Continental Modeller | August 2025
RAILWAY OF THE MONTH
SAINT-BERNARD
Thomas Bossonet presents his popular French HO exhibition layout, a rural terminus in the steam era which includes many distinctive local features.
PLAN OF THE MONTH
MEGSDORF
Southern Germany in the snow – Norman Raven describes his family’s latest HO exhibition layout, named and presented in memory of his late wife.
SCALE DRAWINGS
JIANGHE
A Chinese coal line represented on a table top in HOe – Bob Whetham was inspired by visiting a narrow gauge railway with unusual motive power.
FEATURES
GREIFENBACHTALBRÜCKE
The late Jochen Klinger and Jens Petermann created an impressive HOe display showing what was once the highest narrow gauge railway bridge in Saxony.
ARCADIA PENNSYLVANIA TERMINAL
A fictitious short line freight yard modelled in O: David George eventually created an exhibition layout that he had promised never to build …
MALANSAC
Olivier Taniou reports on a French club N layout which depicts a local prototype in southern Brittany.
KLAPPSTADT
An ingenious fold-away design – Friedel Helmich presents his portable German HO loco depot layout.
BOUDOIS
A little bit of the Ardennes – Patrick Raes describes his sweeping Belgian HO exhibition layout.
RETURN TO THE MONTRÉAL MÉTRO
Nigel Hurst has developed his interest in modelling an unusual system in HO.
ZECHENBACHER FELDBAHN
A small rural idyll in HOf – Norman Timpe proves that a satisfying layout can be created in a small space.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Continental Modeller August 2025.