G1MRA Book Sales

Details for G1MRA book sales are : 

96 pages including full drawings and constructional descriptions to build a live steam S.R. 'D' class twin inside cylinder tender engine. 

Price:  £10.50 including P&P within UK (£7.50 to G1MRA members).

          £11.50 including P&P outside UK (£8.50 to G1MRA members).

84 pages including full drawings and constructional descriptions to build a live steam single cylinder LMS '4F' 0-6-0 tender engine. Also a selection of variants built to the basic design. 

Price:  £10.50 including P&P within UK (£7.50 to G1MRA members).

           £11.50 including P&P outside UK (£8.50 to G1MRA members).

 The best of 55 years of Newsletter articles in one book.

When the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association was formed in 1947, two of the objectives set out in the rules were to "promote cooperation between members" and "provide expert & technical advice for the modeller in Gauge 1" This has been achieved by the publication of the G1MRA Newsletter- which now number over 200 issues containing in excess of 3700 articles, letters & reports. The trouble with periodicals is that members are unable to search through the back numbers which can lead to duplication of articles over the years and being unable to find desirable articles. Back in 1972 Ella Roberts, the Treasurer who prepared the newsletter to be printed by her husband Stan Roberts, compiled a booklet titled "Modelling in Gauge 1" which made available a large number of constructional articles from members over a twenty year period, from loco building, through track laying to construction of rolling stock. Since then there has been no summary of the G1MRA Newsletter. Some 10 years ago Geoff Hammond proposed updating the original booklet but this time with a separate book for each topic. After indexing the newsletters and categorising the articles it was found that in excess of 3700 different articles, letters or reports had been submitted. The committee members considered various subjects and contents list were prepared. It was decided that Electrical Propulsion would be the first subject covered and Bob Hines assisted in choosing the articles. It was hoped that this would stimulate a restricted area of Gauge 1 modelling. The first sixty pages of this the first book were typed but unfortunately G1MRA was unable to complete the preparation of a book in presentable format and there the paper work stayed, almost moribund. With the recent change of Newsletter Editor, Martin Hulse has taken the original typed texts, added some of the more recent material, and prepared the first book for printing. Now the association has published Electrical Propulsion, the first of a series of books about Modelling in Gauge 1, each dedicated to a separate topic, and drawing on the experience and wisdom expressed in the G1MRA Newsletters . Whilst the G1MRA Newsletter has always been restricted to members, this series of extracts is being made available to everyone who is interested, as a sample of the Gauge 1 expertise on a specific topic.

This book draws on the many articles and letters written by JvR that have been published in more than 200 Association Newsletters over a 50 year period. John's work is legendary. Many of us will have seen his contributions to the Newsletter over the years and will know of his input into the design of the many Aster locomotives running throughout the world. His work has now been published in one volume of over 100 pages including photographs and drawings.

Prices for the above series: 

               £11.00 including P&P within UK (£8.00 to G1MRA members - please quote your G1MRA membership number).

               £12.00 including P&P outside UK (£9.00 to G1MRA members - please quote your G1MRA membership number).

All books available by post from: 

Mike Bland, G1MRA Books, 153 Nork Way, Banstead, Surrey SM7 1HR

Cheques payable to 'Gauge 1 Model Railway Association' in UK £ drawn on UK bank preferred.

If payment is made in your local currency by cheque drawn on a local bank;  please add  the equivalent of UK £8 handling charge.

PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKS ARE SENT OUTSIDE THE UK BY SURFACE MAIL, SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR DELIVERY.

 * Please mention that you obtained this information from the G1MRA website when ordering.