Continental Modeller Magazine December 2023 Zurück Ausgabe

RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
KERETAPI MINYAK SAWIT
Jan van Mourik and Henk Wust had the idea of creating a layout in HOe based on a Malaysian palm oil factory and its associated narrow gauge railway.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
EASTON
Ken Wearing was drawn to North American in N after modelling British OO.

SCALE DRAWINGS
A SMALL TRAIN FERRY
Gilbert Gribi scratchbuilt in Oe a train ferry and its dock based on an example from the island of Rügen.


FEATURES

WINTER WONDERLAND
A traditional Christmas scene, with a twist – Huib Maaskant shows how he created a setting for a television advertisement.

LAYERS AND INTERPRETATIONS – 1
Emmanuel Nouaillier shows more examples of his detailed structure modelling inspired by real situations.

MAKING A SILVER MAPLE TREE
Olivier Taniou shows how his wife Gaëlle makes realistic trees from commercial products plus natural materials, in this case a hydrangea flower.

THE OLD HARBOUR
Bas Vrij presents De oude haven, the latest HO layout by the Maas & Waal club, with a working grab crane.

EXERCISES IN PERSPECTIVE
View blocks and removable mountains – Dave Easto experiments with unusual angles on his US N layout.

BELGIAN MOTIVE POWER DEPOT
Neil Sutton introduces his Belgian HO MPD layout which can accommodate stock from different periods.

NOTRE DAME DE CRUET
Built to entertain the grandsons – Nigel Thomas describes his speedily-concocted French HO layout.

LYN GOES TO CUBA
Peter Dale adapted a proprietary OO9 model to depict what a typical Baldwin 2-4-2T might have looked like after years of hard work around a sugar mill.