Voie Libre international

Discover every three months in this international issue of Voie Libre in english, new products reviews, layout descriptions, model building, historical information on secondary lines and prototypes...

GET INVOLVED… SO THEY SAID.

Voie Libre International

TILLIG : A RAILCAR

PMT : FORMER GDR BOGIE CARRIAGES

MICRO-TRAINS LINE : CIVIL WAR BOGIES

BEMO : MOB SUPERPANORAMIC EXPRESS CARRIAGES

PECO : A SET TO MAKE A GOOD START

ARCHITECTURE & PASSION : A RECONSTRUCTION-ERA SHACK

PRESS REVIEW

MJM : A VERNEY GMC RAILCAR AND ITS TRAILERS

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GATHERINGS

DVD

Nuremberg 2019 • Nuremberg 2019 won’t have been an outstanding vintage! What with consolidation of programmes previously announced and delivery of models shown in prototype form in past years, true new releases were few and far between!

The Island! • There’s no need to introduce Bernard Junk. Together with his mate Detlev Horn, they take us to Brittany for a night in the lighthouse!

The layout at a glance

THE COLOURS OF THE LITTLE TRAINS of the Great War • From prototypes to scale models, much has been said and done regarding the liveries of 60cm gauge military rolling stock. Éric Fresné has decided to sort the chaff from the wheat and suggests how best to apply realistic liveries to your models. Or possibly to your real locomotives…

A COLOUR CHART FOR YOUR MODELS

AND ELSEWHERE?

The Nord-Est engine regains some colour! • Patrick Mourot, interviewed by Eric Fresné, provides some background about the restoration work and the re-creation of the original liveries on the stock he has preserved. Most enlightening!

Building in plastic card A BAGULEY MOTOR-TROLLEY IN H0-9 • Christophe describes a pleasing plasticard construction project, inspired by a thread on the Voie Libre forum. Grab your scalpels!

SUPPLIES

CHASING the Ponferrada to Villablino • Jean-Louis and Annette Rochaix chased a train on the Ponferrada- Villablino line, in the Spanish province of Leon in 1990, just before the line closed.

ARCHIVES

The model railway festival • Second edition of our major show. And once again, there will be plenty of narrow gauge layouts in the Grand Palais hall in Lille.

For a recreational evening, cook a pizza! • It was the release of the new models in H0-9 by the young Italian firm Jelly Models that prompted the idea for this small railway modelling recreation: how about a pizza?

SUPPLIES

THE MINIATURE REGULATOR

Computer-assisted drawing for buildings • Always seeking simple methods for his layout, Éric Fresné tackles the construction of the station and depot buildings. He opted for cardboard and paper, and has started playing with computer-assisted drawing and cutting.

DRAWING WITH ILLUSTRATOR

Pimbelle Carhye Journey to the centre of the Earth • H0-6.5, better known under the German denomination H0f, consists in the closest equivalent to 60cm gauge track in 1/87 scale. The Märklin Feldbahn system has been available to enthusiasts for a few years now. Voie Libre takes a look at three very different approaches to this scale/gauge.

The layout at a glance

Autonomous engines on 6.5mm gauge • James Mackeown was fed up with the erratic running of his small Feldbahn train. In his view, it ran properly, but no more. So he decided to innovate!

Kim’s atomic mill • Thomas has dug up an little gem of dark humour for our enjoyment. A gem in H0-6.5 created by Chio Maisriml.

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