Voie Libre international No.111

CURE FOR GLOOM Y ou look pretty despondent! - Off colour, as my Grandma used to say! True, its autumn time, nasty headlines keep cropping up, nothing much to look forward to… - All the same, I think I have something nice for you. Issue 111 of Voie Libre has just been released. Here is something to be enjoyed, to get your mind off the news, to hâve plenty of fun. Railway modelling as a derivative, as medicine, as an antidote - cross out whatever you disagree with, or don't if you'd ratherthat's our motto within the editorial team. This quarter, take advantage of the end-ofseason shows to widen your horizons and let in the sunshine. We look forward to meeting you soon. Follow us on Keep in touch all the year round with on blog.voielibre.com…

TILLIG THE HARZ DR 2-10-2 T 99 237 IN PERIOD III H0-12 A new version of these splendid locomotives from the metre gauge network in the Harz mountains has been released. This locomotive, built by LKM in 1955, was first delivered to the Eisfeld-Schönbrunn railway, then transferred on 5th November 1973 to the Harz depot at Wernigerode, where it has remained ever since. Weighing in at 48 tons empty, 61 tons in working order, and delivering 515 kW/700hp, its maximum speed is 40 kp/h, The model, identical to the versions previously released, runs very smoothly and realistically. It is fitted with a NEM Next 18 662 socket for digitizing and/or fitting sound. The markings confirm its assigned shed (overhaul 1963, Meiningen works). Three directional white LED lights at each end. Fitted ex-works with…

PECO KATO NEW LIVERY FOR THE LITTLE ENGLAND 0-4-0 ENGINES The small tender 0-4-0 locomotives, Prince et Princess, have been announced in green livery with black lining and grey chassis. These new models should be available at the end of the year. François Fontana H0-9/009 TECHNIQUE LEOPOLD HALLING: A NEW DRIVING CHASSIS This is not really a new chassis, but a modernization of the Vario type, which is part and parcel of the brand's strong reputation. It is now fitted with a tiny coreless motor. Running more smoothly than the previous version, more compact, without the flywheels, this motor fits into many of the brand's models. The wheelbase can be set at 23, 26 or 30.4mm for gauges ranging from 16.5 to 9mm. The chassis is fitted with 9mm diameter blackened wheels, ail of which…

MINITRAINS TWO NEW WAGONS Two new wagons, fitted to the brand's standard chassis, have been released: a peat wagon and a open staff wagon with facing seats, for carrying workers on a site or convertible into a toast-rack wagon by addding a roof. The peat wagons are sold in sets of four, the staff wagons in sets of two. The axles are blackened, and the models sharply engraved and neatly cast. The chassis are injected in matt black plastic, the bodies in dark brown. François Fontana H0-9 MINITRAINS PEAT WAGONS. REF. 5187, PRICE: 39.90€ STAFF WAGONS. REF. 5186, PRICE: 26.90€ PREISER PREISER'S NEW RELEASES ARE AS PLEASING AS EVER! This new series features photographers on the lookout, but what are they after: a puffin colony or a train hauled by a preserved steam locomotive? As for the archeologists,…

Well known for his 3D printed scale models of vintage lorries, Axel Vega has just broken away from the Shapeways printing platform for their marketing by creating his own online shops. Henceforth, his lorries are no longer supplied as rough prints, but as kits comprising printed parts with instructions, pre-cut glazing, wire for the axles and even driving mirrors and windscreen wipers for some models. The range of French vehicles in H0 has been expanded with models calling upon laser-cut card for the bodies. Finally, in parallel to his French models, Axel has launched a range of laser-cut vehicles and buildings inspired by the U.S.A. in the 1940s and 1950s. Éric Fresné GATHERINGS Come and see us at: - Railexpo in Dreux on 25th26th and 27th November. - The «Fête du Train au Pays des…

BOOK NOW WITH THE LR PRESSE SHOP! THE MODEL AT A GLANCE Prototype: Billard T 50 Scale: 0 (1/43.5) Gauge: 16.5mm Motor: coreless Driving mechanism: worm gear, straight gears on both axles Price: 180 euros For some time now, a number of modellers had been asking for a narrow gauge model in 0 scale, if possible a locomotive and preferably a typically French one. So we opted for the Billard T 50 tractor. A machine for which we have a real soft spot: four of them were built at Tours for the sugar industry, the last in the series have been preserved, and its diagram published in Issue n° 52 of Voie Libre. So here it is! In this article, we review the very first scale unit produced. The T 50 will be available for Railexpo, but you…