Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Driffield - Railway of the Month - Alan Waslin outlines the development of this 4mm scale layout, which began life as a 12v DC model, but which was converted to DCC. Cyril J. Freezer - Shortly before we closed for press we received the sad news that Cyril J. Freezer, long-time editor of this magazine, had passed away. We present a tribute. Canute Road - Geoff Green modifies the railway history of the Solent area in order to allow him to run slam-door electrics into a revamped Southampton Terminus - all in N gauge. 10 tips for N gauge - Ways to improve your modelling, outlined by Grahame Hedges, including ballasting, weathering, changing couplings and 'bedding in' buildings. Cookstown Junction - Colm Flanagan shows us around Ken Gillen's layout, which is based on a Northern Ireland junction and set in the 1950s/1960s. NER petrol-electric autocar - Scale Drawings - One of two pioneering rail vehicles of 1903 is now the subject of a preservation project. Simon Gott describes its history. In praise of Berrow - Plan of the Month - Editor Steve Flint looks back at another popular feature in the magazine's 60 years. This time it's an 00 gauge layout based on an offshoot of the Somerset & Dorset, and built by Mac Pyrke. Kingsmill - Andy Peters' 00 gauge layout is operated by a mix of conventional 12v DC and digital command control, and represents part of a large yard in modern times. Kerr, Stuart 4415 in 009 - Paul Nudds has expanded his narrow gauge locomotive fleet with a model of a diesel with a colourful past Porthdanwyg - Richard Holder describes this extension to his narrow gauge empire in 4mm scale, which featured before in RM March 2009 and June 2008. Oakbourne revisited - Richard Lane has re-designed and reconstructed this 00 gauge terminus, which he built first in a very short space of time (see RM November 2007). A garden railway starter set - Railway Modelling Explored - 1 - David Rhodes explains how to begin modelling outdoor railways with an inexpensive fleet of models from I.P. Engineering. Rural buildings in 4mm scale - Railway Modelling Explored - 2 - Inspired by west Devon originals, these characterful structures were converted from popular plastic kits by Alee Kendall. From stirrers to planks - Railway Modelling Explored - 3 - Nothing looks quite as much like wood as wood, argues George Hoekstra, and proves the point with some simple modifications to some coffee stirrers. Readers' Letters Latest Reviews - Among the items reviewed this month are the L.H. Loveless prototype 'Deltic' in 0, the Dapol Class 156 Sprinter in N, two new yard lengths of track from Peco, locomotive-specific crew figures in 4mm scale, a further selection of specially-commissioned private owner wagons from Dapol, a Class 158 and bogie bolster in 00 and N from the Bachmann stable, Mk.III coaches in N from Dapol, road vehicles in 1:76 from Pocketbond and Hornby, 14.2mm gauge track for members of the 3mm Scale Society, a crane kit in N from DM-Toys, and introducing T - 3mm gauge, 1:450 scale! Book Reviews Societies & Clubs - The biggest and best guide to the exhibition scene up and down the land.
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