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36 Years of Copenhagen Fields
Issue 279 (2020)
p.123
2mm
The northern, Holloway bank section of this iconic 2mm layout first appeared in MRJ 46 in 1991. With the layout now well into its fourth decade and the southern section covering Belle Isle and the Kings Cross goods yard making steady progress, Tim Watson takes us through the layout's past, present and future.
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Big Wheels
Issue 168 (2006)
p.175
2mm/2mm FS
The Stirling 8ft Singles were among the most beautiful engines ever to run - but they are notoriously difficult to model well, let alone in 2mm finescale. In building this exceptional locomotive form scratch, Tim Watson came up with a set of engineering solutions that are every bit as elegant as his prototype.
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Born in the USA - Part 1
Issue 86 (1996)
p.83
2mm/2mm FS
Scratchbuilding a 2mm finescale model of a Great Northern Baldwin class H1 2-6-0 which arrived on these shores in April 1900.
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Born in the USA - Part 2
Issue 87 (1996)
p.147
2mm/2mm FS
Tim Watson concludes his account of the building of his 2mm scale Baldwin, GNR No.1196.
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Copenhagen Fields
Issue 46 (1991)
p.82
2mm/2mm FS
Breaking new ground at every turn, the MRC's 2mm team are now making headway with the cityscape on their famous magnum opus. Tim Watson discusses some of the challenges.
West Coast Main Line in North London.
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Copenhagen Fields - Strip Track.
Issue 33 (1989)
p.248
2mm/2mm FS
The MRC's 2mm team try something unusual and challenging and very tough for the off-stage track sections of Copenhagen Fields. The result was 'mangled strip-track' as described here.
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Copenhagen Fields - the baseboards
Issue 18 (1987)
p.258
2mm
The layout under construction by a group of the Model Railway Club's 2mm scale modellers is one of the most talked about modelling projects for years. Everything about 'Copenhagen Fields' is radical and needs to be - for 'Chiltern Green' is a hard act to follow. Here, Tim Watson, John Birkett-Smith and Mike Randall discuss the layout's remarkable baseboards in the first of several articles which will trace the project's development.
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Elegant antique gear meshing
Compendium 2 (1994)
p.46
Tim Watson, who knows a thing or two about teeth, found an invaluable modelling aid on the second-hand market. Similar tools are still available - at a price - and. as Tim demonstrates, may be worth the investment.
Tool used predominantly in the watch and clock-making business for determining the depth of mesh of gears.
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Filing the Fiddly Bits
Issue 256 (2017)
p.173
Tim Watson describes his techniques for accurately filing and fashioning parts in 2mm scale
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Inversnecky & Drambuie
Issue 89 (1996)
p.226
2mm
The other half of this magnificent, early finescale 2mm layout will appear at the Scale Show, despite the NRM's mindless determination to hang on to the remainder. Tim Watson tells the story.
Roland Bryant's 1940's 2mm layout.