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...

Voie Libre international

CREATING IS A WAY OF ASSERTING OUR FREEDOM

BEMO THE GPX CONSIST

BRAWA THE LARGE HARZ CC ENGINES

TILLIG CARRIER WAGONS

TILLIG 4–WHEELER BOX VAN

ROCO CC 1099 IN DCC SOUND VERSION

ROCO A 2095 IN BLOOD ORANGE AND CREAM LIVERY

GAUGEMASTER WELL–FED FROGS

DECAPOD DIODE-POWERED STOPPING MODULES

MATHIESON ALL-METAL AXLES

LES P'TITS KITS VOIE LIBRE A BARGE

GATHERINGS

PRESS REVIEW

MIDDLE ISLAND Welcome to Lummerland! • At the Schmalspur-Expo show, which takes place every year on a different German narrow gauge railway, Jürgen Petrik discovered the charming “Middle Island” layout, a joint H09 project built by a father and son team, Ralf and Finn.

A BILLARD T50D-2 FOR 9MM GAUGE TRACK • For its 10th model, the P'tits Kits Voie Libre team is releasing a new item of motive power. Typical of French 60cm gauge track, this T50D-2 will be able to provide all types of services on your layout, just like the real thing.

THE BILLARD T50D-2, A LONG STORY

Port de Crozon, terminus at the beach! • Maggie and Gordon Gravett love the Réseau Breton. This was lavishly demonstrated with their “Pempoul” layout, which was exhibited more than 50 times all over Europe. After a British interval, they have returned to their true love with Port de Crozon.

Bambu Lab 3D PRINTING FOR EVERYONE? • With its first product, released in 2022, the Chinese company Bambu Lab aimed from the outset at being innovative and breaking away from what was available up till then in the field of 3D fused filament printing. Voie Libre was keen on testing one of the models targeted at the general public.

ONE DIESEL ENGINE, FOUR VERSIONS THE CFD BB 400 CLASS BY REE • Waiting for them tried our patience to the limit, but here they are at last, And in versions that accurately represent the CFD BB 400 units found on the Corréze, Provence, Corsica or Vivarais networks. And the wait was worthwhile, as these are fine models!

A LIVELY HISTORY

“Let there be light” • Modellers are often keen on fitting carriages and wagons with lighting. LED strips, decoders, energy storage, electrical pick-up… Many aspects must be dealt with. Jérôme Constantin enlightens us.

A freestyle consist • For a change, Vincent has drawn us a complete set of rolling stock that could have existed, but is actually the fruit of his imagination! It all started with a simple exchange of emails. He tells us the story…

High-quality anthracite The coal train • The project we describe here is closely related to the Central Folder, it is the next instalment in the story that led to all that imaginary rolling stock.

A van in Gn15 scale • To complement the layout project, Voie Libre shows you how to build the small colliery's workshop van. A few materials and easily applied techniques, which can be transposed to 0n18 scale by adapting the dimensions.

A BRASS CARRIAGE FOR THE VALENCIENNES TRAM • Alain Honoré reminds us, with a few tricks of the trade, how to build in a simple, but accurate way, an attractive brass model. A kind of trip back in time to traditional techniques leading to the production of a fine tramway carriage.

A WHIMSICAL STRAW WAGON! • It's the end of the season, so Christophe is cutting straw! And he definitely needs a fine wagon to carry his production. The days of slow oxen or horses are over; nowadays, just like wine, straw is carried by rail!

3D PEN: sculpting by adding material • With a 3D pen and a few leftover PLA filaments, volume can be created in space! Such is the...