Continental Modeller Magazine March 2021 Zurück Ausgabe

RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
DIE KLEINE ROTE
‘The Little Red One’ – Henk Scherpenzeel reports on an ambitious Swiss metre gauge layout which recreates scenes on the Rhätische Bahn in HOm.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
HUA HIN
Bill Johnston visited a country station in Thailand with an unusual feature – a royal waiting room.


FEATURES

FS Gr208 BADONI SHUNTING TRACTOR
Getting digital sound into a diminutive model: Roberto Macchi shows how he fitted a DCC decoder plus the loudspeaker and a stay-alive capacitor into a small Hornby Rivarossi model of the Breuer tractor.

MÉTIERS DU CANAL
A Belgian canal lock construction site modelled in N – Gerolf Peeters describes a scene in a standard suitcase created for a small layout competition.

FORT WHITING
Charles Insley describes his latest narrow gauge layout, built to accommodate a growing collection of colonial locomotives and stock in OO9.

NEW SOUTH WALES & VICTORIAN JOINT STOCK
Improving older HO models with 3D-printed parts – Iain Hunter shows how he detailed some Lima coaches.

LES ROBERTMONTS – RUE DES THERMES
Pascal Hubert likes to bring an imaginary prototype to life and made up a story to set this Belgian HO scene with a station and a water bottling plant in context.

KALKA – SHIMLA – 6
Ranjeev C.Dubey continues the guided tour of his room-filling HOe layout which reproduces several sections of this famous narrow gauge hill railway. This time: Taradevi station.

CANADIAN NATIONAL COMFORT CABS
Modelling the CN GP38-2CW in N: John Hunter shows how he filled a gap in the Canadian diesel roster.

FOUR FEATHER FALLS
Retro modelling with Treble-O-Lectric: Steve Searson explains why he was motivated to build a vintage layout.

ALPINE DIORAMA
John Parkinson shows how he created an attractive mini scene in N with basic materials.


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N.B. There is no Exhibition Diary in this issue as all events have been cancelled or postponed due to the corona virus situation.