MRC 1980 August

Good condition.

Layout: Oxted, an EM-gauge LBSCR layout. Text, pictures, layout plan. (Brian Gleed).
Warship class, detailed pictures of the roof. B/W. No.D818 'Glory'. (M.E. Evans).
Batteries - any old batteries. Useful suggestions for using old terminals. Text. (Ian T. Thwaites).
Layout: Cholmondley Viaduct, a 7mm scale model for a garden railway. Text, pictures. (David Jennings, Roger Markland).
Plans Page: Taylor Hubbard 5-ton steam crane No.DS 525. Text, drawings. (E.B. Trotter).
Northampton St John's station part 4. Text, drawings, pictures. (Douglas Batey).
Trap and Catch points. The prototype, the locations and the modelling. Text, diagrams, pictures. (Peter Kazmierczak).
DB Inter-City trains. More information on the current scene. Text. (Malcolm C. Cobb).
Converting the Converted. A Wills 'Royal Scot' body on an Airfix chassis. Text, pictures. (C.G. Brown).
Picture, LMS Royal Scot No.6149 'Lady of the Lake' at Crewe North, no date, B/W.
Picture, LMS Royal Scot No.6126 in ex-works condition. No date, B/W.
Kitchen Units. Working scenerey etc. on separate units. Text, pictures. (Allan Downes).
The Continental Scene. French, Italian and East German passenger stock. Models and prototypes. Text, pictures. (John Christie).
Ready to Run (RTR) models of GWR locomotives. A survey and review of two models. 57xx and 97xx panniers. Text, pictures. (Harry Drummond).
A new approach to baseboard design. Easily made small units (modular). Text, diagrams. (A.M. Lawrence, D.F. Trevelion).
From BR 'Mallard' to LNER 'Sparrow Hawk'. Conversion of a Hornby model. Text, picture. (I.M. Philpott).
SR Black Motors. Building a BEC kit 4mm scale model. Southern Railway, ex-LSWR 700 class 0-6-0. Text, pictures. (D Fereday Glenn).
Picture, ex-LSWR 700 class 0-6-0 No.30306 hard at work on the 1 in 100 near Fareham with a freight for Eastleigh, no date, B/W.
Picture, ex-LSWR 700 class 0-6-0 No.30306 and No.30316 awaiting their next turn of duty, at Eastleigh coaling stage, 10 March 1962. B/W.
Picture, ex-LSWR 700 class 0-6-0 No.30306 on a bleak January day in 1962, B/W.
BR 50ft brakes, a simple and cheap conversion. Text, diagrams, pictures. (J. Gartside).
Letter, Northampton St John's station. (W.G. Allen, Basford).