JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2023 - 114

Voie Libre international

The magazine for the narrow gauge railways enthusiast.

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Editorial #114
Might railway modelling simply be seizing the opportunity, the image or that small inspiration that happens to pass by just then? An idea so fleeting that it does not catch your attention, but would really deserve to. A photograph worthy of a second
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Publisher: Christian Fournereau – christianf@lrpresse.com / Editor: François Fontana – francoisf@lrpresse.com / Consultants to the Editorial Team: Éric Fresné (ericf@lrpresse.com), Jean-Paul Quatresous / WITH ASSISTANCE FROM: Yann Baude (yannb@lrpres
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What's New MINITRAINS: THE 0-4-0 ENGINES ARE BACK
MinitrainS has re-issued two references that had vanished from the catalogue too long ago. The small Krauss 0-4-0 T is available in black version or in Stainz version. And the American 0-4-0 with a cow catcher and 4-wheeler tender in plain black or i
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Halling Modelle: A Carriage For The Rack Railway
H0N3Z The small and short 4-wheeler carriages from the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn rack railway in 1/87 scale for 10.5mm gauge have been added to the range produced by this Austrian artisan brand. In red livery, they reproduce the contemporary prototypes, wi
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L'atelier Du Tacot: Prosper's Gun Barrel
To complement his set of four 4-wheeler Pechot bogies, Pascal Boivin, of L'Atelier du Tacot, has just released the reproduction of a 320mm calibre naval gun barrel. The prototype weighed 48 tons. Carrying this gun barrel was tested on Pechot stock by
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Peco: Metal Tyres For Your Wagons
As its new wagon references in N and in 00-9 released a few months ago are now fitted with nickel silver-tyred wheels, Peco has decided to sell these items separately. Three types are available: with disc wheels, with 8-spoked wheels or disc wheels w
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What's New TOMYTEC: A NEW SET
Still applying its usual simple rules, Tomytec has released a new set containing an electric locomotive and two side-tipping skips. This time, we are off to the Northern branch of the imaginary Nekoya Line, on the Akasaka Mine Railway. As is customar
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ARCHITECTURE & PASSION: A FIRST CLASS STATION BUILDING FOR CORRÈZE
Architecture & Passion has enlarged its range dedicated to the Tramways de la Corrèze by releasing a large station building with semi-detached goods shed: the first class building at Lapleau. The edges of the goods platform are supplied in the kit. A
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Bois Modélisme: From The Doubs, a Fine Station Building
Maxime Boiteux has released a fine station building, complete with toilet block and goods shed. The kit consists of lasercut MDF, card and Rhodoïd parts, and must be assembled and painted. The high goods platform is supplied. This building was locate
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Scenery Mbr: Good-looking And Affordable Meadows!
Already well-known for its realistic trees and shrubs, MBR Model has enlarged its range with a series of flocked mats designed for layouts or dioramas. The product consists of a very thin layer of glue onto which fibres and flocks of varying shades h
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Book
(RAILWAY SECRETS OF AUVERGNE AND A BIT BEYOND) Texts and drawings: Véronique Béné. Published by Éditions de la Flandonnière I fell for this book, I was thrilled, I want more! This fine album – in Italian format to make the most of the drawings – is v
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Gatherings
Do not miss the Laval model railway show, in Mayenne. Organized by the Association des Modélistes Ferroviaires de la Mayenne on 30th September and 1st October 2023. An opportunity to view layouts and meet a good part of the Voie Libre editorial team,
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Press Review
Just the once, the Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review has crossed the Channel and reviewed a Continental creation, Le Bassin, a Belgian industrial layout. All the features of heavy industry are present: a maze of tracks embedded in
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A SMALL VERTICALBOILERED ENGINE in H0-9
Marcel Jolly Modélisme kit TU-Koppel A 0-4-0 chassis, from Micro-Modèle Price of the kit: €15 Price of the chassis: €55 The kit consists of a 3D printed black resin superstructure 3D and of a whitemetal chassis acting as ballast. Both aprts fit onto
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New From Zimo…
Manufacturer: Zimo Model: MN180N18 Price: 42 euros Having been around for 20 years, digital solutions for railway modelling are now fully mature. Most of the industrial types available on the market feature a socket for fitting a decoder or, at a fai
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Trenes De Papel
Actually, it all boils down to the walls in my girlfriend Christelle's house: they are not straight. So having bought three Ikea shelves, she soon found herself in trouble: they simply would not hang properly. At my place, the walls are more regular,
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CFD WAGONS On An LGB Base
I opted to modify an open wagon, a flat one and three box vans, all 4-wheelers, from an LGB set. During a visit to the Voies Ferrées du Velay heritage railway, I took pictures of two preserved goods wagons, a box van with its markings on the body end
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Arduino: THE BASICS
A GOOD START Arduino is a combination of hardware and open source software originally designed for «prototyping interactive projects» developed by students. Since then, it has become one of the main tools for developing abilities in electronics and p
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The Tramways Economiques du Centre… Fabulous!
Scale: 1/87 Gauge: 9mm Dimensions: 60 x 90cm The layout is truly simple: a tram line coming from somewhere (the fiddleyard), curves up a gradient to its terminus in the upper town. The line features a tiny depot and a private siding. The original pro
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At Valençay, The Champ De Foire Halt
*Translator's note: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French statesman and diplomat, bought the château at Valencay in 1803. He was at the time Napoleon's Minister of Foreign Affairs. The name Valençay brings to mind Talleyrand*, th
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A SMALL HO-9 TOASTRACK CARRIAGE Or How To Put Leftover To Good Use
SMALL BUT STRONG! A toastrack carriage would fit the bill perfectly. I had the body and seats of a Jouef Decauville toastrack carriage, whose chassis had been used to build a goods wagon (see Voie Libre n° 91). My model is inspired by a toastrack veh
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Modelling Clay FOR MODELLING SOILS
Modelling clay is very easy to emboss. This consists in pressing a negative shape into the fresh clay, to create a raised pattern. This method is well suited to making repetitive scenic items such as paving stones. Apart from roads, modelling clay is
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My Well-worn DEUTZ
Iused the MinitrainS reference 2092 as a base. I made some minor modifications to the cab and applied some light weathering, to give it an appearance more in line with what we would expect from an industrial engine with a long career behind it. The e
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An Excursion To The Waterfall
In issue 110 of Voie Litbre, Eric Fresné reviewed the MDF layout caissons produced by Bois Modélisme. And he ended his article by a somewhat enigmatic sentence: «All that remains now is to imagine a small layout fitting into this frame». Well, it so
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A turntable FOR THE WATERFALL
We enjoy doing this type of work together; cogitating around the basic project: thinking about the principle, the mechanism and the electrical supply. Then, once the preliminary drawings are ready, things get modified, all the potential sources of tr
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The Baurion Quarry, Or Perpetual Movement
VIDEO But who, exactly, is this Mr. Baurion? A chap who runs a small farm on the coast, north of Les Sables d'Olonne. On blustery days, the sea breeze carries the sound of the blower landing buoy, located one nautical mile from the local harbour, all
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OPERATING The Cap Ferret Tramway.
Cap Ferret is a peninsula at the end of a barrier beach which separates the Atlantic Ocean from Arcachon Bay. This natural site has always attracted visitors and residents, and dwellings began to be built there from the early XXth century, despite th

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