Model of the Month

By Steve Pickthall Mcvites no 1 was an answer to an urgent motive power crisis on the nascent FBCR line in Norfolk.  Terry, then aged 13, had bought a Mamod kit from our near neighbours at Brandbright (what did he start?) and some track, which we had laid, but the Mamod was being a typical [...]

By Tony McManus In the Association 'Bulletin' late in 2009 Derek Wiggins appealed for anyone who had information on locos made by A.H. Collins. I have one which is a “Victoria” (saddle tank version), the side tank version was “Victor” although mine came with “Victor” nameplates which I removed but still have attached to a [...]

By Brian Dominic "LADY SYBIL" was bought new from Roundhouse in 2000 (Roundhouse Engineering MO129LG/2000), after both of the line's previous steam locos (a meths fired “Lady Anne” and a heavily modified Mamod) were stolen from my shed. She was used an awful lot at Butterley and at other garden meets whilst my own line [...]

By David Pinniger The first Hugh Saunders “Edward Thomas” I saw was one which John Bartlett brought to run on my Ambledown Valley back in 1992. Since then I have seen a few others, notably one which I purchased for Marc Horovitz in 1995 which I ran on the AVR and the Boyn Hill Railway. [...]

By Nigel Town The story of this engine is far from straightforward and I made a fair few mistakes on the way. The engine was purchased second hand from an advert in Exchange (now Bulletin). The engine was meths fired with a 2 channel 27 Mhz Sanwa radio control on the regulator and valve gear. [...]

By Jon Bryant The Big-Big/Novo range of battery powered, 0 Gauge model railways was a popular basis for inexpensive 16mm NG locos and rolling stock in the early days of the Association. I bought one of the 0-4-0s and looked around for a suitable prototype. I picked one of the Peckett side tanks that used [...]

By Dave Watkins Jack Wheldon’s writings in the Railway Modeller first aroused my interest in16mm scale live steam railways. His description of the Archangel “Brick” in 1977 made me long for the day when I might be able to afford such a live steamer (This article was reprinted in SMT 128, May 2009). Archangel models [...]

By Derek Wiggins and Keith Skillicorn Visualise the mid-seventies. Jack Wheldon has just written his milestone article 'Raising the Pressure', and Stewart Browne of Archangel is swamped with orders for his Rheidol and Brick models. He is starting on 'Snowdon Ranger' and 'The Princess', so articulating power bogies is only in its infancy. Stewart decides [...]

By Terry Pearce I was delighted to receive a copy of Andrew Neale’s “Industrial Narrow Gauge Album” with my November SMT, as this is just the sort of book that I scan avidly to give me modelling ideas. So it was no surprise that the lower photo on page 50 of the album caught my [...]

By Ken Best Pssst - Want to know a secret? No doubt, by now, most of you will be familiar with my thirty years old “Super Mamod”, but not many have actually been able to have a close look at what goes on beneath that great blue body. Therefore at the suggestion of our esteemed [...]