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Article Title
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Description
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Author
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Page Number
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#1 March 2004 - Availabe in PDF Format Click on image below
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Thinking About O-Scale
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Trevor Hodges
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1
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From My Perspective
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An introduction to Aus7 and the Yahoo! Group
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Keiran Ryan
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2
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Editorial
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First issue introduction
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Ross Verdich
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2
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Technical Matters
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GOG Standards
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David Petersen
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3
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#2 May 2004 - Availabe in PDF Format Click on image below
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A Welcome To The Aus7 Newsletter
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Kim Mihaly
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1
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What Happened To The Aus7 Federation
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Keiran Ryan
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1
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The advantages of a modelling group
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Keiran Ryan
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2
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Staining and Hand Laying 32mm Track Part 1
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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A New Beginning
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Rick White
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5
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O - Scale News
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Trevor Hodges
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7
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#3 Sept 2004
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Gunnas Need Not Apply
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A call to build a 7mm exhibition layout
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Dave Morris
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1
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One Man's View
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Keiran Ryan
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2
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Looking For A Name
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A Newsletter Naming Competition
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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Staining & Laying 32mm Track Part 2
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Liverpool Reports
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Reports on Aus7's participation
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Various
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7
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Which Wheel is Which
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Discussion of wheel standards and the O-Aust/Berg's 48 class
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Trevor Hodges
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10
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Farewell Binnibri
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Ross Verdich
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10
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O - scale News
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Trevor Hodges
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13
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From The Archives
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Standard NSW Track Formations
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ARHS/NSW
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15
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Gleaned From The Guild
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Trevor Hodges
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16
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#4 Feb 2005
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Aus7 News
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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Beginnings and Endings
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The dismantelling of Morphet (The Layout)
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Discussion of wheel standards and the O-Aust/Berg's 48 class
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3
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Photographic Sources
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Where to gets historic photos on line
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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Building and 18 Class Pt 1
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Scratchbuilding project in 7mm scale
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David Taylor
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5
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Tips and Tricks
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Keith Vanston
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9
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Gunna's Group Progress Report
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10
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O Scale Overseas
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What's up in O in the UK and US
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Trevor Hodges
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11
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Gleaned from the Guild
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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15
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#5 April 2005
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Aus7 News
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kim Mihaly
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2
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Editorial
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The 7mm Modellers' Forums
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Nick Sheridan
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3
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Building and 18 Class Pt 2
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Scratchbuilding project in 7mm scale
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David Taylor
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4
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BDO Report
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Modellers Forum Report
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Trecor Hodges
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8
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Fitting a Schooner into a Middy Pot
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Layout Ideas
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Martin Hartley
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9
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From the Archives
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50' Turntable Drawing
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AURS/NSW
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12
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Aus7 Office Holders Meeting
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Minutes
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Trevor Hodges
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13
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Gleaned from the Guild
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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#6 July 2005
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Aus7 News
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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One Modeller's View
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The future of Aus7
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Building and 18 Class Pt 2
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Scratchbuilding project in 7mm scale
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David Taylor
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4
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Left Overs - What to Do?
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Martin Hartley
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6
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Track Planning
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Track planning considerations
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Lindsay O'Reilly
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7
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Brisbane Report
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The Brisbane Report
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Kim Mihaly
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11
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Gunnas Progress
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Stringybark Creek Gets a Name
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John O'Neill
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13
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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#7 October 2005
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Aus7 Modellers Group Awards
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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One Modeller's View
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Having It All
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Building O-Aust Kit's ACM Car
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Some construction tips on building the kit
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Roger Porter
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4
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DCC for O-Scale
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An examination of some of the issues facing the O-scale modeller contemplating DCC
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John Lee
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6
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AMRM Hurstville Exhibition 2005
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A report on the exhibition
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Martin Hartley
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9
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Minutes of the Aus7 Modellers group AGM
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11
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Stringybark Creek
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A report on the progress of this layout
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Paul Chisholm
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13
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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15
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#8 March 2006
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Aus7 News
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Kim Mihaly
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2
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One Modeller's View
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The O-Aust/Berg's 48
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Rules of Thumb
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Some formulae for O-Scale
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John Lee
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4
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A String of Pearls - A modular approach
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An introduction to a layout building idea
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Kim Mihaly
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5
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Light of My Lifestyle
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A workbench idea on lighting
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Trevor Hodges
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6
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Turning a Concept Into Reality
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A discussion on a modular layout building concept
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Keiran Ryan
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11
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More Rules of Thumb
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How fast is my train travelling?
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John Lee
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12
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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13
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#9 May 2006
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Aus7 News
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AGM Announcement
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2
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One Modeller's View
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Has it been two years?
