The Journal – December 2017

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December Journal 2017

JEWELS – Frank Robert’s 1:24-scale model of Q.17 photographed by Eric Burns

RAILS’N SAILS CONVENTION 2018: SOME OF THE TOUR LAYOUTS – Some sights to look forward to at Easter 2018

HOW I CAME TO BUILD A 1:24 DREWRY RAILCAR – Dean Farrow explains how he built a popular prototype and shows you how to do home vacuum forming

AN H-CLASS FELL LOCOMOTIVE IN 1:34 SCALE – Paul Berntsen models a distinctive prototype in brass

FORGOTTEN MODELLING – Rodney Morrell has started something big

DECALLED MOTOR VEHICLES – Les Downey sets the time and place with his road fleet

WHEEL DRILLING GUIDE – Darryl Palmer makes do and mends in a new scale

STRONGMAN, RENOWN AND TAUPIRI COAL TUBS – Drawings by Kevin Crosado

COAL TUBS – Information and photographs compiled by Kevin Crosado

ROBERT HUDSON COAL TUB  – PWD drawing 13908 by FW Martin courtesy of Archives New Zealand

ALTERED RENOWN COAL TUB – Drawing by Kevin Crosado

BRUNNER AND ROA COAL TUBS – Drawings by FW Martin and Chris Bradley

NEWS, VIEWS AND REVIEWS

ON THE COVER – Retiring editor Kevin Crosado’s 1:34-scale Megadodo-Jenbach heads a train on former editor Peter Hodge’s layout, photographed by another former editor, Terry Bradley, in 1986.