No space for a 009 layout at home? Richard Bratby's solution - move up a scale and take the layout outside. A small, paved, city yard might not be the obvious location, but he's built a line with a sense that trains travel from place to place rather than just run in circles. 

We've plenty of tipping going on this month with a working tipper wagon build, and an operating stone unloading facility. Our live steam Peckett build continues with the loco running on air, at least after the Editor learns a few things about lubrication. 

All this, plus a bumper Product News with all the latest releases for large-scale modellers.