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Edited by Tim Shackleton

MRJ Issue 174
  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.82

    Hollywood BullAnt, Jim Wright Smith EMU 4mm etches, Bratchell Models 4mm scale EMU kit, EM Gauge Society manual on CD, Snowhill Models Austerity kit in 7mm

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • 'You are approaching the STRONG COUNTRY'

    Ralph Burrows

    p.83

    4mm

    Ralph Burrows' evocation of the Hampshire of his youth is a masterpiece of quiet observation and consummate architectural modelmaking - a delicious cameo of 1960s Britain that is as remarkable for what it leaves out as the details he puts in.

    Wanhurst

    Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, layouts

  • Small Suppliers Plus

    p.96

    Comet Models 4mm Bulleid tavern car kits

  • Round Pegs in Square Holes

    Charlie Harrison

    p.97

    4mm

    Charlie Harrison designs a simple plug-in base for a tubular post signal and improves the bouncing signal mechanism with a memory wire drive.

    Tags: LNER / London & North Eastern Railway, signals / signalling

  • Great Western Opens

    Barry Norman

    p.101

    7mm

    Barry Norman kicks off a mini-series on modelling 7mm scale GW wagons with this trio of Coopercraft diagram O4s.

    Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, wagons

  • Keeping the wheels turning

    Charlie Harrison

    p.107

    7mm

    To facilitate wheel cleaning, Charlie Harrison fits his 7mm scale locos with on-board power points.

    Tags: locomotives, tools

  • Heavy engineering

    Tim Shackleton

    p.109

    4mm

    Tim Shackleton builds a 4mm scale model of an air-braked well wagon used for carrying contractors' excavators and bulldozers.

    Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, wagons

  • Bucks Hill - The Scenic Niceties

    Kevin Wilson

    p.111

    7mm

    Kevin Wilson adds the fine detail to his carpet-underlay grass.

    Tags: layouts, scenery