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Bernard Miller - The Man Behind the Maestro
Issue 59 (1992)
p.282
7mm
Most of the glory for W.S. Norris's legendary 7mm layout (see MRJ No.43) went to Norris himself, the man who conceived and financed it. Out of the limelight, however, a genius was at work, employed by Norris to build model locomotives to the highest standards. That man was Bernard Miller, an engineer who, says Jack Ray, matched Stan Beeson in every area except public recognition.
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Confessions of a Happy Modeller
Issue 56 (1992)
p.189
7mm/0
Barrie Walls, creator of that all-action 7mm layout ‘Wallsea Main’ describes himself as average, eccentric, a stickler for the rules, but above all, a happy modeller. We asked him for some random thoughts on the matter.
Article on Barrie Walls’ modelling career and the building of ‘Wallsea main’. Includes pictures of modelled Cravens DMU.
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Cyril Freezer - an Appreciation
Issue 192 (2009)
p.195
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Editor's Musings: Bucking the Trend
Issue 200 (2010)
p.199
Gerry Beale talks about his own modelling journey, and how he bucked the trend by moving from 7mm to 4mm scale due to the quality of RTR locomotives available.
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Gerry Mann
Issue 192 (2009)
p.187
7mm/7mm FS
Trevor Pott recalls one of the pioneers of 7mm finescale.
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Inspirations
Issue 194 (2009)
p.249
Don Rowland recounts some of the events, experiences and people that have inspired him in his modelling since childhood.
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John Ahern
Issue 75 (1994)
p.283
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Kitmaster - The Rise and Fall
Issue 104 (1998)
p.163
For modellers of a certain age, the advent of Kitmaster kits in the late 1950s will be remembered as the opening of a brief but golden era in which relatively cheap, easy-to-make and - most importantly - accurate plastic models of railway subjects could be found at the local toy shop. For those of us desperately trying to move beyond the train set on a pocket-money budget, they were sheer joy. Today, original kitmaster kits are like gold dist and keenly sought by treasure hunters and modelling historians alike. Here, Steve Knight, secretary of the Kitmaster Collectors' Club, tells the fascinating story of this extraordinary and much-loved range.
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Mike Gilgannon - P4 pioneer
Issue 191 (2009)
p.141
He was a huge inspiration to Chris Pendlenton, Don Rowland and others. He was one of the first modellers in the country to work to P4 standards, and built a pre-Grouping, West Coast main line layout that eventually occupied three rooms in his Glasgow home. Jim Summers looks back over the achievements of Mike Gilgannon, a quiet and unassuming man who - for almost 40 years - occupied a very special place in the pantheon of finescale modellers.
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Mr Keen's Time Machine
Issue 71 (1994)
p.123
A biography of a man whose name is woven into the fabric of the hobby.
G.P.Keen