Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
News - News from The Festival of Railway Modelling', plus other recent releases and happenings. Product Review - The ever popular and expanding product review section samples another diverse array of new and interesting items for your perusal. Layout Focus - No.1 Arlecdon Parks. A modular 4mm layout based on a West Cumberland iron ore railway is described by its creator, lan Blenkinsopp. Locomotive Detailing - Detailing the Bachmann A4. Tony Wright describes how he detailed this fine ready-to-run locomotive and decided to give it the identity of Gateshead's Sir Murrough Wilson. Project - Planning Permission. The layout design stage is entered by Matthew Gicquel in his latest article about the construction of a 4mm scale layout. Scenic Modelling - North Foreland Buildings. The construction methods used for the buildings on this 7mm scale layout are explained by Peter Smith, the focal point being on the famous lighthouse. Rolling Stock - 'Lowfit' Lowdown 2. Inspired by the article in the November 1996 BRM, Keith Brown gives further details on these charismatic wagons. Miscellaneous - Show Time! Philip Parker shares the contents of his diary regarding the exhibition of Melbridge Dock at the recent 'Festival of Railway Modelling' held in Doncaster. Layout Cameo - Trainspotters Delight - A layout on an ironing board. There aren't many times you set up the ironing board for enjoyment, but by adding an N gauge layout, Don Holmes does just that. Locomotive Profile - The D600 Warship' Class. In this introductory article, Boyt A. Hunter traces the history of the prototype members of this fascinating class. Narrow Gauge Modelling - Sandcliffe Junction. Not being content with spending her retirement in a rocking chair, Midge Grassing describes the award-winning freelance 009 layout she constructed instead. Locomotive Detailing - 'Jinty' Ingenuity. No sooner was the lovely Parish 'Jinty' introduced, than Andy Calvert was busy detailing it! In this feature he tells us how. Society Platform - Macclesfield Model Railway Group Celebrate 40 Years! Norman Hambridge recalls the life and times of this well established club. Letters - Points Arising. Featuring lots of feedback from The Festival of Railway Modelling', plus more photos of your completed platelayer's hut kits. Locomotive Construction - Locomotives of Langwith Depot. Personal memories are evoked for Lawson Little by some of his 0 gauge locomotives. Diary Dates - Plenty of entertainment for the month ahead. Collector's Choice - Mike Ennis and Russell Bennett report on recent prices from the world of the collector. The Siding - Great 'Scot'! All manner of special trains continue to visit Alan Cliff at Lock's Siding. Reviews - Viewing and reading material come under scrutiny, plus a competition to win one of the first revolutionary Humbrol Colour Systems. Cover photographs: detailed Bachmann A4 Pacific (main photograph), North Foreland buildings (lower left). The Festival of Railway Modelling (lower right)
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