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Continental Modeller Magazine Oct-20 Back Issue

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46 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Scale Modelling)
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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
LANDEYRAT
Fabien Roussy describes one of the HO exhibition layouts built by the Association des Modélistes Cheminots de Limoges, a wayside passing station deep in the French countryside.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
OSOBLAHA
A rural narrow gauge terminus in the Czech Republic – Martin Axford recalls a visit to this remote location and suggests it would make a good model.

SCALE DRAWINGS
THAI C56 2-6-0
Scratchbuilt in 1:30 scale for 32mm gauge track – Kevin Smith chose an unusual scale and gauge to model a Japanese loco used on the metre gauge in Thailand.


FEATURES

NMRA-BR 75
The National Model Railroad Association – British Region marks its 75th anniversary: Charles Hendy, current President, outlines the appeal to modellers of American railroads, and invites others to join and share the benefits.

HAUTELUCE
Paul Spray was inspired by a holiday in the Alps to create a compact three-dimensional souvenir using Z gauge.

FRENCH OCEM PL COACHES
Jacques Poré shows how to enhance proprietary products, in this case excellent Models-World HO OCEM PL coaches which could be used on many French layouts.

DCC TEST MODULE
Les Fordham shows how he assembled a simple test track to program decoders off the layout using a computer.

WILLIAMSON RIVER
A compact layout with plenty of switching interest – Ryan Gray and Will Taylor describe the Canadian HO layout adapted by members of the Cupar & District MRC.

KALKA – SHIMLA
A relic of the Raj but also characteristically Indian – Ranjeev C.Dubey relates how his aim to reproduce this famous narrow gauge hill railway gradually expanded and eventually took over most of the allocated room.

CHIHIRO HORIKOWA
Tony Galiani has built a neat Japanese N micro-layout featuring a suburban station with simple goods facilities.

TUNNEL VISION
Joseph Garcia plans a series of novel portable modules to capture the essence of the New York subway in O.


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Oct-20 RAILWAY OF THE MONTH LANDEYRAT Fabien Roussy describes one of the HO exhibition layouts built by the Association des Modélistes Cheminots de Limoges, a wayside passing station deep in the French countryside. PLAN OF THE MONTH OSOBLAHA A rural narrow gauge terminus in the Czech Republic – Martin Axford recalls a visit to this remote location and suggests it would make a good model. SCALE DRAWINGS THAI C56 2-6-0 Scratchbuilt in 1:30 scale for 32mm gauge track – Kevin Smith chose an unusual scale and gauge to model a Japanese loco used on the metre gauge in Thailand. FEATURES NMRA-BR 75 The National Model Railroad Association – British Region marks its 75th anniversary: Charles Hendy, current President, outlines the appeal to modellers of American railroads, and invites others to join and share the benefits. HAUTELUCE Paul Spray was inspired by a holiday in the Alps to create a compact three-dimensional souvenir using Z gauge. FRENCH OCEM PL COACHES Jacques Poré shows how to enhance proprietary products, in this case excellent Models-World HO OCEM PL coaches which could be used on many French layouts. DCC TEST MODULE Les Fordham shows how he assembled a simple test track to program decoders off the layout using a computer. WILLIAMSON RIVER A compact layout with plenty of switching interest – Ryan Gray and Will Taylor describe the Canadian HO layout adapted by members of the Cupar & District MRC. KALKA – SHIMLA A relic of the Raj but also characteristically Indian – Ranjeev C.Dubey relates how his aim to reproduce this famous narrow gauge hill railway gradually expanded and eventually took over most of the allocated room. CHIHIRO HORIKOWA Tony Galiani has built a neat Japanese N micro-layout featuring a suburban station with simple goods facilities. TUNNEL VISION Joseph Garcia plans a series of novel portable modules to capture the essence of the New York subway in O. REGULARS PRODUCT REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS VIDEO REVIEWS NEWS


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RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
LANDEYRAT
Fabien Roussy describes one of the HO exhibition layouts built by the Association des Modélistes Cheminots de Limoges, a wayside passing station deep in the French countryside.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
OSOBLAHA
A rural narrow gauge terminus in the Czech Republic – Martin Axford recalls a visit to this remote location and suggests it would make a good model.

SCALE DRAWINGS
THAI C56 2-6-0
Scratchbuilt in 1:30 scale for 32mm gauge track – Kevin Smith chose an unusual scale and gauge to model a Japanese loco used on the metre gauge in Thailand.


FEATURES

NMRA-BR 75
The National Model Railroad Association – British Region marks its 75th anniversary: Charles Hendy, current President, outlines the appeal to modellers of American railroads, and invites others to join and share the benefits.

HAUTELUCE
Paul Spray was inspired by a holiday in the Alps to create a compact three-dimensional souvenir using Z gauge.

FRENCH OCEM PL COACHES
Jacques Poré shows how to enhance proprietary products, in this case excellent Models-World HO OCEM PL coaches which could be used on many French layouts.

DCC TEST MODULE
Les Fordham shows how he assembled a simple test track to program decoders off the layout using a computer.

WILLIAMSON RIVER
A compact layout with plenty of switching interest – Ryan Gray and Will Taylor describe the Canadian HO layout adapted by members of the Cupar & District MRC.

KALKA – SHIMLA
A relic of the Raj but also characteristically Indian – Ranjeev C.Dubey relates how his aim to reproduce this famous narrow gauge hill railway gradually expanded and eventually took over most of the allocated room.

CHIHIRO HORIKOWA
Tony Galiani has built a neat Japanese N micro-layout featuring a suburban station with simple goods facilities.

TUNNEL VISION
Joseph Garcia plans a series of novel portable modules to capture the essence of the New York subway in O.


REGULARS

PRODUCT REVIEWS

BOOK REVIEWS

VIDEO REVIEWS

NEWS
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I model in the US. It is extremely interesting to see how Europeans model their trains compared to how we model ours. The model railroads chosen are always stunning examples of compactness and high levels of detailing. Reviewed 25 January 2021

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Always worth looking at Reviewed 03 January 2021

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