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...

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MODEL KIT SHOP A DECAUVILLE PROGRÈS 0-6-0 T

SMOKY BOTTOM LUMBER CO A MINE LOCOMOTIVE

MODEL KIT SHOP UN BILLARD T 75D

SMOKY BOTTOM LUMBER CO A FREESTYLE LOCOTRACTOR

ATELIER DEBELEM A GANTRY CRANE

BD CONCEPT A NEW DRIVING CHASSIS

RÉGIONS & COMPAGNIES SCREW COUPLINGS

SCENERY ATELIER DU TACOT AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

FIGURES PREISER POTATO SALE

CONTROL GAUGEMASTER DIGITAL OR ANALOGUE, THE CHOICE IS YOURS

MARKINGS ATELIER DU TACOT MARKINGS FOR YOUR PERSHING WAGONS

PETITE HISTOIRE DU CHEMIN DE FER À CRÉMAILLÈRE QUI ALLAIT D'AIX-LES-BAINS AU MONT REVARD • (“A SHORT HISTORY OF THE RACK RAILWAY THAT RAN FROM AIX-LES-BAINS TO MONT REVARD”)

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GATHERINGS • Do not miss the autumn exhibitions, and meet us at:

PRESS REVIEW

AN INNOVATIVE HAND-HELD CONTROLLER • Almost universal, half-way between a hand-held controller and a smartphone, the Mobile Control Pro released by the German manufacturer ESU is something of a game-changer when it comes to operating our trains.

Chapareillan A mates’ tramway • When the determination to resurrect the past and to talk about local history meets the modelling world and a group of mates, the result is impressive. Let's take a trip back in time to Chapareillan in the 1930s.

Warriors at rest • In Issues 95 and 115 of Voie Libre, we explained how 60cm field railways survived for a few years under the aegis of the Ministry of Liberated Regions (MRL in the French acronym). The story of this stock did not, however, end on December 23rd,1924. It enjoyed a further, very long, chapter…

Noah's Ark • Small surface, maximum height 50cm, basic trackplan: an oval made up of sectional track from a starter set. Let's board the Ark!

AN ALL-PLASTIC WAGON for the garden • Wishing to test a simple large scale kit, Vincent opted for the granite wagon built by Bagnall for the Glyn Valley Tramway, produced by Peter Binnie. A small open wagon designed for garden railways running on 32mm gauge track.

In your workshop SANTA halt • Vincent Lepais’ drawings published in Voie Libre are obviously useful, this is demonstrated by a “3D rule”, or rather through additive manufacturing, thanks to Philippe Latry's work around Faubourg d'Orléans halt.

Subtray halt, level crossing n° 67 on the Blanc-Argent • Issue n°116 of Voie Libre took a close look at Faubourg d'Orléans halt on the stretch of the BA located in the Sologne region. We now move onto the southern stretch of the line, in Berry, to study Subtray halt.

WALLS take the floor • Displaying shop signs, frescoes or painted adverts, walls express themselves and are seldom uniformly grey. How can we model such features? Voie Libre shows you how to create stencils.

C-50 LOCOTRACTOR IN H09/009 • I love this small machine, a simple assembly of basic parallelograms. The availability of the Tramfabriek mini-driving chassis enabled me to make this old dream come true, a dream I built out of plastic sheet.

THE PORT DIZAN loading chute • This is the final chapter in the Mini Port Dizan adventure, dealing with the construction of the loading chute and its deck, of the barge and of the haulage tractor. Raymond brings the Mini Port Dizan story to an end with some essential scenic items, those relating to transshipment of the ore from the railway to the waterway.

Laser-cut sheet metal • Philippe Dussart-Desart restores real vintage tramways and also...