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Satellite 1:87
Back issues of the journal of The British 1:87 Scale Society
Back issues are available to members as PDF files. Please contact Mick
Scarrow, the Membership Secretary, for details.
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60
October 2009
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- Tim Stevens' model of a Class 66 in DB Schenker livery.
- Trade news: Precision Decals; on-track plant; Ford 'ferry' van; Mehano locos; ex-Lima 'Deltic' by Hornby; 20ft
and 40ft (8ft tall) containers; Type F sleeper model variants.
- David Alexander's guide to how he created an H0 'Deltic'.
- John Furmage's scratch-built locos: Caledonian Sky Bogie 4-4-0; Highland 'Strathpeffer' 0-4-4 tank; Highland
'Gordon Castle' 4-6-0 tank; Caledonian 4-4-0 Dunalastair 4; Midland Baldwin 2-6-0.
- Correspondence: members' queries about split axles, card kits, Spanish ferry wagon model, and EE shunter.
- Brekina RHD Rover P6 wipers.
- British wheeled AFVs: Austin Champ, Saladin, Bedford RLB 3 ton lorry, Saracen Mk2.
- Road vehicles report: Morris Minor 'panda', super-detailed Jaguar E-type, army recovery vehicle.
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59
July 2009
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- 2009 Malcolm Carlsson Award: Classes 26 and 27, 56xx and wagons, Class 47 (winner: Lorenzo Ricotti), butane
tank wagon, Mk1 restaurant car with Commonwealth bogies, TOAD, Baby Deltic, OTA stake wagon.
- Trade news: HM Queen and Prince Philip, London doubledecker bus, ModelTorque motor replacements and the alternatives,
Sentinel 230hp 0-4-0DH.
- Lorenzo Ricotti's Commonwealth and BT10 bogie sideframes.
- British H0 in the wider world.
- Correspondence: The way ahead?, Singles, French locomotives for Britain.
- Brian Pattenden's recent models: Class 33 on Mehano chassis, Firedrake Jinty, Mehano Class 66.
- Further releases in 1:87 scale from Siku: Liebherr mobile crane, JCB tractor with hook-lift trailer, helicopter
stunt team, John Deere 9630 with Amazone Centaur.
- Road vehicles report: Lotus sports cars and an American Hummer.
- IHA international steel coil carrier - created by Martin Petch.
- USATC wagons unload after D-Day.
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58
April 2009
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- Trade news: Grainflow Polybulk bogie wagon; Southdown Lodekka bus; Dennis Dragon double-decker buses; CIWL
Type F sleeper coach; digital coupler system; Bedford RLB 3 ton lorry.
- DREAMS! - John Allison looks at loco models of the past and of the future.
- Pactin Waterside revisited - round the back of Julian Earp's layout.
- Models of the late Malcolm Carlsson - featuring photographs of West Country SR 'Blackmore Vale', LMS 2P, LMS
4F, SR E2, 'Warship', BR 'Express Parcels' van, SR 4-wheel green utility van, SR 4-wheel brown utility van, Class
33, WD 2-10-0, NCR 18 saddle tank, and skirted saddle tank.
- Pandas and jam sandwiches - road vehicle report.
- But is it 1:87? - testing the scale of road vehicle models.
- Fleischmann's 'Warship': the promise and the practice - including a method of lowering.
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57
January 2009
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- Trade news: CIWL Type F CAD images; wagon posters; 'Battenberg' police Discovery 3; TPWS, TASS, and AWS track
equipment; track voltage reducer; road, agricultural, and boat models from Siku.
- 00 to H0: Chris Arnold revisits the classic J72 to J73 project.
- Mick Scarrow’s and John Pearce’s exhibition layout: Chinnor cement works and station.
- Hollywood Foundry 'Bullant' drive mechanism used in Lima 4F tender: Howard Brooking reports.
- FNA nuclear flask wagon modelled by Phil Burkett.
- VDL Bova Magiq road coach spotted by Phil Adcock.
- Richard Sweetman's road vehicle report: British lorries.
