Contents: 3| JOURNAL JEWELS - Wayne Brindle’s scratchbuilt A88 Buckhurst Railcar takes pride of place. 6 | Ww 678 - Athanasius Santamaria shares his seven year study of West Coast steam. 10 | R. WOOD & CO. BULK GRAIN WAGON - Alex Smith, John Woodall give us an insight into a rare pair of wagons. 11 |‘AFFORDABLE’ FORD ANGLIAS - Alex Smith builds some hard to find vehicles in 1:64 scale. 13 | TIPS AND TRICKS - Les Downey shares two observations from his workbench 14 | SIGHTS OF THE SEVENTIES: Da LOCOMOTIVES 16 | NZ48 DEVELOPMENTS - Greg Keay updates us on progress in the NZ48 community. 17| THE 47’6” SUBURBAN CARS BUILT 1904-6 - John Agnew shares the history of these stalwarts of the commuter run. 24 | VEHICLE VIEWS: - NON-REVENUE ROLLING STOCK - Photographs by Les Downey from the Walsh Memorial Library, MOTAT. 26 | IMPROVING A BALDWIN Aa - We get a look at Karl Shields’ latest locomotive project. 28 | PHOTO-REALISTIC MODELS - Andrew Nielson shares Ken Devlin’s latest modelling technique 30 | ‘9 MIL’ REPORT - Tony Simons updates us on what’s happening in 9 Mil scale. 32 | CHRISTCHURCH MODELLERS GROUP - A summary of recent news complied by Peter Ross. 33 | THE TAIL END - Trade news, events and comment. ON THE COVER: Athanasius Santamaria exactingly modelled Ww 678 as it was in it’s last year of service. Based on the 1:64 scale Online Kit, many fine details and a thorough weathering job bring this model to life. Alex Smith took the photograph.
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