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Page 1 GSJIndex G Scale Journal Index to Spring 2017 Note: This Index excludes routine Society admin. articles, e.g. Thoughts from the Chair, Membership Matters, Around the Area Groups, Trade News, etc., If any articles are omitted or incorrectly indexed my apologies, but please let me know and I'll gladly make necessary amendments ASAP - Julian Butcher (member 2902) Year Qtr Page Article Title Author Photos Diagrams Prototype /Plans Article? 1987 Summer 2 G Scale and Myself Peter Barber Y 1987 Summer 3 Beginnings Derek and Joyce Holt 1987 Summer 4 "Spreewald" Patrick Perry Y Prototype 1987 Summer 5 Some Thoughts on Publicity Mike Holbrook 1987 Summer 7 Society Layout A La Mode Michael Allan 1987 Summer 8 Quick Tip - Toothpaste Tube Caps Stewart Ritchie Y 1987 Summer 9 From Wagon to Water Tower Stewart Ritchie Y 1987 Summer 11 A Swedish Railcar in G Scale David Gray Y Y 1987 Autumn 2 Beginnings, Part Two Derek and Joyce Holt Y Y 1987 Autumn 6 YG41 Michael Allan 1987 Autumn 10 Great Hassle Station and Surroundings Michael Cook Y 1987 Autumn 14 The Page Hill Railway Mike Holbrook Y 1987 Autumn 17 What Size a G Scale Module? Bill Evans Y 1987 Winter 2 Promoting G Scale Bill Evans Y 1987 Winter 3 Making Straights from Standard LGB Curves Stewart Ritchie Y 1987 Winter 4 Clochmerle En Beaujolais Nick Wood Y Y 1987 Winter 7 Last train to Lakeview David Gray Y Y 1987 Winter 11 The Hollycroft Line Stewart Ritchie Y Y 1987 Winter 15 Trade Spot - LGB Michael Adamson 1988 Spring 4 1988 LGB Catalogue - A Review Bill Evans Y 1988 Spring 8 A Study of British Prototypes Suitable for G Scale Michael Adamson 1988 Spring 13 Scratch Built and "Bashed" Wagons Mike Holbrook Y 1988 Spring 17 A British Prototype in LGB Built Entirely from Plastic and Other Oddments Michael Adamson 1988 Spring 19 Laying G Scale Track in the Garden David Gray Y 1988 Spring 21 Lehmann Gross Britsbahn Michael Allan 1988 Spring 24 Radio for Railways Brian Jones 1988 Summer 3 Kleinbach - An Exhibition Layout of the Shelf Martin L Judd 1988 Summer 4 Modelling Figures Joyce and Derek Holt Y 1988 Summer 7 Converting to R/C Brian Jones Y Y 1988 Summer 11 LGB in Your Garden Graham Whistler Y Y 1988 Summer 18 It's All In A Throw D J Mason Y 1988 Summer 19 Creating My Garden Railway Ken Povey Y 1988 Summer 21 And Now For Something Completely Different - Czechoslovak M11.0 Petrol Railcar David Gray Y Prototype 1988 Autumn 2 The Marford and District Railway Charles Summers Y 1988 Autumn 8 Two Carriage Bodies for Scratch Builders - Danish Bornholm Island Railway & N Wales Padarn Railway Dave Mason Prototype 1988 Autumn 10 G Scale Track - What's Available? Bill Evans 1988 Autumn 13 Shedding Light on Buildings Michael Cook Y 1988 Autumn 14 Scenes at Zell Am See David Gray Y 1988 Autumn 17 The Steel Bridge near Waldneukirchen in G Scale M F Kelly Y 1988 Autumn 19 Thoughts on a Society Display Layout Mike Holbrook 1988 Winter 2 Lehmann Comes to the UK Mike Holbrook Y 1988 Winter 4 A Works Tramcar Mike Holbrook Y 1988 Winter 5 The First Exhibition Martin Kelly Y 1988 Winter 7 Getting Stoned! Mike Holbrook 1988 Winter 8 002's Meanderings - No.1 M D Allan 1988 Winter 9 The Metre Gauge Railways