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Issue 100
October 2015
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Charnwood
Forest Branch
HORNBY
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WEATHERING
Tim Shackleton prepares a
Hornby ‘OO’ gauge ‘Schools’ 4-4-0
for Royal Train duties and shows
you how to achieve a realistic
high gloss finish.
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John Wiffen demonstrates step-
by-step how to assemble your
FREE Scalescenes bus garage kit
included with this issue.
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GARAGE KIT
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To mark our 100th issue,
the
Hornby Magazine
team
present 100 top tips for layout
construction, scenery, digital
control, painting and more.
100 TOP TIPS
Audit Bureau of Circulation 34,022
newsstand and digital sales.
Hornby Magazine
is published on
the second Thursday of each month
preceeding the cover date.
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DIGITAL SOUND
ISSN 1753-2469
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October 2015
100
ISSUE
Paul Chetter brings Heljan’s ‘OO’
and ‘O’ scale AC Cars railbuses to
life with characteristic horn and
gear changes as he installs DCC
sound inside these attractive
single vehicle trains.
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All the latest news from the model railway scene
including decorated Hornby ‘J50’ 0-6-0Ts, Kernow’s
latest CAD/CAM drawings for the D600 ‘Warship’,
new model plans by Revolution Trains in ‘N’ gauge,
Dapol’s decorated Class 73s, Heljan’s Metropolitan
Railway Bo-Bos and more.
COMPETITION
To celebrate our 100th issue, you could WIN 100
model railway prizes including train packs, sets,
locomotives, rolling stock, road vehicles, scenic
materials and much more in our latest competition!
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Roy Jackson’s spectacular ‘EM’ gauge recreation of
the East Coast Main Line at Retford in the 1950s is
breathtaking, as Tim Shackleton reveals.
RETFORD
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With more than 25 layouts and 30 traders
confirmed, Mike Wild previews the third Great
Electric Train Show at the Heritage Motor Centre,
Gaydon on October 10/11.
GREAT ELECTRIC
TRAIN SHOW 2015
With so many top quality models released over the
past 100 issues, we reveal our top 100 of the very
best mass-produced ready-to-run models since
issue one.
TOP 100 MODELS
FIRST
REVIEWS
Bachmann’s
‘N’ gauge ‘A2’
4-6-2
Hornby
Maunsell ‘S15’
4-6-0 in ‘OO’
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Oxford Rail seven-plank open wagons for ‘OO’
Hornby’s ‘OO’ scale Crosti ‘9F’ 2-10-0
Kernow’s Adams ‘O2’ 0-4-4T in ‘OO’
Bachmann ‘OO’ gauge SR PMV van
Plus Kernow Model Rail Centre’s latest Class 205 DEMUs, Great Western
Railway pattern buildings, road vehicles from Oxford Diecast, plastic kits
from Gaugemaster, lineside details, Bachmann’s latest incarnation of the
GWR ‘Dukedog’ 4-4-0 and more.
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Your views, opinions and responses from the
Hornby Magazine
postbag.
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In the second of our two part visit to the
Charnwood Forest Branch, John Elliott reveals how
the buildings and scenery were created on Soar
Valley MRC’s outstanding ‘O’ gauge layout.
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FOREST BRANCH
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Evan Green-Hughes recalls British Railways’ bold
attempt at improving steam engine efficiency,
with the introduction of the unusual-looking Crosti
boilered ‘9F’ 2-10-0s.
REALITY CHECK
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PARK ROAD TMD
Stephen Cunningham took over a privatisation
period depot and turned the clock back to the
1980s. Here he explains what has gone in to
backdating Park Road TMD to the BR blue era.
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RAILWAY REALISM
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ALSO REVIEWED
One hundred miles an hour is an everyday feature
of today’s modern railway, but the struggle to
achieve that consistent three figure speed took a
long time as Evan Green-Hughes reveals.
SHOW GUIDE
Hornby Magazine’s
comprehensive guide to
forthcoming events.
October 2015
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