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Edited by Barry Norman
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See Amid the Winter's Snow
p.282
4mm, 7mm
Photograph and brief notes on an English Elm in winter m modelled using fine wire armatures from Model Scenery supplies
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A Tram for Ipswich Docks
p.283
7mm/S7
Barry Norman con tines the story of his Scale 7 Tram Engine introduced in MRJ 257, and discovers that timescale modelling relies very much on understanding and interpreting what we see
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High Wycombe Down Building
p.291
4mm
We have followed Tim Peacock's well researched and beautifully crafted model of High Wycombe as it has developed. He has now built the Down Platform building and is currently working on the long canopy that will extend from it
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A Speedy 2FS Conversion or Converting a Class 37 in Ten Minutes
p.298
2mm/2mm FS
With easy-to-use components the 2mm Scale Association has made the conversion from N Gauge simple. We have shown in past MRJs the Easitrac system for track and turnouts and now Mick Simpson, using association wheel sets, shows us how to convert a Farish Class 37 in just 10 minutes. These days there seems to be little excuse for not having a go at 2mm timescale
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Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers
p.299
With both Stuart Holt and Tim Peacock having attended modelling courses at Missenden Abbey, we have asked Course Leader Christopher Langdon to tell us about what is currently happening at this Buckinghamshire retreat
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Small Suppliers Forum
p.300
Brassmasters 4mm wagon subframes designed to fit under Slaters, Cambrian and Parkside pre-1923 PO wagons, and 3-link coupling chain; Rumney Models 4mm underframe kits for 1927 RCH 14t tank wagons, a loco chassis for the MR/LMS/BR 1P 0-4-4T designed to fit under the Craftsman body, fully sprung bogies for the all-wheel drive Hornby Class 31, 4mm sprung freight bogies for BR and GWR types, and 4mm white metal wagon spring and axle box castings for a variety of axleboxes; Monlk's Gate Models 7mm 'Text Sheets' for tea crates and packing crates in Pre-Grouping Edwardian styles and also for the BR era
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Trains Through the Trees
p.301
4mm/P4
When Stuart Holt started building Culrain he says he 'lacked skill and knowledge to make a layout', and what follows is one man's account of his endeavour to build his first and only layout. With the help of others with more experience, in particular at the Railway Modellers weekend courses at Missenden Abbey, he has built I toad already exhibited the Kyle of Sutherland
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Rusted Steel Wagons
p.311
7mm
Martyn Welch describes the procedures he used to rust and weather two Dapol 7mm RTR steel wagons
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Making the Most of Fiddle Yards
p.317
When we featured Geoff Forster's beautifully nostalgic 'Llangunllo' in MRJ 263, mention was made of his scenic fiddle yard. Here he talks about the idea, which gives his model added presence, and is a clever innovation that many of us could consider
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From the Neil Corner Collection
p.321
Photographs and brief details of a fine GWR County Class built by Neil with persuasion from Tony