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Edited by Tim Shackleton

MRJ Issue 164
  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.2

    NB Models 'Sctt' class 4-4-0 (LNER/BR D30) kit in 7mm scale, The Right Clamp from Finney & Smith, NBL Type 27 Wickham trolle kit in 4mm, Comet Models LMS Dia 2046 inspection saloon kit in 4mm, Dragon Models Taff Vale twin-veranda brake van kit in 4mm

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • Wansbeck Road

    Mick Simpson

    p.3

    2mm/2mm FS

    Using a variety of traditional scratchbuilding techniques, Mick Simpson recreates the North Eastern railway landscape of forty-odd years ago in 2mm finescale.

    Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, layouts

  • 4F in EM

    Geoff Haynes

    p.11

    4mm/EM

    Geoff Haynes builds a top-of-the-range kit for this splendid LMS workhorse and finds that, for all the imagined complexity of its working inside motion, it's a surprisingly simple locomotive to put together.

    Tags: kits, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway, steam locomotives

  • St. Hilda Colliery

    Barry Norman, Paul Jarman

    p.19

    In search of a prototype worth modelling, Paul Jarman puts the case for this fascinating system with layout design by Barry Norman.

    Tags: layout design

  • Working Brake Pipes

    Jim Smith-Wright

    p.21

    4mm

    Jim Smith-Wright comes up with a dazzingly simple way to crack a long-standing conundrum. It seems it's all down to magnetic attraction.

    Tags: rolling stock, techniques

  • Vans for Perishables Traffic

    Gerry Beale, Paul Jarman

    p.23

    7mm

    The latest 7mm scale releases from Parkside Dundas focus on vehicles for perishables traffic. In this double feature Paul Jarman builds a pair of SR banana vans while Gerry Beale models a GWR Mica and Tevan.

    Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, kits, SR / Southern Railway, vans

  • Cool, Not-So-Clear Water

    Philip Harvey

    p.31

    Philip Harvey learned to model water the hard way - by studying the real thing rather than looking at other people's models.

    Tags: scenery, water / waterways