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Contents September 2024 vol 75 No.887 678 Slattocks Junction Railway of the Month Tony Williams and Ralph Rober tson of the Manchester Model Railway Society explain why the group’s P4 layout became “a lesson in how not to build a model”, yet has evolved into a superb evocation of the Calder Valley line. 688 Wainwright L Class 4-4-0 Scale Drawings To complement John Cockcroft’s build of one of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway locomotives, we present scale drawings and accompanying prototype notes by the late Ian Beattie. 692 Building an L Class in O gauge John Cockcroft begins building a David Andrews etched kit for one of these SE&CR machines. In this first instalment John describes the assembly of the tender. 695 Storing stock safely Nigel Adams suggests some of the solutions he has used to create boxes for his locomotives and stock. 696 Tregurra Dries Mark Murray has perfectly encapsulated Cornwall’s china clay industr y with his diesel-era layout based on two real-life ‘dries’, on the edge of the Duchy’s Bodmin Moor. 702 A Yorkshire Dales stone barn Having scratch-built two Yorkshire barns for his OO Settle & Carlisle layout, Ian Nuttall describes how he built a third for a friend who is modelling the same line. 707 Cherry Tree Halt John & Carolyn Davies describe this compact narrow gauge layout modelled in 4mm scale, which is ideally sized for display at home and taking to shows. 710 Cobbolds Wharf Matthew Por teous relates how a group of members in Bur y St Edmunds Model Railway Club took up 7mm finescale modelling for an exhibition layout. 718 A Fowler 2-6-4T for James Street Project of the Month Dave Cooper constructs a London Midland & Scottish Railway suburban passenger tank for the N gauge layout James Street, featured in the September 2018 RM. 722 Norton Vale Plan of the Month Though complete and a regular sight on the exhibition circuit, this OO gauge layout by the Nailsea & District Model Railway Club is our Plan of the Month because it is based on a Cyril J Freezer track plan first published by Peco in the 1960s. Doug Richards tells its stor y. 2a 728 678 696 688 RAILWAY MODELLER

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Contents September 2024 vol 75 No.887

678 Slattocks Junction Railway of the Month Tony Williams and Ralph Rober tson of the Manchester Model Railway Society explain why the group’s P4 layout became “a lesson in how not to build a model”, yet has evolved into a superb evocation of the Calder Valley line.

688 Wainwright L Class 4-4-0 Scale Drawings To complement John Cockcroft’s build of one of these South Eastern & Chatham Railway locomotives, we present scale drawings and accompanying prototype notes by the late Ian Beattie.

692 Building an L Class in O gauge John Cockcroft begins building a David Andrews etched kit for one of these SE&CR machines. In this first instalment John describes the assembly of the tender.

695 Storing stock safely Nigel Adams suggests some of the solutions he has used to create boxes for his locomotives and stock.

696 Tregurra Dries Mark Murray has perfectly encapsulated Cornwall’s china clay industr y with his diesel-era layout based on two real-life ‘dries’, on the edge of the Duchy’s Bodmin Moor.

702 A Yorkshire Dales stone barn Having scratch-built two Yorkshire barns for his OO Settle & Carlisle layout, Ian Nuttall describes how he built a third for a friend who is modelling the same line.

707 Cherry Tree Halt John & Carolyn Davies describe this compact narrow gauge layout modelled in 4mm scale, which is ideally sized for display at home and taking to shows.

710 Cobbolds Wharf Matthew Por teous relates how a group of members in Bur y St Edmunds Model Railway Club took up 7mm finescale modelling for an exhibition layout.

718 A Fowler 2-6-4T for James Street Project of the Month Dave Cooper constructs a London Midland & Scottish Railway suburban passenger tank for the N gauge layout James Street, featured in the September 2018 RM.

722 Norton Vale Plan of the Month Though complete and a regular sight on the exhibition circuit, this OO gauge layout by the Nailsea & District Model Railway Club is our Plan of the Month because it is based on a Cyril J Freezer track plan first published by Peco in the 1960s. Doug Richards tells its stor y.

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