The N Gauge Journal (issue 3/16) is now complete and at the printers, ready for printing, packing and posting. It is scheduled for send out in the last full week of May so hopefully it will be with (UK based) members before the end of this month (overseas a little longer). As usual it will be accompanied with a (16 page) Newsletter containing Society news, reports and updates. Here is a list of the Journal contents:

* What’s new in ‘N’- 13 pages of product news and reviews
* Members Models - N gauge track and stock in a larger scale setting
* AMMC 2014/15 - Michael Shillabeer’s final report
* Let There Be Light (part 1)- Brian Rockey explains adding scenic lighting
* Haardwijk - NS (part 2) - Giles Mockford describes the DCC choices
* Modelling the Legendary Boosters - A look at options and the new Radley resin kit
* Hamford - A layout by Derek Tweed
* Members Models - Chris White builds an impressive viaduct
* Modelling a Milk Float Fleet - Batch built by Peter Morris
* Centre Pages Spread - A double page photograph
* Chester Midland Shed (part 4) - Barry Bryant installs the wiring and electrics
* Members Projects - Assembling an etched trailer kit
* Dapol BY to PMV - Converting and re-painting the Dapol van
* A Swedish View of Modelling (part 2) - Olle Frykmo describes his layout
* Building a Heavy Haul Trailer - Adam Williams shows us how he did it
* Uncoupling - A Bench Test - Using the Dapol Easi-shunt couplers
* A Cattle Lorry- Grafting white-metal parts on to a RTR chassis
* Modelling Tips - Peter Siddall’s DIY track cleaner
* Improve Running through Peco Slips - Noel Leaver shows how to
* Members Models - A look a two projects
* Brickmakers Lane - David Cooper starts building his new layout
* Modelling Mail Train - Members letters


Z.

Issue 3/16 is now published and available. Copies have been dropping through UK members letterboxes and presumably overseas ones are in the air.

I hope people enjoy the contents.

Z.

Ooh, goody. Looking forward to it.

I've been making good progress with the next issue (4/16) - the articles are all in place and final details
for them are being worked on, plus I'm only waiting on the more time sensitive contributions like the trade
report, reviews and NGS news. The copy deadline is the 28th of this month and at the start of the following
month I need to get it completed and generate the print ready file to send to the printers. The posting out
of printed copies is scheduled for the last full week of July. 
 

 
However, I'm in need of contributions for future issues. Full details of how to submit something as well as
ideas and suggestions will be in the 4/16 Newsletter - please read it through and give some consideration
as to how you can help.
 
Thanks in anticipation.


Z.

All content for 4/16 is now received and in place - just some frigging around and tidying up to do. Here is the content to look forward to which includes a look at five layouts:

* What’s new in ‘N’ - 12 pages of news and reviews
* Castlefields & Central Manchester - Tony Murray describes his urban layout
* Egg Box Baseboards - Tom Jenner explains how he builds them
* Mawdsley (WR) - Matthias Hacker describes a FREMO module
* Building Accurate Buildings - Jonathan Kinghorn shows how to produce plans
* The Hares & Tortoises of DCC - Gavin Dewar tests various decoders
* 4-Character Head-Codes - Victor Hall explains
* Llanstephan Halt - A test track bed or a micro layout - you decide
* Members Projects - Assembling the Artitec JPK resin kit
* Chester Midland Shed (part 5) - Barry Bryant describes the scenery & operations
* Langley L1 to A5 - Kevin Smith bashes a white metal kit
* Tony Seaman’s Layout - A first time beginners layout
* OIX/OJA/OJX Ferry Opens - Richard Bardsley takes a closer look at them
* Let There be Light (part 2) - Brian Rockey explains lighting buildings
* Not all cars come from Oxford - Matthew Longstaff displays his collection
* Members Models - More showcased models
* Modelling Mail Train - Members letters


Z

Lots of good articles to look forward to there!

Anticipa….tion

Marty

Journal 4/16 is now out and ought be with the majority of members. I hope everyone enjoyed it.

Issue 5/16 is now at an advanced state of preparation with the article content complete and the news and review items currently being added in. To be sure of getting a copy make sure you are a member: http://www.ngaugesociety.com/index.php?page=Join  And, of course, a full colour 80-90 page magazine all about N gauge modelling (along with a Newsletter) six times a year is not the only benefit of membership - you'll be able to pre-order the new RTR exclusive Carflat bogie wagon (news and details about it were in issue 4/16) as well as shopping (from the Society mail order shop) for the exclusive other RTR products and wagon kits.
G.

Journal 5/16 is now complete, the print ready files generated and
sent off to the printers for printing, packing and distribution. It is
scheduled to be arriving with (UK based members initially) during
the last week of September (commencing 26th - just over three
weeks time). 

There will be an extra booklet included with the usual colour Journal
and B&W Newsletter;






G.

Bravo...waiting in the antipodes.

