Model Railway Journal Index

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Edited by Gerry Beale

• Small Suppliers Forum

  p.162

  Wizard Models range of parts enabling servo operation of signals and points; HMRS 7mm Harrison and Camm of Rotherham 7-plank open resin wagon body and build plates; Tom Mallard 4mm scale pre-grouping crew members (6 figures); Mike Sampson 4mm scale Manning Wardle building aid etches; Cambrian Models 4mm kits for BR Sturgeon ballast/sleeper wagon (with or without side doors);

  Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

• The Schull and Skibbereen Railway in 6mm Scale

  Bird Roger

  p.163

  6mm

  Roger Bird introduces his model of this Irish byway

  Roger's model of the 3ft gauge Schull and Skibbereen Railway in West Cork is truly unique. Not only does his work represent a very rarely modelled prototype but it has been done to the unusual scale of 6mm to 1ft.

  Tags: Irish railways, layouts, narrow gauge, scratchbuilding

• Tie Bars for King's Cross

  Bob How

  p.169

  4mm/S4

  Bob How describes how he arranges turnout operation on his large S4 model of King's Cross

  Tags: track / trackwork / PW / Permanent Way, turnouts / points / pointwork / crossings

• RTR GWR Hawksworth Stock

  Gerry Beale

  p.172

  4mm

  Gerry Beale looks at the acclaimed Hornby Hawksworth coaches and upgrades a composite using Masokits etched parts.

  Tags: coaches, GWR / Great Western Railway, RTR / kit conversions

• RTR GWR Horsebox

  Gerry Beale

  p.175

  4mm/EM

  Gerry Beale converts the new Hornby GWR horsebox to EM gauge

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, horseboxes, RTR / kit conversions

• GWR Cast-Iron Locomotive Numberplates

  Gerry Beale

  p.176

  Gerry Beale provides a history of cast-iron numberplates used on GWR locomotives starting some time after the First World War

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, livery / liveries, locomotives

• MRJ Portfolio

  p.178

  4mm/P4

  Updated kit-built model of ex-LNWR 7F 0-8-0 freight engine

  Built by Morgan Gilbert

  Tags: LNWR / London & North Western Railway, locomotives, RTR / kit conversions

• New Kit for GWR Mink

  Gerry Beale

  p.180

  4mm

  Gerry Beale builds the latest 4mm kit from Parkside Dundas

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, kits, vans

• GWR Heavy Freight 2-8-0

  Philip Hall

  p.181

  4mm/P4

  Notes and illustrations on converting to P4 and upgrading heavy freight 2-8-0s from Hornby and Bachmann.

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, locomotives, RTR / kit conversions

• Sid Stubbs

  p.184

  Sid Stubbs C.Eng, MIMech.E 1919-2012

  Tags: obituaries

• LNWR Timber Trolley

  Peter Squibb

  p.185

  4mm/P4

  Peter Squibb enjoys a challenge and here he relates the tale of a tricky scratchbuild in P4.

  Tags: LNWR / London & North Western Railway, scratchbuilding, wagons

• Bradfield Gloucester Square

  John Elliott

  p.189

  4mm/00

  We may call it operation but running a layout in a 'railway-like manner' is what interests John Elliott. Through his words he has presented a narrative behind his thinking, and introduces us to this topic in an inspired and enthused way. However, that is not all there is to Bradfield Gloucester Square, as it captures the essence of an everyday scene that most of us remember. The scene is set in 1962.

  Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, layouts, operation

• [PHOTOS] 'The Christmas Tree' Signal

  Peter Squibb

  p.200

  4mm

  2 photos of a 4mm model of the 6-armed signal that stood near the signal box at Henley-on-Thames and known locally as the 'Christmas Tree Signal'

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, scratchbuilding, signals / signalling