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The magazine includes many articles that are relevant to CaneSIG members but this listing generally includes only those articles that are directly sugar cane related -- the main exception being Queensland-related articles that I have written.

The initial number is the issue, then the article title and author; 'article' in brackets generally indicates text and photographs, but no drawings.

Some back issues are available from the publisher.

03 (Summer/Autumn 1997): Dreamworld 4-6-0 (article and drawing); Bruce Macdonald
04 (Winter/Spring 1997): Building 2' gauge Queensland cane train models in 7mm scale (article and 24/33' flat drawing); John Burgess
04: Nambour Sugar Mills 18 ton EM Baldwin bogie diesel locomotive (drawing); Jim Fainges
04: O Scale Narrow Gauge Modelling in Queensland (layout article); Steve Malone
07 (Summer/Autumn 1999): A four wheel Sugar Lines Boxcar (article and drawing); Peter Barney
08 (Winter/Spring 1999): Building a Ruston & Hornsby 'DM' locomotive in 1/4" scale (article); John Burgess
08: Random Selection (steam and diesel loco photos); Harvey Wright
09 (Summer/Autumn 2000): Building a 2' gauge Queensland cane locomotive in 1/4" scale (article and Hudson-Hunslet DM rail tractor drawing); John Burgess
10 (Winter/Spring 2000): Fiji's Free Train (article and excursion car drawing); Peter Barney
10: Trucking and Tramways (article); John Burgess
11 (Summer/Autumn 2001): A Maintenance Crew Van in 7mm scale (article); John Burgess
12 (Winter/Spring 2001): A small Compressor Wagon in 7mm scale (article); John Burgess
13 (Summer/Autumn 2002): A corrugated iron clad Work Van in 7mm scale (article); John Burgess
14 (Winter/Spring 2002): A steel Tool Wagon in 7mm scale (article); John Burgess
14: Sugar Cane Country... Far From! (compressor article); Max Burke
14: Trucks for Sugar Estates (wholestick illustration); BA Machinery
15 (Summer/Autumn 2003): A 7mm scale Water Sprinkler Wagon (article); John Burgess
15: Australian style Structures in 1:48 scale (construction article); Grant McAdam
15: Etch your own cane bins (article and etch pattern); Graeme Clarke
15: Random Selection (Maroochy River bridge photos); John Wilson
17 (Summer/Autumn 2004): The Bridge over the Maroochy River (article); Peter Barney
18 (Winter/Spring 2004): A 1:48 scale Rail Tractor - 'Sandy' (article and Malcolm Moore drawing); John Burgess
18: Malcolm Moore 0-4-0 locomotive as delivered to the Australian Army (drawing); Mark Fry
20 (Winter/Spring 2005): Random Selection (diesel loco photos); Brad Peadon
21 (Summer/Autumn 2006): Bundaberg Fowler Locomotives (article and drawing); Lynn Zelmer
21: Random Selection (diesel loco photos); Brad Peadon
22 (Winter 2006): The Wallaville Out-Depot (article and drawing); Lynn Zelmer
22: Random Selection (diesel loco photos); Lynn Zelmer, Brad Peadon
23 (Spring 2006): Fiji - From Steam to Diesel (Postcards from....; article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
24 (Summer 2007): Wholestick Cane Trucks; article and drawing); Lynn Zelmer
25 (April 2007). Isis Central Sugar Mill (article and map); Lynn Zelmer
26 (July 2007). Mechanical Cane Harvesting (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
26: Queensland Sugar Cane Locomotives: 7 ton Decauville 0-4-2T (drawing); Jim Fainges
27 (October 2007): Early Internal Combustion Motive Power in the Canefields (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
27: Fabrice Fayolle's Sugar Cane Railway (layout photos and shed drawing); Fabrice Fayolle
27: Off the Beaten Track: Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways - North Queensland Tramways (article and photos); John Dennis
28 (January 2008): Badger Bits - On30 EM Baldwin 'Bli-Bli' Cane Locomotive (model review); Rob Nesbitt
28: Navvy Crew Cars (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
28: Off the Beaten Track: Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways - Innisfail Tramway (article and photos); John Dennis
29 (April 2008): Queensland Cane Mills First Generation Mainline Diesels (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
30 (July 2008): From Cane Train to Tourist Carriage (article, drawing and modelling details); Lynn Zelmer
31 (October 2008): 'O' Scale Badila Creek Cane Bins (construction article); Andrew Webb
