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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Four Feather Falls
Ernie Melville relates how he persuaded other members of the Cupar & District MRC to build an American narrow gauge layout prompted by the Bachmann Spectrum On30 range.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Nordhafen
Roger Nicholls returns to European HO modelling with a compact quayside scene set in northern Germany.
EDITOR'S PICK
Erzbergbahn
Ore, rack, steam, and snow – an unforgettable experience: Guy Tyteca recalls a January 1976 visit to the famous mountain line in Austria while it was still steam worked.
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Blair Atholl to Druimuachdar
Known to generations of Highland Railway enginemen simply as ‘The Hill’, this OO gauge recreation of Blair Atholl and environs was modelled by Howard Geddes and set in pre-Grouping and LMS days.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Bournemouth Central
The Dorset resort was the hub in diesel and electric days of the Southern’s push-pull operations on Weymouth trains, as Ian Stock explains; the layout suggestion is designed for N gauge.
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The locos of Crioch
Peter Fletcher assembles his roster of 4mm models representing 14 different Highland Railway classes, including the Drummond-designed Small Ben 4-4-0s, drawings of which are from our Ian Beattie archive.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Dietrichsdorf
Stephen Davies changed from his customary N to HO in order to experiment with DCC and learned a lot modelling a commuter station in northern Germany.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Turtle Field
Jean-Fran?ßois Perrissoud welcomes us to a small town in the Rocky Mountains which he has modelled in N and now forms the first part of a larger project.
EDITOR'S PICK
Broadford extended
Iain Hunter explains how construction challenges were met to make his Australian HO layout even longer giving a significant increase in storage yard capacity while still being transportable in the same vehicle.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Unteres Pre?ünitztalbahn
Steffen Spittler describes his authentic Sachsen HOe layout, depicting two stations on lower section of the Pre?üniztalbahn, the upper part of which is now a successful museum line.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Salsdorf
Norman Raven reveals how acquisitions of attractive stock eventually prompted an easily portable German TT layout.
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FREE BOOKLET WITH THIS ISSUE!
On the Rails 2019
Our indispensible 32-page guide to railway attractions in the UK and Ireland, complete with money-off vouchers, is bagged with the June isue of RM.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Rock Junction
An extensive digitally-controlled OO gauge exhibition layout, built by members of the Alnwick Model Railway Club and described by Jim Kirtley.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Kaybee St Sarahs
Kevin Lawrence packed a lot of operation into a small space with this OO gauge depiction of a 1980s/1990s TMD and high level passenger station.
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Culham station – 175 not out!
A Brunel-designed ‘tudor gothic’ structure, which celebrates a significant milestone in 2019. The ticket office building is drawn by Steve Croucher in 2mm scale.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Unteres Pre?ünitztalbahn
Steffen Spittler describes his authentic Sachsen HOe layout, depicting two stations on lower section of the Pre?üniztalbahn, the upper part of which is now a successful museum line.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Salsdorf
Norman Raven reveals how acquisitions of attractive stock eventually prompted an easily portable German TT layout.
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Discover the exciting possibilities of modelling heritage railways in this latest addition to the Peco Modeller's Library. This guide includes:
Modelling the preservation era in the popular scales
Inspirational layouts
Step-by-step modelling features
Track plans you can build
Standard and narrow gauge examples
History of railway preservation
All PECO Publications now available as digital downloads on tablets and mobile devices through their respective App Stores. Download on the App Store or get it on Google Play.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Newton Bishop
The glory days of the Great Western, modelled in OO by Roger Bradford in a railway room that has gradually filled with extensions and additions to the layout.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
On from Bridport
Modellers have used the planned but never-built main line which would have run west of Dorchester along the English Channel coast towards Exeter since the 1950s, when John Charman built his Mk.I version of Charford.Alec Fry fell under the spell, and began construction of an OO gauge system, presented here as an ingenious plan suitable for any railway location that appeals.
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LNER V2 2-6-2
One of Gresley’s finest designs, these highly capable Prairies are described by W G Ascough; drawings from our Ian Beattie archive, updated by Steve Croucher.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
H??llentalbahn
Gerard Tombroek introduces the HO layout built for Roco depicting the famous line through the Black Forest to display the new model of the BR85 2-10-2T.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Atmafer
A French railway wagon maintenance workshop: Ga?´lle and Olivier Taniou describe a compact HO layout which they first displayed at Trainsmania in Lille in 2017.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Birkenstock
Janhein Ruigrok was inspired by some classic photos from East Germany to model the upper terminus of a steeply-graded line in HO, but had to modify his plans.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Kaley Yard
Trevor Smith introduces his current home HO layout, set somewhere in the California desert, being developed on two levels connected by a helix.
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Tramstraat 1930
G?©rard Hendriks introduces the research for his project to model in HOm part of the former local tramway in the Eindhoven area of The Netherlands.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Arun Quay
An O gauge tour de force from Gordon & Maggie Gravett, representing a run-down 1960s quayside at a Sussex riverbank on a chilly day.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Beckindale
For his latest OO gauge layout project, inspired by a couple of Yorkshire preserved lines, Roger Nicholls created a compact branch terminus in OO gauge.
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A Warflat for N gauge
Victor Hall kitbuilt a heavy-duty bogie wagon from a kit available to members of the N Gauge Society. Drawings (to 4mm scale) from our Ian Beattie archive.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Return to Calcutta Sidings
Phil Eames undertook many changes to this 4mm scale recreation of Burton’s railways in the 1988 – 1991 period; some major (doubling the length to 40') and others minor (changing from EM to P4). Modelling the brewery industry hereabouts meant modelling barrels – lots and lots of barrels!
