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Edited by Paul Karau

MRJ Issue 208
  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.162

    MODEL RAILWAY DEVELOPMENTS - 4mm wagon W-irons, suspension plates and wheelbase jigs. HOLLAR MODELS (via PARKSIDE DUNDAS) - 1950s/60s wagon posters. BRASSMASTERS - EM/P4 EasiChas for Hornby LNER A4.

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • Planning Burford's Townscape

    Martin Goodall

    p.163

    4mm/EM

    Following on from his articles in MRJ No.71 and 196, Martin Goodall continues the story of the design and construction (so far) of the Burford Branch - a GWR branch line terminus based loosely on Ashburton.

    Tags: buildings, GWR / Great Western Railway, layout design, layouts

  • Brassmasters - the growth of a cottage industry

    John Jennison

    p.169

    John Jennison delves into the Brassmasters archives and lifts the lid on the personalities and background to one of our longest established kit manufacturers.

    Tags: biography, manufacturers

  • In Defence of a Dying Art

    Geoff Holt

    p.172

    Geoff Holt defends the art of scratchbuilding and talks us through the various techniques and processes required to get started scratchbuilding a locomotive.

    Tags: scratchbuilding, techniques

  • Screw Couplings

    Trevor Pott

    p.177

    4mm

    Step by step guide to making working steam-era style screw couplings in 4mm scale.

    Tags: couplings

  • Iron Ore Hoppers - Part 6

    Geoff Kent

    p.180

    4mm

    With Part Six, Geoff Kent concludes this series.

    Thirteen ton coal hoppers.

    Tags: goods / freight, wagons

  • 7mm Horsebox Upgrade

    Paul Jarman

    p.183

    7mm

    Paul Jarman builds a Parkside diagram N13 GWR Horse Box.

    Tags: horseboxes, kits, product reviews

  • More computer-designed buildings

    Alec Fry

    p.186

    Alec Fry describes a technique for combining computer-aided design with photography to deliver an accurate representation of buildings.

    Tags: buildings, computer-aided design, techniques

  • Caledonian Railway No. 900

    Jim Macintosh

    p.188

    Photographs of Mike Gilgannon's model of Caledonian Railway 'Dunalastair' class No.900.

    Tags: Caledonian Railway, steam locomotives

  • Trees from seamoss

    Maurice Hopper

    p.189

    Tags: scenery, trees

  • Real Atmosphere

    p.192

    T9 on level crossing at Wadebridge in 1959.

    Tags: Real Atmosphere

  • Goods yard operation on an exhibition layout

    John Ditchfield

    p.193

    7mm/0

    Leeton - an O gauge ex-LNWR terminus layout set in Lancashire in 1959.

    Tags: goods yards, layouts, operation