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Issue 187 2008 « Previous issue | Next issue »
Edited by Tim Shackleton
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Small Suppliers Forum
p.282
Geoff Taylor - 4mm & 7mm window, canopy valance and canopy bracket etchings. Parkside Dundas - 4mm & 7mm GWR horsebox (Dia N13) plastic kit. Classic Commercials - 7mm Ruston Bucyrus 10RB excavator kit. Dapol - RTR 4mm/00 FEA-B spine wagons. Judith Edge Kits - etched kits for North British 0-4-0DH (D2720-80 series) and Bulleid-inspired 500hp 0-6-0DM (No.11001). Hollar Models - 4mm 1960s traders' labels. Steam & Things - 4mm & 7mm etched kit for Colonel-Stephens Wolseley-Siddeley railmotor.
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A Night on Dubbieside
p.283
4mm/P4
The magical aura of the railway at night is something that's captivated all of us, though few have ever attempted to recreate it in miniature. A recent MRJ editorial on the possibility of modelling nocturnal scenes inspired Allan Goodwillie to put together this atmosphere-laden selection of photographs of his P4 layout.
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Real Atmosphere
p.288
Photo of Kings Norton station approaches and signal box in snow on 10th January 1959.
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Fully Sprung Pigeon
p.289
4mm/P4
David Lane dresses up a Chivers Finelines kit for the Gresley four-wheel brake with the new Masokits pinpoint suspension units.
Improving the Chivers Finelines resin cast LNER Dia 120 four-wheel non-gangway full brake.
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MRJ Portfolio
p.292
4mm/P4
Class 47 and class 50 inside the depot on Mike Anson's P4 'Western Road Diesel Depot'.
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GWR 70ft Brake Composite in 4mm Scale
p.293
4mm/EM
Stephen Williams builds an exceptional etched brass kit from David Geen.
Diagram E99 steel-sided Toplight.
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Wagon Loads in the 1930s
p.300
4mm/EM
Mick Moore builds a variety of loads for transportation by bolster wagon.
Colin Ashby kits. Lods include steel girders (RSJs), pipes and a tree trunk. Includes a full-page prototype photo showing unloading pipes with the yard crane at Theale in 1942.
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Small Suppliers Plus
p.302
4mm
Morgan Gilbert explains the thinking behind his new height gauge for Alex Jackson couplings.
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Retro Brake
p.303
7mm
Though you can build a 7mm scale LNER 'Green Arrow' brake van from a plastic kit, Charlie Harrison preferred to adapt the Connoisseur etched brass kit for the BR standard van.
Includes detailed list of differences between the LNER and BR brake vans.
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Station Platforms on a Curve
p.308
4mm
Peter Tatlow explains the use of a simple Plastikard jig for setting out platforms alongside cured track.
Includes diagram showing a selection of station platform types to be found on the Highland Railway.
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A 7mm 'Patriot'
p.312
7mm
As a prelude to his forthcoming book on painting and lining, Ian Rathbone describes the construction of one of the project models.
Gladiator etched-brass kit of LMS 'Patriot' class 4-6-0