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Available Now - Hornby Magazine - Issue 5 - November 2007

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Contents of the magazine

Editorial

September has produced some great treats including new ‘Royal Scot’ and ‘Patriot’ models, plus the Editor gives his views on Hornby’s new budget RailRoad range.

Ashington

In just 12ft Dave Kent has produced a superb model of the BR Southern Region complete with third-rail and electric multiple units.

Update

The latest news including new model from Hornby, the debut of decorated samples of Bachmann’s ‘N’ gauge ‘Jubilee’, new road vehicles and more.

Exhibition Round-up

The N Gauge Society celebrates its 40th anniversary in Kettering and find out where to see Hornby Magazine at forthcoming exhibitions.

Main lines for small baseboards

Anthony New presents a selection of track plans suitable for train set size baseboards, but with a twist.

Off the shelf modelling

The humble Diesel Multiple Unit has become popular with enthusiasts. Evan Green-Hughes looks back at the history of the first-generation units and reveals the models that are available ready-to-run.

Inspirations

Shake, rattle and roll with photographs of DMUs from the 1950s through to the 1980s.

Pocket money models are back

Hornby’s new budget RailRoad range touched down at the beginning of September. This is what you can expect.

WIN RailRoad models

Your chance to win models from the RailRoad range by answering a simple question.

Wagon weathering

Weathering doesn’t have to be daunting, as Paul Marshall-Potter explains.

Severn Valley Models

Want a layout, but don’t know where to start? Severn Valley Models can help with their custom layout building service.

Kirkby Stephen West

This magnificent 22ft long layout captures the essence of the Settle to Carlisle line in ‘OO’ gauge. The builders reveal how it was developed and built.

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