dibber25 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Make tracks for the October Model Rail! Model Rail has a great new look and lots of new features! Packed with practical features, advice, inspiration and real layout-building! Opening the box: The big picture: Paul Toulmin’s Exeter Junction News from Hatton’s, OO Works and Kernow MRC. According to Chris remembers Dave Shakespeare’s contribution to the launch of Model Rail 20 years ago. Modelling lives: James Lavery Reviews: Oxford Rail ‘Dean goods’ 0-6-0 and ‘Carflat’. Bachmann SECR ‘Birdcage’ coaches. Kernow MRC 4-TC trailer EMU. Layouts and features: West Coast in ‘N’ (Rail blue era) Exeter Junction ‘OO’ (Rail blue era) Dramatic lines: Paul Lunn Woodhead layout plans. Workbench Track-laying essentials Track laying tools Lay ‘N’ gauge track Tracks over gaps Ballasting without tears Track inspiration Assemble a Pacer fleet Put a layout in the loft Regulars: Know your stuff, Show & Tell, Exhibition Diary, Backscene. Edited October 11, 2017 by dibber25 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrySVR Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I noticed in the Dapol advert on page 18 the streamlined GWR rail car is advertised as out in October. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's like 0 gauge, narrow Gauge & industrial railways never existed. Pass. Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's like 0 gauge, narrow Gauge & industrial railways never existed. Pass. Dava I think that's an unfair statement, not every monthly model publication can cover every aspect of railways in every issue. otherwise each magazine would be 400 pages and cost about £15! looking back model rail has covered in depth the subjects you mention, especially industrial and O gauge. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 So you didn't buy the last few issues then? They've had quite a lot on those, lets be frank, niche interests over the past year or so. Too much for some people maybe.... I model in 7mm, 009 and have industrial locomotives, but I think that Model Rail would be the last place that I would look for anything substantial on them. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's OK I bought the Modeller this month! Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) It's like 0 gauge, narrow Gauge & industrial railways never existed. Pass. Dava It's OK I bought the Modeller this month! Dava Perhaps a subscription to this might help........This months cover story, James models a river crossing. Rob Edited September 18, 2017 by nhy581 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Hi What is the GWR cover layout please? Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 Might give it a go . West Coast mainline in blue era and Exeter Junction of interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 An interesting editorial about the 'warts 'n all' review of the Oxford Dean Goods and confirming the line MR takes in its reviews. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Warts? I thought they were supposed to be rivets.... Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) Hi What is the GWR cover layout please? Ian Totnes in OO Gauge. The layout was featured a while back IIRC. The shot nicely captures the footbridge, the old South Devon Railway downside buildings (destroyed by fire in the '60s, IIRC), and the goods shed in the background. 4 tracked through the station to avoid congestion, so the featured train must be a stopper! CJL can correct me if I got any of that wrong! Edited September 19, 2017 by Edwardian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Totnes in OO Gauge. The layout was featured a while back IIRC. The shot nicely captures the footbridge, the old South Devon Railway downside buildings (destroyed by fire in the '60s, IIRC), and the goods shed in the background. 4 tracked through the station to avoid congestion, so the featured train must be a stopper! CJL can correct me if I got any of that wrong! You're probably correct - I don't know Totnes' history that well. Yes, the layout was featured in Model Rail 203/204 December 2014/Jan 2015. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 so the featured train must be a stopper! There's no lamps on the loco so it could be anything, rule 1 applies no doubt. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 An interesting editorial about the 'warts 'n all' review of the Oxford Dean Goods and confirming the line MR takes in its reviews. I would have been very surprised had it been otherwise.One ray of hope is the recommendation that we wait for Locomotion's version due shortly. We shall see...The review is an affirmation that Model Rail maintains its integrity as an impartial independent journal and is not a rubber stamp for commercially produced r-t-r models. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spannerman Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 "Assemble a Pacer fleet" Raises many questions, mainly why and are they contagious! At Nik Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Got my subs copy last week, really enjoyed this issue but I do enjoy a good round roundy attic layout over say a shunting plank so the attic feature was an interesting one for me The better trackwork article is also very useful as I near a point where I can crack on with that on my own layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Huw Griffiths Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 "Assemble a Pacer fleet" Raises many questions, mainly why and are they contagious! I can only assume that someone working on ModelRail might be planning a scrapyard scene, set in 2020. Either that, or they might have heard something we haven't, about the government backtracking on requiring TOCs to do something about non-compliant "trains". After all, they can be trusted on electrification in Wales, the West Country and the Midlands - can't they? Huw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Any one else missing their subscription copy - no sign of mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) For a 'trackwork' issue I'd have like to have seen a bit about creating/laying third rail (and fourth) track especially in N gauge where there isn't the option of Peco parts for it. G. Edited September 19, 2017 by grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 "Assemble a Pacer fleet" Raises many questions, mainly why and are they contagious! At Nik We shouldn't really be cruel to Pacers.....but it is fun! I recall a trip to Bideford to buy some negatives when I was at Ian Allan in the 1980s, and the interesting 'syncopated' ride to Barnstaple in a Pacer. In those days that stretch of the former SR still had plenty of 45ft track panels. More recently (2009) I did the same trip in a fresh-from-shops refurbished First Group 143. Had anyone taken a test ride they would have known that something hadn't been fitted properly, for, as it accelerated up through the gears on leaving each station, there was the most ear-splinting resonance through all the internal body panels. I christened it 'Evil Edna' after the rogue TV character in a children's programme. Will we miss them when they're gone? For me, not like I miss the 121s. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 For a 'trackwork' issue I'd have like to have seen a bit about creating/laying third rail (and fourth) track especially in N gauge where there isn't the option of Peco parts for it. G. I'm not sure I'd know where to begin - and I do have to lay a bit of cosmetic 3rd rail on my current N gauge project. However, I'm inclined to the view that it's so niche, it would be difficult to justify giving much space to it. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I'm inclined to the view that it's so niche, it would be difficult to justify giving much space to it. (CJL) Wasn't saying there had to be pages, but some space would have been nice (it didn't have to be much), after all there are RTR third rail EMUs in N, and there wasn't anything about third rail track in OO either. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) I can only assume that someone working on ModelRail might be planning a scrapyard scene, set in 2020. Either that, or they might have heard something we haven't, about the government backtracking on requiring TOCs to do something about non-compliant "trains". After all, they can be trusted on electrification in Wales, the West Country and the Midlands - can't they? Huw. Well the things they are replacing them with up here are of a similar vintage.... The 319s being built in 1987 as opposed to the Pacers being built 1985 to 1987. I hope some get preserved, I reckon they would be pretty useful on a heritage line. Jason Edited September 19, 2017 by Steamport Southport Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibber25 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Wasn't saying there had to be pages, but some space would have been nice (it didn't have to be much), after all there are RTR third rail EMUs in N, and there wasn't anything about third rail track in OO either. G. I did a piece a while back on using the Peco 'OO' gauge 3rd rail. I had the very fine etched items with the protection planks etc but they were beyond my aged eyesight to install. (CJL) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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