Model Railway Journal Index

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Edited by Gerry Beale

• Small Suppliers Forum

  p.162

  EILEEN'S EMPORIUM - Pick-up tool; Bill Bedford kits. COMET MODELS - now in the hands of Geoff Brewin. LANARKSHIRE MODELS AND SUPPLIES - range of cast whitemetal buffers continuing to expand; track cleaning device. LOCHGORM - 4mm/7mm brass wagon kit for Hunter diagram 21 Meat Van; 4mm/7mm etched brass coach kits for three Highland Railway diagram 66 Travelling Post Office coaches.

  Tags: Small Suppliers Forum

• Bristol Barrow Road

  Robin Whittle

  p.163

  4mm/P4

  Robin Whittle introduces his P4 re-creation of one of his boyhood haunts and reports on progress so far.

  Tags: engine sheds / motive power depots / MPDs, GWR / Great Western Railway, layouts, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway

• Scaleforum 2010

  p.170

  4mm/P4

  Exhibition preview. Includes photos of Saint Merryn, Wheal Elizabeth and Matford.

  Tags: exhibitions / events

• A 4mm telegraph pole kit

  David Lane

  p.172

  4mm

  David Lane builds some Masokits telegraph poles and discovers at last, a substitute for the uniform moulded plastic offerings in 4mm scale.

  Tags: kits, lineside details, product reviews, telegraph poles / electricity pylons

• Mineral Wagons for Slattocks Junction

  Craig Welsh

  p.173

  4mm

  Craig Welsh tackles a perennial MRJ subject using etched parts designed by himself and his own method of reproducing the classic BR wooden mineral wagon.

  Tags: chassis, detailing, etched brass, goods / freight, lining / lettering, paints / painting, wagons, weathering

• An Express Train for the Main Line (and less savoury places)

  Chris Pendlenton

  p.179

  4mm

  Chris Pendlenton provides an account of how to make a long train of Bachmann Mk 1s safe to travel in and walk through on the finescale railway (especially when being propelled).

  Including details of the 'Wakefield' and 'wiry' sprung gangways.

  Tags: chassis, coaches, couplings, RTR / kit conversions, RTR / ready-to-run

• Ready-to-Run in the Journal?

  Roy Jackson

  p.189

  4mm/EM

  Roy Jackson and the Retford Team appraise Bachmann's latest.

  Bachmann LNER/BR(ER) 04 2-8-0. Review and EM conversion.

  Tags: LNER / London & North Eastern Railway, locomotives, product reviews, RTR / kit conversions, RTR / ready-to-run

• Great Western Covered Goods Wagons

  Barry Norman

  p.193

  7mm

  Barry Norman upgrades a long established kit and makes a few additions of his own.

  Peco/Webster GWR box van kit.

  Tags: detailing, goods / freight, GWR / Great Western Railway, kits, product reviews, vans

• MRJ Portfolio

  p.198

  S

  Two views of Steve Cook's 3/8in scale diorama 'Dungeness Siding'.

  Tags: dioramas, MRJ Portfolio

• Editor's Musings: Bucking the Trend

  Gerry Beale

  p.199

  Gerry Beale talks about his own modelling journey, and how he bucked the trend by moving from 7mm to 4mm scale due to the quality of RTR locomotives available.

  Tags: biography, RTR / ready-to-run, scales / gauges

• A Western 8F

  Gerry Beale, Chris Pendlenton

  p.202

  4mm/EM

  Chris Pendlenton deals with the 'mechanicals' and Gerry Beale makes a cosmetic upgrade to the Hornby LMS 2-8-0.

  Tags: chassis, detailing, LMS / London Midland & Scottish Railway, locomotives, RTR / kit conversions

• A GWR Bracket Signal for Maiden Newton

  Karl Crowther

  p.211

  4mm

  Tags: GWR / Great Western Railway, scratchbuilding, signals / signalling