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Edited by Tim Shackleton
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Small Suppliers Forum
p.2
Avonside Works - Chassis2 (chassis squared) Pro locomotive chassis construction jig. 3mm Society - LSWR open wagon and GWR Dia. 022/023 12T 5-plank open wagon kits. Colin Craig - 4mm modern image flat-bottom track components including etched baseplates for soldered construction using PCB sleepers.
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Second Time Around
p.3
1/4in
"After completing Sand Hutton, I had not intended to start anything new but an invitation to demonstrate at Warley made me ponder. I realised that with nothing under construction, I would not be able to carry out the request. The choice of what to do took me back to the 1970s when I had produced a model of parts of the Festiniog railway in 4mm to 1ft. I had been reasonably happy with the double Fairlie locomotives but the single had always been a hotchpotch mechanically. I therefore decided to build a model of 'Taliesen' at 1/4 in to 1ft and since it was highly unlikely that it would ever have a layout to run on, it would be in its earliest guise..."
Scratchbuilt construction of Festiniog railway single Fairlie 0-4-4T 'Taliesen'.
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Cast Iron, Stone and Glass
p.7
7mm
Using a wide variety of materials, Geoff Taylor freelances a 7mm scale terminus station, 'somewhere in the North Eastern Region'.
Describes the construction of platforms, station building (scribed Das for stonework and resin castings for window and door surrounds) and canopies (with etched brass canopies).
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Real Atmosphere
p.12
Sentinel 0-4-0 No. 47181 in early BR livery propelling a rake of open wagons, possibly somewhere in the St. Helens area.
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'Because She's Worth It'
p.13
4mm/P4
"I had to do a Deltic. Those familiar with the goings on at North Shields will have noted that we flirt with forms of traction other than steam. I have on the operational strength a Drewry shunter of eccentric mechanical specification, a dowdy BR Derby Type 2, a 6-car electric set and the Judith Edge ES1. In truth I like a good model of anything I have known well and respected..."
Upgrading the Bachmann Deltic to a fully sprung P4 model with working coil springs, using etches by Brian Hanson and a lot of trial and error. Part 1 - the bogies, springing, chassis, gears and drive mechanics.
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[Photos: Buffer stops]
p.24
Three photos showing a row of buffer stops at Finedon, 1965.
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Iron Ore Hoppers - Part 3
p.25
4mm
Geoff Kent looks at the designs developed by the LMS.
Styrene scratchbuild. Includes prototype photos.
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Coventry in 7mm
p.29
7mm/7mm FS
"As is the case with many modellers, I came to the hobby via 'O' gauge tinplate, then Hornby Dublo, Triang-Rovex, and Wrenn amongst others. The results were more by way of train sets than model railways, although some rudimentary buildings and scenery had been made. Career, marriage and children put a stop to modelling activity, though not interest, until the mid-1970s, when a move to a house with a large garage offered the possibility of building a layout..."
1930s era layout
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Towards Scale Barbed Wire
p.37
4mm
Roger Lycett-Smith gets weaving with a production process he first tried at infant school.