Railway Modeller | July 2025
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
STØRDAL
ModelSpoorGroep Valkenswaard introduce their Norwegian HO exhibition layout, an imaginary location chosen to include typical features.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
SAINT-DÉSERT
A wayside station on a former PLM secondary line – Régis Déroussin introduces his home HO layout, which manages to include a station, a junction, and an impressive viaduct, all in a reasonable space.
SCALE DRAWINGS
A FREELANCE RAIL BUS
A custom-made body on a Bachmann mechanism – Gilbert Gribi made an interesting Oe vehicle using his own 3D-printed parts for the body and details.
FEATURES
CJ @ 13
Emmanuel Nouaillier demonstrates more of his techniques for intricately detailed structure modelling.
CALLA FOUNTAIN CROSSING
Watching long trains go by – Perth MRG present their scenic North American N gauge exhibition layout, built to allow the running of consists from different eras.
BY BLUE TRAM TO LILLO
Recreating a lost line near Antwerp – MOBOV present their HOm depiction of a well-known Vicinal route.
BALTIC STATES NARROW GAUGE
Blair Hobson visited some of the preserved railways and tourist lines in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
VICTORVILLE, CA. c.1953
Des Browne looks in more detail at some of the features on his American HO layout, located in his loft.
END OF TRAIN LAMPS
Jacques Poré shows how to fit working lamps to a wagon which appears not to have space for the electronics.
LE VIEUX HAMEAU
The old hamlet – Paul Walton relates how he came to create a French narrow gauge exhibition layout in HOe.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Railway Modeller July 2025.