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Mul timedia RAILWAY STREAMING

PRESS REVIEW

RAMMA/LRPRESSE CHALLENGE: “STAY AT HOME!”

LOOKING BACK

The Alphonse Company A factory for drilling out needles’ eyes • To take part in the Croisées de l’Étroit challenge, Sylvain Costes imagined a micro-layout in H0-9. Let’s take a closer look at this talent-packed project!

Peco turnouts adapted to slow motors

A realistic coupling on the MinitrainS diesel locomotives

Let’s talk CFD ! • The release of the Billard A 80D railcar and goods wagons produced by REE prompted us to take a closer look at the CFD, to help our readers create fine showcases for these eagerly expected vehicles!

BILLARD A 80D RAILCAR BY REE IN 1/87 • This model is the outcome of lengthy and meticulous work, a slow succession of stages, blending technical and creative phases. We have before our eyes a small Billard A 80D railcar in 1/87 scale, designed to run on 9 and 12mm gauge tracks.

FLAT, OPEN, BOX VAN The Holy Trinity of secondary railways • Why is it that goods wagons on secondary railways are so uniform and lacking in variety? Voie Libre tries to explain.

NO TANK WAGONS ON SECONDARY RAILWAYS ?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE REE CFD WAGONS IN 1/87 SCALE • They had been announced long ago, the epidemic delayed them but here they are at last. Already available in many versions, the trio of REE CFD wagons in 1/87 scale has everything going for it!

A STATION for your Billard • The imminent release by REE of the Billard railcar and CFD wagons is enough to prompt an urge for an H0m layout. An opportunity for Voie Libre to suggest building an Architecture & Passion kit of a CFD station, and in a second article, to help you install it in a realistic manner.

GESSO IN AN AEROSOL!

To find out more

A CFD station PROPERLY LOCATED! • Once your CFD station building is complete, it will still need to be located in a realistic environment. Voie Libre has delved into the archives and found original drawings and longitudinal sections of CFD station tracks, easy to model.

WAGONS for Sainte-Agnès • Remember: Sainte-Agnès, a touch of nostalgia. Gilbert Gribi’s fine layout in 0-14, reviewed in VL 96. Gilbert describes how he built some goods wagons.

GILBERT'S ARTICLES DEALING WITH 0-14 ROLLING STOCK

Personalized sleepers for your layout • Building your own track is always a pleasant exercise but doesn’t often go beyond modelling wood sleepers. New technologies, and in particular 3D printing, now allow us to model steel sleepers.

THE RIGHT RAIL FOR THE RIGHT TRACK

AN ATLAS TRAMWAY becomes a narrow gauge railcar • Some time ago, Atlas released a collection of tramways in 1/87 scale. Amongst these, the D type narrow-bodied motor unit from the Dijon network, in its original red and cream livery, inspired me to undertake a conversion job to obtain a narrow gauge railcar.

The mine of dreams • This is an old micro-layout that Enrico Boniforti describes today. A micro-layout he built after visiting an exceptional industrial site. Pull on your hiking boots!

The A1 railcar of the CFD DE LA CÔTE-D’OR IN H0-12 • A signature vehicle of the Chemins de fer départementaux de la Côte-d’Or (CDCO) network, the A1 railcar known as “Saurer” simply had to be present on Philippe Muzeau’s H0-12 layout. As this model was never produced, he decided to scratrchbuild it, and tells us how he proceeded!

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