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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Railway of the Month: Copenhagen Fields - The 2FS magnum opus by The Model Railway Club, showcasing the Great Northern main line north of King's Cross in Grouping and pre-Grouping times. Tim Watson presents this update on progress to date. Scale Drawings: A Caledonian signal box - The preserved example now at Bo'ness is a former CR Southern Division standard type. Tim Rayner tells its story and scale drawings by Bob Pnelps accompany the article. Features: Scenic subterfuge - From 'sleight-of-hand' wagons to removable quaysides, Neil Herd shows how a little skulduggery can go a long way. His models are in 0 gauge, but the techniques are not scale-specific. Bannochbrae - A 'tribute layout' in 00 by Roger Nicholls, set in the northwest of Scotland and referencing an earlier diesel era layout, which was constructed by our editor Steve Flint. Finishing touches for Rowland's Castle - Pete Goss describes his holistic painting techniques for figures, coaches and wagons Sound at both ends! - Roger Miller presents the second in his four-part feature on how to add full DCC son to an N gauge HST set. Class 47 upgrade in N - Nick Swettenham details some of the ways in which early Graham Parish Brush Type 4s can be enhanced in the light of recent releases of modern-tooled examples. Blackdown Park - An 0-16.5 layout in a moderately small space, by Graham Rose; included in the scene is a model of a certain light railway supremo of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. Coach building in 0-16.5 - Concluding this short excursion into the delights of narrow gauge modelling in 7mm scale, David Malton shows you how to construct and personalise a Peco four-wheel coach kit. Penhydd - Searching for a 'different' location for his Great Western terminus in 4mm scale, Geoff Forster settled on the Welsh Borders, and set this terminus along a specially-lengthened version of the Presteign branch. Urban regeneration for Pallet Lane? - Rob Owst has extended his 00 gauge inner-crty terminus by representing some of the down-at-heel neighbourhoods that the station of Pallet Lane serves. Stevenstown - Follow Alan Munday through his railway room door to see his busy 00 guage out-and-back main line set in the steam and operated by digital control Taking on water - Railway Modelling Explored - 1 - Steam locos (and some diesels, too) needed sure supplies of water: Craig Tiley constructs a couple of Ratio kits in 4mm. A start in the hobby - Railway Modelling Explored - 2 - Craig Tiley explains how to turn the train set - a popular present, whatever the time of year - into the start of something that could last a lifetime. Plan of the Month Porthwenn - David Wright postulates a narrow gauge railw; in north Cornwall, linking moors to harbour, an presents a layout suggestion for 0-16.5. Regulars: Comment - Observations and opinions across the spectrum of railway modelling. This month: long-standing 00, N and 009 modeller Chris Ford. Readers' Letters Latest Reviews - The items reviewed this month include the new Hornby Gresley full brakes in 00; an etched brass railcar for 0-16.5; more figures from Pete Goss; New Measurement Train HST power cars in 00 and N; and much more. Book & DVD Reviews News - Including the results of the 2011 raiihw modeller Cup Competition, progress witt he Heljan 0 gauge Class 31, new Peco produc&a preview of the 50th York Model Railway ShOK and much more. Societies & Clubs - The biggest and best guide to the exhibition scene up and down the land. Cover picture - Copenhagen Fields
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