Hornby Magazine Issue 86 August 2014

[pauliebanger]

 

HM86 CONTENTS

7              Editorial –Mike Wild welcomesRapido Trains to ‘OO’ gauge model railways in the UK and considers the subject matter of its first release.

 

8              Update –Rapido Trains debuts with an APT-E in ‘OO’ for its UK launch, Hornby reveals latest images of its ‘D16’ and ‘700’ locomotives and Kernow Model Rail Centre unveils the first running sample of its ‘OO’ gauge LSWR ‘O2’ 0-4-4T, plus much more.

 

16           Beaumont Road–You can almost smell the soot as Colin Snowdon recaptures the atmosphere of a far from pristine 1950s North London locomotive shed.

 

28           Station Detailing – Mike Wild shows how a few brush strokes and detailing techniques can bring a station environment to life.

 

34           Weathering CovHops – Tim Shackleton takes a short break from his airbrush this month and demonstrates weathering techniques by hand on Bachmann’s recently released ‘OO’ covered hopper wagons.

 

40           Train Formations–This month, Mark Chivers looks to bulk freight trains of the 1950s and 1960s, and presents a selection of formations you can model with readily available ‘OO’ gauge products.

 

46           Hornby Post–Readers’ views and observations from the Hornby Magazine postbag.

 

48           Bolsover Farewell–With the final train having run in Hornby Magazine service, Mike Wild takes a nostalgic look back at the layout and presents a brand new set of images of the layout in action.

 

60           Wheal Annah, Part One – Nigel Burkin embarks on a new project to build a compact shunting layout in 2mm scale.

 

68           Reviews–Roco’s Z21 Digital Command Control centre leads this month’s busy reviews section together with the long awaited ‘O’ gauge Pillbox brake van from Dapol and the rest of this months new releases.

 

80           Reality Check– Evan Green-Hughes looks back at the Type 2 diesel locomotives which eventually became Class 26 and Class 27.

 

88           DCC – Paul Chetter brings an ‘OO’ gauge dining carriage to life adding a whole new dimension by installing DCC operated lights and sound…

 

94           Dunwoody Halt –Rachel Drummond presents her BR Scottish Region West Highland Line layout set in the 1960s and 1970s, conceived as a practice layout but which has set the bar for something far bigger.

 

104          Staff Projects–Construction work onHornby Magazine’s latest project, Twelve Trees Junction, continues with three fiddle yards complete and a growing roster of motive power.

[BR60103]

I just bought a copy (the tramp steamer from the Clyde is slow).

The article on modifying the LMS Diner -- is this a leftover from the April fool's issue?  The coach is GBP 45 and he adds nearly GBP 200 worth of electronics to it?

 

And I haven't had the courage to translate that to Canadian dollars.

[dana]

Well here's one way to look at it  i always  convert the pound to $2 plus or minus 10%  cus that's what banks do buying or selling . 

245.00 GBP =

444.104 CAD from XE.com 

 

so the banks are selling around 1.94 to the pound add in GST , provincial sales tax and that's how much it costs