Here's a list of the contents for Journal 5/16 (that you're waiting for):

What’s new in ‘N’- News, reviews and Bachmann update report
Members Models - A BR(SR) structure gauging van by Steve Farmer
Annual Model Making Competition - Results from the 2015/16 AGM
Basingstoke Bows Out - A layout photo feature
Fitting Easi-shunt couplings - Roger Miller shows how with non-NEM stock
DCC for Dummies (part 1) - Rex Mounfield gives his take on DCC
Members Models - Ged Lee displays his Colas loco collection
Middlebourne St Helen - A SW England layout by Kes Smith
How to Make a Block Bell - Jon Dean show how to make a working example
Centre Page Spread - Bevois Park and St Denys
How to Paint Brass Kits - Andy Vaughan gives a painting masterclass
An L&YR class 27 0-6-0 - Richard Hodgkins bashes a class C kit in to one
Members Projects - Adding corridor connections to the ‘Trib’ van
Track - Getting the best out of N gauge track
Scratch-building a Footbridge (part 3) - Resin casting of the cladding details
Horseblock Lane - Neal Cooper’s minimum space shunting layout
Fitting an N Brass Loco Bulleid bogie - Alex Daniell show how to fit one
Trees at Truncated Prices - Mike Jeenes demonstrates cheap tree production
Photography Tips - To help improve your model photography
Modelling Mail Train - Members letters
 
And don't forget that with this send out you'll receive three separate publications:

* The full colour Journal
* The usual Newsletter
* And a colour leaflet called 'N Gauge Modeller jargon Buster'

It's worth being a member of the N Gauge Society.

G

Presumably members have now received issue 5/16. I hope that they enjoyed all three publications included with this send-out.

Work is now progressing on issue 6/16 which will be the last of 2016. The articles and features are now in place and I'm currently working on the 'What's New in N' section and the Newsletter with the Society updates. 

Cheers.
Z.

Ummm, not yet… but the intercontinental pigeon can't be far away.

I'm currently putting the finishing touches to the next issue of the Journal before it goes off to the printers for printing, packing and distribution. It is scheduled for send out in the last full week of November (w/c 21st - less than four weeks away). There will be three separate publications. As well as the usual full colour Journal and the NGS Newsletter there will be a 44 page special anniversary booklet;

Here's the planned content for Journal 6/16:

• What’s new in ‘N’ – 17 pages of news and reviews
• The Fell Locomotive - Michael Rosenbaum’s AMMC winner
• Bashing Chemical Tanker Wagons - A vinyl chloride monomer tanker project
• LED up the Garden Path - Andrew Courtney gives his take on the subject
• Annual Model Making Competition - Report and photos from Michael Shillabeer
• Croftleyton Spa - Dick Jones presents his layout
• Compressors and Generators - Modelling these ubiquitous work site details
• How to Form a 6-car Class 170 DMU - Lawrence Pocock shows how to lengthen sets
• Newport Measglas Wagon Depot - Centre spread and photo feature
• Operating the Steam Railway - Basic prototypical operation by Victor Hall
• Penzance - Holidays weren’t Matthias Hackers inspiration for his layout
• Tomytec Moving Bus System - A guide for beginners by Mike Harvey
• Andley - Richard Graves introduces his second layout
• Brushes - Fred Hempsall provides paint brush advise
• Monks Ferry - An interesting developing layout by Colin Wright
• Traverser for Crediton - Making a layout traverser by Chris Heggadon
• DCC for Dummies (part 2) - Rex Mountfield continues his take on DCC
• Modelling Mail Train - Members letters

And for the special anniversary booklet the contents will include:

• 50 Years Timeline - A pictorial history of the Society
• Todays N Gauge Society - The benefits of membership
• The Graham Farish Story - By Dennis Lovett
• Gone But Not Forgotten - Nostalgic brands and manufacturers
• The Andy Calvert Gallery - Photos of two of Andy’s exhibition layouts
• Early British N Gauge - 20thC N gauge history by Jeremy Burrows
• Modern Masterpieces - A brief look at some of the latest models

I hope that members enjoy this special content.

Z.

Journal 6/16 is now old news and hopefully even overseas members will have received their copy by now (if not presumably the big white bird is still on it's way). I hope everyone enjoyed the main mag and the special anniversary supplement. It was certainly a lot of effort and fun to put it together. 
 
Progress is well underway for issue 1/17, the first of the 50th anniversary year, and the bulk of the main editorial (articles and features) are in place. However, I'm currently working on the 'news' section, so, with Warley being very scarce on N gauge news, if anyone has any knowledge of new products, announcements or interesting information about N gauge, then please let me know.
 
Thanks in anticipation.
 
G.

I'm currently putting together the finishing touches to NGS Journal 1/17:
 

 
Contents will include:
 
What’s new in ‘N’ - the latest news and reviews
Hawthorn Flight - Les Richardson presents and explains what it is
Fitting Commonwealth Bogies - Clive Hardy shows how to add them to Farish Mk1 coaches
Horsing Around - Matt Pinto upgrades the Lima horsebox
AMMC - Michael Shillabeer provides the latest report for 2016
Hump Shunting Marshalling Yard - Mike Aston documents his experiences with a working model
Diesel Brake Tender - Matthew Tyler shows how to build & modify a 3D printed one
The Shipwrights Arms - Scratch-building a traditional city pub
Langston Bridge - A first exhibition layout by Julian Thornhill
Kit Bashing a Download Kit - Andrew Cockburn distresses a signal box kit
Monkchester - Peter Brown describes the N&DMRS’s layout
Members Models - Trucks and military vehicles by Peter Hardiker
Evoking a Sense of Place & Time (part 1) - Phil Lundberg looks at era 4 and the GWR
Four DCC Conversions - Tim Coombs tries his hand at installing DCC
Members Models; Marylebone - Mark Eaton’s work-in-progress London terminus
Leicester London Road Junction - David Durrance outlines the planning for his layout
Modelling Tip - Making quick and easy glazed window frames
Modelling Mail Train - Members letters
 
Hopefully it will be printed, packed and posted so that it arrives with (UK) members before the end of January.
 
Z.

Journal 1/17 has been printed and is in the post so should be dropping though members letterboxes in a day or so.

Included is a 24 page Newsletter and a pack of update pages for the Handbook. The Journal also contains exciting news of a special NGS project - so watch out for it.

Z.