Vol 26 #02 August 2014 #280.TMP

August/September/October 2014 Volume 26 No 02 Issue 280
A 100% NMRA Affiliated Club
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A 100% NMRA Affiliated Club
‘Train Talk’ Volume 26 No 02 (issue #280)
August/September/October 2014
ABN 32 998 681 418
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The DDMRC Inc. Takes no responsibility for any loss or damage thereof. MOTION:04/02/03.
Darling Downs Model Railway Club Inc.
All correspondence mailed to:
DDMRC Inc.
PO Box 883
Toowoomba Qld 4350
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Train Talk - RAILWAY TIMETABLE - Page 38, and via
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President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Committee
Brent Smith
Alick Hodges
Ted Freeman
Bill Waterhouse
Peter Bates
Doug Clarkson
Bob Claydon
Lionel Kearney
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2 Table of Contents/Club Information
26 Christmas Breakfast
6 Presidents Report (Brent Smith)
26 Start of BIG Move
8 Teditorial
27 OOPS! (Stephen Colcough)
9 On The Footplate
28 Little OOPS! (Ted Freeman)
9 Non Railroad Humour (Bob Claydon)
29 Canadian National 1158 (Internet)
10 Walthers Modelling Tips
30 Splitter’s Swamp Creek (Geoff
11 Flying Scotsman (Dick Stracey)
Burns)
12 Northwest NSW Steam (Bill
33 The Dunlop Way (Ben Dunlop)
Waterhouse)
36 NWSL (David Rygmyr)
37 Dick Calling (Dick Stracey)
14 Native American (Bob Claydon)
38 Railway Timetable
14 Carstens Closure
16 The Shed (Ted Freeman)
ADVERTISER INDEX:
19 Werris Creek (Bill Waterhouse)
3 Train Pictures
20 Garratt Lovers Rejoice (Rosalie
4 AR KITS
Loring)
5 Wuiske Promotions
22 Adelaide Model Railroaders (Ken
38 My Tool Store
House)
39 Southern Rail Models
24 QLD Model Railway Show
25 Spooktakular
ON THE COVER: A NSWGR’s CPH Railmotor is stopped at Evans Gap on Geoff
Burns HO Scale award winning layout, “Splitters Swamp Creek”.
Photo: Geoff Burns.
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President’s Message September 2014
Well, 2014 has been a big year for the Darling Downs
Model Railway Club and we’ve certainly come a long
way since I joined the Club and became President
some time ago.
What have we achieved during this term of the Committee?
Well, with the excellent support of the Committee and I wish to pause and give
thanks to those members who attended the committee meetings and were truly a
part of the future of the Club, we have completed Stage 2 of the Club Premises at
Toowoomba Showgrounds.
There were times when it did not look like it was ever going to happen.
Firstly, the funding situation, whereby different events conspired against to defer
the application and supply of funding. The Toowoomba Floods and the flooding
that resulted in our Stage 1 building being swamped.
We were lucky enough to have insurance for this very event and so we were not
out of pocket.
Secondly, Who can forget the shed builder debacle?
Adro sheds, with a friendly and cooperative sales rep, who seemed to pave the
way for us to complete the shed structure. They then went into liquidation
unexpectedly and with that $10,000 of our money.
What next?
That forced to take other financial measures to ensure that we had sufficient
funding to complete the project and ensure that the vision that we had for the Club
come to fruition.
The things looked to be moving along with another builder through Greg Black
Constructions and National Sheds. This looked promising and was within our
financial scope and finally, it looked like we might make a start.
National Sheds goes bust and the Builder is out of pocket. Thankfully we had not
advanced to the stage of securing a deposit, as was the case with Adro.
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Once bitten, twice shy, as the saying goes.
We then formed a significant relationship with the Planning and Building sections of
the Toowoomba Regional Council. With their help, we made big steps in getting our
building approved.
How did this come about?
One of the Council Staff, Matthew, upon seeing our dilemma with no builder, no plans
and no construction and a time factor involved with the funding, suggested that we
contact Rodney Banks at Clearspan Sheds. Who?
We had not even considered this Company in our initial inquiries and quotes. That
was the most important step of the year for the Club.
From the first meeting with Rodney Banks, we were impressed with his generosity,
patience and understanding. Nothing was too much trouble for him.
We now had a plan, a designer and builder and surprise, surprise a new Sponsor.
