NZ Model Railway Journal Issue no. 377Additional photographs supporting articles are posted in the GALLERY or in the MEMBERS section of the website. This month: JEWELS - Graham Dredge captures the night life at his locomotive depôt GLENKOMISH - Ian Watson tells how he built a 1:160-scale reminder of New Zealand railways in Scotland WOOD SIDING WEATHERING - Mark Dalrymple shows you how to make your new buildings look like they’ve had a hard life GET MORE FROM YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA – PART THREE - Peter Ross provides some practical examples of model photography IMPROVED DIODE MATRIX ROUTE CONTROL - Pete Smith describes his method for operating solenoid point motors OF DRUMS AND DECALS - Ken Lankshear produces a 1950s-era wagon load for his layout HERITAGE - Colin Barry shares some fascinating archive photographs of the Middleton marshalling yard in Christchurch A LIFETIME OF NZR MODELLING – PART TWO Les Downey looks back on friends, personalities and manufacturers OPAKI OVERBRIDGE – BRIDGE 78A WAIRARAPA LINE Drawings of a very characteristic NZ bridge design courtesy of NZ Railway & Locomotive Society Archives, with prototype notes and photographs from Kevin Crosado LIGHTEN UP - Graham Dredge provides step-by-step instructions for making model cars fit for night driving NEWS, VIEWS AND REVIEWS COVER - Barry Fitzgerald captured Mt Somers Coal Co foreman Doug Wilson watching over his rolling stock as Heisler No 3 (that’s fireman Nippy Forest in the doorway) reversed up to Murphy’s stream bridge on the Ashburton–Whataroa line, above the Havelock river in upper Rangitata, during 1969. The scale is 1:64.
|