Continental Modeller

For all enthusiasts who model the huge variety of overseas railway prototypes around the globe. Covers all scales and gauges, plus product news from overseas manufacturers.

Continental Modeller

Manchester MRS celebrates centenary

Exhibition Diary • Dates, events, and information

Port de Crozon On the metre gauge Réseau Breton • Gordon Gravett introduces his new French layout.

Heide station On Line 12, between Antwerp and Roosendaal in The Netherlands • Yannick De Vynck introduces his Belgian HO exhibition layout.

Return to Nazareth On the Bangor & Portland branch • Ian Wilson has developed his extensive American HO home layout, introduced in the October 2024 issue.

Rosenfjord The end of a Norwegian branch line • Alasdair Reid rekindled an old interest in Norway for a permanent home layout.

Portage An Alaskan snow scene • Stuart Robinson describes a layout built by members of the North Downs Model Railway Circle.

Chrüzalp Mostly made with cardboard • Maurizio Tolini tells the story of a layout he saw, bought, altered, and sold.

AI in modelling More useful than anticipated for a very specific project • Tim Mulhall tells how ChatGPT unexpectedly assisted with a particular modelling task.

Modalohr wagons • Jacques Poré shows how he enhanced intermodal vehicles from LS Models by adding working end-of-train lights.

Plastered building More detailed scenic techniques • Michel Altorf-van der Kuil shows how he created a cottage with rendered walls.

Rue des Étoiles A micro layout with much detail and animation • Michael Kohler and Philipp Gerber combined their skills to model a typical village street somewhere in France.

Tetsudo + Sankei Made to be easily portable • Peter McConnell has a created a cosmopolitan layout with a Japanese flavour.

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