SteveyDee68 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Hi Asking the assembled wisdom of the RMWeb... Back in 1985/86, I used an article published in a model railway magazine as the basis for one of my A level Geography projects. This was back pre-internet days, so the article/magazine was sacrificed to provide the photos to illustrate my descriptions etc. Sadly, I never got the project back (it and the other two I did were kept by the course teacher to show as examples to other students!) and I cannot remember which magazine it was that the article was in. I wonder if anyone remembers it? I seem to remember (but I may be misremembering) that the magazine had an orange border to the cover; I also think it had the Airfix logo quite prominently in the upper left corner? Was there such a thing as an Airfix magazine for modellers? If anyone does have a copy, I am sure it also contained layout ideas! Cheers Steve S Edited May 27, 2020 by SteveyDee68 Autospell ignores typos and allows substitute words - so what is the point?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 It'll be Model Trains. A short lived magazine sponsored by Airfix until Airfix went bankrupt. It then merged with Scale Trains to make Scale Model Trains. http://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/Model-Trains-1982 Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I've had a quick scan through the 18 copies of Model Trains I have and found nothing about the Peoples Liberation Army. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2020 I can recall a copy of Backtrack Magazine covering it with colour images. May not be as far back as the 80’s though. This may help if it’s the copy you’re after http://www.pendragonpublishing.co.uk/html/25-year_index.html 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) On 21/05/2020 at 18:29, Steamport Southport said: It'll be Model Trains. A short lived magazine sponsored by Airfix until Airfix went bankrupt. It then merged with Scale Trains to make Scale Model Trains. http://magazineexchange.co.uk/cw/Model-Trains-1982 Jason Jason - thank you so much! I've checked these and "The Millwall Circle" was the article - as soon as I saw the title I remembered that was what it was called! That particular issue also had an article about converting the O scale Atlas 0-6-0 diesel loco into a British outline shunter, and my dad did just that! (I have a photo, somewhere.) April 1982 also had the Lirpa Loof model railway - if I remember rightly, that was an April fool article showing actual locos and stock on a continental system, photographed in such a way as to make it look like a model! Well, I wouldn't ever have found that without your help! Kudos to Jason and to RMWeb! Steve S Update Purchased! Edited October 12, 2023 by SteveyDee68 Update 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackedmember Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 You also asked if there was an Airfix Magazine for Modellers. Airfix Magazine was a seperate magazine and ran from about 1964 to 1993. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I didn't know the Airfix magazine lasted that long. I've picked a few of the newer version of the magazine up, mostly out of curiosity. Some lovely models in them. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 17 hours ago, crackedmember said: You also asked if there was an Airfix Magazine for Modellers. Airfix Magazine was a seperate magazine and ran from about 1964 to 1993. Ah, I think I was unclear - I meant an Airfix magazine for railway modellers, rather than their range of kits from ships to tanks to planes to military personnel* Cheers Steve S * if I remember correctly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 The Airfix magazine did have some railway content. I remember Chris Ellis building a GWR branchline over a number of issues. St Ives I think it was. Jason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 (edited) Having got a copy of the relevant magazine "Model Trains Feb/Mar 1982", the article The Millwall Circle by Colin Withey was for 'a prototype for a 'table-top' OO gauge model railway', with a plan designed as a step up from running trains on the carpet "when the novelty of that new starter set wears off". However, as it lists Peckett No 74 (as produced by Hornby) in the roster of locomotives that served the India & Millwall Docks, and in particular 'The Ramp' with the circle (oval) of track around it, it did seem very timely to be reading it having recently purchased said locomotive from The Locoshed in Manchester! What a shame the article can't be reprinted, and maybe updated with a revised track plan by one of our current micro layout designers? The original article has a wealth of prototype information (probably why I stole based my A level project on it!) but was written long before RTR industrial locomotives became the quasi-Swiss watches that they are now! I've included a (dodgy) photo of the trackplan in the articles as food for thought - if that breaches copyright etc, please let me know (AY or other Mods) and I will remove. HOURS OF FUN Edited October 12, 2023 by SteveyDee68 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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