Satellite 1:87

Back issues of the journal of The British 1:87 Scale Society

Back issues are available to members. They are "printed on demand" and the price varies according to the number of pages and the cost of postage. Please email Mick Scarrow, the Membership Secretary, for a firm price.

 

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58
April 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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July 2008

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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April 2007

  • 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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January 2007

  • 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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October 2006

  • 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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July 2006

  • 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

  • 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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January 2006

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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