- Correspondence: Malcolm Carlsson's unfinished Unrebuilt Merchant Navy.
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56
October 2008
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- Trade and modelling news: New home for BB shunters, and Trix model of Köf II; Class 47; GWR buffer; Triumph
Streamliner; Herpa 'Classic' Range Rover.
- Richard Sweetman's road vehicles report: Rover P6s and Morris Minors; future model preferences.
- Chris Arnold's 'Grangeburn' layout.
- Gerald Blümer’s amazing conversions of Land Rover and Range Rover models.
- Lorenzo Ricotti's thorough re-work of the Roco EE shunter into a Class 08, including a detailed guide to painting.
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55
July 2008
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- Malcolm Carlsson Award 2008 entries and winner: 'Deltic', 'Jinty', Class 50, NIR Grill Bar no. 547.
- Trade news: 22-RB cranes and earth moving equipment; boats and buildings; 'Warship' and Bulleid coach clearout;
Ford Transit fish & chip van, British Rail van, and police minibus.
- Society news: 2009 AGM to be held at SVR's 'The Engine House', Highley.
- Pactin Waterside: layout by Julian Earp.
- Vernon Wood's 'Dean Goods' described by Malcolm Carlsson.
- TCA bogie tank wagon built by Lorenzo Ricotti
- Richard Sweetman's road vehicle reports: Minitanks range; Rover P6; ISO containers to print out.
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54
April 2008
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- Vernon Wood's 'Burford' locomotives.
- Trade news: models that turn out to be H0; 'Collett of Halifax' heavy duty articulated transporter; Saxby signal
box; right-hand drive Austin Minis; BullAnt motor bogies; Minitanks range new owners; new Night Ferry coaches promised;
latest cars from Jens Mueller; possible replacement mechanism for Fleischmann 'Warship'; members' decals for HTP
wagon; GWR, USATC, and 'Silver Princess' railway fonts; low-emission ('5-door') Class 66 announced; another New
Mini.
- Upton-on-Steyne: John Allison shows a realistic operating sequence on his latest layout.
- Members' models: PIB/JIA lwb grain hopper made by Martin Petch; 'Spar' and 'Renold' HGVs, Jaguar racing car,
Austin 1100, and red MCW taxi found by Phil Adcock; lwb Land Rover, ex-HK bus, open and closed Routemasters, buffer
stop, and four-wheel wagon from 009 found and made by Chris Arnold.
- ISO containers in 1:87 scale - an investigation.
- The Playcraft Night Ferry coach - examined in detail.
- Correspondence: from someone thinking of starting in H0; from an Eddie Stobart fan who discovered new HGV models
on the Society stand at Eurotrack2008; from the editor of a much respected magazine regarding the usability of
the Brawa Köf II shunters with Kadee magnets; from a member with some rare British H0 items for sale.
- Richard Sweetman's road vehicles report, including: MG TF & MG 7; a truck reliverying company; prices for
the Grinwis car carrier kit; what's going to happen to an Austro-Daimler ADR 22/70; Rolls Royce 'Silver Cloud';
Lotus 49 racing car and team carrier; Austin Mini police car; Metropolitan Police Lamborghini Gallardo; Manchester
Police Range Rover in 'Battenberg' colours.
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53
January 2008
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- Member's models at Warley 2008: Class 55 'Deltic' by David Alexander; NIR grill bar coach no. 547 by David
Chambers; Barclay WD 153hp 0-4-0DM from Phil Adcock; 4F 0-6-0 by Phil Burkett; Yorkshire Engine Company 0-6-2T
(JNR 2120 class) from Andrew Emmerson; Steel Company of Wales Alco shunter by Phil Burkett.
- Trade news: Woodhead 'Tommy' from MK Modelbouwstudio; Night Ferry fourgons by AMF87; Setra right-hand-drive
coach from AWM; Morris Minor Mini and Nash Metropolitans from WideA; index of articles and drawings for British
H0 modelling in Model Trains International issue 73; H S Walsh tools catalogue; motor chassis for unmotored
Croydon tram model; axlebox/spring units from the Society; 12 inch diameter buffer heads for pre-Grouping wagons
from 51L/Wizard Models.
