Model Railway Journal Index

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Edited by Roy Jackson

• Small Suppliers Forum

  p.202

  Palatine Models - jigs to help with production of Alex Jackson couplings, etched wagon baseplates, rail droppers and nickel silver strip. Alan Gibson - GWR 850 saddle tank & 1076 'Buffalo' saddle tank kits. London Road Models - new kits planned including NER/LNER 4mm loco kits formerly produced by Steve Barnfield - NER BTP (LNER G6), M/Q 4-4-0s (LNER D16/17) and S3 (LNER B16). Also planned for early 2010 - L&NWR 2-2-2 'Bloomer'. Blacksmith Models - under new ownership from October 1st 2009.

  Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

• Tickhill and Wadworth - A layout in 7 months

  Tony Gee

  p.203

  4mm/EM

  Tony Gee explains how his curiosity over the site of an abandoned local station led him and Ken Hill to a high-speed layout build in EM.

  Based on an ex- South Yorkshire Joint Railway prototype,set in 1913.

  Tags: GCR / Great Central Railway, GNR / Great Northern Railway, layouts, LYR / L&YR / Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, MR / Midland Railway, NER / North Eastern Railway, pre-grouping

• Chemical Etching for Beginners

  John McCrea

  p.217

  Taking inspiration from Gordon Gravett's article in MRJ 190, John McCrea describes a method of creating simple etches at home. Not for the faint-hearted, it involves a laser printer, a household iron, ferric chloride and plenty of protective clothing!

  Tags: etched brass, techniques

• Class 76 in 2mm

  Alan Whitehouse

  p.219

  2mm/2mm FS

  Alan Whitehouse builds a multiple fitted aid-braked pair of EMI/Class 76s that he'd once ridden on.

  Based on the new Masterclass Models kit with a modified Brawa chassis.

  Tags: electric locomotives, RTR / kit conversions

• Pull the other one - Mechanical Operation on Camden Bank

  Vincent Worthington

  p.223

  Construction of mechanical lever frames for point and signal operation.

  Tags: operation, scratchbuilding, signals / signalling, turnouts / points / pointwork / crossings

• Iron Ore Hoppers - Part 5

  Geoff Kent

  p.228

  4mm

  Geoff Kent builds some also-rans.

  Ministry of Munition 20-ton hoppers. Appleby-Frodingham peak-ended hoppers. Head, Wrightson 20-ton hoppers. Other former private-owner hoppers.

  Tags: goods / freight, private owner, prototype, wagons

• An Unusual GNR Somersualt Signal

  John Phillips

  p.232

  Model and prototype photo, with some musings on this example, and signals and railway traffic control in general.

  Tags: GNR / Great Northern Railway, signals / signalling

• Grainflow Polybulks

  Vernon Harrod

  p.233

  4mm/EM

  Vernon Harrod overcame a slightly guilty feeling in abanding his favoured 1950s modelling to scratchbuild a pair of imposing Grainflow Polybulks he'd seen in the 1990s.

  Tags: goods / freight, plasticard / styrene, private owner, scratchbuilding, wagons

• A Ford Lorry in 4mm Scale

  Roger Lycett-Smith

  p.239

  4mm

  'Military Wheels' kit of Ford Model 'B' lorry in 1/72 scale.

  Tags: kits, product reviews, road vehicles