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Edited by Bob Barlow

MRJ Issue 57
  • Ex GER Push-and-Pull Set in 4mm

    Graham Rayner

    p.202

    4mm

    Graham Rayner reviews one of the latest additions to the D&S range, the ex-GER Push-and-Pull set.

    Tags: coaches, etched brass, GER / Great Eastern Railway, kits

  • Scaleforum 92

    p.203

    Exhibition preview.

    Tags: exhibitions / events

  • Scumbled Teak Coaches

    Mike Trice

    p.207

    It took one correspondent to claim that there were no modelling uses for 'scumble' to bring out the counter claims. We asked Mike Trice, who has been scumbling teak LNER coaches for years, to explain its use.

    Drawing showing the direction of teak grain on LNER coaches included.

    Tags: coaches, LNER / London & North Eastern Railway, paints / painting

  • Extending Benfieldside

    John Wright

    p.209

    4mm/EM

    John Wright's magnificent NER layout in 4mm/EM has grown, acquiring a new baseboard containing an impressive bridge and additional village structures. The full layout appeared in MRJ No.38 - these views bring us up to date.

    Tags: layouts, NER / North Eastern Railway, pre-grouping

  • Buildings for Ditchling Green

    Gordon Gravett

    p.212

    7mm

    Gordon Gravett describes the methods he uses to make the structures on his superb 7mm layout.

    Tags: buildings, scratchbuilding, SR / Southern Railway

  • Buying and Making Small Drills

    Dave Holland

    p.219

    Tiny drills tend to have a high price and short life. Dave Holland says buy well, use carefully and supplement your stock with cheap, effective home-made jobs.

    Tags: No. 1 Shop, tools

  • Etching At Home

    J Douglas Smith

    p.221

    In the first of two major studies into chemical methods of metal shaping, J. Douglas Smith looks at a neglected do-it-yourself tool for modellers - the etching process. There's no mystery; all it takes is care, common sense and readily available materials.

    Concluded in issue 58.

    Tags: etched brass, No. 1 Shop, techniques

  • A Cambrian Tailpiece

    Iain Rice

    p.227

    Iain Rice caves into yet another weakness and builds a 4mm model of No.10, a Cambrian charmer.

    Scratchbuilt Cambrian brake van

    Tags: brake vans, Cambrian Railway, plasticard / styrene, pre-grouping, scratchbuilding

  • Track Defect Detector

    Dave Reynolds

    p.230

    4mm

    Why waste time compensating wagons when you can waste time trying to avoid it? Dave Reynolds shows you how.

    Tags: compensation / suspension, track / trackwork / PW / Permanent Way

  • Trestle Bridges, Cambrian Style

    Roger Lycett-Smith

    p.231

    4mm

    The Cambrian Railway's cheapskate timber bridges and viaducts, similar in style and design to many used by other companies, make a simple and effective 4mm model. Roger Lycett-Smith, who is slowly tracking down all existing examples, tells you how.

    Tags: bridges, Cambrian Railway, scratchbuilding

  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.235

    Peter Hunt (Perfect Miniatures) various lengths and widths of strip wood. Hurst Models brass overlays for Lima Mk 3 coaches to RFM buffets, also etched brass grill for departmental Mk 1 coaches. Chatham Models 4mm etched planking transfered to Amblecraft. Branchlines motorising kit for Drewry 04 plastic kit, an LNER V2 chassis kit, a GWR 4-4-0 chassis kit, an LSWR rebuilt Ilfracome Goods, and a mini motor.Second Book of Locomotive Drawings - Stephenson Locomotive Society. Electromagnetic uncoupler - Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Society. County Donegal Railcar in 4mm - Backwoods miniatures. All 4mm & 7mm Chatham Kits passed to Roxey Mouldings. Perspex for glazing - Charvo Finishing Ltd. Comet Models name change. The Engine Shed dry transfer letting in various sizes. the Tool Connection miniature vices. 4mm LNER aluminium extruded carriage roofs - MJT Scale Components.

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • Mineral Wagon Variety, Part 4 - Livery, Branding and Weathering,

    Peter Totman

    p.236

    Concluding the story of 16-ton mineral wagons, by Peter Totman.

    Tags: detailing, paints / painting, wagons, weathering