- Road vehicles report by Richard Sweetman, including: Grinwis car carrier with Land Rover load; Schuco Jaguar
XJS convertible; Rover 3500 Metropolitan Police car.
- 1937 Dover-Dunkerque train ferry exhibition layout - rediscovered by Andrew Emmerson.
- Mick's message.
- Building a rake of BR TTA wagons - by Lorenzo Ricotti.
- The Night Ferry sleeper service in its final years - story and photos by Alan Trotter.
- Correspondence: shrinking models using 'Hydroshrink'; Austerity 2-10-0 for sale; Bulleid restaurant car modifications
update; Piccolo AEC RT bus reviewed and enhanced.
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52
October 2007
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- Trade news: Croydon trams; Unimog 421; Cessna 172 & EC135; Ferguson TE tractor; MF8280 tractor; ISO containers;
BR Mk1 bogie sideframes; undecorated body shells for Roco EE shunters; AEC RT bus; Croydon Tramlink-type Klv and
KLA support vehicles; Class 66 with sound; "Joe Sharp" artic cabs; "Monex" Scania R TL artic;
four-wheel tank wagon; Alco S1 with Margam steelworks decals; Eddie Stobart artics.
- Mick's message
- 1:87 scale working train ferry
- 00 to H0: Hornby Class 43 - Stephen Ellingham
- Correspondence: the scale of Matchbox and EKO vehicles; resizing die-cast models; an inconvenient truth
- Creating a Class 47 - Lorenzo Ricotti
- Road vehicles report by Richard Sweetman: cars of the 1960s and 1970s - part 1
- Thrall MBA wagons for EWS - description of kit for a rake of five "megaboxes"
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51
July 2007
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- Trade news: Brawa Köf II; GUV, CCT and BR ferry van decals; Class 14 brass etch; Brawa megafret; unmade
Firedrake Bulleid West Country kit; "Tommy" gets go-ahead; MJT sprung buffers
- Cardwells - layout by John Allison
- Mick's message
- Readers' models picture special: Brian Pattenden's freight train; Stephen Ellingham's Gresley 52ft 6in full
brake coach; Alan Bickley's Class 52 'Western'; Dave Alexander's 'Deltic' cab; Stephen Ellingham's Bulleid tavern
car; Dave Alexander's TPO
- Road vehicles report - retrospective by Richard Sweetman
- H0 Iarnród Éireann 141 Class made from a card kit by Dónal Murray
- Restaurant/kitchen cars for Bulleid's 6-car Bournemouth dining sets - modelled by David Armitage
- MoD HTP fuel tanker modelled by Lorenzo Ricotti
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50
April 2007
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- Trade news: Baldwin 2-6-0 from Roundhouse; Rother Valley Railway brake van from Australia; Model Power AC/Shelby
Cobra; Marklin grain hopper wagons for 'Polybulk' conversion; Preiser unpainted posable uniformed figures; MSL
Hobbies 'Tommy' (deposit required); Bachmann E-Z Track
- Carholme Yard, Lincoln - John Pell's mini layout for shunting
- Modelling a full-length Eurostar - Arjen Dijkgraaf shows how it's done
- Giving continental loop couplers delayed uncoupling - John Allison uses magnets
- Road vehicles report: British Ford Transits from Brekina; Jensen FF and Hillman Minx Mark III from Jens Mueller;
Range Rover and Discovery Mk3 from Universal Hobbies
- Using Kadee couplers with British HO - coverage of 20-series, 30-series, 50-series and 150-series couplers
- Correspondence: hazards of misidentifying Lima 00 models; easy way to lower Rivarossi LMS coaches; extending
the Playcraft travelling post office vehicle; strangeness of the Playcraft Mk1 restaurant car; buying torpedo vents
from Australia
- Eurotrack 2007 exhibition - report
- Mick's message
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49
January 2007
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- Trade news: Woodhead line "Tommy"; spare undecorated body shells for Roco EE shunter; Triumph motorcycle;
Belgium-Britain ferry vans; 1952 Ford Zephyr 6 Mk1; Inspector Morse's Jaguar Mk2; classic Mini; JCB diggers; MTI