31: Queensland Cane Mills' Second Generation Mainline Diesels (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
31: Argentina: The Cane Trains of Ledesma, pt 1 (Postcards from...; article); Daniel Thomas
32 (January 2009): Modelling Wholestick Trucks on the Sugar Cane Railways, pt 1 (article, drawings and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
32: Argentina: The Cane Trains of Ledesma, pt 2 (Postcards from...; article, map); Daniel Thomas
33 (April 2009): Canetoad Gully plus Pelican River (article, modelling ideas and lift bridge drawings); Jim Fainges and Steve Malone
33: Modelling Wholestick Trucks on the Sugar Cane Railways, pt 2: Working in the larger scales (article, drawings and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
33: Argentina: The Cane Trains of Ledesma, pt 3 (Postcards from...; article, map); Daniel Thomas
34 (July 2009): Small Rolling Stock with Character (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
34: Argentina: The Cane Trains of Ledesma, pt 4 (Postcards from...; article, map); Daniel Thomas
35 (October 2009): Modelling Sugar Cane Fields (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
35: Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway Inc: An update to the Krauss Restoration Project; Garth Fraser
36 (January 2010): Portable Track for the Canefields (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
37 (April 2010): Colour in the Cane Fields: Diesel Liveries (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
38 (July 2010): Third Generation Diesels in the Cane Fields (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
39 (October 2010): Card Models: Redefining an old technique (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
40 (January 2011): Modelling in Card: Scratchbuild a Queensland-style cottage (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
41 (April 2011): Off the Beaten Track: Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways (Douglas Shire Tramway) (historical article); John Dennis
41: A Queensland Cottage: From model to card kit (article and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
41: More on the Queensland Cottage (modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
42 (July 2011): Off the Beaten Track: Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways (Mossman Mill Tramway) (historical article); John Dennis
42: Esperanza Sugar Mill, 1930: A museum diorama in large scale (Cuban modelling history and modelling ideas); Lazaro Garcia Driggs
42: Getting Started with On30: Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum Part 1 (modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
43 (October 2011): Recycled Timber: Munro's Tramway in On30 (layout feature and modelling ideas); Mal Martin
43: Getting Started with On30: Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum Part 2 (modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
43: Queensland's Unique Crane Engines: Class 6D 11 1/2 0-6-0ST Cranes (plans and modelling ideas); Peter Manning
44 (January 2012): Items of Interest: On30 Centre Cab Critter Locomotive Kits (Two versions) Badger Bits (Kit review); Rob Nesbitt
44: Getting Started with On30: Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum Part 3 (modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
44: A 'bush engineering' approach to a bush engineered locomotive: Modelling a steam loco converted from a Forden steam lorry (Beaudesert, modelling ideas); Vern Cracknell, Peter Jackson photographs
45 (April 2012): Modelling a Qld Rail Overbridge (plan and modelling ideas); Lynn Zelmer
46 (July 2012): Modelling a Fettler's Shed (card construction article); Lynn Zelmer
46: Off the Beaten Track - Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways: Stannary Hills and Irvinebank Tramways (prototype history); John Dennis
46: A Shorter Shay (Munro's Tramway, kitbashing article), Peter Nixon
47 (October 2012): Kitbashing an O Scale 20-foot ISO Container (card construction article); Lynn Zelmer
47: Off the Beaten Track - Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways: Irvinebank Tramway (prototype history); John Dennis
47: Build a Hansen Line Car: A Queensland Railways workhorse (plan and construction article); Jim Fainges
48 (January 2013): 4 Wheel Sugar Cane Bin (On30 laser-cut kit review), RN
48: Javanese Sugar Cane Railways (prototype photos, models and construction tips), Lynn Zelmer with photos by John Browning and Jack Luyt, Laser cutting by Steve King
