ISSUE 420 - DECEMBER 2022

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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