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Available Now - Hornby Magazine - Issue 6 - December 2007

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Contents of the magazine

Editorial

Bachmann and the National Railway Museum have taken a bold move. Read all about the new prototype Deltic model that is due in December.

Newport and Baconsthorpe

This superb layout was helped along by a small lottery win. Alistair Durham describes this compact, but entertaining layout.

Update

The National Railway Museum announces its ready-to-run prototype Deltic, Dapol reveals its new releases for Warley, 11 new locomotives from Hornby for the autumn and the first pictures of Bachmann’s forthcoming ‘OO’ gauge ‘Jubilee’.

Exhibition Round-up

A round-up of events that have taken place across the south of England during October.

£1,000 Give Away!

Your chance to win one of five complete trains in our biggest ever free-to-enter competition.

Main lines in modest spaces

Anthony New turns his attention to continuous run layouts designed to fill a spare bedroom with track plans, ideas and more.

Off the Shelf Modelling

The Eastern and North Eastern Region ready-to-run steam models go under the microscope.

Inspirations

Evocative pictures from the BR steam era capturing ex-LNER locomotives at work between London and Scotland.

From Thomas to Brighton ‘E2’

What do you do with that spare Thomas model that hidden in a draw? Michael C Shaw shows how Thomas can easily be converted in to a Brighton ‘E2’ 0-6-0T.

Warley show preview

The Warley National Model Railway Exhibition takes place on December 1/2 and there is lots to look forward to. Hornby Magazine presents an overview of the event and reveals what to expect.

Hornby Post

Reader’s views on train reporting numbers, Railroad and the last word on the Era system.

Terminus for a tenner!

Evan Green-Hughes presents a cheap way of producing lengthy platforms that is quick, easy and costs less than £10.

FEATURES

So you want to build a model railway?

Model railways are a wonderful pastime. They can take us back to a time of fond memories or allow us to follow our imagination. For the new modeller, with a blank canvas and the simple desire to build a working model railway it can be a minefield of choice. Should you start afresh with digital control, should you build a branch line or a main line and, perhaps most importantly, where will the layout be housed?...

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