Modelcraft Magazine and List

1948: Cover, Modelcraft Magazine and List [image info]

1948: Modelcraft List contents [image info]

Modelcraft Magazine, and its included pull-out Modelcraft List were published as a sales aid by Modelcraft Ltd. from the late 1940s.

The "List" appeared as the central pages of the "Magazine", printed on darker paper and was effectively Modelcraft's brief catalogue listing of products and prices. The surrounding small-format "Magazine" contained additional articles and served as a "vehicle" for the List, and meant that the full publication could be charged for.

However, the List contents may have been more interesting to many buyers than the rest of the Magazine – in the Vol1 No5 issue the page numbering runs to eighteen pages (i to xviii, plus outside covers), while the List is larger, at 24 pages.

1948 Modelcraft magazine contents (Vol1 No5)

"The Books About It" – The Editor

"Chain Cables" – K.M. Blake

"Constructing Radiators for Miniature Road Vehicles" – Sgt. R.P. Ward

"Simple Joints in Wood" – K.M. Blake

"Scenic Realism in Model Railways" – Edward Beal

"Running a Model Engineering Society" – K.N. Harris

"Converting Plan Scales" – H.S. Coleman

1948 Modelcraft List contents

1 – Planbooks

4 – Galleons and Old Time Ship Plans

8 – Unusual Craft Plans

9 – Miniature Galleon Plans

10 – Clipper Ship Plans

11 – Warship Plans

12 – Merchant Ship Plans

13 – Miniature Clipper Ship Plans

13 – Sailing Yacht and Power Boat Plans

14 – Weapons of War Plans

14 – Solid Scale War Plane Plans

15 – Glider and Flying Model Plans

15 – Solid Scale Airliner Plans

15 – Steam Engine Plans

16 – "Lineside" Plans (Railways Features, Road Vehicles in 4 mm. Scale)

17 – Building Papers – Railway Platform Fencing

18 – Model Car Plans

19 – Model House Plans (dollhouses)

20 – Constructional Kits

21 – Micromodels and Microcraft

22 – Accessories

1954: Modelcraft Handbook, small-ad in Meccano Magazine