Rodney is an impressive person, a quiet achiever and an inspiration to all on a local
level. I hope we can continue this relationship into the future, as I have been very
impressed with his manner and strength of character.
The culmination of our year has been the completion of the Stage 2 structure.
This point in the Club’s History could not have reached without the important work
down by our Secretary, Ted Freeman.
This has been a very sharp learning curve for him and at times, very frustrating,
dealing with Government Departments on the actual ownership of the
Showgrounds, our tenancy at Showgrounds and the mountains of paperwork that
has been involved with the Stage 2 building.
I must give this vote of thanks to Ted, who without his efforts, I would still be playing
trains at BH, maybe with power, maybe without, maybe with a lease, maybe booted
out, who knows?
So, in summary, the Shed has dominated our year and I wish to thank the Committee
for their commitment throughout the year even through times when we all wondered
what the future was to hold.
I thank all members for their participation and for the year that you have given me.
Brent Smith
President DDMRC
2013-2014
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Reckon I still have a good excuse for this further late Train Talk.
After having the Talus blasted in my Urinary Tract, I succumbed to an
infection of the remaining rocks and finished up back in hospital, this time I chucked
in a Heart Attack just for good measure.
It was actually quite funny, in the afternoon of said early morning Heart Attack, I was
being examined and next thing I was declared Code Blue (at this stage I felt great),
what’s Code Blue I asked, your system is shutting down, you are dying, they then
phoned what I thought was 666 (I said, fair go, don’t I even get a choice, straight
downstairs), turns out it was four 6's and doctors came from everywhere.
To cut a long story short, I spent another five days in the hospital moving from
Intensive Care, Coronary Ward, Surgical Ward and finally - home.
In the same week as I came home from Hospital, the sad news that Bruce Hoppitt
passed away on the Wednesday came through, very unexpected, although we were
aware Bruce had health problems, I count myself as being very fortunate.
Of course, during this period, many things fell behind including Train Talk (obvious),
secretarial duties and decal making, I also opted out of doing the Decaling Clinic at
the NMRA Gold Coast Convention.
I did manage everyday at the showgrounds venue for the Carnival of Trains, I felt I
could cope with the 6 hour days and felt comfortable knowing I was close to help at all
times, although a bit exhausted after the nine days, I faired pretty well and enjoyed
myself immensely.
We are getting closer to the finished product with our shed extension at the
showgrounds, it has been a long arduous process, but finally, it is all coming together
and we will have a first class amenity to work with.
As a member of the DDMRC Inc., you should feel pride in what has been achieved for
a bunch of guys and gals just playing with little trains.
It is a true saying in the hobby that you can never have enough room, well we will fill
up what we have pretty quick, but I feel that there will be enough to keep us all going
for some time yet.
If you haven’t yet been to the showgrounds to see the new addition, do yourself a
favour and get on out there, the buildings not going to come to you and the work won’t
do itself, be a part of this adventure, come along and enjoy the
experience.
One thing that has become obvious with the building extension
is the amount of interest being created and the influx of new
members.
This can only be a good thing for the club, as there is strength in
numbers and as we will soon start applying for grants again,
numbers count.
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Z/N - Bob Claydon
Showgrounds Museum Coordinators:
Ted Freeman - General
Alick Hodges - HO Jamestown
Russell Hartwig - N Byers Junction
Special Sale Items: Available now are
quality pens inscribed with the club name
@ $3.00, 25th Anniversary Magnets @
$1.00, 25th Anniversary Coffee Mugs @
$6.00 and Key rings @ $1.50, complete
pack for just $8.00.
New Members: Welcome to Merv
Luhrmann of Glenvale, Toowoomba,
Merv is an HO scale modeller, please
make new members feel welcome.
Club Shirts: A limited number of club
shirts are available at just $30.00 each.
There is a policy at the DDMRC Inc.
You “MUST HAVE FUN”, say g’day to
everyone that comes along to the
clubhouse, visitor, new member or old
and invite them to ‘get involved’, we are
all in this hobby for the same reason - “To
have fun” Model Railroading ‘IS’ The
World’s Greatest Hobby.
The production of Train Talk and
Construction of the Showgrounds
Museum & Display Centre has been
made possible through the generosity
of the
Layout Coordinators:
HO - Bill Waterhouse
STICK EM IN
A man, wanting to rob a Bank of Queensland, walked into the Branch and wrote 'Put
all ya muny in this beeg.' While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller,
he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police
before he reached the teller's window. So he left the Bank and crossed the street to
the NAB Bank. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the teller.
