A clandestine distillery

A model railway or an artistic creation? It’s up to you to decide which category Etienne Dubois’ clandestine distillery should be assigned to. One way or the other, admire his work and enjoy the pictures!

Text and illustrations: Étienne Dubois

François Fontana: Hallo Etienne, a clandestine distillery in the basements of Roubaix… Tell us how you conjured up this idea? Étienne Dubois: I had wanted to get back into railway modelling for quite some time, and reading Voie Libre regularly played its part in the process. I did face some constraints: the layout had to be very compact, remain visible while being sheltered from the dust, be affordable – largely scratchbuilt – and above all, small enough to enable me to finish it. I wanted certain features: the atmosphere of industrial cities in Northern France - Roubaix in particular, as I was born there – where factories with their tall smokestacks, dark tenements, wealthy houses, pubs, all blend together… The brickwork and red tiles blackened by coal, the paved streets….…

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Voie Libre International (Digital) - 1 Issue, No. 107

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