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As the good old Modeller often gets missed in list of contents, here's what you get this month

 

The Norfolk Joint Railway M&GNR 7mm . Very interesting and colourful railway

Umbridge Large N BR blue layout

Enigma Engineering. Shunting puzzle type layout

Porters Loft . North Devon O gauge group

Hadley Town 4mm GWR branchline

Waterloo Road 4mm steam MPD

Llwyn 4mm Welsh BR steam

Camlas 4mm GWR branchline

Wilby Port . A DCC modern layout in the Railway Modelling Explored section

 

I reckon that's 9 layouts ( I knew Higher maths would come in useful one day) . In addition:-

 

Modelling 4mm coal loads

An unusual waiting room, Reedsmouth Junction, follow up from Ian Futers original article on Reedsmouth

Cameos for Seabury Town

The Bay View Hotel. Building a large seafront hotel , from Glenrothes MRC. Interesting, certainly had them 3 deep at this years Perth show.

Talking point: Ready for showtime

Locos of California Levels NG Industrial

Metcalfe Bridge Construction.

Comment: does size, sorry age matter

Readers letters

Reviews of Bachmann 43 and Dapol Grange

News etc

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I was pleased to see Enigma Engineering in this issue.  To find P4 in the Modeller is always a pleasure and this particular layout gave me what may well have been hours of pleasure when it was shown at Scaleforum some years ago.  Its creator, Paul Gittins, is or was 5050 of this parish and I for one wish that we heard more from him.

 

Chris

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I was pleased to see Enigma Engineering in this issue.  To find P4 in the Modeller is always a pleasure and this particular layout gave me what may well have been hours of pleasure when it was shown at Scaleforum some years ago.  Its creator, Paul Gittins, is or was 5050 of this parish and I for one wish that we heard more from him.

 

Chris

Hello Chris.

 

Still here...............................

 

See you at ExpoNorth for another go?

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To add to Chris' comment above...

I was absolutely delighted to see Enigma Engineering in the lastest issue of the Modeller. I am a big fan of small layouts and have heard a little about this one but have never seen it in detail. I sought out a copy of RM to look at yesterday, solely to read up on this little layout, and wasn't disappointed. The explanation of the operation/puzzle element was fantastic and the photographs are wonderful. It is just a superb little layout!

 

I particularly appreciated the desciption of how it could be achieved in different formats beneficial (say with Peco track etc), explaining which important ratios and proportions need to be maintained in order to allow the 'game' to still work.

 

Thanks Paul for sharing your work, one very happy and inspired novice modeller here! It is inspirational.

 

David

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To add to Chris' comment above...

I was absolutely delighted to see Enigma Engineering in the lastest issue of the Modeller. I am a big fan of small layouts and have heard a little about this one but have never seen it in detail. I sought out a copy of RM to look at yesterday, solely to read up on this little layout, and wasn't disappointed. The explanation of the operation/puzzle element was fantastic and the photographs are wonderful. It is just a superb little layout!

 

I particularly appreciated the desciption of how it could be achieved in different formats beneficial (say with Peco track etc), explaining which important ratios and proportions need to be maintained in order to allow the 'game' to still work.

 

Thanks Paul for sharing your work, one very happy and inspired novice modeller here! It is inspirational.

 

David

Well, what can I say!  Thank you very much for your kind comments.

 

I feel all embarassed now.............................. :blush_mini:

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I'd agree with David, above. I thought the article on Enigma Engineering was very well put together and probably the highlight of this months Mag, which is a surprise as I'm normally a large roundy roundy man. But I'm now thinking how I can incorporate an industrial shunting puzzle in my layout.

 

Don't be embarrassed be very proud!

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Well, what can I say! Thank you very much for your kind comments.

 

I feel all embarassed now.............................. :blush_mini:

Apologies for making you blush Paul... but I stand by my comments!

 

I know this might not be the most appropriate area of the forum to ask but... if you don't mind can I ask a supplementary question about the operation? Is the fiddle yard integral to the way the layout works or is it simply a way of switching/changing stock over when the puzzle is solved?

 

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David

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Apologies for making you blush Paul... but I stand by my comments!

 

I know this might not be the most appropriate area of the forum to ask but... if you don't mind can I ask a supplementary question about the operation? Is the fiddle yard integral to the way the layout works or is it simply a way of switching/changing stock over when the puzzle is solved?

 

Thanks,

David

It's a way to change an item of stock, brought about by the inclusion of the necessary brake van which was introduced to make the puzzle less easy to do/more of a challenge.  'Peforia Narrows', the American version, doesn't have a fiddle yard, it is completely self-contained.

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It's a way to change an item of stock, brought about by the inclusion of the necessary brake van which was introduced to make the puzzle less easy to do/more of a challenge. 'Peforia Narrows', the American version, doesn't have a fiddle yard, it is completely self-contained.

Cheers, that is useful to know and makes sense!

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