June 2012 Volume 34 Number 6

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354 ALLENDENAC – RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

Richard Chown describes his period French fine scale O gauge layout which features a novel solution to landscape construction in order to incorporate a very impressive model of an Eiffel girder viaduct.

362 ER20 EURORUNNER – SCALE DRAWINGS

Doug Tompkins describes the Bo-Bo diesel-electric loco, first developed for the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) and now used by open access operators in many parts of Europe. With scale drawings by Benno Wiesmüller.

370 IOTA, KANSAS

Roger Nicholls describes his new American HO layout, another compact creation but with a new dimension for him – sound, using Digital Command Control.

376 TRAMVAJOVÉ NEBE – PLAN OF THE MONTH

On holiday Don Sibley visited a tram museum in the Czech Republic and found himself in ‘tramway heaven’. The result was a compact and detailed HO/HOm layout.

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384 HOLZAPFEL

Maurice Hopper describes his new German N layout, the result of some impulse purchases on holiday and fond memories of childhood train sets.

392 WINDSOR, GREAT WESTERN

Peter Everitt describes another part of his flexible American HO layout scheme which uses elements that can be assembled in different ways.

401 MAKESHIFT DOORS AND WINDOWS

Emmanuel Nouaillier shares more of his techniques for highly detailed and realistic scenic modelling, making dilapidated fittings to suit specific openings.

406 CHEMINS de FER du LIMOUSIN

Members of the Club Modélisme de Draveil have built an extensive scenic HOm layout in sections which depicts a metre gauge secondary line deep in regional France. The layout will be coming over to the Chatham show.

416 99 173 – A GERMAN TRAM LOCO

Graham Lightfoot adapted a 3D-printed model produced by Chris Ward and intended for OO9 to fill a gap in the motive power of the HOe Steintalbahn.

418 LATEST REVIEWS

424 BOOK REVIEWS

426 VIDEO REVIEWS

428 EXHIBITION DIARY & NEWS

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