49 (April 2013): Queensland Railways VAK and VGK Hoppers (coal wagons) (model review); Gavin Hince
49: A 1:35 Scale Krauss 0-4-0WT ...and the case for military scale modelling prototype and model info); Ian Johnston
49: Building Horse-Drawn Wagons (model construction); Graham Jones
49: QR Camp Wagons (prototype photos and plan); Lynn Zelmer
49: Creating Photorealistic QR Camp Wagon Kits (model construction); Lynn Zelmer
49: The Trip of a Lifetime (QR Gulflander); Mrs N Gineer
50 (July 2013): Train Operations on Queensland's Cane Railways, Part 1 (prototype operations); Lynn Zelmer with Lincoln Driver, Carl Millington & Greg Stephenson
51 (October 2013): Train Operations on Queensland's Cane Railways, Part 2 (prototype operations); Lynn Zelmer with Lincoln Driver, Carl Millington & Greg Stephenson
52 (January 2014): Train Operations on Queensland's Cane Railways, Part 3 (prototype operations); Lynn Zelmer with Lincoln Driver, Carl Millington & Greg Stephenson (pdf file 1.8Mb)
53 (April 2014): Moreton Mill's Maroochy River Depot, Part 1 (historical and prototype construction); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.8 Mb)
54 (July 2014): Moreton Mill's Maroochy River Depot, Part 2 (model construction); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.8 Mb)
54: Sugar Bags and Crystal Balls (mill construction); Mrs N Gineer
54: Lomo Lomo -- On30 Fijian Cane Railroading (exhibition layout); Steve Pettit
55 (October 2014): Moreton Mill's Maroochy River Depot, Part 3 (model and module construction); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.8 Mb)
56 (January 2015): A Buderim Shire Tramway Coach (history and HOn30 model construction); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.2 Mb)
57 (April 2015): A Guard's Van for the Buderim Shire Tramway (Computer-based card modelling and HOn30 model); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.2 Mb)
58 (July 2015): Buderim Shire Tramway Carriages in On30 (Computer-based card modelling and On30 model); Lynn Zelmer (pdf file with all 3 parts, 3.2 Mb)
59 (October 2015): Passengers on Queensland's Shire Tramways (history and modelling tips); Lynn Zelmer
60 (January 2016): Building Large Scale Cuban Cane Cars Part 1 (prototype and Gregg Company top-loading car modelling); Lynn Zelmer with Jim Petropulos
61 (April 2016): Building Large Scale Cuban Cane Cars Part 2 (Magor side-dump cars); Lynn Zelmer with Jim Petropulos
62 (July 2016): Patchworking a Queensland Country-Style Hotel (hotel photos and history, model design); Lynn Zelmer
62: Random Selection: Brisbane area motor vehicle service business (photos)
63 (October 2016): Getting Even... Rail Ambulance, Queensland (model photos); Mrs N Gineer
63: Techniques for computer-aided models: A Queensland country hotel (card model design techniques); Lynn Zelmer
64 (January 2017): Off the Beaten Track: Lesser known but interesting narrow gauge railways - Canungra Tramway (history and photos); John Dennis
64 A Queensland country hotel: Completing the model (Reducing model complexity, construction techniques and photos); Lynn Zelmer
65 (April 2017): Creating an Illusion... Freestyle "shire" carriages based on factual building practices (two carriages expanded from Jim Fainges' Buderim Tramway drawings, construction techniques); Jay Kershaw
65 A Quick Queensland Industrial Building (saw tooth roof details and construction); Lynn Zelmer
65: Modeller's Workshop: Tea Bags for Awnings (construction techniques); Ken Hughes
66 (July 2017): Sugar in the Philippines (prototype information); Lynn Zelmer
66 Items of Interest: On30 Moreton Mill 4 tonne bin (Rosewood Workshops, product review); Rob Nesbitt
67: (October 2017): Queensland's Sugar Cane Mills (prototype information); Lynn Zelmer
68 (January 2018): Modelling Sugar Cane Mills (overview of modelling practice in Australia and elsewhere); Lynn Zelmer
69 (April 2018): Getting Cane into Queensland's Sugar Mills - Rotary Tipplers (prototype and model information); Lynn Zelmer
70 (July 2018): Model a Cuban Cane Dump (construction details); Jim Petropulos & Lynn Zelmer
70: Oahu Sugar Company - 1944 (historical and layout details); Nicholas Kalis
71 (October 2018): Getting Cane into Queensland's Sugar Mills - Truck Dumps (prototype and model information); Lynn Zelmer
