RM NOVEMBER 2019 ISSUE Vol.70 No.829 SORRY, NOW SOLD OUT
70th Anniversary Supplement
We mark the 70th anniversary of being the UK's best-selling model railway magazine with a free 16-page extra publication, checking up on some noted modellers from our history, and a glimpse into the future.
Chirk
A station on the Great Western main line in the Welsh Marches in OO, with the Glyn Valley Tramway as a bonus, as Stephen Weatherley reveals.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
The merits of club membership
Ryan Gray praises the assistance that fellow members of the Cupar & District MRC gave him in the construction of an OO diesel depot, Eden Road TMD.
SCALE DRAWINGS
Maldon East station
Still extant at the time of writing, but no longer in railway use, this elegant Great Eastern constituent structure was surveyed by Christopher Palmer in the 1970s. He presents the plans, to 2mm scale, in this issue.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
The Great Model Railway Challenge
The Railmen of Kent are this year's winners of the Challenge! Find out more in the December issue of Railway Modeller, out Thursday 14 November.
Moving on from the train set
Sound advice for that all-important step along the road from the introductory package, in this first part of a trilogy from Chris Ford on a project layout in OO.
Bucks Lane
The last days of steam in 1960s Lancashire – grimy Black Fives on blue & grey stock and all – captured on this OO layout by Mark Towers.
New product reviews
The lead review item this month is the newly-tooled LNER J72 in OO from Bachmann.
Farmers Drove
For his first N gauge layout that reflects a rural location, Steve Farmer ventured into the Fenland flatlands for inspiration; this 1970s/1980s layout is the result.
In the news
Catch up on project updates and announcements from Bachmann, including the new Class 20/3s in OO gauge, EP samples of which are shown here.
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