She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he wasn't the brightest light in
the Harbour, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was
written on a Bank of Queensland deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a
NAB deposit slip or go back to Bank of Queensland. Looking somewhat defeated,
the man said, 'OK' and left.
He was arrested a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at the Bank of
Queensland.
It happened in Brisbane.
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Time for a Test Drive
So what’s the first
sign of fall where
you live? Not too
many years ago, one
of the first major
events of the season
would actually take
place at the local
auto dealerships.
In those days when
annual styling
changes were the
norm, and brandnew models were rolled out every few years, the big three automakers guarded
their latest and greatest designs with the kind of secrecy accorded to major
military operations.
Passersby would be surprised to see the showroom windows mysteriously
covered over one morning, blocking off any view from the outside. While some
used plain paper, others used printed signs, hinting at the shape of a new body
style, or perhaps giving away the newest model’s name, and reminding
everyone of the day the new cars would be arriving.
Wallschlager Motors
The next stage was a major cover-up - literally! As the first new cars arrived by
train or truck, they
were shipped
under canvas
covers. A bit of the
windshield and the
driver’s door were
exposed during
unloading so they
could be driven into
place, then quickly
covered once
more.
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Local newspaper and radio ads (and TV in many areas by the 1950s) fueled
consumer’s excitement, counting down the days until the public could be let in
on the secret.
The big day itself took on all the trappings of a major party. Clowns and pony
rides for the kids helped bring in whole families, while hourly door prizes and
drawings kept adults inside – and the excitement kept rolling after dark, as
many dealers hired professional firms that swept the skies with powerful
searchlights – all
leading up to the big
moment when the
covers were pulled
back for the first time.
If you model a fall
scene from the late
1940s to the early 70s,
a new car showing like
this can be a fun way to
superdetail a city or
suburban street
scene. Dealership
buildings are available
in many scales, along
with new automobiles
for your era, and boxcars or early autoracks can bring in business for your
railroad.
Check out your Reference Book or visit us at walthers.com for
more ideas to put your fall modeling in high gear.
Hi Ted, I came by this "Flying
Scotsman. That is a 6" rule to give
it size.
Pass this on to anyone who may
be interested in it.
Very nice model, not sure what it is
worth, any idea?
Dick Stracey.
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Submitted by Bill Waterhouse
Plenty of rail photographers about this morning (29/08/2014) between Werris Creek
and Tamworth . Could have done with some steam smell effects to pass on.
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A Native American overlooking the newly completed
American transcontinental railroad in 1868.
Submitted by Bob Claydon
Carstens Publications August 22nd, 2014
It is with regret that Carstens Publicatons, Inc. will be closing permanently at close of
business on Friday, August 22, 2014. Carstens Publications, Inc. has been a leading
publisher of leading hobby magazines for over 50 years. Unfortunately the current
economic climate has placed us in this position. Discussion is continuing with several
parties who expressed desire to take on the continuance of the magazines. At this
point there is still hope that all three titles will remain in existence. But I can offer no
guarantees. We thank you for your patronage over the years, and wish you the best
of luck in your endeavors.
Henry R. Carstens, President Carstens Publications, Inc.
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From a Carstens editor A slight bit of additional information. Pretty much everything you've read about the
printer change etc., is all true, but it doesn't draw the complete picture. Allow me to fill
in the blanks a little bit.
Any business owner will tell you, it is all about cash flow. You may have all the sales
you can handle, but if you don't get the money in the door in a timely and steady
manner, you are going to have issues. And that has been the case at Carstens for
some time. We have been on a "pay to play" deal with our printer for years...We'd
send the mag and the money to print it...then we'd send the money for postage and
they'd mail it. And these were not insignificant dollar amounts.
From 2008 on, as the recession kept going, people kept losing their jobs or taking
work that paid less, our sales diminished also. We had increases in the book line,
primarily due to the On30 and then the HOn3 Annuals, and our ad revenue stayed
pretty steady. But over time, the cash coming in, and the frequency of it inched
downward. Our costs (payroll, taxes, printing costs, mailing costs etc.) kept going up,
and in the case of mailing, significantly so.
When Super Storm Sandy hit, we were out of power for 10 days (no phones, no
computers) and we counted ourselves lucky compared to some on the east coast.