of Southern Switzerland Tom Bigley Y 1988 Winter 14 Crystal Peaks Railway Y 1988 Winter 15 Is It a Train, or is it a Tram, or is it a Tube? David Gray Y 1988 Winter 16 First Encounters Y Prototype 1988 Winter 20 A Fairlie Simple Conversion! Stewart Ritchie Y Y 1989 Spring 2 002's Meanderings Michael Allan 1989 Spring 3 Leisure Garden of Blandford Railway D A Coombs Y Y 1989 Spring 8 Holme Park Line D C Parkinson Y 1989 Spring 10 Some Notes on Possible Prototype Railways for G Scale Mike Holbrook 1989 Spring 13 Garden Railway Photography - Hints and Tips Michael Adamson 1989 Spring 17 Spanish Narrow Gauge David Gray Y Prototype 1989 Spring 18 Bachmann's G-Scale "Big Hauler" Train Set - A Product Review Bill Evans Y 1989 Summer 3 Dewmill - An Outdoor LGB Layout John Andre Y Y 1989 Summer 12 A Wickham Trolley for Next to Nothing D A Coombs Y 1989 Summer 13 Bonding Rail Joints Michael Cook Y 1989 Summer 15 A Little Gem in Rural France John Gray Y Prototype 1989 Summer 20 A Very Simple Suspension Bridge D C Parkinson Y 1989 Summer 21 002's Meanderings Michael Allan 1989 Summer 22 The Kent Drive Garden Railway Bernard Brown 1989 Autumn 2 The Long March - Or The Pied Whistler of Nurnberg a Very Personal Account - Part 1 Michael Allan 1989 Autumn 8 The Birth of my American Style Railway Graham Austin Y 1989 Autumn 10 A Review of the LGB/Aster "Frank S" Steam Loco Roy Scott 1989 Autumn 12 Another Cheap Runner D C Parkinson Y 1989 Autumn 12 An Attractive Diesel Shunter in G Scale Lt Col H M C Lee Y Y 1989 Autumn 16 Track Cleaning D C Parkinson Y 1989 Autumn 17 Lakeview Revisited David Gray Y Y 1989 Autumn 22 Peter Stansfield (obituary) 1989 Winter 2 The Long March - Or The Pied Whistler of Nurnberg a Very Personal Account - Part 2 Michael Allan 1989 Winter 6 Permanent Tail Lighting Steve Warrington Y 1989 Winter 8 A Diesel Railcar Mike Holbrook Y 1989 Winter 12 Australian(?) railbus Alistair Whibley Y 1989 Winter 15 Lionel Trains Inc - USA Stewart Ritchie 1989 Winter 19 Vehicles in G Scale Keith Richardson Y 1989 Winter 20 Additions and Enhancements to the Delton Modewl "T" Rail Utility Car Alistair Whibley 1989 Winter 20 Contrasts on the European Narrow Gauge David Gray Y Prototype 1990 Spring 3 Our Layout John Esher Y 1990 Spring 4 A Playmobil Layout Kevin Appleton Y Y 1990 Spring 8 Diesel Railcars on the Portuguese Metre Gauge John Gray Y Prototype 1990 Spring 15 An Indoor Layout Suggestion Steve Warrington Y 1990 Spring 16 My American Style Line Now Known as The Lisaville & Hylake Graham Austin Y Y 1990 Spring 19 A Modelling Tip - Styrene Structures Mike Holbrook 1990 Spring 19 Poet's Corner D C Parkinson 1990 Spring 20 A Roof Over One's Head Mike Holbrook Y 1990 Summer 4 Der Quartinpintpottesbahn Rod Wilson Y 1990 Summer 10 Scratchbuilt G Scale Trams Tony Parkinson Y 1990 Summer 12 A Real Euro-Locomotive David Gray Y 1990 Summer 18 Tips for Modellers - Dust Covers / Coarse Grass Michael Allan 1990 Summer 19 My Developments of Radio Control Brian Jones 1990 Summer 22 The First Lesson David Gray Y 1990 Summer 23 From Sheffield with Love - An Agent's Story David Allott 1990 Autumn 4 A Typical Swiss Narrow Gauge Line David Gray Y Y Prototype 1990 Autumn 9 My First Sortie into the