BRM May: Britain's Best Model Railways

[SteveCole]

Hi all,

 

BRM May is now on-sale and includes 5 Quality Layouts + 3 Classic Trackplans:

 

Layouts

1. Aylesbury (LNWR) - Andrew David explains why this groundbreaking EM gauge 'home' layout is making a one-off public appearance 55 years on from its creation. 

 

 

2. Mickleover (N) - Strong family links with a former Great Northern route in Derbyshire inspired Kevin Smith's N gauge layout, set in the line's final decade of service.

 

 

3. Kinlochewe (OO) - Inspired by the West Highland Extension, this Scottish Region terminus recalls the days of Sulzer Type 2s and Class 37s on the scenic lines to the country's west coast. 

 

 

4. Garden Railway (OO) - With spring in full swing, the garden railway season is upon us. Norman Venus explains how his extensive OO gauge layout has been transformed to depict different locations on the ECML. 

 

 

5. Heaton Lodge Junction (O) - Simon George introduces an occasional series about the re-creation of his favourite childhood spotting 'patch' in O gauge - all 180ft of it!

 

 

Classic Trackplans

1. Bodmin North (O)

2. Salmon Pastures (OO)

3. Bradfield (Gloucester Square) (OO)

 

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[Andrew P]

Nice Steve, but is this in the right section?

[Andy Y]

Product placement Andy.

[Nearholmer]

"With spring in full swing, the garden railway season is upon us."

 

What planet is it that "spring is in full swing" on?

 

K

 

(Typed as I ride through Central London, on a 'bus, in a chilly thunderstorm, following a week of heavy frosts and sleet showers. And this in the "warm south")

[Andy Y]

Bright sunshine and a horizontal bird feeder as I look out of the office window.

 

We have to make these seasonal predictions weeks if not months before a mag appears, right now I'm photoshopping hazy August skies into pictures. Yesterday it was miserable January skies, so we'll pop that layout in July mag then.

 

BTW the Aylesbury article has sunny skies because it's always warm and bright on the weekend of Railex when it has it's only outing; honestly!

[Andrew P]

Bright sunshine and a horizontal bird feeder as I look out of the office window.

 

We have to make these seasonal predictions weeks if not months before a mag appears, right now I'm photoshopping hazy August skies into pictures. Yesterday it was miserable January skies, so we'll pop that layout in July mag then.

 

BTW the Aylesbury article has sunny skies because it's always warm and bright on the weekend of Railex when it has it's only outing; honestly!

Any old lame excuses, hahahhhah   :no:                   

[D9020 Nimbus]

Has Paul Lunn's series on layout design been abandoned? Seems a little while since an article in it appeared (I am aware it only ran on alternate months).

[Andy Y]

Has Paul Lunn's series on layout design been abandoned? Seems a little while since an article in it appeared (I am aware it only ran on alternate months).

 

I am not 100% certain if we've featured all of the articles that Paul wrote for BRM whilst he was working freelance. Since earlier this year Paul has been contracted solely to Model Rail, he was completely open with us and Paul (plus Mel and Alfie) will always be warmly welcomed if they're demoing at any of our future shows.

 

I keep mithering someone I know who's got a headful of plans and is a rather good illustrator to show us some of his ideas so we're always open to a bit of layout planning.