But there was basically a half month that we could not generate any revenue, and of
course many folks on the east coast couldn't buy from us if they wanted to because
they didn't have power or were dealing with flooding issues. Then we had the polar
vortex and the winter that would not end, and had many of the same issues. Those
hurt our cash to the point where we were missing print windows because we didn't
have enough cash to print, and we had to delay. That delay hurt subscriber
confidence and you can see the death spiral picking up steam. There were any
number of things that you could point to, but Quad Graphics (our printer in St. Cloud
for the last 15-16 years) making the decision to shut the St. Cloud plant down and
move us (and they let all the people we'd worked with go) and put us with a new plant
and new people, that was basically the end. We had very little money coming in, and
with the delay, small prospects of any coming in. We scrapped enough up to do the
June and get it out, but the July will never see the light of day as a Carstens product.
Now two companies are bidding to buy RMC & Railfan, and so they will continue in
the future in some form. What that looks like I don't know. The Annuals future is
somewhat more vague. It is my hope and certainly my intent to continue to serve as
the editor and bring those out, but that decision is mostly out of my hands at this point.
My last official day with Carstens is Friday.
I don't want anyone to feel bad for me, I will be just fine and it was my pleasure to
serve the model railroad community and especially the narrow gauge community as
a member of Carstens. God willing, I will be able to continue to do so in some other
form, but I likely won't know what that might look like for at least another week or so,
and likely longer.
All the best,
Chris Lane- Editor On30 Annual
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Text Ted Freeman - photos Michael Freeman
After a long hiatus, the ‘shed’ is now well
underway, the builder has finished and it is
now up to us to ready the extension for the
final council inspection.
LEFT: Michael gets into the cutting of
the steel sheeting.
This requires that a doorway be cut
between the new and old sections of the
building, emergency exit lights are
required and the storm water drainage is to
be completed.
RIGHT: Alick’s turn to cut, it’s a pretty
strenuous job, so taking in turns
helped.
As can be seen here, Michael and Alick got stuck into the doorway requirement,
between the two of them, they measured, cut and finished the needed items.
A cutting saw with suitable blades was
used to cut the main structure and then the
sheeting was unscrewed and removed
piece by piece.
LEFT: The first sheet is being removed,
another three or four to go.
This door between the two shed sections
will enable us to work on the layouts etc in
the rear section without a mess floating
through to the front area, access to this
rear area is restricted to members at this
stage.
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Once the sheeting and cross bearers had
been removed, the whole building just
opened up, an exciting moment for those
present.
RIGHT: The first look to the rear from
the museum/display area.
LEFT: Looking through from the new
extension to the front.
Once the opening had been cut, it was
time to frame the doorway and eliminate
any sharp edges, this was achieved
using materials on hand in the way of ‘U’
channel, the ‘U’ channel was a perfect fit
over the framing.
RIGHT: The ‘U’ channel tidied up
the opening and with a bit more
work gave a very finished
appearance.
The next task will of course be to
make and install doors so the rear
section can be isolated.
One thing that has been noticed,
the airflow through the whole
building has increased and we
have the benefit of changing the
amount of flow through air to suit the ‘at the
moment’ needs.
LEFT: The beautiful view from the rear
sections side roller door.
There is still considerable work to be done
yet, come along and join in, there is a job
for everyone.
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For quite some time, we have had carpet
in storage at Alick’s house in readiness
for the new extension, at last we were
able to bring it across and begin laying it
out.
ABOVE: Alick & Michael lay the carpet
out.
ABOVE: Another are for carpet.
LEFT: Alick laying carpet tiles around
Jamestown.
Using surplus carpet tiles, Alick layed them
out around Jamestown to give a bit more of
a finished appearance.
RIGHT: Around Jamestown, nicely
carpeted.
LEFT: Lets celebrate by cutting off
Ted’s head!
Alick and Michael are to be commended
for their efforts in getting these projects
completed.
There is much more to be
done yet though.
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Submitted by Bill Waterhouse
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Submitted by Rosalie Loring
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Text and photos Ken House
G'day Ted,
The coal hopper with the mural painted on
it is at Cleremont.
Margaret and I and our two Jack Russels
are staying at the Pine River showground
in Brisbane at present. We are meeting up
with my sister and her family today then
heading off toward home , Adelaide,
tomorrow. Unfortunately we are not
stopping in Toowoomba.
