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Issue 106
April 2016
HORNBY
Closing date: April 25 2016
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UNDERGROUND
ILLUMINATION
STEP BY STEP GUIDES
J50’ SOUND
Installing DCC inside
Hornby’s new 0-6-0T
Add interior lights and
sounds to S Stock
ROUNDHOUSE
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We show you how in just 24 hours!
Hr
CHALLENGE
Build this superb ‘OO’scale
INSPIRATION
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from three eras...
1930s, 1960s, 1990s
GREAT LAYOUTS
»
6X4
Great Eastern
TRACKPLANS
»
AUTO-COUPLINGS EXPLAINED
TRAIN
»
BUILDING ENGLISH ELECTRIC’S GT3 IN‘OO’
»
CLASS 73 PROFILE
FORMATIONS
April 2016
HORNBY
magazine
Editor:
Mike Wild
Assistant Editor:
Mark Chivers
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Steve Diggle
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Andrew Roden
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Evan Green-Hughes, Brian Stephenson,
Tim Shackleton, Nigel Burkin, Graham Gaches, Paul Chetter,
Julia Scarlett, Trevor Jones, Mike Bisset, Richard Smith,
Brian Wheelaker and Brian Woolrich.
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Durston
Finescale ‘OO’ is used to great effect on this
home and exhibition Great Western layout.
WE
SHOW YOU
HOW!
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S-STOCK
ILLUMINATION
Mike Wild installs bespoke interior
lights and sound to London
Transport Museum’s recently
released ‘OO’ gauge S-Stock unit.
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LOCH DHU – PART 5
Nigel Burkin shows how to assemble
and install delayed-action automatic
couplings to simplify shunting
movements on the project micro-
layout.
Audit Bureau of Circulation 30,846
newsstand and digital sales.
Hornby Magazine
is published on
the second Thursday of each month
preceeding the cover date.
ISSN 1753-2469
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TRACK PLANS
DIGITAL SOUND
Mark Chivers presents a selection
of track plans designed to expand
on the typical ‘OO’ gauge train set,
but still fit within a typical 6ft x 4ft
footprint.
Paul Chetter adds DCC sound to
Hornby’s compact ‘J50’ 0-6-0T,
demonstrating how to make the most
of the limited space available.
HORNBY
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April 2016
GT3 – PART 1
magazine
See pages 70-71 for full details.
Tim Shackleton recreates the
experimental gas turbine
GT3 ‘Jet Train’ in 4mm
scale, gathering
together components
from several sources
along the way.
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Mike Wild welcomes you to the
new issue of
Hornby Magazine.
Dapol debuts its Class 121/122, Hornby and
Golden Valley Hobbies confirm liveries for their
latest ‘OO’ projects, Oxford Rail unveils its latest
‘OO’ decorated samples and we reveal new
additions to the Great Electric Train Show line-up.
Plus you could WIN a Hornby BR Crosti-boiler ‘9F’
2-10-0 in our latest competition.
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JACKSON BRIDGE
Sheffield Model Railway Enthusiasts opted for the
Yorkshire Pennines during the 1950s as the setting
for this stunning DCC controlled ‘OO’ scale layout.
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ENQUIRY OFFICE
HORNBY POST
DURSTON
The
Hornby Magazine
team answer your
modelling questions and queries.
Your views, opinions and responses from the
Hornby Magazine
postbag.
Brian Woolrich looked to the West Country for
his impressive ‘OO’ gauge Great Western Railway
exhibition layout set in the mid 1930s.
Always up for a challenge, the
Hornby Magazine
team undertake
a new project to build a fully-
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operational ‘OO’ gauge British
CHALLENGE
Railways Western Region roundhouse
depot in just 24 working hrs.
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REALITY CHECK
FIRST
REVIEWS
p80
Hornby’s
Collett
‘bow-end’
carriages
for ‘OO’
p74
Heljan’s
‘O’ gauge
Falcon
The Class 73 electro-diesel represented a versatile
go-anywhere locomotive type. With release of
the new Dapol model, Evan Green-Hughes looks
back at their history.
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OLDSHAW
This ‘EM’ gauge BR Western Region exhibition
layout set in the late 1980s/early 1990s packs
a lot into a small space, with branch passenger
services sharing the single-track line with china
clay and mineral trains.
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RAILWAY REALISM
The ability to stop a train when required is
fundamental to the safe operation of the railway.
Evan Green-Hughes takes a closer look at the
fascinating history of braking systems on Britain’s
railways.
STAFF PROJECTS
Work on
Hornby Magazine’s
‘N’ gauge office layout
Barrenthorpe has gathered pace with scenic
changes, installation of point motors and more,
as Mike Wild explains.
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PLUS...
Oxford Rail’s latest ‘OO’ Adams ‘Radial’ 4-4-2T, a new
‘Super D’ 0-8-0 from Bachmann, road vehicles, lineside
details, buildings, structures and much more.
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READER PROJECTS
SHOW GUIDE
Hornby Magazine
presents your latest model
building and layout projects.
Your comprehensive guide to forthcoming events.
April 2016
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