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Compendium 3 1997 « Previous compendium
Edited by Bob Barlow
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Abergynolwyn
p.2
7mm/NG
Gordon Gravett describes his stunning 7mm diorama depicting a little slice of life on the Talyllyn Railway, now on permanent display at the TR's museum at Towyn.
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Scratchbuilt LSWR Dropside in 7mm
p.15
7mm/S7
Taking inspiration from the prototype's performance characteristics, Dave Gosling devised, among other things, an invisible, independent springing system for his exquisitely detailed South Western three-planker.
Diagram 1301, 10 ton, 3-plank dropside wagon.
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'Sunbury'
p.18
4mm/NG
Francis Samish builds a tiny 4mm narrow gauge tank based on a Roxey kit.
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Hampstead Norris: Four outings and a funeral
p.19
4mm/P4
Purchased unfinished, sawn in half, sold, bought back and prettified, the P4 layout Hampstead Norris had a blighted life. It managed four exhibition showings before heading into the skip. It wasn't perfect but, says Mike Clark, it did look nice.
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Shock Tactics
p.22
S
No, it's not April 1st. Jas Millham really has built a wobbling shock-absorbing van in S-scale.
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Model Railway Drawing by Computer
p.24
Wim Harthoorn looks at the options and demonstrates the possibilities.
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The Remarkable Captain Kelly
p.29
Captain William Francis Peek Kelly was well-bred, wealthy and a friend of some of the most famous names in the development of our hobby. His closest associate was G. P. Keen, one of the leading lights in the Model Railway Club. Yet compared to Keen, whose name is chiselled into the history of the hobby, the secretive Kelly barely made a footnote. Michael Shaw has found out more about an extraordinary man.
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Small Prairie
p.37
4mm/P4
Brian Williams choses a Malcolm Mitchell kit of the GWR 45XX as a first exercise in etched kit building.
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The Lineside Sailing Barge
p.45
4mm
Places at which railways and shipping interconnect have long exerted a fascination for modellers, offering operational opportunities and scenic challenges. Never one to shirk a challenge, Dave Rowe designed the famous 4mm diorama 'Exebridge Quay' knowing that he would have to populate the wet bits with suitable vessels. The result of his labors - as exemplified by the barge described here - was a spectacular adjunct to the railway proper.
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GNR No. 63
p.57
7mm
A pair of cast-off driving wheels launched Deryck Featherstone on a 7mm model of one of Stirling's elegant Great Northern Railway Singles. But first, he had to delve into the strange and intricate geometry devised by Victorian draughtsmen to decorate the engines. It seems they weren't quite so plain and simple as they looked.
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Pettigrew's Furness Passenger Engines of 1901
p.62
Drawn and described by Mike Peascod.
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The Art Deco Legend
p.67
4mm
Many people were aware that a vast and unique experimental locomotive was roaming the rails, but few had actually seen it. Thus, Gresley's bizarre 4-6-4 - a great Art Deco sausage of a machine - became known as 'Hush-Hush'. When South Eastern Finescale produced a 4mm kit, Tim Shackleton couldn't resist it.
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LNER Container Flat, 7mm
p.74
7mm
Adapting a Gibson RCH underframe kit, by Deryck Featherstone
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GWR '517' in P4
p.75
4mm/P4
Stephen Williams builds and improves an Alan Gibson kit.
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Compendium Crossword
p.84
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Two Engines From One Kit
p.85
4mm/00
Martin Blackwell built a 4mm/OO Dean Goods from a Finney kit, successfully squeezing inside valve gear between the frames against the better judgement of the instructions. There were so many leftover parts that he managed to cobble together a second engine.
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A Van for Ditchling Green
p.89
7mm
Gordon Gravett needed a delivery van for his 7mm layout.
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A Grand Day Out
p.94
4mm
In the days before noses were kept pressed to the business grindstone, wafting around the railway system in an inspection saloon - complete with armchairs and kitchen - seemed a good wheeze. Tim Shackleton built a 4mm example to recall the day when managers were managers.