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CONTINENTAL MODELLER December 2019





RAILWAY OF THE MONTH

OBERWEIßBACHER BERGBAHN

At the top of an incline from valley to plateau: the Rudolstadt model railway club in Thüringia model an unusual and distinctive local prototype in HO.



PLAN OF THE MONTH

AMMOBAUX

A First World War scene modelled in OO9: Richard Pike built a diorama to fit in a suitable box.





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OLD PAINTED SIGNS

Emmanuel Nouaillier shares more of his techniques for highly detailed and realistic scenic modelling.



SCHINKENGEWÄHREN

Graham Nicholas relates how a team from Grantham built a layout for The Great Model Railway Challenge television programme, inspired by Swiss scenery.



LUCTOR ET EMERGO

Zeeland in the floods of 1953: Wim Harthoorn describes the 3 Millers entry for The Great Model Railway Challenge.



DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN ROTARY OM

A serious piece of snow-clearing kit: Bill Longley-Cook prepares for winter by adapting a commercial product into a closer representation of the prototype.



RENON CONSTRUCTION

Alessandro Rusin recreated in 1:35 an evocative scene from the construction of the rack-fitted Rittnerbahn with a loco loaned from Trieste – Opicina tramway.



THE VOUGA LINE

The article on the metre gauge Val do Vouga line in Portugal as it is today in our September issue prompted Peter Dale to recall visits in 1973 and 1989.



GISTEL STATION, 1942

Marc Desaever modelled in HO a local Belgian station located on line 62 between Ostend and Armentières in an unusual and challenging period.



BUCKOWER KLEINBAHN

Graham Lightfoot found an unusual electrified branch in east Germany now operated as a heritage line.





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