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Protofour
Timeline, the first 25 years.
|
| Date |
Protofour Development & MRSG
|
Protofour Society
|
Scalefour Society
|
| July 1963 |
"Progress in EEM gauge"
published in MRN, the precursor of Protofour and first fruits of the
MRSG |
|
|
| February 1964 |
Again in MRN. more
"Progress in EEM" |
|
|
| August 1966 |
First article on
Protofour by the MRSG published in MRN |
|
|
| January 1967 |
Start of the 13 part MRC
series on Protofour by the MRSG. This series got P4 on the move. |
|
|
| December 1967 |
Studiolith supplies start
P4 Newsletter No 1 |
|
|
| March 1969 |
|
Protofour Society Inaugurated |
|
| June 1969 |
|
P4 Society News sheet No 1 |
|
| June 1970 |
|
South London Area Group
formed |
|
| September 1970 |
|
Initial issue of P4 Manual
First issue 'Precision' |
|
| October 1973 |
|
First Annual Convention |
|
| December 1973 |
'Heckmondwyke' layout started by
NLG in response to Cyril Freezer challenge |
- Newsletter 24 |
|
| March 1974 |
|
'Prototype 1 |
|
| April 1974 |
Ray Hammond introduced
'Scalefour' |
|
|
| September 1975 |
|
Last 'Precision' - issue
10 |
|
| December 1975 |
|
Protofour
Society split - Scalefour
Society Founded |
| January 1976 |
|
|
Newsletter No. 1 |
| February 1976 |
|
|
Inaugural meeting |
| August 1976 |
|
|
'Scalefour Digest'
commenced |
| October 1976 |
|
|
Scalefour Soc. 1st
logo with Scalefour News issue 4
First Scalefour get-together, Seymour Hall
|
| Nov/Dec 1976 |
|
Prototype 12 -
first printed issue |
Scalefour News number 5
introduced the 'Digest' |
| October 1977 |
|
|
First 'Scaleforum' held at the
London Poly. |
| February 1978 |
|
|
Ray Hammond introduced his even
finer 'Scalefour' dimensions in Scalefour News No 11. |
| July - September 1978 |
|
P4 Society proposed merger with S4 Society, acceptable
conditions could not be agreed. |
| October 1978 |
|
|
Scaleforum '78 at the
Commonwealth Institute. Area groups reach 23. |
| April 1979 |
|
Prototype 19 - reduced
because of 'Precision' (which did not happen) |
|
| May 1979 |
|
|
"Scaleforum North" and AGM in
Bradford's Norfolk Gardens Hotel. |
| February 1980 |
|
|
21st Scalefour News, 'APT' logo
introduced
. |
| March 1980 |
|
Prototype 22 - 'part of
Protoscale group' |
|
| October 1980 |
|
|
Scaleforum at Norfolk Gardens
Hotel, Bradford. |
| January 1981 |
NLG 'Bodmin' articles start in MRC |
|
|
| October 1981 |
|
|
Scaleforum back at the
Commonwealth Institute |
| April 1982 |
Studiolith quit,
Trans-Europ models start |
|
|
| October 1982 |
|
|
New Scalefour logo for
Scalefour News 34
 |
| Sepember 1984 |
|
|
Scaleforum moved to City
University |
| August 1985 |
|
|
First Scalefour section
at Railwells |
| 1986 |
|
Prototype 47 - last
issue |
|
| September 1986 |
|
|
'Broadsheet' introduced to
supplement Scalefour News |
| December 1986 |
|
|
S4 news to folded format
from issue 54 |
| August 1987 |
|
P4 Society merged into Scalefour Society. ending 11 years of
duplication of effort. |
| February 1988 |
|
|
The Broadsheet/Newsheet
became Bulletin No 5. |
| May 1988 |
|
|
Scalefour North at
Barnsley |
| April 1989 |
|
|
Scaleforum North at
Wakefield |
| June 1991 |
|
|
21st Anniversary of the
South London Area Group |
| August 1991 |
25th
Anniversary of P4
|
|
|
| September 1991 |
|
|
S4 news goes glossy from Issue 74
Scaleforum moved to Leatherhead |
Scalefour
Society Publications
Scalefour News, from
Issue 1 (January 1976) to Issue 155 (December 2007) and still going, archive copies are available to members via this link.
