NZ Model Railway Journal Issue no. 382Additional photographs supporting articles are posted in the MEMBERS section of the website. This month: JEWELS - Peter Ross’s state-of-the-art 1:64-scale J-class sheep wagon. LIGHTING UP BUILDINGS - Graham Dredge shows you how to illuminate your buildings using surface-mount LEDs. A 1:64 SLICE OF HEAVEN - Darryl Palmer outlines his layout concept and the progress he’s made with it so far. BLACKWATER SCHOOL - Jim Staton draws and describes a classic example of traditional kiwi rural architecture. NO.17 YOU BE A NICE-LOOKING LOCOMOTIVE - The late Russell Smith describes his 1:64-scale model of the most distinctive of NZR’s American 4-6-0s. MAKING FIDDLY BITS – APPLIQUÉ RIVETS - Ray Lantz explains how to model a common detail. AN ELDERLY TRUCK - Les Downey turns a Matchbox toy into something far more presentable. CLASS Aa LOCOMOTIVES, AS REBUILT 1940–42 - Drawings of NZR’s most powerful Pacifics from Archives New Zealand, with photographs from the EJ McClare collection and notes by Graeme McClare. PWD PLANET 40 HP 4wPM LOCOMOTIVES - Drawings of some little-known pioneering construction locomotives from Archives New Zealand with notes by Kevin Crosado. NEWS, VIEWS AND REVIEWS ON THE COVER - Alec Fenton’s 1:64-scale scratchbuilt model of ‘super DA’ 512 was photographed by Kevin Crosado as it passed through Pokaka on the North Island Main Trunk. |