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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Railway of the Month: Carnkeif Central - An extensive 00 gauge exhibition layout by members of the Carnkief MRG in Cornwall, mainly based on Western Region practice in the steam/diesel crossover period. Scale Drawings: Midland Railway six-wheeled coaches - Ian Clark provides the background to thislong-lived clerestory roof stock, and constructs several of the Branchlines kits in 4mm scale. Plan of the Month: Adapting New Radnor - A backwater Welsh terminus with traces of the long-closed railway still in existence, as Paul Marshall-Potter discovered on a recent visit. The layout suggestion is designed for OO or N. Features: Bank Hall Sidings - at S scale layout by Bill Pearce, representing a down-at-heel urban goods yard beside a canal. Operating branch lines - 3 - Carl Cox turns his attention to goods irams, showing how to marshal rakes correctiy, and explaining different types of traffic flow. Railway through the vale - Michael Watts reports on the construction of an interactive 00 exhibit at the Vale & Downland Museum in Wantage. Hyttie Parkway - Simon Paley built this 00 terminus, set in the Garden of England, in order to combine modern multiple units and preserved steam yawer. Working with plasticard - 5 - Railway Modelling Explored - 1 - Bob Phelps shows you how to make roof joins invisible. An introduction to S scale - Railway Modelling Explored - 2 - The S Scale Society marks its 64th anniversary this year. Jim Guthrie presents an overview of modelling in 1:64 scale. Modelling an electrified railway - Alan Whitehouse discusses the particular problems that modelling an overhead electrified railway can produce, using his 2FS circular layout Mini MSW as an example. BR shock absorbing vans - In order to build the eight-shoe clasp brake variant of these vans, Dave Spencer combined two Parkside Dundas 4mm scale wagon kits. Clock Abbott - A minimum-space ex-LMS terminus, set in the northwest of England during steam days, described by Ken Ball and Terry Smith. Despite its small size it offers good operating potential. Beddgelert 1910 - Although the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railway never achieved its ambitions, a part of it, not least the electric locomotives, survives in model form thanks to this 009 layout in a modest area, constructed by Angus Watkins. Multi-geographical - To complement his Somerset & Dorset modelling, and to accommodate stock from his favoured Midland Railway, Paul Stephens has built a section of N gauge line with interchangeable scenery. Regulars: Readers' Letters Latest Reviews - The items reviewed this month include a selection of commissioned models, including TPO coaches; the Graham Parish Toad' brake van in N; the new Dapol JNA and IOA(E) bogie wagons; a Wantage Tramway loco 'scratch aid' kit in 4mm fromW Worsley Works; Inter-City Models GWR/WR loco plates in 4mm; the Hornby Class 153 in Arriva Trains Wales colours in 00; the Helmsman Model Rail HMR1A controller; vintage motors in 1:76 from Pocketbond; more Tomytec cars in 1:150; and scenic details from K&M Trees. Book & DVD Reviews News - Including this month, news from the 2010 Bachmann Open Oays, preservation news, advance tickets for the Manchester show, shop news, Missenden Abbey courses and much more. Plus a chance to win a Proxxon pillar drill in a special competition! Competition-tools to win Societies & Clubs - The biggest and best guide to the exhibition scene up and down the land.
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