We arrived back in Adelaide on Sunday and have been busy since then. I
looked at Train Talk last night and was
surprised to see that you put my photos in
it, thanks I was not expecting that.
By way of thanks here are a few photos of
the Adelaide Model Railroaders layout the
Southern Central RR (SCRR) and of my
home layout the Kanunda & Emu Flat
Railway (K&EFR). These are not recent
photos.
Regards Ken
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See the tiny and captivating world of model railways under the one roof at the
Queensland Model Railway Show, hosted by The Workshops Rail Museum on 18 &
19 October.
Railway modellers, demonstrators, and
traders are travelling from near and far to
showcase their passion, talent and wares
to Museum visitors for the weekend
dedicated to small trains of various scales.
Museum Director Andrew Moritz said the
event is a great family day out with many
layouts to see, plus all the fun and hands
on exhibitions of the Museum.
"We love putting on this show and seeing
the appreciation in the eyes of adults and
children, even if you're 'not into trains', it's hard not to stop and stare at the layouts,"
Mr Moritz said.
"You can see that many hours have been spent putting together layouts and models,
and modellers are happy to discuss their exhibit and much loved passion,"
"Plus you get to see the real thing as the Show is hosted in historic Workshops, which
built and maintain the steam heritage fleet."
Visitors will see trains from different
Australian states, America and the United
Kingdom in their miniature form on
landscapes depicting real and fictitious
locations.
Visitors can take a mini steam train ride
with Grandchester Live Model Steam,
enclosed
s h o e s
required and
additional
charges
apply.
Younger visitors can enjoy craft to take home, build
railway layouts at Construction Station and let off
steam in the indoor Nippers Railway playground.
Entry for the Show is included in the standard Museum
entry fee, so visitors can enjoy the show and
experience the Museum's hands on exhibits and
stories of rail in Queensland's past.
For more information contact The Workshops Rail
Museum on (07) 3432 5100 or visit
theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au.
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All Hallows' Eve in Brisbane gets a special treat with the Halloween Express steam
train gearing up the fun on 31 October, wickedly presented by The Workshops Rail
Museum.
Departing at 6.40pm, so not to keep little train enthusiasts up past their bed time, the
one hour trip departs and returns to Roma Street Station.
Director of The Workshops Rail Museum Andrew Moritz said that seeing Brisbane at
night by steam train is unique experience and a little eerie, perfect for the Halloween
celebrations that can be enjoyed by all ages.
"A steam train ride is a delightful experience by itself, but a night time ride becomes a
little bit magical for youngsters, and is a nice way to spoil them if you're not trick-ortreating," Mr Moritz said.
"Hearing the whistle of the loco
and the hissing of steam,
combined with feeling the rush of
air as you past railway stations and
going through tunnels makes for a
spooky experience.
"Regardless of your age this is a
great way to celebrate Halloween,
especially if it’s just the start of
your evening fun.
"We're looking forward to seeing
lots of different Halloween inspired
costumes by youngsters and the
grown-ups, hopefully we'll see the
Addams family or something similar.
The scheduled locomotive to do the honours for the Halloween Express is the
beautiful green BB18 1/4
No 1079, pulling heritage
carriages along for the ride.
Bookings are essential and
passengers are
encouraged to book early to
avoid disappointment.
Halloween Express tickets
prices are $79 for a family
ticket (2 adults and 2
children), $25 for adults,
$16 for children (3 –15), free
for children under 3, $22 for
concessions.
For more information on
entry or steam train ticket prices, contact The Workshops Rail Museum
on (07) 3432 5100 or visit theworkshops.qm.qld.gov.au.
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We have tentatively booked Sunday December 7th for the DDMRC Inc. Christmas
Function - breakfast at the Downssteam Railway Museum at Drayton.
The Christmas Breakfast offer’s a personally guided tour of the complex, including
the amazing Dreamtime Carriage.
It works best if we have the tour on arrival followed by breakfast.
The tour can take 30 to 60 mins, depending on the interest of the guests.
Breakfast can be served anytime from 8.00am.
The breakfast menu consists of fresh fruit, fruit juice, yoghurt, muesli, other cereals
and several hot options including sausages, bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes,
toast and unlimited tea and coffee. $25.00 per head.
Numbers attending and full payment are needed by a week prior to the 7th of
December.
Please contact Bill Waterhouse ASAP on 4639 2434 or email to [email protected] and advise him of your desire to attend, we
‘must have’ at least twenty attending to go ahead.
