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Edited by Bob Barlow & Gerry Beale
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Llanastr
p.126
4mm/P4
Rodney Hall's layout found its origins several years ago, when, exiled from his native Wales, he found himself in a flat far too small to accommodate the layout which he had been building based on the Brecon and Merthyr Railway station at Rhymney. In order to 'keep his hand in' and to have somewhere to run his stock, he decided to build a particularly compact layout that could be erected and dismantled in a short space of time. Here Rodney describes both the 'why' and the 'wherefore' and some of the techniques employed in the construction of his minimum space layout.
Minimum space layout
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An Etched Brass G.W.R. Siphon Kit
p.135
4mm/P4
The six-wheeled milk vans with slatted sides and heavy outside framing were a distinctive and long-lived component of the Great Western scene. Until recently, apart from a rather unsatisfactory plastic kit, the modeller's only option when wishing to re-create these intersting vehicles was to resort to scratch-building, always a tricky business. D&S Models have recognized the potential of etched brass for modelling of this sort and the result is the kit discussed here by Adrian Gray.
The model represents a low-roofed, 6-wheeled vehicle constructed according to Diagram 04. The article includes scale drawings and a prototype photo.
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MRJ Portfolio
p.138
7mm
7mm Midland Railway Kirtley '700' class 0-6-0 by Bob Essery and a view of the terminus on Ken Longbottom's 7mm layout 'Diggle & Halebarns'.
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No. 1 Shop: Concluding our project 0-4-4T - Prototype information
p.140
4mm
No. 1 Shop's second engine - part kit, part scratch-build - rolls off the line and we look back on a fascinating and much dicussed exercise.
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No. 1 Shop: Matters Arising
p.140
Comments and discussion relating to the thinking behind the No. 1 Shop series of projects.
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No. 1 Shop: Building the Chassis
p.141
4mm/P4
Scratchbuilding a chassis for the Wills SECR 'H' class 0-4-4T.
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No. 1 Shop: A body for the 'H'
p.146
4mm
The man who drew the short straw in the 'H' class project was Tony Wilson, to whom fell the task of constructing the Wills body kit. As will be apparent, the kit gave few problems. There was, however, room for improvement in one important area.
Assembling the Wills kit
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No. 1 Shop: Beams, springs and the 0-4-4T: The missing link?
p.148
2mm/2mm FS
If a problem is tough in 4mm scale - building an 0-4-4 chassis, for instance - it doesn't get any easier as the scale goes down. As debate over beams and springs continues, Tim Watson, of the Model Railway Club's 2mm group, explains how he built an 0-4-4 using both.
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No. 1 Shop: More Portescap Conversions
p.150
4mm
Comments on converting Portescap gearboxes.
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No. 1 Shop Review: White Metal Casting: the table-top breakthrough
p.151
Review of the Centricast Mould-Maker and Centrifugal Caster, from Alec Tiranti Ltd.
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Spillers Iron Covered Wagons
p.152
Some prototype notes on private-owner covered vans owned by Spillers flour mills, Cardiff.
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Small Suppliers Forum
p.153
Train Tronics - working 4mm turntable. Brassmasters - 2mm etched LNWR G1/G2 'Super D' 0-8-0T locomotive kit. Cunningham Woodcrafts - American-style milled stripwood sections. Meridian Models - Ruston & Hornsby etched 4mm narrow-gauge diesel locomotive kit. Garth Allan - 4mm narrow boat kits. John Boyle - 4mm figures. Chris Leigh - detailing components. Adrian Gray - etched 4mm slate wagon kit.
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Bricklaying in 4mm scale
p.157
4mm
The first individual bricking system for 4mm scale caused a minor sensation when it was issued two years ago under the Formcraft label. Since then the system has been enlarged and refined, but the Formcraft name has gone, manufacture is in the hands of K. and L. Newman - Len Newman being one of the originating engineers - and marketing is the sole province of Alan Gibson, from whom the product now takes its name. Shirley Rowe has been experimenting since the earliest days, and her review of the Gibson Bricklaying System is, coincidentally, a potted history of its public development.
Modular system for modelling brick walls for buildings.