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...

Voie Libre international

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BEMO: FURKA-OBERALP CARRIAGES

SCHMALSPURBEDARF: BOGIE BOX VANS

ROCO: BOGIE LOG WAGONS

PECO : ORE HOPPERS

ARCHITECTURE & PASSION: CFD CROSSING KEEPER'S HOUSE IN H0

ARCHITECTURE & PASSION: VOIES FERRÉES DES LANDES BUILDINGS IN H0

AMMO MIG: FLEXIBLE ABRASIVE STICKS

AK INTERACTIVE: CRAYONS FOR WEATHERING YOUR MODELS

LR MODÉLISME: WORKING TURNOUT LEVERS

CUSTOMS DUTIES AND CUSTOMS EXPENSES…

REE BILLARD A 80 D RAILCAR SMOOTH AS A… BILLARD TABLE • We had been looking forward to it for quite a while, but here it comes at last! And the wait was well worthwhile, as this railcar is a real treat!

HORNBY A CONVENIENT HAND-HELD CONTROLLER • Operating your layout in analogue mode with a smartphone or a tablet is possible and very easy with the small Hornby HM 6000 and HM 6010 modules.

BOIS MODÉLISME: AN ALMOST READY-MADE CAISSON FOR A SMALL LAYOUT • The first stage in building a layout, namely designing and assembling a solid and good-looking caisson, can be off-putting to some modellers. Bois Modélisme offers an accessible solution to those who do not enjoy wielding a fretsaw…

Building Port Dizan

Morteau-Maîche-Trévillers • Modelling in 0 metre gauge nowadays is easy… all you need is to… make everything yourself! Precisely, this is what Jean-Pierre Bout enjoys, so he tells us about his modelling approach, a very comprehensive one as you shall see.

A BORSIG-STYLE 0-6-0 T in H0-6.5 • As usual, Raymond Duton has come up with one of his incredible creations! But above all, he offers us a real railway modelling lesson and a great many trick of the trade. Time to get down to work!

MY INDEPENDENT SCHNEIDER chapter 1 • When celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Schneider 0-4-0 T from La Machine mine, preserved at Pithiviers, Vincent Lepais had drawn a complete diagram of the engine. I love this engine ; so I decided to build it.

THE BLANC-ARGENT 0-6-0 TS, originally from the Angers region… • A very short title considering the multiple lives of these locomotives. Let us first take a look at the origins of this type of engine before reviewing their careers.

Petit Givors Canal A superb Narrow Gauge Train'In Box! • There is plenty to be proud of! Plenty indeed, when discovering in a show a layout you have planned, designed, prototyped and finally handed over to its own life. And when this layout has been built by an artist, the pride is even greater!

Modernizing ELECTRICITY IN THE CARRIAGES! • On my layout, I have a string of vintage Liliput Zillertalbahn carriages. All of them are attractive and highly evocative for me. With the Tramfabriek set, I can install lighting inside them and while at it, include some furnishings.

The Brenets regional railway • Located on the edge of the NeuchÂtel Jura area, right next to the French border, the metre gauge Le Locle – Les Brenets railway is only 4.08km long. Short, but not uninteresting all the same.

Building YOUR OWN TURNOUTS • Gilbert explains his method – as he says: «One among others» – for building his turnouts. Naturally, this technique is applicable to all scales and gauges.

SPRINGTIME FOR SHOWS • After a long period of restrictions, we have at long last been able to get back in touch, to meet again to exchange and share our dreams. Voie Libre takes a non-exhausti ve tour of a few shows. Just so that our readers can enjoy the fine moments this spring had in store for us. Our thanks go to the many contributors who made...