Model Railway Journal Index

Issue 35 1989      « Previous issue  |  Next issue »

Edited by Bob Barlow & Gerry Beale

• The Charford Branch

  John Charman

  p.298

  4mm

  A nostalgic look at a famous layout.

  Tags: layouts, SR / Southern Railway

• Small Suppliers Forum

  p.304

  Parkside-Dundas; BR 24T steel mineral wagon, plastic kit. Scalelink; address of new shop. RJH Model Railways; BR Class 90 in 7mm. Blacksmith Models; 7mm 'Claud Hamilton' and GWR 'toplight' news van kits. W&H Models; new 'Romford' wheels for EMUs & DMUs. K&L; 7mm track components. EMGS; split axles. Parkwood Models; plastic body only kit for BR 'Vanwide' vehicles. MSE; new address. Carr's; price increases. Modern Motive Power; various whitemetal and etched components, diesel shunters, DMUs & EMUs. Impetus; various modern water-slide transfers. Peripherax; cab control system.

  Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

• Model Railway Operation - Part 6

  Frank Dyer

  p.305

  4mm/00

  Methods of operation

  Tags: operation

• Rough Grass

  Paul Karau

  p.310

  Paul describes a simple scenic technique.

  Tags: agriculture / farming, lineside details, scenery

• No.1 Shop: Tanks on Home-made Wheels

  Paul Berntsen

  p.311

  4mm/P4

  Paul Berntsen builds two P4 tank engines and finds himself scratchbuilding the required wheels- a simpler job than you might think.

  Tags: No. 1 Shop, scratchbuilding, steam locomotives, wheels

• Disguising Romford Wheel Centres

  John Sutton

  p.313

  Description of how to make 'hub caps' for Romford wheel nuts.

  Tags: techniques, wheels

• Wickham LMS

  Chris Matthewman

  p.314

  4mm/EM

  Careful use of 1960s technology and techniques shows Chris to be an original thinker. This layout is different - an Alex Bowie drawing in 3-D, a how-to-do-it watercolour in Eagle comic come to life.

  Tags: layouts, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway

• In Search of the 'Buckjumpers' - Part 1

  Iain Rice

  p.319

  4mm

  Iain has been working on the 'Buckjumper' story for many years and presents the result of his remarkable painstaking search.

  Tags: GER / Great Eastern Railway, steam locomotives

• MRJ Portfolio

  p.326

  Howard Lobb's engine house & winding gear on 'Blackhill Line' layout. Street scene from MRC's 'Copenhagen Fields'

  Tags: MRJ Portfolio

• A Brace of GNR Brakes

  Roger Marsh

  p.327

  3mm/3mm FS

  Two, trophy winning, 3mm finescale brake vans which are fully compensated, expertly detailed and beautifully finished in a scale that many don't associate with finescale.

  Tags: brake vans, GNR / Great Northern Railway

• Plastic Surgery on a J52

  Allan Sibley

  p.330

  4mm/P4

  Allan Sibley produces a P4 prizewinner from an indifferent Hornby model.

  Tags: LNER / London & North Eastern Railway, RTR / kit conversions, steam locomotives