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Edited by Bob Barlow & Gerry Beale

MRJ Issue 37
  • Welsh Slate

    Pete Wilson

    p.379

    4mm/NG

    Pete Wilson's 4mm narrow gauge model, inspired by the gigantic Dinorwic slate workings in North Wales, is no twee rabbit warren. His sensitive work brings rare authenticity to a modelling form which is often difficult to make convincing.

    Tags: layouts, narrow gauge

  • Inkerman Street - The Track

    Barry Norman, Tony Wilson

    p.390

    7mm/7mm FS

    Tony Wilson built the massive scissors cross-over and reveals MRJ's formula for getting people to build things without knowing they've agreed to it. Barry Norman tells how he connected this monster to the rest of Inkerman St, trackwork

    Tags: layouts, track / trackwork / PW / Permanent Way

  • Resin-Cast Track Parts for 7mm

    Ian Pusey

    p.394

    7mm

    Ian Pusey is a long standing devotee of 'S' scale. Knowing that he had experience of resin-cast track components , we asked him to review a new permanent way system for 7mm.

    Tags: track / trackwork / PW / Permanent Way

  • MRJ Portfolio

    p.398

    4mm/P4

    The chassis of Tony Miles' GNR(I) 4-4-0- 'Q' class showing the working inside valve gear.

    Tags: MRJ Portfolio, scratchbuilding, steam locomotives

  • The Gas Works.

    Geoff Williams

    p.399

    Geoff outlines the basic ingredients of a realistic gas works and explains how 'representative selection' provided the model Aylesbury with a suitably impressive example of an essential period.

    Tags: buildings, layouts

  • Real Atmosphere

    p.403

    WC&P Railway's 'Clevedon' at Clevedon Gas Co's yard

    Tags: Real Atmosphere

  • GWR Wagon Variety

    Martin Goodall

    p.404

    4mm

    Martin Goodall builds and improves a sample selection of 4mm kits for GWR covered goods vans.

    Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, kits, vans, wagons

  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.406

    Studio Scale Models; 21mm gauge, 3'-11/2" 3 hole wagon wheels. Branchlines; crosshead for Peco's 7mm NG Hunslet and 4mm kit for MR/LMS 45ft. clerestory coach. MJT;new bearing block for hornblock system. Bill Bedford; new catalogue. SW Banks; ready-made 4mm coaches. Wickes; 'acrylic cutter' makes a good scrawker. EJ Arthur; basic 4mm wagon kit for NER, diag. S1 ironstone wagon. Chowbent Castings; various components and etched sides for L&Y coaches. Impetus Models; resin cast body for 4mm Sentinel loco.

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • No.1 Shop: Finishing Cast Wheels

    Paul Berntsen

    p.407

    Paul describes his method of finishing cast wheels using simple lathe techniques.

    Tags: lathes, No. 1 Shop, techniques, wheels

  • From the Modeller's Armchair

    Joe Brook-Smith

    p.410

    How do you scale colour? And if you manage it, does looking at it under the wrong type of light make all the effort useless?

    Tags: lighting, paints / painting