Massif Central, a set of three linked French N scenes.
BYRHH – part 2: Emmanuel Nouaillier crafts a scene around – and within – a product promoting a famous French brand.
NORDERNBURG – a German N permanent layout.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Eli Wood
Eric Farragher constructed this exhibition layout, designed with a double track continuous run format, to run modern day passenger and freight workings through a rural landscape.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
A Plaster Mill
Clive Baker describes this compact EM gauge model, inspired by shunting activities at the plaster mill of J C Staton & Son, at Tutbury in Staffordshire.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Barrihandle
Inspired by the late lain Rice's layout plan Gairloch, the Wirral & North Wales Model Railway Group created this fictional fishing port on the west coast of Scotland - complete with a boat that sails around the harbour. Alisdair Macdonald tells its story.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Warmsley
Peter Johnston describes his latest N gauge exhibition layout, a Southern Region branch line terminus set in the picturesque 195Os England of Agatha Christie ...
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Splott
Paul Spencer describes how he constructed this 1980s diesel era layout, set against a Cardiff industrial backdrop and digitally operated. It will be appearing at the EM Gauge Society Spring show on 10 & 11 May.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Competition Cameos
A selection of ideas in different scales for the PECO RAIL200 competition, with the challenge to build a layout or diorama on a baseboard of just 291h" x 12".
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You cannot better a good idea: Tim Hale has revisited a favourite theme - a Bavarian branch in the Deutsche Bundesbahn period, modelled in HO.
Jan van Munster presents his French HO exhibition layout, which has an unusual working feature inspired by the Vallee des Eclusiers in the Vosges.
On the Colorado 3' gauge: Mick Savage describes his fixed room-filling American Sn3 layout.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Annerley
In reality, the Hull to Scarborough line leaves the coast at Bridlington and heads north to Filey. But David Harrison chose to imagine how the route would have looked, had it continued along the coast to Flamborough Head.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Leominster
This N gauge layout, being built by the Marches Model Railway Group, is due to go on public display in April, in the town whose station it depicts. Peter Dennis tells the story so far.
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On the Rhatische Bahn Bernina line - Eddy de Wilde has modelled a fictional but plausible location on the Swiss metre gauge in HOm.
Robert Macchi continues the detailed account of his Italian HO DCC-controlled permanent layout.
Dave Harris introduces his new DCC-controlled German HO exhibition layout - a busy suburban station with trains, trams, and buses.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Dallas
John Wise describes how he created this imagined portrayal of a Great North of Scotland Railway branch terminus, set in the 1950s.hard Lambert describes the background to this imagined main line station, which is set on the Oldham Loop line between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale, in former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway territory.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Scotland in a small space
Toby Jennings suggests two compact Scottish layout plans in 00 gauge, both suitable for the new Highland Railway 'Jones Goods' 4-6-0 from Rapido Tr
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Through a mountain landscape - Craig and Lewis Charity have built an impressive Austrian HO exhibition layout which has taken more than ten years.
Something different - Jeff Mayhill has fashioned a novel 1 :220 display layout with an integral barrier.
Roberto Macchi begins a series 4a on the design, construction, control, and operation of his Italian HO permanent layout.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Helston Reimagined
Richard Lambert describes the background to this imagined main line station, which is set on the Oldham Loop line between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale, in former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway territory.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Southwark Bridge
Dave Howsam planned a new version of his first layout - a fictional Great Western Railway branch line in 00, named Porth/even - which ended up resembling, somewhat more closely, the real station in Cornwall that originally inspired it.
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Sir Rod Stewart has had his extensive American HO layout transferred from California to Britain, where it has been rebuilt and further expanded, with more to come.
Peter Marriott shows how he makes modern HO stock look that bit more realistic.
Antony Dean designed a portable German HO layout with a twist – it can be presented in four time periods.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Lancaster
Jon Chamberlain describes how he set about building this pre-Grouping 00 gauge depiction of a classic West Coast Main Line station in his garage.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Southwark Bridge
For his fictional London terminus station, Graham Bridge turned to a classic Cyril J Freezer track plan - Minories, first published in RAILWAY MODELLER in April 1957.
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Tomasz Florczak describes a rural passing station in western Poland which he has modelled in HO as a tribute to his grandfather, the former stationmaster.
Peter Marriott shows how he makes modern HO stock look that bit more realistic.
Stephen Foster has constructed an American HO layout in his garage, set on the rarely modelled Monon Railroad.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Templecombe Lower
In the first half of a two-part feature, Tim Chapman describes how he recreated one of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway's most important locations in 00 gauge, complete with its unusual operational practices.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Heavy Metal!
Ian Cairns revived memories of 1960s Tyne Dock Consett iron ore trains by modelling this 9F-hauled formation in N gauge.
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Inspired by the station in Berlin - the expansive East German HO layout of the Liphook & District MRC captures the atmosphere of the city centre location.
A small portable layout in N - Jim Trotman captures the charm of a country branch in southern Germany.
Narrow gauge serving a wire factory - the Escadrille Saint Michel have a new O-14 layout.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Rowington for Shrewley
As a lifelong aficionado for the Great Western Railway, Dick Hewins created this circular double-track system as a showcase for his extensive collection of 4mm scale locomotives and stock.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Macclesfield Hibel Road
CThis compact but busy joint station in Cheshire was suggested as a layout plan as long ago as 1955; Jules Attard has turned it into reality in N gauge.
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A Norwegian layout featuring Hell station and the Arctic Circle monument authentically modelled in HO by Hans Peters.
Stephen Cranford introduces his permanent home layout, an alpine scene which may be the longest Z in the UK..
Ian Wilson tells the story of his extensive HO layout, depicting a rural branch of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Bournemouth West
This near-to-scale 4mm model of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway terminus was recently acquired by Kevin Babey, Chairman of the Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Cwm Bach
Chris Morris recalls the background to this N gauge shelf layout, which is being made portable in order to appear at the Warley at Statfold exhibition in October.
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Jean Herckens chose to model one of his local lines in TT - a relatively unusual scale for Belgian railways - with the assistance of his friend Hubert Billiet.
A siding serving a rural water mill - Helge Scholz introduces the latest layout by Jens Petermann and Jochen Klinger, reproducing in HOe a real location on the PreBnitztalbahn.
A fictional Dutch tramway in Oe - Len de Vries introduces a remarkable layout conceived by Piet van Oorschot and completed with the help of several friends.
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