Model Railway Journal Index

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Edited by Tim Shackleton

• Where the streets have no name

  Barry Norman

  p.242

  4mm

  Barry Norman creates his own cardbard city from Howard Scenics' 4mm kits.

  Tags: buildings, houses

• Scratchbuilding a Metro-Vick Co-Bo

  Karl Crowther

  p.250

  4mm/EM

  Karl Crowther creates an inspirational EM gauge odel of one of the earliest BR diesel classes.

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, diesel locomotives, scratchbuilding

• Southern / LT Conductor Rail Supports

  Tony Sissons

  p.255

  4mm/P4

  With installation of his P4 layout Charlotte Road in mind, Tony Sissons finds ways of speeding up assembly of these essential components for third- (and fourth-) rail electrification.

  Tags: electrification, LT / London Transport, track / trackwork / PW / Permanent Way

• Real Atmosphere

  p.260

  Hounslow goods yard in the 1930s

  Tags: goods yards, private owner, Real Atmosphere, wagons

• MRJ Portfolio

  p.262

  4mm

  GER class 209 0-4-0T built from a 4mm High Level kit by Tom Mallard and painted by Chris Wesson.

  Tags: GER / Great Eastern Railway, MRJ Portfolio, steam locomotives

• J72 sets new standards in 7mm RTR

  p.263

  7mm/0

  MRJ reviews the latest offering in the growing off-the-shelf for O gauge.

  DJH J72

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway, RTR / ready-to-run, steam locomotives

• [Photo: 7mm 'Britannia' in 7mm]

  p.264

  7mm

  Ian Matthews of Blenheim, New Zealand built this lovely model of a work-stained 'Britannia' as a first essay in 7mm modelling.

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, locomotives, steam locomotives

• The Master Chassis

  Geoff Haynes

  p.265

  4mm/00, 4mm/EM, 4mm/P4, 7mm/0, 7mm/S7

  Geoff Haynes read-tests a remarkable piece of kit - a multi-purpose assembly jig that, he feels, deserves to find a home in every loco-builder's workshop.

  Tags: chassis, product reviews, tools

• Engines for Ruyton Road

  John Spencer

  p.267

  4mm/EM

  John Spencer talks us through some additions to the locomotive stock on his classic EM cameo, loosely based on the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire and featured in MRJ 75.

  Tags: diesel locomotives, industrial, S&MLR / SMLR / Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, steam locomotives

• Small Suppliers Plus

  p.271

  4mm, 7mm

  Formil Model Engineering etched Gill Sans letters and numbers.

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, detailing, etched brass, lining / lettering, product reviews

• Maindee East Engine Shed

  Steffan Lewis

  p.273

  4mm/P4

  Shedmaster Steffan Lewis takes readers on a tour of his atmospheric P4 layout.

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, diesel locomotives, engine sheds / motive power depots / MPDs, layouts, steam locomotives