Continental Modeller Magazine Sep-24 Retour à l'édition précédente

RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
HOUYET
Jean Herckens chose to model one of his local lines in TT – a relatively unusual scale for Belgian railways – with the assistance of his friend Hubert Billiet.

PLAN OF THE MONTH
PIET’S PIECKPLEIN
A fictional Dutch tramway in Oe – Len de Vries introduces a remarkable layout conceived by Piet van Oorschot and completed with the help of several friends.

SCALE DRAWINGS
A SMALL MINE
Gilbert Gribi shows how he made a typical structure for a friend’s American O scale narrow gauge layout.


FEATURES

THEMED DISPLAYS
Emmanuel Nouaillier explains how real objects both inspire and accommodate highly detailed miniature reproductions.

ANSCHLUSS WOLF
A siding serving a rural water mill – Helge Scholz introduces the latest layout by Jens Petermann and Jochen Klinger, reproducing in HOe a real location on the Preßnitztalbahn.

SAN CLEMENTE
Nick Palette opted for an innovative U-shaped design for this HO switching layout set in southern California.

NIEDERWANGEN
Stephen Rabone explains how he decided to model the Deutsche Bundesbahn in S (1:64) – an unusual scale for European modelling.

STRALSUND HAUPTBAHNHOF
Graham Lightfoot was exploring the gateway to Rügen – and made a surprise discovery.

A FOLDING LAYOUT
When needs must – Roddy Mullin demonstrates how he found room for a 9' x 5' HO layout on a houseboat.

NORTHFIELD HARBOR
Rod Shaw presents his new HO dockside switching layout set in New York State in the 1980s.

SNÄLLTÅGET KROGEN
Nigel Hurst shows how he scratchbuilt a restaurant car in HO to complete a contemporary Swedish coach consist.


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