67; Siku New Minis; Jaguar X Type and Jaguar Mk 10; source of FA2 and FB2 units; single British policeman; Metropolitan
Police Ford Focus and Ford Transit minibus; rerelease of Roco 4-wheel ferry vans
- A photo montage of Arjen Dijkgraaf's full-length Eurostar (full story in Satellite 50)
- Mick's message; a message from the Hon. President; Society news
- British H0 layouts and models seen at the Warley 2006 national model railway show
- Fitting Kadee couplers to British H0 models
- Correspondence: Playcraft TPO; to shunt or to tail-chase?; fooling the eye
- Road vehicles report: more about horse-drawn vehicles; 2006 deliveries and 2007 predictions; Metropolitan Police
Lamborghinis
- Lorenzo Ricotti's improvements to the BYA steel coil carrier wagon kit
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48
October 2006
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- 57xx pannier tank steam loco model kit relaunched
- Two British H0 layouts to be shown at Warley '06: "Horton" and "Shatterstone"
- Correspondence: Strange Lima van identified as Australian LV
- Phil Rivers suggests reboilering the Lima 4F using a cigar tube
- Mick's message
- Trade news: replacement chassis for Lima 4F in etched nickel-silver; Electrotren item 1595, Transfesa ferry
van; buffers for modern freight wagons; new models of Austin A60, Morris 1100, Wolsley 6/110 and Triumph Mk2 cars;
Lledo's 1931 AEC Renown "LT5"
- 00 to H0: Jim Smith cuts down the Hornby cattle wagon
- Irmin Road layout: John Allison adds depth and a low level yard
- Fleischmann's Bulleid coaches: Stephen Ellingham investigates
- Horse drawn transport, discovered and described by Richard Sweetman
- British bus types created from Australian originals: models by David Armitage
- Jonckheere Bermuda and Bova Futura coaches: Chris Arnold completes his recommendations
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47
July 2006
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- AGM gems: models entered for the 2006 Malcolm Carlsson Award
- Efsi Jonckheere Bermuda coach remodelled by Chris Arnold
- Trade news: Triumph Stag from Jens Mueller; Downloadable brick and texture sheets from Scalescenes; Radio controlled
articulated lorries from Revell; Centurion MkIII tank from Artitec
- CIÉ AEC-engined railcar by Donal Murray
- Refurbished NBL Co. Type 2 locomotive by David Alexander (winner of the 2006 Malcolm Carlsson Award)
- Irmin Road: self-contained battery-operated layout by John Allison
- Road, military and flying vehicles: Cessna "Skyhawk"; Land Rover Series 2A; Challenger Mk2; Volvo
P 1800 ES; BMX 2000 Tii Touring; Fiat X 1/9; MB Sprinter minibus; VW Crafter van
- H0 steam locos from 00 models 3: Julian Earp creates a freelance 0-4-0T
- Correspondence: EWS Class 66s from Mehano; Mystery Lima van; Bedford vans
- Mick's message
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April 2006
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- Trade news: Society kit of 16ton "cupboard door" mineral wagon; new Mehano distributor appointed
for UK; Airfix "HMS Bounty"; Roco "Cargowaggon"; Caledonian Railway Class 900 4-4-0 and other
brass loco kits; Barclay 153HP 0-4-0D; Van Hool T9 road coach "Highland Heritage"; Wincanton MAN TG-L
lorry; 8F
- Glasgow Emerald - photos of Andrew Knights' layout
- Ribu close-coupling devices investigated and fitted by Lorenzo Ricotti (also: home-casting buffers in resin)
- Class 59 locomotive built from the Worsley Works brass kit by David Armitage
- Road vehicles from Nuremberg 2006 toy fair and elsewhere
- Black Five photo update - as built by Phil Rivers
- Tim Stevens' converts an OO LBSCR Terrier into an HO E1
- Correspondence: E W Twining's works; drawings offered for G6 locomotives; mineral wagon wheelbases
- Mick's Message and Society news
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45
January 2006
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- Trade news: Society Black Five; Tillig Pilz Ellite code 83 track and trackbed; M&S Jaguars; Roco four-wheel
