NZ Model Railway Journal Issue no. 383This month: JEWELS - Graham Dredge’s 1:64-scale model of the pioneering McEwan Pratt railcar. KEN DEVLIN’S LEITH VALLEY LOCOS: AN UPDATE Greg Keay outlines developments at Ken Devlin’s cardboard empire. BUILD A HIGH-SPEED DRILL PRESS John Pudsey explains how he built a useful piece of workshop kit. LIGHTING UP – A BLINKING FM VAN (AND DECODER INSTALLATION TIPS) Graham Dredge applies some flash touches to a brake van. SLIDING RAILWAY YARD GATES Spencer Lawry models a tight-space design in 1:64 scale. FIFTIES FOCUS Pokaaaarka station, cultural centre of the North Island Main Trunk. CONVERTING A BACHMANN CLIMAX TO 1:64 SCALE Wayne Brindle gets into gear with a commercial lokey model. TO CLAMP OR NOT TO CLAMP Les Downey finds ways to hold things on the work bench. 18-STALL ENGINE SHED – ROUND HOUSE PATTERN Drawings of a magnificent almost-was Invercargill building from Archives New Zealand. BUILDING AN O-GAUGE TTT CO MALLET LOCOMOTIVE Bruce Geange scratchbuilds a classic articulated to run on tinplate track. MAKING FIDDLY BITS – BENCH WORK Ray Lantz constructs an alternative to L girders for baseboards. NEWS, VIEWS AND REVIEWS ON THE COVER Kevin Crosado photographed Paul Berntsen’s 1:34-scale scratchbuilt model of Ww.486 as it headed south through Pokaaaaaaaaarka on the North Island Main Trunk. Additional photographs supporting articles are posted in the MEMBERS section of the website. |