PLAN OF THE MONTH
The Amlwch branch
Prolific layout builder Rob Ogden makes a return to O gauge modelling with this take on the Anglesey terminus in the late BR steam era. The project was introduced in the January 2019 issue.
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Hull & Barnsley 0-6-2T
The Stirling-designed F3s were built by Hawthorn Leslie in 1913/14 and became Class N13 under the LNER classification. Drawings by Gary Bickley, historical notes by Steve Flint.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Barchbergbahn
From the valley to the summit: Diger Rossell presents his new award-winning scenic layout which represents a narrow gauge rack railway somewhere in the Alps.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Stellenbosch
A single track branch off a double track main line – John Cornell reveals his South African HO loft layout.
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New SBB shunters
Peter Marriott introduces two new Swiss shunters, the compact but powerful Ee 922 and Eem 923, the subject of recent new HO models from HAG. (See the review of these models on p133.)
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Berlin to Ghentwerp
Music legend Jools Holland unveils his large HO layout which features scenes in Europe as well as in Britain, with an emphasis on scenery, architecture, and details.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Oostendse Valiezen Fabriek
Members of the ModelSpoorKlub van der Kust (MSKK) in Ostend built a model of a suitcase factory in HO as an entry for a competition to build a layout in a suitcase!
EDITOR'S PICK
?ñBB Reihe 2095 diesel
A universal diesel for the 760mm gauge: Dr Markus Str?§ssle outlines the history of a design which is now sixty years old, still very much in use, and the subject of a brand new HOe model from Roco. Drawings to HO scale by Steve Croucher.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Journey from Old London Town
Join us for a tour around the OO gauge layout of music legend Jools Holland in this extended feature showcasing his rendition of UK and continental railways, and the urban landscapes through which they run – with many recognisable structures modelled. The part of the layout representing overseas cities is in the January 2019 issue of our sister title Continental Modeller.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Low Dale and Calver
A slew of influences led Alan Austin to design this room-filling P4 project, inspired by the Midland main line through the Derbyshire peaks.
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Hull & Barnsley goods wagons
Typical freight vehicles from this noted Yorkshire concern, with a particular construction quirk on open wagons, as Tim Rayner describes.
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Neu Birkenfeld
A third life for a narrow gauge layout: the Spijkspoor model railway club from The Netherlands have ‘recycled’ their German HOe layout.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Le Locle to Les Brenets
Metre gauge to the French border – Alan Pike explores a self-contained Swiss local line which might make an interesting model.
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Free kit with this issue!
A short introduction to the Auhagen HO accessory kits presented free with this issue.
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Swiss railways have a special attraction for many enthusiasts, even if they do not model continental railways. The intense network of lines, volume of traffic, and seemingly endless variety of companies and liveries complements the incredibly attractive Alpine scenery so often associated with the railways of this land-locked country.
Comprising 124 perfect-bound pages, this softback book has a wide selection of articles, featuring layouts, modelling articles and prototype inspiration. Metre gauge railways are a well known feature of this country, so the articles on the routes of the MIB, Furka Oberalp and Rhatische Bahn will come as no surprise!
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Gila Canyon
Alan Hancock tells how his new portable US N layout involved a change of scene and a change of scale.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Eu (Le Tr?©port)
Peter Smith tells how his new O scale layout, a French loco d?©p?¥t, built with John Smith, came about as a result of being tempted into an exhibition purchase.
EDITOR'S PICK
MOB Modifications
Goods and service stock adapted from commercial items: Michael Farr used various techniques to model in HOm Montreux Oberland Bernois metre gauge wagons.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
London Road
The essence of the ‘premier line’ – the London & North Western – distilled by Jolyon Wilkinson in 4mm scale in the shape of this main line station.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Chard Town Goods
Demoted passenger stations doing service as freight yards were not uncommon in steam days. The potential of a Somerset location is gauged by Tim Rayner.
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Hull & Barnsley 50ft bogie coaches
This celebrated Yorkshire railway ordered its first bogie stock in 1905 from R Y Pickering for its Sheffield services, as Steve Flint explains.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Bw Meinecke
A typical corner of DB territory – Manfred Haaker describes a German HO layout that has been developed in various clubrooms over the years.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
Capdenac
A French junction with modelling potential: Ian Stock explores an interesting location in the south of France.
EDITOR'S PICK
Rue de la Glaci?®re ‚Äì 2
Emmanuel Nouaillier shares more of his techniques for highly detailed and realistic scenic modelling, creating an authentic structure in the French urban scene.
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Your essential guide to O Gauge modelling from the experts at Railway Modeller. Covers a wide variety of topics from initial planning through to those important finishing touches. With both practical advice and step by step guides, it is essential reading for those modelling in O gauge or anyone contemplating discovering O gauge modelling. 124 pages fully illustrated. Features include: ‚Ģ Getting started in O. Step-by-step modelling features. Inspirational layouts. Track plans you can build. Using digital control. Larger scale outdoors - and Much More.
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
Euxton Junction
Carl Bowden presents this latest OO gauge exhibition layout from the Preston & District MRS, based on a nearby location on the West Coast Main Line.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
In the outer suburbs
Steve Flint considers a continuous run scheme designed to fit a 10' x 5' space in OO gauge, set in commuterland and operated by DMUs or EMUs.
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Killiekrankie station
A long-closed stopping point on the former Highland Railway main line, drawn and photographed by Jim Hay, with historical notes by Steve Flint.
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