ferry van for "Societe Belgo Anglais Des Ferry Boats"; NACCO decal; Ian Lindsay Models 16ton mineral
wagon
- Mick's Message and Society news
- Tim Stevens converts an OO LNER J72 into an HO Southern G6
- Correspondence: GWR diesel parcel cars; a mini British HO festival; more anonymous GWR brass locos
- British Bedford vans created from the Wiking model by Georg Helms
- Warley 2005 reported in photos, including overview of John Allison's "D J Freight" layout
- EM2 (Class 77) - Phil Burkett reviews the Kleinspoor kit
- EM2 (Class 77) - photos of Arjen Dijkgraaf's Philotrain model in BR black livery
- Road vehicle review by Richard Sweetman, including Jens Mueller's Aston Martin DB 5 and Triumph 2000 MkII
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October 2005
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- Trade news: Roco's steam-era ferry vans arrive; ex-Jouef grain hopper wagons for 2006; items for British HO
modellers from the Conrad catalogue
- Correspondence: the J50 model story; Black Five prototype details
- Mick's message and Society news
- Bulleid's travelling taverns - models by Stephen Ellingham
- GWR "The Great Bear" Pacific express set - description and photos
- Plasser & Theurer 07-16/32 tamper model - Phil Burkett adds a roof
- 1/87 scale army - Richard Sweetman finds new military vehicles
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July 2005
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- Progress of the Society's Black Five project
- Trade news: Roco's extensive release plans; Weico Bedford TK car recovery truck
- Mick's Message
- Malcolm Carlsson Award 2005 entrants and winner
- More road vehicles for 1:87 scale - report by Richard Sweetman
- Port Andham - John Allison's portable, folding, battery powered layout
- An appreciation of Lima Mk2 coaches - by Phil Burkett
- Correspondence: weathering; cattle wagons for Scotland; more on Weico lorries
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April 2005
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- 10th anniversary messages and Society news
- Report from the Eurotrack Association 2004 show and from Eurotrack 2005
- Trade news: new cast wagon buffers from the Society; Lledo Lodekka in London Transport red; four-wheel ferry
vans from Roco; Class 66 from Mehano; Apocope slide-tarpaulin wagon
- British HO layouts photo special
- Entente Cordiale: Brian Coussell compares and contrasts GB and French trains over the years - photo special
- Review of Bachmann's Plasser & Theurer 07-16 tamper, including adding digital control and a preview of
adding a full-length roof
- Road vehicles photo special
- David Armitage builds a "Schools" class locomotive from Worsley Works parts
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January 2005
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- Usefulness of Mehano's V160 chassis to British HO
- Trade news: Roco DCC-ready English Electric shunters; Rivarossi LMS first class coaches; Electrotren Hbfis
ferry wagon; Corgi Churchill IV tank and Tiger Moth aeroplane; ERTL "Salty"
- Mick's message
- Society news: Satellite 42 to be in colour; membership renewal for 2005; Class 14 update
- Warley 2004 reports, including launch of Society 16 ton mineral wagon kit
- Reducing the ride height of the Rivarossi Royal Scot coaches
- Dave Fisher builds and reports on the Society 10ft underframe kit
- Donal Murray builds the "Silver Princess" stainless steel coach (includes drawings)
- Richard Goring explains how he built his British HO collection in five months
- Road vehicle news: a plethora of Morris Minors from Weico and Widea; Weico Austin flatbed lorry and Bedford
TK flatbed lorry; Rietze Metropolitan Police Ford Focus
- Correspondence: more flying machines (and some floating ones); loads and sidings for John Allison's Hemswell
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October 2004
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- Proposed LMS/BR jackshaft drive 0-6-0DE shunter from Judith Edge kits
