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In this months issue...

RAILWAY OF THE MONTH - HOUYET

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.

ANSCHLUSS WOLF

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.

PLAN OF THE MONTH - PIET'S PIECKPLEIN

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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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Slattocks Junction
Tony Williams and Ralph Robertson of the Manchester Model Railway Society explain why the group's P4 layout became "a lesson in how not to build a model", yet has evolved into a superb evocation of the Calder Valley line.

SCALE DRAWINGS

Wainwright L Class 4-4-0
To complement John Cockcroft's build of one of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway locomotives, we present scale drawings and accompanying prototype notes by the late Ian Beattie..

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH - DOCKS CEINTURE

Guy Van Meroye reports on a finescale HO layout created by a group of talented French modellers depicting industrial areas around the Paris belt line.d van Waes introduces his new German HOm layout, the terminus of the metre gauge Selketal line in the Harz.

GARRATTS IN THE GARDEN

John Morrison describes the impressive articulated locos he has modelled for his 1 :24 scale garden railway.

PLAN OF THE MONTH - WIESMÜHL

An imaginary location on the German/Austrian border - Roger Sant explains how an initial simple layout in N grew into a more satisfying system.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Somerset & Dorset in the garden
Simon Kennedy has created an impression of the much-loved Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway in O gauge in his garden, with automated digital control.

PLAN OF THE MONTH

Gledholt Junction and beyond
David Smith is constructing an impressive three-level 00 gauge system incorporating locations in the Huddersfield area where he grew up, with the most advanced section so far recreating Gledholt Junction on the Leeds to Manchester 'Standedge Route'.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH - HASSELFELD

Arnold van Waes introduces his new German HOm layout, the terminus of the metre gauge Selketal line in the Harz.

REDDERTHUN

Thies Lahann introduces his German HO exhibition layout with a novel working feature - a sugar beet tippler.

PLAN OF THE MONTH - LO DEPOT DO LIMOUZI

The Association des Modelistes Cheminots de Limoges have a new French HO exhibition layout, an amalgam of three motive power facilities in their local area.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH - ALBULA VALLEY

Inspired by the well-known location in Switzerland, Nicholas Sturge designed and built an ingenious N layout.

DOUBLENGHIEN

Alan Jockmans presents his first exhibition layout, a country halt in Belgium modelled in HO.

PLAN OF THE MONTH - GATEWAY INDUSTRIAL PARK

Salvaged from a house move and further developed - Chris Gilbert presents his latest American HO layout which provides an opportunity for satisfying switching.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Dead Man's Lane
A love of the contemporary railway scene - and the yellow-liveried Network Rail test fleet - combined with a tour around the Rail Vehicle Engineering Limited site at Derby, inspired Mick Bryan to recreate this and the neighbouring East Midlands Trains depot in 4mm scale.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
Gallows Close Goods
Chris Martin describes how he recreated this slice of Scarborough in N gauge, including diverse freight facilities, and local passenger and holiday traffic.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH - STRABBERG

On the metre gauge Selketal line in the Harz - Franz Rittig introduces the new exhibition layout in HOm by prolific builder Sebastian Schmidt.

ROTTERDAM CENTRAAL

The station and surroundings with trams in c.1965 - Thom Raven presents the result of several years research and modelling in HO by the Hollandse Tram Maatjes team which has produced another impressive exhibition display.

PLAN OF THE MONTH - KLEINE ALBULA

A layout at last - Nick Warren describes 4a his portable Rhatische Bahn HOm layout, set in winter and constructed with the help of Mervyn Kendall.

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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Ropley
Chris Cleveland explains how he overcame a number of challenges to create a model based on the locomotive headquarters of the Watercress Line in Hampshire. The layout captures faithfully many of the smaller details that can be observed at heritage railway sites across the UK.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
Carterton
Limitations on available space can often prevent the modelling of a real location, but Chris Chewter found a way to create an evocative 00 gauge cameo of this former Oxfordshire station in a scenic footprint measuring just 6' x 2', using PECO bullhead track.

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