Peppercorn Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Good afternoon, At the risk of sounding as if I've lost it - which may, of course, be true - I've got a bee in my bonnet about an article that I read lots and lots of years ago. Sometime in the middle to late 60's I used to read the old Model Railway Constructor (MRC) ( a great mag!) and I often used also to buy Railway Modeller (RM). In one, and I think was in MRC, there was an article about the building of a new layout. I've forgotten the name, but the heading photo was of a class 20 on a long viaduct-like structure at high level over other tracks. In desperation, can anyone remember such an article and tell me what it was, and which issue? As I said above, this is a somewhat far-fetched request, and just hope that someone with a great memory (as well as a great collection of mags) might be able to remember. Thanks, Cliff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
all Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Good afternoon, At the risk of sounding as if I've lost it - which may, of course, be true - I've got a bee in my bonnet about an article that I read lots and lots of years ago. Sometime in the middle to late 60's I used to read the old Model Railway Constructor (MRC) ( a great mag!) and I often used also to buy Railway Modeller (RM). In one, and I think was in MRC, there was an article about the building of a new layout. I've forgotten the name, but the heading photo was of a class 20 on a long viaduct-like structure at high level over other tracks. In desperation, can anyone remember such an article and tell me what it was, and which issue? As I said above, this is a somewhat far-fetched request, and just hope that someone with a great memory (as well as a great collection of mags) might be able to remember. Thanks, Cliff Google "Model Railway Constructor (MRC)" and you see MRC covers that may jog your memory. Adding "new layout" produced this index: April 1960 BORCHESTER - Frank Dyer's layout OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER - By George E. Mellor THE MODEL RAILWAY CLUB EXHIBITION: - Golden Jubilee Year, by John Anning - 1910-1960: The Show Preview PICTORIAL LAYOUT - A club exhibition layout THE ASHDON AND MIDPORT - By K. W. Ashberry SIGNALLING SIMPLIFIED - By K. N. Jeffries PLANS PAGE - Maryport & Carlisle 0-4.4T CREWCHESTER - Part 2: The buildings Q. & A. by A. E. TRUSCOTT - More electrical queries AN EASY TO BUILD CRANE - By Bill Cooper WIRING A to Z - Part 8: Three-rail systems TWO-STATION LAYOUT - By Alex Bowie CONSTRUCTOR'S REVIEW TRADE REPORT - A round-up of new equipment HOW TO RUIN A CHURCH - By Dick Bizley THE SMOKE BOX - Letters to the Constructor CLUB NEWS Play with google and you may be lucky! Christopher Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppercorn Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Google "Model Railway Constructor (MRC)" and you see MRC covers that may jog your memory. Adding "new layout" produced this index: April 1960 BORCHESTER - Frank Dyer's layout OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER - By George E. Mellor THE MODEL RAILWAY CLUB EXHIBITION: - Golden Jubilee Year, by John Anning - 1910-1960: The Show Preview PICTORIAL LAYOUT - A club exhibition layout THE ASHDON AND MIDPORT - By K. W. Ashberry SIGNALLING SIMPLIFIED - By K. N. Jeffries PLANS PAGE - Maryport & Carlisle 0-4.4T CREWCHESTER - Part 2: The buildings Q. & A. by A. E. TRUSCOTT - More electrical queries AN EASY TO BUILD CRANE - By Bill Cooper WIRING A to Z - Part 8: Three-rail systems TWO-STATION LAYOUT - By Alex Bowie CONSTRUCTOR'S REVIEW TRADE REPORT - A round-up of new equipment HOW TO RUIN A CHURCH - By Dick Bizley THE SMOKE BOX - Letters to the Constructor CLUB NEWS Play with google and you may be lucky! Christopher Thanks, all - I'll look into this further as you have kindly suggested. Cliff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If you can give me the date there is a good chance I have the magazine in question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2015 This site shows many covers of that vintage, but not apparently the issue you're interested in. http://railmags.org/37-model-railway-constructor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppercorn Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 If you can give me the date there is a good chance I have the magazine in question. Ah, if only I could, Mick. My problem is having only a recollection. I think the article was a two parter, I saw part 1. Embarrassingly all I can remember of it is the photo of the class 20 on its viaduct (or, at last, a high level track) crossing a lower track on the diagonal. I thought the article was called 'Bonchester', but that's not it as this was Chris Pendleton's lovely layout, but I'm sure the article that I'm after was call somethingchester, perhaps 'Dron....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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