- Trade news: Mehano "British" diesel and steam train sets for the toy market; Ruston and Hornsby 165DS
0-4-0DM from Judith Edge kits; Model Trains International 53; Decals for Society GWR-built general merchandise
van
- Mick's message
- Society news: membership renewal for 2005; commemorative Satellite 1:87 in colour; new venue for AGM on 7 May
2005
- Items for sale and Society-related events
- Society models list
- Picture gallery special - Paul Taylor's photos of Brian Pattenden's "Horton" layout
- The Pier - an HO tramway layout by Laurie A Cooksey
- Magazine roundup - review of articles of interest to British HO modellers
- The Lady is a tram - Julian Earp modifies an ERTL loco
- Review of British HO aircraft - by Richard Sweetman
- Correspondence: British HO lost locos; ERTL "Salty" a Ruston LLDS?; usefulness of US loco models
for British HO; Bachmann OBW trolley motor and price
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July 2004
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- Martin Wykes' first as editor
- Trade news: RCH 5-plank wagon and GWR/BR 12T van kits; Bulleid bogies; Perrier and Transfesa Hbfis ferry vans;
Ibfls ferry refrigerated van; ferry flat wagon with pipe load; type 07-16 tamper; OBW10 rail-borne lorry; megafrets
with ISO containers
- Message from the President
- Mick's Message
- Society news: AGM 2004 report
- Paul Taylor's Black 5 and other models
- Survey of construction vehicles by Richard Sweetman
- Layout: Hemswell by John Allison
- Lima Class 33 visually slimmed by Chris Arnold
- Correspondence: new ideas for models; US chassis; MTI 52
- Items for sale and society-related events
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April 2004
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- John A Smith's last as editor
- Notice of Society AGM; candidates for directorships
- Mick's Message
- Scratch-building a CIE Park Royal coach - Donal Murray - with drawings
- News of 1/87 scale vehicles - Richard Sweetman
- Al's anecdotes: searching for the right model; Society representation; another British HO web bit - Alan Bickley
- Anchor symbol for Transport Maritime Ferroviaire company; Alexander Models USATC 0-6-0T still in production;
new web site for Lima British HO range; the Marklin "Hogwarts Castle" is OO not HO; fitting Kadee #19
and #20 couplers to Pug and Terrier models
- Preview: the Bachmann (UK) 07-32 tamper and OBW10 rail-borne lorry
- Editorial marking four years with John A Smyth in the post
- Profile of John A Smith, Editor of Satellite 1:87
- Chris Arnold update on the ERTL shunters "Rusty", "Salty" and "Mavis"
- Description: the Bachmann (US) Thomas the Tank Engine with moving eyes
- Drawings by Donal Murray: Great Southern Railways Pullman restaurant car
- Nuremberg trade fair 2004 report: friendlier digital controllers; Brawa megafret with ISO containers; Roco's
two new English Electric shunter liveries; GB proposals from Rietze; Trident to distribute Hauler; Brekina releases
Dixi as RAC Austin 7; Lledo Lodekka bus in Midland General livery; Roco's Land Rover; Shuco's New Mini
- Magnetic knuckle couplers for NEM pockets from Bachmann
- Fleischmann motor upgrade kit for Class 42 Warship
- Layout: Tim Steven's "Littlepoint Wharf"
- HO aircraft from Athearn - John A Smith
- Society model sales report and listings
- Separately enclosed: proxy form, with resolutions, for the AGM
- Separately enclosed: free set of wasp
stripe decals for the Roco English Electric shunter
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January 2004
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- Mick's Message
- Profile of the modelling history of John H G Allison, Hon. President of the Society
- Editorial
- Society 10ft underframe: photos of completed chassis and completed wagons; Georg Helms describes how he built
his; John Allison describes gluing them together, other wheelbases and brake gear; Mick Scarrow describes jigs
for bending the etch, and brake lever bending
