August 2017
Issue Media

Offer Meta Data
- Offer Number:
- 154
- On Sale:
- 20/07/2017
- Digital Edition:
- £6.99
- Print Edition:
- £0.00 (plus postage)
Issue Summary
SCENERY SPECIAL. Every issue comes with a FREE DVD
On Sale: 20/07/2017
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What's in this Issue?
ON THIS MONTH’S DVD
- Johnstown Road layout
- Add hedges to your layout
- Simple painting techniques
- A look at new Train-Tech products
INSIDE OUR SCENERY SPECIAL
Layouts
Barmouth Junction (OO) – Leading our scenery special, take a trip along the windswept Welsh coastline in Geoff Taylor’s stunning scene.
Corwenna (OO) – Phil Waterfield’s layout is an impressive depiction of the China clay drying process.
St.Merryn (P4) – Picture postcards from 1950s Cornwall in an imaginative layout made by a group of modellers.
The Bridge (T) – Doug Kightley’s interpretation of Forth Bridge is a masterpiece of T gauge modelling
Lea Siding (G3) – Detail takes priority in this siding diorama, showing that Gauge 3 doesn’t have to be confined for the garden.
Expert Advice
How to correct common modelling mistakes
Make a football pitch
Planting telegraph poles
Create a perfect British Oak Tree
Paint a convincing backscene
Improve a standard card kit
Model a realistic boat club scene
Building Big Bertha
News & Reviews
Read all about Dapol’s Banana Can and Oxford Rail’s Warwell wagon
Reviewed: Oxford Diecast’s Janus 0-6-0
Reviewed: Hatton’s Warwell
Plus…
Beating Lickey Incline – the most infamous gradient on the British railway network
Prototype Inspiration: Janus 0-6-0 locomotive
Tail Lamp