Now that the new extension is all but finished at the showgrounds, it is time to start
the big move.
The first scheduled day to begin moving is 10am on Saturday the 8th November at
the Baillie Henderson club rooms.
Anyone who has a means of transport available, ie, trucks, trailers, is urged to bring
them along.
The move will entail shifting as much as possible from Baillie Henderson to the
showgrounds, initially the items taken to the showgrounds will be stored accessible
in readiness to commence work in getting the showgrounds complex underway.
There is quite a bit involved in the moving, as everything is on the upper level of the
building at Baillie Henderson.
There will also be items going directly to the tip, please make every
effort to assist.
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Submitted by Stephen Colclough
KiwiRail Locomotive DXC5431 Engine failure.
No information supplied except it is obvious - “engine go BOOM!”
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The real world of railroading has its OOPS!
moments, so too does the miniature form.
The photo at left is of the down under
staging yard on the N scale Byers
Junction, the LONG sponsor train was
being sent through when a wagon at the
rear came off resulting in the ‘String lining”
of the whole train.
Another Byers Junction OOPS! at right, the
lead locomotive of a train coming up out of
the ‘Dive’ from the staging yard sideswiped
an Intermodal Hotshot sending containers
every which way.
At left, a Semi Trailer has gone off the side
of a bridge on Alick’s Little Plains HO
layout.
Right, Ted has a habit of placing six Mini
Coopers in unlikely places on Alick’s layout
while he isn’t looking, here they are in
amongst the trees.
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Canadian National Railway #1158 is a fairly workaday engine most at home on
branchlines or in local service None the less she and her many sisters played a very
important role and they could be seen up and down the entire CNR system working
hard every day, doing the mundane tasks they were designed for. This engine
celebrated her 100th birthday in 2013.
Built by the Montreal Locomotive Works, this engine was one of fifty“G-16-a” class
constructed during the years 1912-1913 (1158 was built in April 1913). They were
built for Canadian National Railways predecessor The Canadian Northern*. Engines
from this series were all small and simple, perfectly suited for the light duty jobs
assigned them.
In the railway vernacular, they were known as a “Ten Wheeler”, so named for the total
number of wheels it had. There were four guide wheels and six drivers – this layout
made them very tolerant of rough track conditions like those found on prairie
branchlines. In the Whyte notation the engine was a 4-6-0. She burned
coal and was hand fired.
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Geoff Burns
Station building progress.
The station at Evans Gap has been on the drawing board for a while now.
The building is an A1 Station which is one of the most basic NSWGR designs. As the
whole area is of the pioneer standard, and quite a minor line as branchlines go the A1
is perfect for the town ship of Evans Gap.
I cut out the walls whilst at the May show with Craig, but they've been put
aside since then with scenic work holding most of my attention. It wasn't till one of the
last Toosdy Niters when Brendan handed over some very small surface mount LED's
and some just as small resisters that the idea of lighting the station became a real
possibility. Then it became necessary to have a building to add the lighting to, hence
the current building project.
I used clapboard siding for the interior at .060" spacing and 1mm thick. The
inside because it is so visible required some lining also, so out with the novelty siding
in the .060" spacing, but I installed it upside down so it would appear like the inside of
the exterior boards.
The number of buildings I've constructed totals two, this one being the
second. To that end if I'm stating the obvious, sorry, but it's the beginner in me
showing through yet again. I wanted to be able to easily paint and detail the interior so
I built the building in three parts. Here you can see the two parts of the Station,
along with the LED and its magnet wire attached.
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1. The first being the stumps mounted on the layout so that the ground could be
formed around the stumps. I hear you, yep, how will it be seen? I just know Mr Mackie
will look to see what I did underneath. What does that mean exactly? Well the goal in
modelling is not trying to maximise realism but to decrease the amount of rubbishing
you cop when they notice what you've missed doing something! ;-)
2. The second is the floor and two inside side walls, and what ever interior detail I
want to add.
3. The third is the exterior four walls, and ceiling and roof and verandah. There is also
the back wall that has the second layer of styrene attached for inside of the exterior
cladding.
The pieces fit together,
hiding the wiring against
the inside of the wall,
and still allowing me to
paint and detail each
part separately.
Now together with
out power...
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And with, of course the blinds are closed for this shot also. I don't mind the colour of
the led, they are warm white ones.