- Modelling a CIE ex-Pullman car - by Donal Murray
- Turn your TOAD into a Lavender Line passenger carrier - by Phil Burkett
- Buying British HO on eBay - by Martin Wykes
- Corgi Sopwith Camel - described by Martin Wykes
- Notes on wagon modelling - by John Allison
- Guide to Digit-Letter-Digit-Digit headcodes - by John Allison
- Road vehicles report from Richard Sweetman: more "old cars"; Bedford CF; new models; twee cottages;
new books; fate of the Rietze London bus and taxi
- United States Army Transportation Corp 0-6-0T locomotive - prototype and models compared by John A Smyth
- Models of Continent-GB wagons - discussed by Brian Coussell
- DRS transfers for the HO Class 33 - reviewed by Stephen Ellingham
- ERTL "Rusty" as a basis for an HO Ruston Hornsby diesel shunter
- Tenshodo SPUD problems - Chris Arnold
- Brawa megafret ultra-low container wagon - reviewed by Martin Wykes
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October 2003
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- Society: message from the membership secretary/treasurer
- Product announcement: 10ft wagon underframe etched brass kit from the Society
- Mick's Message
- Editorial, and announcement that a new editor will be required by Spring 2005
- Extra coaches for the HO Eurostar from spare power-end coaches, Part 2 - Martin Wykes
- The Satellite 1:87 team's great railway quiz
- Hornby acHO 0-6-0T (SNCF 030TU) - some notes from David Fisher
- David Fisher describes how to get the best from point motors mounted below the baseboard
- Building an HO Class 27 - conversion from the Lima Class 33 by Donal Murray
- A Condor called Dennis - getting the best from the Peak Horse 1:87 scale bus model
- Scratch building an HO AC electric locomotive - a Class 83 from Donal Murray
- Profile: Philip Rivers, Society Secretary
- Class 33 project - description by Alan Bickley of his acclaimed entry in the 2003 Malcolm Carlsson Award
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July 2003
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- Society: Mick's words after the AGM; note about the 2003 AGM minutes, which were included with the issue
- Class 14 diesel shunter project announced
- Mick's Message
- Editorial
- Malcolm Carlsson Award winner and runners up: Phil Rivers, Alan Bickley and Richard Sweetman
- Alpine Valley Line Wiring - David Fisher
- Neilsbridge - Stuart Robinson
- Reducing the ride height of Lima Mk1 coaches - revisited
- Lima Fowler 4F 0-6-0 loco no. 4547 and tender improvement - Phil Rivers
- Stewart-Reidpath H0 Models - 1930s catalogue investigated by John Smyth
- Rietze Seddon Atkinson articulated lorry in Parcel Force livery - Richard Sweetman
- Boley "Dept 1:87" aircraft actually 1:72 scale
- Road vehicles in 1:87 scale- Richard Sweetman: "Old cars"; Wiking Massey-Ferguson 8280 tractor; Triumph
2000 kit; Rietze Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus in Arriva livery; grille to convert MAN tractor units into ERF versions
- Extra coaches for the HO Eurostar from spare power-end coaches, Part 1 - Martin Wykes
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April 2003
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- Announcement of AGM Plus
- Candidates for election as Directors of the Society
- Chairman's column - Tim Stevens
- Corridor gangways for Fleischmann coaches - Tim Stevens
- Call for Stewart-Reidpath models or information - John Smyth
- DCC update - Roco digital turnout motors - Martin Wykes
- Editor's column - John Smyth
- Improving Lima's BR Mk1 coach bogies and ride height - Phil Burkett
- Mick's Message - from the Membership Secretary
- RCH mineral wagon - drawings and description
- Alpine Valley Line wiring for automatic operation - David Fisher
- Exbury - description and photos of Stuart Robinson's layout
- Road Vehicles - UK, RAF & USAF - Richard Sweetman
- News of 1:87 vehicles for 2003 - Richard Sweetman
- Oh what to do with all that 00 stuff - Chris Arnold
