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In issue 81 we visit Jordan Foster’s new compact O-gauge Portway Terminal RR, continue our review of new models for 2009, look at Pott Row (East Anglia in 4mm scale), early railways, Pont, Alheeba State Railways and - of course - much, much more.

New for 2009

Our annual preview of expected models continues

Portway Terminal

New American O scale layout by Jordan Foster

Pott Row

East Anglian idyll in OO gauge by Martyn Mullender

Operating hopper cars

Working H0 models by Bruce Petty

Alheeba State Railways

Famous pioneer H0 layout revisited

Pont, North Italy

Italian H0 layout based on a real setting

To DCC or not to DCC?

Gordon Walker gives useful advice

Old-time lines

Ideas for early railway modelling by Giles Barnabe

Army Training Ground

Compact design for an industrial layout

We also have our regular hobby news and comment, product news and reviews, club news, shows and events, book reviews and readers’ letters. British and American models are on this issue’s test track.

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In issue 81 we look at short line and switching layouts in both H0 and N, look at NCB coal screens and Box Metals Yard mini-layouts in OO gauge and examine current British freight terminals to model in East Anglia and much more.

New for 2009

Our annual preview of expected models

Two small layout plans

Presented by Herbert Fackeldy

NCB Coal Screen

A very small layout in OO by Andrew Knights

Simple short lines

A round-up of compact layout ideas

Team Track Yard

The editor’s latest American H0 project

Box Metals Yard

OO gauge built in a box file

Greenbrier and Mattrick

Two classic layouts recalled by Giles Barnabe

Current British freight

Small terminals in East Anglia by Ian Bareham

We also have our regular hobby news and comment, product news and reviews, club news, shows and events, book reviews and readers’ letters. British OO and N gauge models are on this issue’s test track.

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In issue 80 we visit Steve Grantham’s Heavy Traffic modern era freight yard, a very compact - 6′ - O gauge layout, look at detailing, altering and converting road vehicles, at proto-freelancing, layout operating ideas and much more.

On the road

Detailing and altering road vehicles

Motive power retrospect

The East German V100 in H0 and N

Working on the MaP

Operating ideas from Andrew Knights

Iota switching layout

American H0 project in detail by Andrew Martin

Tuning fork in Gauge O

Minimum size for a larger scale

Heavy Traffic

Steve Grantham’s modern era compact layout

Proto-freelancing

The method explained by Stuart Robinson

New for 2009

An initial report on future models

Very short short line

Track plan and story by Brian Schmidt

We also have our regular hobby news and comment, product news and reviews, club news, shows and events, book reviews and readers’ letters. British and French models are on this issue’s test track.

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In issue 79 we visit Brian Taylor’s compact OO gauge GWR Treperro branch, look at compact layouts for N and H0 based on Fort Hartford, Trident Yard for multi-moding and narrow gauge, get an update on Steinbeck and look at detailing the Super D and much more.

East Hartford Way

Layout based on an actual site

Trident

Compact layout for multi-moding and more

Treperro

Brian Taylor’s small GWR layout

Shunting at Upton

Operations on John Allison’s British H0 layout

Motive power retrospect

Looking at three commended models

Easton SR

Basis for a layout recalled by John Flann

Workaday Super D

Details for the Bachmann model

Steinbeck No 2

Older H0 layout refurbished by Steve Grantham

Big Time Yard

Track plans by Andrew Martin

We also have our regular hobby news and comment, product news and reviews, club news, shows and events, book reviews and readers’ letters. British and American models are on this issue’s test track.

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In issue 78 we visit Tony Hammett’s compact EM gauge “Southwell’s Yard”, look at refurbishing older layouts, making a start in 3mm scale and much more.

A real-life inglenook

An example from America

Team track modelling

A theme to consider

Southwell’s Yard

EM gauge layout by Tony Hammett

Magnetic comments

Magnetic couplers for British N

Small lifting bridge

Model details by Giles Barnabe

Blakeney Goods Station

An excellent rural setting

New looks for old

Refurbishing an older layout

Olympian Foods in H0

New project by John Flann

Starting in 3mm

Mog Hogg moves into a smaller scale

Taylor Terminal 1

Layout plan by Nick Harvey-Phillips

Three old shops

Scratch-building with Giles Barnabe

We also have our regular hobby news and comment, product news and reviews, club news, shows and events, book reviews and readers’ letters. British and German models are on this issue’s test track.