I've taken a few photos of where I'm at and they tell the story fairly well. Next is the
fitting of the verandah and brackets. I'm not sure just how to tackle those however as
they were quite ornate, read that as curvy, as in NOT able to be cut with a straight
edge.
So there you go, next it's paint then onto the layout!
Oorroo! Geoff.
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Ben Dunlop
You may remember from one of my first posts I was building these three GLX vans.
Well I have finally had a chance to get them completed!
Travelling away with work is making it very hard for me to model lately and even
harder to get some posts up. So here is an update.
Step one to weathering these models was brushing on some rust colour and then
giving it a few seconds, then putting on a tissue and taking away most of the colour.
The end result is shown above.
I then brushed on some red around the springs of the bogie's. I also added some very
thinned down grimy black with a brush around the bogie's.
This is a close up view of the bogie's.
I didn't want to get to heavy on the
weathering as sometimes I think there can
be too much.
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Another of the wagons showing a different weathering arrangement. This time
focussed more around the hinges of the doors.
I noticed in the
picture of this
van that it had
'Newcastle'
written three
times on the
lower section of
the van. I
imitated this
with a very fine
point paint pen.
The wagons
were all hit with
the grimey
black from the
airbrush to dull down the rust and blue paint on the wagon. It also received a dull coat
which sealed the weathering to the wagon.
This shot shows how it has dulled down the white lettering of the hand written
'Newcastle'.
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I probably went a little heavy with the rust, but this exercise was not to match the
wagons exactly but to use them as a bit of a guide and try something different.
The last wagon. Again not exact but a close representation.
Maybe after a few more attempts my skills will improve, but it is all a learning curve.
Overall I am happy with the out come as I have not built and paint the stock standard
gunmetal grey louvered van with grimey black weathering. They are a unique model.
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The leaves are turning and the
temperatures are dropping so
it's time to migrate inside and
keep working on that railroad.
Some wonder what's
happening with the hobby in
this "recovering" economy;
new products continue to rise in
cost and there are fewer releases. NWSL's observation is that a growing number of
modelers are grabbing older models off their shelves and refurbishing them, and in
the process becoming less consumer and instead (re)turning to craftsmanship.
NWSL has a number of new products lined up although releasing new products
these days is not easy given the up-front costs. Meanwhile, we continue to do what
we do, and that includes machining and releasing a number of new gears, listed in
this newsletter. If we can help you get any of your "shelf queens" back on the track,
just let us know.
Sincerely, David Rygmyr
New gears from NWSL
Gears are a specialty for us and the list of what we make continues to grow. We make
these as requests/orders come in, as you'll see in the following list. We're listing them
here by part number, and you can click on the part number to see a longer description
and a photo, but as you can see requests are all over the map in terms of scale,
manufacturer, etc.
2479-6 HO scale MTH Big Boy 27T RWGd
2480-6 On30 Bachmann 2-6-0 "Polar Express" and similar 16T Sgd
2482-6 HO Bachmann 2-10-0 belt drive, upper gear 10T SGd + disk
2483-6 HOn30 Minitrains Plymouth diesel 12T Sgd
2484-6 HOn3 Balboa 2-6-0 gear 34T Sgd
2485-6 HOn3 Balboa 2-6-0 idler gear 19T RWGd
2486-6 Large Scale Bachmann "Christmas Trolley" axle gear
2487-6 HO Trainorama NSW Class 44 11T Sgd
2488-6 #1 scale Kalamazoo 4-4-0 34T WGd, 2-lead
(We have reports that 2488-6 also fits Aristocraft's 0-4-0; not verified.)
2489-6 HO Lifelike Proto 2000 2-8-4 Berkshire 16T Sgd
2490-6 On3 PSC Westside Shays #7-10 15T RWGd
2491-6 On3 PSC Westside Shays #7-10 15T Sgd
2492-6 HO Broadway Ltd PRR I-1, 2-10-0 23T Sgd
2493-6 HO Alishan Shay lineshaft, also Overland ES-2 SW 10T Sgd
2494-6 HOn3 Westside Models SP 4-6-0 #18 27T Wgd
2495-6 HO Rivarossi/AHM/IHC 2-8-2 Mikado and 4-6-2 Pacific 22T SGd
2496-6 HO Athearn H24-66 Trainmaster, also Bowser HO 0-6-0 axle gear 23T
Sgd
2499-6 HO DJH Models C0C0 axle gear 14T Sgd
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Chinese diesel loco
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