Railway
of the Month
Blea Moor in N
David Fearn was inspired to build this extensive and scenic loft layout in N by the wonders of the legendary Settle & Carlisle line.
Plan of the Month
Electric heaven
The editor presents a room-sized layout suggestion set somewhere in the heartland of the Southern electric network, designed to use the new ready-to-run multiple units in OO.
Wheal Elizabeth
A Cornish china clay layout in P4, built by Andrew Ullyott as an entry in a diesel and electric modelling competition, but backdated to steam days for this article.
Burntisland in 1883
A preview of a layout modelling an historical station in Fife, conceived and constructed by the East of Scotland Finescale group. See it at Modelrail Scotland this month.
Gorleston-on-Sea
A station survey by Chris Wright, centred on a now-closed section of the former Great Eastern in Suffolk.
Loch Ewe excursion - 2
Roger Christian and Stan Williams pen a guide to some of the locomotives and rolling stock which appear on their OO9 Gairloch & Wester Ross layout.
The Blackwood Valley Railway
Narrow gauge in 7mm scale, inspired by the Snailbeach and Glyn Valley systems, built and described by P-J Sanders.
Rolling stock for Wadebridge
Grenville Williams describes the construction of Victorian carriages and wagons for this 7mm scale period layout.
Fenny Bridge
This O gauge layout, by Keith Powell and Steve Weeks, exploits the capabilities of digital control, computer interfaces and sound-equipped locomotives.
Scale Drawings
GWR 'City' 4-4-0
With the surprise appearance of a model of the famous GWR No.3440 City of Truro in OO, Tim Rayner provides a short background to the 20-strong class. With an outline drawing by the late C J Freezer.
Crimson Road
Peter Griffiths returned to railway modelling after 20 years, and constructed this Bescot-inspired modern diesel depot in OO.
GWR clerestory coaches
Bob Phelps assembled two Slater's kits in 4mm scale as a retirement presentation for Steve Taylor of Ratio Plastic Models.
Inkwell
The merits of a well-designed foldaway layout are explained by Clive Collins, who describes his unconventional baseboards for this OO layout.
Railway Modelling Explored - 1
Getting started in OO9 - 1
Roger Christian shows you how to combine the Knightwing industrial locomotive body kit and a Kato chassis to produce a narrow gauge diesel.
Railway Modelling Explored - 2
Wagon kits for beginners - 2
Karl Crowther gets to grips with a slightly more involved Parkside Dundas vehicle, following on from last month's instalment.
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