71: A Simple Approach to Photographic Backgrounds (Oahu Sugar model info); Nicholas Kalis
71: Modeller's Workshop: Pallets Made Easy (model construction); Tony Reidpath
72 (January 2019): Yeppoon Goods Shed (Prototype information, printmaking); Lynn Zelmer)
72: "Cheap as Chips" fine scale tree ferns (model construction); Tony Harris
73 (April 2019): In less than a week... A sweet little conversion (Java loco tender, model construction); David Dunn
73: Turning Photos into Structures (modelling technique); Lynn Zelmer
74 (July 2019): Building Qld Pineapple Bins in Card (modelling technique); Lynn Zelmer
75 (October 2019): "Felin Hen": A much travelled Baldwin veteran (prototype, Fairymead Mill); James Waite, photos by Peter Wilson and James Waite
75: Structures for a Christmas Train Set (modelling technique); Lynn Zelmer
75: Random Selection: Road haulage of pineapples (prototype photo); Lynn Zelmer
76 (January 2020): CQ Domestic: Central Queensland and the Queenslander House (prototype); Lynn Zelmer
76: Modelling the Unusual... The Fn3 Oahu Water Tunnel (model construction); Nicholas Kalis
76: Random Selection: Oahu Sugar Gate (model photo); Nicholas Kalis
77 (April 2020): QldRailHeritage.com (RIP online resource); Lynn Zelmer
78 (July 2020): The Missing Models: Queensland Cane Harvesters (Prototype); Lynn Zelmer
78: Signature Details: WWII Bomb Racks in Oahu Sugar Company Fields (Model); Nicholas Kalis
79 (October 2020): Rockhampton's Purrey Trams (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
80 (January 2021): Harvester Update (prototype, see #78: The Missing Models); Lynn Zelmer with Tom Badger
80: O scale Oahu Pump House: Scratchbuilding from the prototype (prototype and model); Nicholas Kalis
80: Making Commercial Palm Trees More Realistic (model); Nicholas Kalis
80: Narrow Gauge Paradise: Dirk Becker's On30 "Kaijh Machappij" (model, Indonesian cane); Dirk Becker
80: Rafael Freyre Side Dump Cane Cars (prototype and model); Jim Petropulos with Lynn Zelmer
81 (April 2021): Qunaba Mill Locomotive Shed (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer with Jim Hutchinson
81: Modelling Mallee Trees (large scale modelling technique); Vern Cracknell
82 (July 2021): Kitbashing a freelance cane tender (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
83 (October 2021): Queensland's older retail shops (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
84 (January 2022): Queensland's older retail shops: Part 2 (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
85 (April 2022): Modelling Off the Beaten Track -- Lesser known narrow gauge railways [Fort Lytton Torpedo Station, Brisbane] (prototype); Jim Longworth
85: Queensland's older retail shops: Part 3 (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
86 (July 2022): Queensland's older retail shops: Part 4 (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
87 (October 2022): Build a Queensland CWA Cottage (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
87: Queensland Sugar Cane Bins (product review); Rob Nesbitt
87: Modelling Off the Beaten Track -- Lesser known narrow gauge railways [Lytton Quarantine Station, Brisbane] (prototype); Jim Longworth
88 (January 2023): Modelling Galvanised Iron Sheets; Gary Beatty
88: Designing a small loco shed (from Fijian prototype); Lynn Zelmer
89 (April 2023): Designing a small loco shed: Getting the Details Right (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
90 (July 2023): Designing a small loco shed: The ongoing concept (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
91 (October 2023): Designing a small loco shed: Conclusions (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
92 (January 2024): The ongoing convention (MRQC online); Lynn Zelmer
92: My journey in 3D (printing) (model); Charles Faulkner
92: Modelling tropical plants (model); Nicholas Kalis
92: Modelling off the beaten track: Overhead wire electric railways (prototype); Jim Longworth
93 (April 2024): Modeller as Artist: A small large-scale shack (prototype and model); Lynn Zelmer
93: Off the Beaten Track: Agricultural Tramways (Prototype); Jim Longworth
94 (July 2024): A Canecutter's Shack: Construction (model construction); Lynn Zelmer
94: Off the Beaten Track: Narrow Gauge Conversions - Part 2: Tractors, Trucks and Buses (prototype and model suggestions); Jim Longworth

last updated: 7 July 2024.

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