Model of the Month

By Keith Skillicorn and Derek Wiggins Robin Gosling was one of the very first producers of models for 16mm modellers, starting in the late '70s.  He only produced the GVT tram, the Festiniog 'The Prince' in early side tank and tender form, and a Mills class chassis for you to add your own bodywork.  Robin's [...]

By Keith Bucklitch "Isibutu" was built by Messrs. Bagnalls of Stafford as one of a batch of ten locos built for the Tongaat Sugar Co, of Natal, South Africa in 1929.  Latterly she was transferred to the Sezela Sugar Estate in Natal where for a period she (he) bore the name "Robert Armstrong". The loco [...]

By Bob Bath You may have seen a previous Model of the Month of mine in January where I made mention of a De Winton, to which Tim asked me to write this piece. There have been many De Winton's built to the excellent design of Dave Watkins and there are probably  as many variations [...]

By Brian Dominic It’s taken a long time for the 16mm scale MDLR to catch up with the 4mm scale version of 20 years plus ago. Then, I used the Parkside Dundas VoR bogie coach as my standard passenger stock, amongst some continental stock which also found a home on the line. Now, at long [...]

By Steve Acton The Prototype Edward Thomas is a Kerr Stuart locomotive built in 1921 for the Corris Railway at a gauge of 2’3”. The Corris originally wanted to order a 4th Falcon for the line, but by the time the order had been placed, the company had ceased producing steam locomotives. She ran for [...]

By Bob Bath At last year’s Association AGM (2008), I had only been a member for a few weeks and was desperate to find a quick easy loco to run on the new club 32mm track. At the time my efforts were being aimed at a De Winton to the Dave Watkins design and soon [...]

By Brian Dominic The Mid-Derbyshire Light Railway's Loco No 11 "SIR SAMUEL" started life as a standard Roundhouse "Bertie", bought second-hand from a member who had decided to move onto a canal boat (imaginatively named "Wet Dream") and who'd only steamed it once. Here it's seen on test, shortly after acquisition and with only name [...]

By Tony Bird Cracker was designed and built by Ernest Glaser and Felix Heufke in 1996 and 6 free drawings are available on the Internet at: http://home.iae.nl/users/summer/16mmngm/Articles_htms/Cracker.htm. Two Crackers have been made.  For the first most of the drawn dimensions were used only being altered to suit the materials available and my construction techniques.  If [...]

By Nigel Town 16mm Scale for 32mm track Beauty always was in the eyes of the beholder.  Gowrie is no exception.  Gowrie was built by Hunslets' in 1908 for the N.W.N.G.R and has the apparent distinction of being the last Fairlie built for use in the British Isles.  The locomotive was ordered to replace the [...]

By Neil Ramsay Clogher Valley Atkinson Walker Steam Tractor Number 8 15mm Scale for 45mm track During the last years of the Clogher Valley Railway  - a 3 foot gauge (mostly) roadside tramway in  Counties  Tyrone, Armagh and Fermanagh, efforts were made to reduce costs to meet road competition. Apart from the introduction of a [...]