Garden Steve Warrington Y 1990 Autumn 10 A Sunday Special John Hanham Y 1990 Autumn 18 A Simple Bow Girder Bridge Mike Holbrook Y 1990 Autumn 21 The Narrow Gauge Lines of East Germany David Gray Y Prototype 1990 Winter 4 Modelling Rack Railways Harry Pitts Y Y 1990 Winter 10 The Barton Hills Light Railway John Golding Y Y 1990 Winter 18 A Beginner's Guide to Catenary David Gray Y 1990 Winter 20 Chiltern Area Group Get-Together Peter Badcock Y 1990 Winter 23 "Hjaerpik" The Little Dane David Gray Y 1990 Winter 25 Power to the Line Ian Dufour Y Y 1991 Spring 4 Constructing an Isle of Man Coach George Spink Y 1991 Spring 6 Another Chiltern Area Meeting Brian Nichols Y 1991 Spring 7 Some Notes on the Bachmann Trams Harry Lee 1991 Spring 8 Putting the Tops on the Bottoms of LGBs and Other Things Ted Lever Y 1991 Spring 10 Report of a G Scale Gricer Robert Varley Y 1991 Spring 11 Northern Lags - 2, Chiltern Hills Mob - 1 David Allott Y 1991 Spring 13 The Doncaster "Toy Museum" David Allott Y 1991 Spring 15 What You Really Think David Gray 1991 Spring 19 Hassling into the Nineties Michael Cook Y Y 1991 Spring 23 A Swiss Snowplough David Gray Y 1991 Spring 24 A Swiss Oldtimer Tony Parkinson Y 1991 Summer 2 An Introduction to the St Petersburg Railway Graham Mayne Y Y 1991 Summer 8 More About Rack Railways Harry Pitts Y 1991 Summer 10 A Model Railway Christine Parkinson 1991 Summer 11 Track Bonding - The Discussion Continues David Parkinson & Tony Parkinson 1991 Summer 13 Clochemerle-En-Beaujolais Michael Allan Y Y 1991 Summer 18 The Best of Both Worlds David Gray Y 1991 Summer 22 Putting the Tops on the Bottoms of LGBs and Other Things (2) Ted Lever Y 1991 Autumn 3 The 1991 Isle of Man Vintage transport Weekend David Pinniger Y Prototype 1991 Autumn 7 G Scale at Merstham Model Steam Weekend Brian Jones Y 1991 Autumn 9 The Wisdom of Experience John Golding Y 1991 Autumn 11 Supercharging the Bachmann Radio-Controlled 4-6-0 R Wright Y 1991 Autumn 12 Visits - North and South Robert Varley Y 1991 Autumn 14 Rhaetische Bahn Covered Wagon Y Prototype 1991 Autumn 16 Tops and Bottoms - The Final Episode Ted Lever Y 1991 Autumn 17 LGB Reliability David Parkinson 1991 Autumn 18 Scenes from the Other Side - Eastern Germany June 1991 John Gray Y Prototype 1991 Autumn 20 The Wye Valley Light Railway - Genesis Ken Newborn Y 1991 Autumn 26 An Afternoon on the BHLR - 7th July 1991 John Golding Y 1991 Autumn 29 Signals for G Scale Mike Holbrook Y 1991 Winter 4 Funiculi, Funicula! (Or, Yessir, They do come Steeper!) Harry Pitts Y 1991 Winter 7 Batch Building Rolling Stock Garry Hewitt Y 1991 Winter 10 Gmund on Sunday - An Eventful Ride David Pinniger Y Y Prototype 1991 Winter 14 My Layout Douglas Golding (age 9) Y 1991 Winter 15 Rhaetische Bahn Tank Wagon Y Prototype 1991 Winter 18 A Joint Display at Hillingdon Roger W Kimber Y 1991 Winter 22 A Trio of Trams Mike Holbrook Y 1991 Winter 25 750mm Gauge in Switzerland - The Waldenburgerbahn David Gray Y Y Prototype 1991 Winter 29 The Splotlands Light Railway Gil Evans Y Y 1991 Winter 31 First Attempt - A B Unit T J H Stockwell Y 1992 Spring 6 Der Quartinpintpottesbahn Peter Deacon Y 1992 Spring 8 The Hollybeech
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