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Edited by Tim Shackleton

MRJ Issue 186
  • Operations at Broom Junction

    Bob Essery

    p.242

    7mm/7mm FS

    Bob Essery describes a sequence of movements on the 7mm finescale layout built by members of the Warley Model Railway Club

    Tags: layouts, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway, operation

  • A Summer Outing for the Twins

    Richard Nice

    p.248

    4mm/EM

    Richard Nice mixes and matches components from various sources to create an accurate EM gauge portrait of an ex-LNER non-corridor articulated set, once a common sight on suburban and excursion workings.

    Etched sides from Southern Pride and components from Comet, MJT, ABS and Markits.

    Tags: coaches, etched brass, kits, LNER / London & North Eastern Railway, RTR / kit conversions

  • Small Suppliers Plus

    p.251

    The Aquafine range of paintbrushes from Daler-Rowney.

    Tags: paints / painting, product reviews

  • Teddy Bears' Picnic

    John McCrea

    p.252

    4mm

    If you go down to the woods today, you might get an unexpected shave and trim. With little prior experience in scenic work, John McCrea shows what can be achieved with fur fabric, paint brushes, clippers and scissors.

    Using teddy bear fur to model grass. Includes photos of Retford, on which John has been involved with the scenic work.

    Tags: scenery, techniques

  • Working Midland Railway Ground Signal

    George Brodie

    p.257

    7mm

    George Brodie describes the construction of a working 7mm scale signal from parts specially produced by Model Signal Engineering for Dewsbury and Ellerton Road layouts.

    Tags: kits, signals / signalling

  • Small Suppliers Forum

    p.260

    London Road Models - 4mm scale kit for LT&SR Adams No.1 class 4-4-2T. Lochgorm Kits - 7mm scale etches-only kit for Highland Railway Jones Big Goods 4-6-0. C-Rail Intermodal - transfers for BBC New-branded 40ft container. Alan Gibson Workshop - EM/P4 conversion pack for the Bachmann Super D 0-8-0.

    Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

  • Morfa Bank Sidings

    Hywel Thomas

    p.261

    4mm/EM

    Attracted by rough track, shabby buildings and highly specialised wagon types, Hywel Thomas finds modelling inspiration in the run-down South Wales steel industry of the early 1970s, the only place in Europe you could find big Alco diesels alongside Capris and Cortinas.

    Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, diesel locomotives, goods / freight, layouts

  • MRJ Portfolio

    p.268

    4mm

    4mm scale road vehicles built by Frank Waller of Road Transport Images using his own range of resin cast components.

    Tags: MRJ Portfolio, road vehicles

  • The 03 Project

    Kier Hardy

    p.269

    4mm

    Kier Hardy uses a High Level chassis kit to turn a popular ready-to-run locomotive into a supremely smooth-running shunter.

    Includes 'The 03s - a modeller's perspective on prototype history', with prototype photos.

    Tags: BR / British Railways / British Rail, chassis, diesel locomotives, RTR / kit conversions

  • MRJ Portfolio

    p.276

    2mm/2mm FS

    Views of the MRC's 2mm finescale layout Copenhagen Fields.

    Tags: layouts, MRJ Portfolio