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Edited by Barry Norman
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Arun Quay and the Art of Compromise
p.242
7mm
Having inspired those attending many exhibitions with his French-themed Pempoul, Gordon Gravett now returns to his home county of Sussex with the much updated Arun Quay. Those who have followed MRJ's journey from its early days will also remember Ditchling Green, featured in MRJ 50, and we are once again thrilled to be the first to show you his latest beautifully modelled layout
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How to Convert O Gauge RTR Locos to Scale 7
p.252
7mm/S7
With the increasing number of RTR models being produced, many are now being converted to Scale 7. To find how this can be done, we asked Colin Dowling who has taken many apart, reprofiled the wheels and reassembled them again, for eager members of the Scale 7 Group
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Small Suppliers Forum
p.254
South Eastern Finecast releases GWR/WR locomotive kits in 4mm for the 517, 2021 and 16XX classes; Minerva Model Railways releases a conversion kit to modify their Victory 0-6-0 RTR model with the GW square-cornered tanks and other GW fittings; Pendon Museum in collaboration with Modelu releases figures from the Vale Scene in 4mm scale; Romney Models releases a 4mm chassis kit for the BR Grampus, a new under frame for RHC 21T Morton brake coal hoppers, screw couplings, Express Dairy tank plates (in 4mm and 7mm), 4mm scale whitemetal springs and axleboxes for various RCH, LMS and LNER prototypes, and castings and etched details for bolsters for the later type BR Bogie C Bolster wagon produced in 4mm by Bachmann
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The Craft of Carriage Building
p.255
7mm
Continuing from the first part of his article published earlier this year in MRJ 253, Alan Brackenborough describes how he builds the underframes, and completes his 7mm scale Dean clerestory carriages
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Refining Heljan's Class 47
p.260
4mm/P4
After inspiring us with his detailed and thorough conversion of a Class 37 in MRJ 253, James Wells now takes a different approach, and shows that a simple but effective conversion of the Heljan Class 47, can be equally satisfying. There is much to learn from this article and, as James says, it will help you to move towards finer aspects of diesel modelling, and as such is sure to appeal to those who are taking their first steps into improving a RTR diesel, or converting one to P4
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Canada Street and the Inlaid Track
p.265
4mm/EM
Peter Johnson is often asked how he makes the inlaid track on Canada Street, so here is the explanation together with his method of replicating the concrete surface so common on docksides
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Swinton Bridge
p.273
2mm
Andrew Gibson explains the construction of a replica of bridge TJC3/155 located at Swinton. Modelled in 1:150 scale for his 2mm scale layout, his approach is refreshingly current, using a CorelDraw computer drawing package to prepare the parts for his bridge making. We welcome Andrew to the pages of MRJ and look forward to hearing more about Swinton as his project develops
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MRJ Portfolio
p.277
7mm/7mm FS
Photograph of Paul Clarke's new layout Orford
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Beautiful Bow-ender
p.278
4mm/EM
Photograph of a Hornby GWR All Third (Dia. C54) detailed and converted to EM guage by Gerry Beale
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Richard Chown 1941-2017
p.280
David Chown obituary