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Hornby Magazine June 2023

Welcome to the latest issue of Hornby Magazine - HM192, June 2023. Highlights of this issue include our first review of Accurascale's stunning new 'OO' gauge Class 37, detailed step by step modelling guides, three stunning layouts and more. Read the full magazine in PDF format here and check out our latest video content in the Video Features section.

WIN! A Hornby Dublo Gresley ‘A4’ 4-6-2 worth £320.99.

Hornby Magazine is offering the chance to win one of Hornby’s new ‘OO’ gauge Hornby Dublo Gresley ‘A4’ 4-6-2s, worth £320.99. The closing date for entries is 5pm GMT on June 25 2023.

Hattons' 'plough plans

Hattons has confirmed plans to produce a new batch of its popular ‘OO’ gauge Hattons Originals Beilhack snowploughs.

'Holy War' added to 'OO9' line-up

Bachmann has added an extra Quarry Hunslet locomotive to its ‘OO9’ scale line-up with a model of Bala Lake Railway resident, Holy War .

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REALITY CHECK: Western Region Blue Pullmans

Remembered by many as the high point of the 1950s modernisation of British Railways, the Blue Pullman trains set new standards of comfort and design, yet had a short and unhappy life, with much of it spent by necessity on the Western Region. EVAN GREEN-HUGHES explains all.

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Revamped ‘N’ gauge Pullman for the Western

The ever-popular Blue Pullman was revised in 2019 to model the Western Region six-car sets. MIKE WILD inspects this new ‘N’ gauge Graham Farish product.

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Hattons Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST for OO gauge

 Hattons took delivery of its first batch of Andrew Barclay 0-4-0STs in April 2018 and now a new batch is in development. MIKE WILD inspects a trio from the first release.

Ellis Clark launches 'OO' gauge 'Quad-Arts'

Ellis Clark Trains has revealed plans for a set of all-new ‘OO’ gauge Gresley Quad-Art carriages.

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HM165 West Country Railways Review Premium

Peter Gray's West Country Railway

New from Crecy Publishing is this splendid volume featuring the outstanding colour photographic collection amassed by the late Peter Gray, which is now in the care of the Great Western Trust at Didcot.

HM164 Bachmann Class 20 Review Premium

TYPE 1 REVISION

The Class 20 has been a long-standing part of the Bachmann ‘OO’ gauge range, but only now has the missing piece of the ‘Chopper’ jigsaw been completed – the Class 20/3. MIKE WILD takes a detailed look at this revised Class 20 which models the rebuilds completed fo r DRS in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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GBRf livery for Hornby Class 50s

The Class 50s have always been popular, but the repainting of 50007 and 50049 into GB Railfreight blue and orange in 2019 has catapulted the class to a new level of enthusiast attention.

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ARC livery for Accurascale tipplers

The highly anticipated ARC liveried version of the all-new Accurascale PTA/JTA/JUA family of bogie tippler wagons has now arrived, completing the first batch of releases.

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HORNBY SIX-WHEEL COACH DEBUTS

is jumping into 2021 with immediate delivery of its new collection of four and six-wheel carriages for ‘OO’ gauge, with a first sample arriving in the Hornby Magazine office just in time to make it into the review pages.

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Legacy detector

DCC Concepts has launched the first in a series of new products under the Legacy Models banner. This intelligent little device is a detector which is simple to install on layouts.

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Natural Scenics pre-cut cork

Natural Scenics has introduced a new collection of pre-cut cork track underlay sections to suit Hornby and Peco set-track systems.

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Busch pandemic action sets

German manufacturer Busch has adopted a slightly tongue-incheek approach for a selection of topical ‘HO’ scale shopper action sets.

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