No.167 JULY 2008

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Buildings & Structures Kit Reviews Mark Thatcher

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ContentsContents

5 EDITOR’S LETTER Tag Gorton

10 BR STANDARD CLASS 4 TANK Peter Spoerer

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15 A THATCHED COTTAGE Matthew Foster

19 THE SAXONIAN IIIK Bert Horner

21 BUFFERS FROM BALSA John A Coulson

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44 TRADING PLACES

48 MAIL BOX - MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES

No.167 JULY 08 Front Cover: Modified Accucraft ‘Caradoc’ Les Grant approaches the station at Wheel Trenwith with the afternoon market train to Porthcastle. The train is made up of four heavyweight Cheddar all-steel coaches. Photo: Godfrey Homewood

23 LYNTON AND BARNSTAPLE BOGIE BRAKE Stuart Moon

26 LOST RAILWAYS OF CORNWALL Godfrey Homewood

34 DETAILING No.5 David Booth

38 THE ROUGH WATER TOWER John Rogers

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