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Tumut to Batlow
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Layout design Considerations
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Rodney Barrington
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5
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A Potted History of the Kunama (Batlow) Branch
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Some background history on the line
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Kim Mihaly
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7
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Forrestville Report
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A report on the exhibition
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Martin Hartley
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10
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Tumut to Kunuma
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Is the rolling stock available
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Trevor Hodges
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11
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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#10 Sept 06
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Aus7 News
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Aus7 Modellers Group Awards
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Lindsay O'Reilly
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2
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One Modeller's View
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Motivational Modelling
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Letters to the Editor
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Members Letters
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4
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O'Tools Garage
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Building a small diorama
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Stephen Reynolds
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5
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Penrose, The Story
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Construction of a scenic display based on the Wolgan Valley line
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Peter Nixon
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7
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Photographic Sources
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Getting photos off the Internet
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Kim Mihaly
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9
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Aus7 AGM & Workshop
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Report on the Aus7 Modellers Group Annual General Meeting
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Trevor Hodges
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10
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Narrow Minded Muttering
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Article on modelling in O-14
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Mark Kendrick
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11
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Cable Clips
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An Interesting use for bread bag tags.
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John Lee
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13
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Commercial News
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Trevor Hodges
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14
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#11 Nov 06
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Aus7 News
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Hurstville Awards
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.
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2
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One Modeller's View
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Content
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Notes on the Century Models 50 Class
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A supplement tot he kit's instructions by the original author
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Roger Porter
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4
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A Very Big Weekend
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Hurstville 2006
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Trevor Hodges
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7
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Ring Of Pearls Part 2
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Second part of the series started in issue#8
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Keiran Ryan
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9
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Comments on Rodney Barrington's Tunut to batlow Track Plan
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Discussion on the detail of the plans published in issue#9
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John Lee
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13
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DVD Review
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Locomotive kiy building DVD's from the UK Reviewed
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Ray Rumble
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16
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Commercial News
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.
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Trevor Hodges
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17
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#12 Nov 06
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Aus7 News
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Schedule of events for '07
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.
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2
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One Modeller's View
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Plastic ready to run
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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What's in a name
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Aus7 name
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Trevor Hodges
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4
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A Very Big Weekend
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Hurstville 2006
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Trevor Hodges
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7
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Building the NSWGR Z18 Class Kit
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Building the Greg Waldon/Bergs locomotive kit
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John Parker
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5
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Stringybark Creek At Hurstville
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Details of the layout's showing at the 2006 AMRA Hurstville exhibition
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Trevor Hodges
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11
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Track Planning - Nymboida
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Early track planning considerations on the new branch line for Stringybark Creek
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Trevor Hodges
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15
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Commercial News
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.
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Trevor Hodges
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19
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#13 Nov 06
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Name Change Against
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Case against changing the groups name.
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Keiran Ryan
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2
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Name Change
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Case for changing the groups name.
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Bruce Lovett
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3
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Building American Suburbans in 7mm Scale
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Building a NSWGR FO and a CCA in styrene
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Trevor Hodges
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5
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Hunter Valley Coal Hoppers
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Photos of some scratch built 4 wheel wagons
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Barry Sheringham
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9
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7mm American Style
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Outline of how a US citizen comes to be modelling the NSWGR in 7mm
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Greg Vik
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10
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Why Would a Brit Model NSWR in 7mm
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The name says it all
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John Birch
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11
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A Station For Stringybark Creek
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Account of the construction of the station building for this exhibition layout.
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Paul Chisholm
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13
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Recollections of Shell
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An account of this author's time working at the Shell refinery loading rail vehicles
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Gary Flake
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15
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Review: Waratah Models Water Column
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Some construction notes on this kit
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Trevor Hodges
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17
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Commercial News
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.
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Trevor Hodges
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18
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#14 Nov 06
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Aus7 AGM Minutes
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Minutes from the 2007 AGM
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.
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2
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One Modeller's Opinion
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Some changes in the production of the magazine explained
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Trevor Hodges
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3
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Aus7 Modellers Group Award 2007
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News of the presentation of this award to Peter Berg
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Bruce Lovett
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4
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Sound and Lighting for a Century 50 Class
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Installation of a DCC decoder and lighting for this locomotive
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Roger Porter
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5
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A Place for Everything
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An account of this authors construction of a modelling bench
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Trevor Hodges
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7
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An Experimental Diorama
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This author's experiments in building and photographing a 7mm scale diorama
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Trevor Hodges
| Roger Porter
9
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Review: The Waratah Mk4 Coupler
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A look at the new version of this coupler
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Trevor Hodges
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11
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NSW LHG - A Scratch-building Project
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An account of this author's first scratch built wagon
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Paul Chisholm
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13
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Commercial News
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.
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Paul Chisholm
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15
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