- British Box-Cabs! - Phil Burkett
- Nuremberg show report: Kibri P&T DGS 62-N dynamic track stabiliser; Kleinspoor EM2/Class 77 (NS1500); Deàk
Class 66; Liliput ferry stake wagon
- Trade news: Life-Like Proto 2000 FA2/FB2 for Class 33 chassis; live steam Y6 tram engine; Schuco MAN artic
in TNT colours; NZG high quality construction vehicles
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January 2003
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- Announcement of AGM Plus
- Chairman's column - Tim Stevens
- Editor's column - John Smyth
- Mick's Message - from the Membership Secretary
- Point Duty - curved rail as a direction changer - David Fisher
- Steam Tram - Stuart Robinson converts an American streetcar into a British steam tram
- Irish bogie sundries van - described with drawings by Donal Murray
- Road Vehicles - RAF - Richard Sweetman
- TPO - a preserved CIE travelling post office van descibed by Donal Murray
- Evolution in action - David Fisher
- Vinodh's Views - from Vinodh Wickremeratne in Sri Lanka
- Trade news: Bachmann "Thomas"; Kirow 810 UK crane wagon model withdrawn; Spanish ferry wagons by
Roco; second-hand Lima gems; Peak Horse double-deck right hand drive buses; ready-assembled P&T tampers; Life-Like
ALCo S1 switchers; SE5a biplane
- More Landrover news - Richard Sweetman
- Model Power people and critters - John Smyth
- Book review - "Rails Around Dublin" by Donal Murray - reviewed by John Smyth
- Colour supplement - Cross-channel bulk powder/cereal
hopper wagons - conversion instruction sheet - Martin Wykes and Phil Burkett
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October 2002
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- Presidential ponderings - John Allison
- Chairman' Column - Tim Stevens
- Mick's Message - from the Membership Secretary
- Editor's article - John Smyth
- Romans, remains and romance - David Fisher
- Vinodh's Views - from Vinodh Wickremeratne in Sri Lanka
- Murray sub-division of the CPF - Donal Murray
- Digital control - Lenz Compact vs Zimo 2000 - Martin Wykes
- Military Vehicles - DROPS and Abbott - Richard Sweetman
- Drawings: British Rail BRCW diesels - Donal Murray
- Mercedes-Benz O405 bus conversion (to right-hand drive) - Martin Wykes
- Alco switcher models - reviews by John Allison and John Smyth
- Jouef 0-6-0T conversion (to British outline) - David Fisher
- Show layout: "Horton" - Paul Taylor, Brian Pattenden, Graham Bodley
- Media Watch: British HO items in Railway Modeller, Continental Modeller, Model Rail and Model Trains International
- Trade news: CM-Laser peak-roof vans; BYA steel coil carrier; Brawa megafret; Roco digital container crane
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July 2002
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- AGM 2002 report
- Chairman's column - Tim Stevens
- Mick's Message
- Power wagon - David Fisher
- Carrickmore and Ballybrook Railway - Dónal Murray
- J72 into J73 - converting the OO Bachmann J72 into a 1:87 J73 - John Allison
- Road vehicles news from Richard Sweetman
- A philosophy - John Allison
- Le Défi français - A French connection - David Fisher
- There's more where this came from - Philip Rivers
- Trade News; CM-Laser INTERFRIGO vans and Belgium-Britain vans; BYA steel coil carrier; Roco 0-6-0 English Electric
Shunter
- Land Rovers, Land Rovers everywhere - Richard Sweetman
- British HO items at Nuremberg: Brawa Megafret twin-unit container flats; "810 UK" crane wagon in
Grant Rail colours; Liliput lowside covered ferry wagon; Haberl & Partner "small signal levers"
- Trade Reports: Goodbye to the Roco Habfis ferry/chunnel wagon?
- Buses - three ways to get 1:87 scale right-hand drive buses: Peak Horse Dennis Condor; Green Max Isuzu Erga;
and converting from continental buses
- Buying second-hand British HO - a guide - Martin Wykes
- Alco Switcher - observations - David Fisher
- Diminution ideas - reducing 1:76 scale buildings to 1:87
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