The Scalefour Digest, our
data sheets collection is available to members via this link.
Scalefour
Society Chairmen.
Bob Essery,
February 1976 - September 1980
Ray Hammond,
September 1980 - May 1985
Clive Evans,
May 1985 - May 1989
Mike Peascod,
May 1989 - May 1999
John Chambers,
May 1999 - March 2005
Andrew
Jukes, March 2005 -
| P4 Magazine articles (Except MRSG Articles which are already covered) |
First P4 feature layout,
MRC Oct 1967 |
Sedgefield, by R R Barrington |
| MRN - May 1970 |
Making P4 Chaired Trackwork by D J Coleman |
| MRN - June 1970 |
Starting in Protofour (i) by R A Ganderton |
| MRN - July 1970 |
Starting in Protofour (ii) by R A Ganderton |
| MRN - September 1970 |
Starting in Protofour (iii) by R A Ganderton |
| Model Railways January 1973 |
T J Clarke, P4 Midland Compound |
| Model Railways January 1973 |
Scalethree standards, Stuart Hine (A P4 spinoff) |
| Model Railways May 1973 |
Romford Wheels to P4 standards, D A Ward |
| Model Railways May 1973 |
Protofour, fact not fiction, R J Essery, coaches by M
Peascod. (beginnings of Heckmondwyke) |
| Model Railways, June 1973 |
Compensation, Ken Morgan (beginnings of Heckmondwyke) |
| Model Railways, December 1973 |
North London Group Railway, Ken York on planning a P4
layout (beginnings of Heckmondwyke) |
| Model Railways, January 1974 |
Towards better running bogie vehicles, Dick Ganderton |
| Model Railways, June 1974 |
Compensation, Locomotives, Ken Morgan |
| Model Railways, July 1974 |
Converting Hornby Dublo and Stephen Poole wheels to P4,
Darrell Ward. |
| Model Railways, October 1974 |
Point Power for Pendlebury. (Birmingham Area
Group, Tony Darrah) |
| Model Railways, November 1974 |
Point Power for Pendlebury, part 2. (Birmingham
Area Group, Tony Darrah) |
| Model Railways, December 1974 |
Point Power for Pendlebury, concluding the story.
(Birmingham Area Group, Tony Darrah) |
| Model Railways, January 1975 |
Introducing Scale 7, Ken Cottle, Dick Ganderton, Bernard Laycock (Another spin off). |
| Model Railways, February 1976 |
When your track is in a twist use a Diplometer by Don Rowland |
| Model Railways, December 1976 |
Motorising the Airfix City of Truro. to P4 standard by
Darrell Ward |
| Model Railways, March 1978 |
P4 locos by Arthur Mould |
| Railway Modeller, January 1978 |
'Pendlebury' featured as 'Railway of the Month' |
| Railway Modeller, March 1979 |
'Pendlebury again, won the RM cup for 'Railway of the
Month 1978' |
| MRC, Nov/Dec. 1982 |
Preesgwyn, A P4 layout by Paul Gittins |
| MRC, Nov. 1982 |
Cast wagon kits built in P4 by Bob Smith and Tony Moore |
| MRC, Nov. 1983 |
Aston Rowant, The Scale-Four layout of the Western
Model Railway Society |
| North London Group:
Heckmondwyke articles |
| Model Railways, Oct 1974 |
Planning |
|
| Model Railways, Dec 1974 |
Laying Track |
Martin Goodall |
| Model Railways, Apr 1975 |
The electrics |
Mike Sargent |
