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Issue 134
August 2018
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DOCK
FIRST
REVIEWS
SHUNTERS
WE
SHOW YOU
HOW
WONDER
A ‘OO’club layout which inspired new members and new skills
Dapol ‘B4’ 0-4-0T and
Heljan Class 07 0-6-0
PARCELS
TRAINS
12
TOP TIPS
for realistic
van trains
HEAD
TO
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We put six of the best
21-pin decoders to the test
EQUIPMENT
GUIDE
PLUS!
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Narrow gauge at Maesog
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The 1980
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at Peakstone in ‘N’
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Pendon opens the Bristol Line
NEWS
LA
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Hornby ‘J36’0-6-0 for ‘OO’
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Heljan ‘O’gauge Class 50
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Cemflo tankers for 'OO'
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Modern '08' for 'O' gauge
August 2018
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Evan Green-Hughes, Brian Stephenson,
Tim Shackleton, Graham Gaches, Julia Scarlett, Trevor Jones,
Mike Bisset, Ben Jones, Jeremy Fairlie-Smith, Darren Berry,
Charles Insley and Tim Lowe.
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HOW!
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OPERATIONS
Tim Shackleton shows you
how to replicate parcels traffic
in model form with his tried
and tested 12-point plan
covering the key elements.
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EQUIPMENT GUIDE
Mark Chivers inspects a selection
of 21-pin Digital Command Control
(DCC) decoders in our latest
Equipment Guide to find out which
is best.
Audit Bureau of Circulation 27,124
newsstand and digital sales.
Hornby Magazine
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preceeding the cover date.
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DIGITAL CONTROL
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ISSUE
Jeremy Fairlie-Smith installs digital
sound and ‘stay-alive’ in DJ Models’
compact ‘OO’ gauge ‘J94’ 0-6-0ST.
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EDITORIAL
UPDATE
Mike Wild introduces the latest issue
of
Hornby Magazine.
All the latest news from behind-the-scenes
at Hornby, a new model announcement from
Accurascale, the latest additions to the Great
Electric Train Show 2018 line-up and much
more, plus you could win a Hornby ‘OO’ Bulleid
‘Pacific’ 4-6-2, five Pullman cars and matching
observation car in our exclusive competition.
Somerset Railway Modellers Club looked close
to home for inspiration when developing their
superb BR Western Region exhibition layout,
based on the former Barnstaple to Taunton line.
OAKE
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BRISTOL BOUND
June 27 2018 marked the official opening of
Pendon Museum’s Bristol line extension on its
much-admired Vale Scene. Mark Chivers takes a
tour of this must-visit attraction.
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Ben Jones talks to Chris Klein of Minerva Model
Railways about the companies past, present and
future.
INTERVIEW
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HORNBY POST
MAESOG
Your views, opinions and comments from the
Hornby Magazine
postbag.
Charles Insley reveals the story behind his 1920s
Welsh narrow-gauge ‘OO9’ layout and shows
what can be achieved in just 4ft x 1ft.
REVIEWS
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FIRST
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Evan Green-Hughes recalls the London and
South Western Railway’s Adams ‘B4’ 0-4-0T,
synonymous with dockyard operations.
REALITY CHECK
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Inspired by BR Network SouthEast operations in
the 1980s and 1990s, Tim Lowe’s experimental
return to ‘N’ gauge modelling resulted in this
fascinating and colourful BR blue and early
sectorisation period exhibition layout.
PEAKSTONE
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DAPOL’S ‘OO’ LSWR ‘B4’ 0-4-0T
HELJAN CLASS 07 DIESEL SHUNTER FOR ‘OO’
HORNBY’S ‘OO’ MAUNSELL RESTAURANT CAR
ACCURASCALE HUO HOPPER WAGON IN ‘OO’
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RAILWAY REALISM
Rail connected dockyards were pivotal in
keeping Britain connected to the rest of the
world, as Evan Green-Hughes discovers.
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STAFF PROJECTS
Mike Wild attends to the evolving diesel depot
track plan on
Hornby Magazine’s
‘O’ gauge office
test layout.
SHOWCASE
Hornby Magazine
presents a selection of your
model railway imagery.
ALSO REVIEWED...
The latest releases from Bachmann, Dapol, Hornby,
Locoman Sounds, Scale Model Scenery and more.
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SHOW GUIDE
Hornby Magazine’s
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