MRC 1983 January

Good condition.

Realism, the way forward. Text, pictures. Deals with layout and models realism in general, discusses various aspects of achieving greater realism, and shows how to detail and weather a class 31 diesel from Airfix. (No author).
Station survey: Bere Alston. Text, pictures, timetable. (G.D. Smith).
Layout: Lowhill and Foxt. An 009-gaue narrow gauge line inspired by the Leek and Manifld Valley Light Railway. Text, pictures. (P. Lowe).
Building a layout part 21, signalling part 7. Working the box. Text, diagrams. (Martin Goodhall, North London Group).
Datafile: London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Observation car. Text, drawings, pictures. 4mm scale drawings. (C. Hayward, Chris Leigh).
Picture, part of Blaenau Ffestiniog North signal box in picture, no date, B/W.
Datafile: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (LYR) 12-ton double end door coal wagon. 7mm scale drawings. Text. (Kenneth A. Werrett).
A GWR Siphon C in 4mm scale. A straightforward conversion based on plastic kits. Text, diagrams, pictures. (P. Harrison).
Electrics: part 3. Text, diagrams. Deals with capacitor discharge for point motor operation, colour lights, end of line dead breaks, track occupancy indication. (Mike Lewis).
Wingham Diary part 6. Text, pictures. (Deryck Featherstone).
Letter, LSWR 'Eagle' saloon. (MRC82Nov). (M.S. King, Woking).
Constructors Review: Tenmille Products, Lynton and Barnstaple 4-wheel van. 16mm scale. Text, picture.
Newsdesk: New items from Hornby for 1983.
Collectors Corner: The Hull and Barnsley van. Text, picture. Various liveries. (Pat Hammond).