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766 Contents October 2024 vol 75 No.888 766 Bournemouth West Railway of the Month This near-to-scale 4mm model of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway terminus was recently acquired by Kevin Babey, Chairman of the Salisbur y & South Wilts Railway Society. 774 Mileposts – 75 years of Railway Modeller To celebrate this significant anniversar y for the magazine, Production Editor Toby Jennings looks back at issues from 75, 50 and 25 years ago. 776 Whatever happened to… Grange-over-Sands This N gauge model of a station on the Furness line was originally featured in the October 1999 issue of Railway Modeller. Exactly 25 years later, Robin Grubba explains how the layout has evolved under his ownership. 782 Cwm Bach Plan of the Month Chris Morris recalls the background to this N gauge shelf layout, which is being made por table in order to appear at the Warley at Statfold exhibition in October. 784 Making a star t in OO9 – par t 1 Chris Ford begins the construction of a 4mm scale layout inspired by the Ffestiniog Railway, making extensive use of commercially available items, including many from the Peco range. 788 A Wainwright L Class 4-4-0 in 7mm – par t 2 John Cockcroft continues with the assembly of a David Andrews etched kit for one of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway locomotives. 793 Abbey Light Railway Peco Product Design Lead David Malton has fur ther extended and improved his O-14 model of the former 2' gauge railway in Leeds where he was a volunteer. 796 Brynkir: just supposing… Having modelled the Nor th Wales station of Br ynkir in OO – featured in the Januar y 2022 Railway Modeller – Rob Ogden imagines what might have run on the line had it sur vived a little longer. 800 GWR 3,500-gallon tender with oil tank Scale Drawings In the late 1940s, the Great Western Railway embarked on an extensive programme of conver ting steam locomotives to oil burning. Steve Croucher provides 4mm scale drawings of one of these tenders, with historical notes by Toby Jennings. 2a 782 803 ″ ′ – 8½ 9 800 RAILWAY MODELLER

O C T O B E R 2024 WHAT’S ON THE COVER A T T H E H E A R T O F T H E H O B B Y OCTOBER 2024 £5.75 AT THE HEART OF THE HOBBY Bournemouth West A new chapter for this massive BR steam era showstopper in OO for this am era OO VOLUME 75 No 888 YEARS 766 810 814 796 818 A lifetime’s passion Having built no fewer than four layouts since 2020, septuagenarian Stuar t Travis has proved that it’s never too late to star t in the hobby. 821 A beachside café Andy Hudson used leftover coach par ts from his spares box to create this scenic addition to his O gauge layout Borrington-by-the-Sea. 821 822 Constructing a semaphore signal kit in TT:120 Callum Willcox demonstrates how to paint and assemble one of the new range of TT:120 plastic semaphore signal kits from Peco. OCTOBER 2024 YEARS Anniversary Issue OF THE HOBBY’S LEADING RAILWAY MODELLING MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY www.pecopublications.co.uk Llanforen Shed 803 Llanforen Shed A fictional locomotive shed on the pre-Grouping Barr y Railway, modelled in OO gauge by Brian Hunt. 808 Barry Railway spotlight Toby Jennings looks at the modelling possibilities offered by this small but fascinating Welsh company. 810 Bunkers Lane Like Derwent Road, featured in the December 2018 RM, Bill Flude has taken inspiration from the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway to build this layout in O9. 814 Braynerts Sidings Micro Marvels P4 track and 18" radius cur ves is not a combination adopted by modellers all that often, but that is what Paul Gittins employed with this industrial layout. 825 Comment Opinions and observations across the field of railway modelling. This month, Rosie Taylor builds a pair of wooden coach kits dating from circa 1954. 826 Readers’ Letters 828 New Product Reviews Leading this month’s reviews is the Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T in OO from Rapido Trains UK, followed by the Stanier Princess Coronation with sound and BR HAA hopper wagon in TT:120 from Hornby, the Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST and 14-ton Air Ministr y tanker in OO from Dapol, Setrack items in TT:120 from Peco, nuclear flask wagons in N from Revolution Trains, 3D-printed items from Enwins 3D Models, Bulleid flats and IRMk.IIb/c coaches in OO from Irish Railway Models, Infinity analogue and digital control systems by Gaugemaster, and SECR wagons in N from Rapido Trains UK. 839 Book Reviews 840 News Sonic Models announces London, Brighton & South Coast Railway K Class 2-6-0 in OO and Great Central A5 4-6-2T in N; commemorative wagons to celebrate 75 years of Railway ModelleR; Heljan to produce Class 153 and 155 Super Sprinters in OO; mail train Propelling Control Vehicles in OO from EFE Rail lead Bachmann autumn announcements; and much more… 848 Societies & Clubs The biggest and best guide to the exhibition scene. SUBSCRIBE SEE PAGE 64a FOR DETAILS 3a

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Contents October 2024 vol 75 No.888

766 Bournemouth West Railway of the Month This near-to-scale 4mm model of the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway terminus was recently acquired by Kevin Babey, Chairman of the Salisbur y & South Wilts Railway Society.

774 Mileposts – 75 years of Railway Modeller To celebrate this significant anniversar y for the magazine, Production Editor Toby Jennings looks back at issues from 75, 50 and 25 years ago.

776 Whatever happened to… Grange-over-Sands This N gauge model of a station on the Furness line was originally featured in the October 1999 issue of Railway Modeller. Exactly 25 years later, Robin Grubba explains how the layout has evolved under his ownership.

782 Cwm Bach Plan of the Month Chris Morris recalls the background to this N gauge shelf layout, which is being made por table in order to appear at the Warley at Statfold exhibition in October.

784 Making a star t in OO9 – par t 1 Chris Ford begins the construction of a 4mm scale layout inspired by the Ffestiniog Railway, making extensive use of commercially available items, including many from the Peco range.

788 A Wainwright L Class 4-4-0 in 7mm – par t 2 John Cockcroft continues with the assembly of a David Andrews etched kit for one of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway locomotives.

793 Abbey Light Railway Peco Product Design Lead David Malton has fur ther extended and improved his O-14 model of the former 2' gauge railway in Leeds where he was a volunteer.

796 Brynkir: just supposing… Having modelled the Nor th Wales station of Br ynkir in OO – featured in the Januar y 2022 Railway Modeller – Rob Ogden imagines what might have run on the line had it sur vived a little longer.

800 GWR 3,500-gallon tender with oil tank Scale Drawings In the late 1940s, the Great Western Railway embarked on an extensive programme of conver ting steam locomotives to oil burning. Steve Croucher provides 4mm scale drawings of one of these tenders, with historical notes by Toby Jennings.

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