| Model Railways, Jun 1975 |
More electrics |
Mike Sargent |
| Model Railways, Aug 1975 |
Wagons |
Ken Morgan |
| Model Railways, Oct 1975 |
Signalling |
Derek Smith |
| Railway Modeller, April 1976 |
Heckmondwyke made 'Railway of the Month' |
|
| Model Railways, Aug 1976 |
A revolutionary point motor - part 1 |
Ray Hammond |
| Model Railways, January 1977 |
Heckmondwyke Buildings, Part 1. |
|
| Model Railways, February 1977 |
Heckmondwyke Buildings, Part 2. |
|
| Railway Modeller, 1977 |
'Heckmondwyke featured. |
|
| Model Railways, March 1978 |
Wagons for Heckmondwyke |
Bob Essery |
| Model Railways, August 1979 |
Quo Vadis Heckmondwike, the lessons
learned |
Bob Essery |
| North London
Group: Bodmin articles |
| Model Railway Constructor |
Building a Layout |
| Issue |
Part |
Title |
Author |
| Jan '81 |
1. |
Research for the Layout - 1 |
Martin Goodall |
| Feb '81 |
2. |
Research for the Layout - 2 |
Martin Goodall |
| Mar '81 |
3. |
Research for the Layout - 3 |
Martin Goodall |
| Apr.'81 |
4. |
Research for the Layout - 4 |
Martin Goodall |
| May '81 |
5. |
Research for the Layout - 5 |
Martin Goodall |
| Jun '81 |
6. |
Research for the Layout - 6 |
Martin Goodall |
| Aug '81 |
7. |
The Civil Side - 1 |
Les Howard |
| Sep.'81 |
8. |
The Civil Side - 2 |
Les Howard |
| Oct.'81 |
9. |
The Trackwork - 1 |
Tony Wilkins |
| Nov' 81 |
10. |
The Trackwork - 2 |
Tony Wilkins |
| Dec' 81 |
11. |
The Trackwork - 3 |
Tony Wilkins |
| Jan '82 |
12. |
The Trackwork - 4 |
Tony Wilkins |
| Feb '82 |
13. |
Point Rodding - 1 |
Mike Sargent |
| Mar '82 |
14. |
Point Rodding - 2 |
Mike Sargent |
| Jun '82 |
15. |
Signalling - 1 |
Martin Goodall |
| July '82 |
16. |
Signalling - 2 |
Martin Goodall |
| Aug '82 |
17. |
Signalling - 3 |
Martin Goodall |
| Sep '82 |
18. |
Signalling - 4 |
Martin Goodall |
| Oct '82 |
19. |
Signalling - 5 |
Martin Goodall |
| Nov '82 |
20. |
Signalling - 6 |
Martin Goodall |
| Jan '83 |
21. |
Signalling - 7, Block Instruments |
Martin Goodall |
| Mar '83 |
22. |
Making the Signals - 1 |
R Hammond |
| Apr '83 |
23. |
Making the Signals - 2 |
R Hammond |
| May '83 |
24. |
Controls - 1, Lever frame theory |
Mike Sargent |
| Jun '83 |
25. |
Controls - 2, Lever frame practice |
Mike Sargent |
| Aug.'83 |
26. |
Controls - 3, Conditional link control |
Mike Sargent |
| Sep '83 |
27. |
Controls - 4, Further useful circuits |
Mike Sargent |
| Oct '83 |
28. |
Controls - 5, More useful circuits |
Mike Sargent |
| Nov '83 |
29. |
Controls - 6, Wiring the boards |
Mike Sargent |
| Jan '84 |
30. |
Structures for Bodmin - 1 |
John Hayes |
| Feb '84 |
31. |
Structures for Bodmin - 2 |
John Hayes |
| Apr '84 |
32. |
Structures for Bodmin - 3 |
John Hayes |
| Jun '84 |
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Bodmin Goods Shed, Scale drawing |
|
| Oct '84 |
33. |
Operation |
Mike Sargent |
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