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Please note; schedules for club activities are notified in Train Talk - RAILWAY TIMETABLE - Page 38, and via email, if you have an email address and are not on our members email list, please advise ASAP so you can receive up to date news.Send to email; [email protected]

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in ‘Train Talk’ are not necessarily the opinions of the TMRC Inc. or it’s members.

PLEASE NOTE: Any personal items left and/or used at the club premises or events attended and/or organised by the club are the responsibility of the owner of said items.

The TMRC Inc. Takes no responsibility for any loss or damage thereof. MOTION:04/02/03.

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6. Presidents Report (Brent Smith)7. Teditorial8. On The Footplate8. My Greatest Fear9. NMRA.ORG10. Modelling Tips & Tricks (Walthers)11. NMRA Div 114. Take the Poison15. 2017 Expo (Bob Riley)16. Manyana17. 2017 Expo (Terry/Gwenda Hicks)18. 2017 Expo (Chloe Rosenberg)19. One Man’s Layout (Rob McLear)20. Railway Pics (Kent Wagner))22. Graveyard Trains (Robert Moreton) 24. 2017 Expo Lego Lead-Up26. Wait for the Train27. OOPS!

28. Modellers Corner (Bryan Howieson)29. Clubhouse Ditties31. Splitters Swamp Creek (Geoff Burns)32. Southern Pacific The Waning Years33. The Dunlop Way (Ben Dunlop)35. Jamestown (Gary Sardoni)37. Seasonal Scenery Contrast38. Railway Timetable40. Backpage Photo (Geoff Evans)

ADVERTISER INDEX:3 Train Pictures4 AR KITS5 Wuiske Promotions7 4AK/4WK Toowoomba26 Europcar Toowoomba38 My Tool Store39 Southern Rail Models

Toowoomba Model Railway Club Inc.All correspondence mailed to:

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Toowoomba Qld 4350

‘Train Talk’ Volume 28 No 12 (issue #312)June 2017

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President Brent Smith 4687 7607Vice President Doug Clarkson 4528 2584 Secretary Ted Freeman 4638 0397Treasurer Bill WaterhouseCommittee David Cook 0414 301 436 Grant Hirning 4635 7939 Lionel Kearney 4613 5785 Gary Sardoni 4635 5920

Club contacts (07) 4638 0397 - Mobile; 0490 388 327

ON THE COVER: LNER Class Q6 0-8-0 3418 about to cross a bridge on “Jamestown” with a train of coal trucks in tow. Photo and Models Gary Sardoni.

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R-T-R 1720 CLASS LOCOMOTIVE HOn3½ (12mm GAUGE) $295.00 Our 1720 locomotive offers the following features:D u a l B r a s s Flywheels.

All wheel pick up.

All wheel drive.

G e n u i n e K a d e e #158 couplers set at the correct height for QR rollingstock.

Adjustable coupler p o c k e t s t o a c c o m m o d a t e those model l ing standard gauge.

Directional lighting in both DC and DCC, i n c l u d i n g illuminated number boards.

Era and locomotive specific printing and detailing.- Highly detailed ABS body and components.- Fully DCC and Sound ready.- 8 pin DCC socket.- Highly durable and flexible Acetyl handrails, air hoses and underframe piping.- Brass and stainless steel etched details.- Full Die Cast Chassis.- Multiple era reflective logos.- Multiple era Danger Overhead Live Wires logos.- Moulded fans where appropriate.- Highly detailed bogie sideframes.- Highly detailed underframe including many individually applied parts.- Detailed cab interior

THE PROTOTYPE:The 1720 locomotives were the most common diesel locomotives ever to run on the Queensland system whilst being one of the most fondly remembered due to the sheer volume of units in traffic and the fact that they could run on ALL lines. As such, they hold a special place in the memories of most QR enthusiasts.Class leader 1720 first made an appearance in Queensland in 1966 and were a higher-powered version of the 1700 class. These units quickly proved themselves in all forms of traffic from branch line mixed goods services, suburban services through to general freight and livestock trains. Most of the class members are still in traffic today as the last 60 tonne locomotives operating regularly on the Queensland Network. Due to being a branch line locomotive, they could run on all lines. These units frequently ran double headed with 1550 and 2400 class locomotives on the “mail” trains, such as the Sunlander, Queenslander and Westlander as well as general freight.

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Wuiske Models PO Box 131 Jandowae, Qld, 4410(07) 4668 59760421 892 [email protected]

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The Mayoral Junior Encouragement Award this year went to 10 year old Jai Gibbs.

Jai looked after three layouts at the 2017 Expo, his own On30 Midwest Mining & Quarry Company, the club’s HO Baillie Bros. Circus and David Cook’s T Scale “Tiny Trains”.

Unfortunately the Mayor was unable to attend to present the Award.

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Tune in for the best of sounds for everyone’s likes 4AK and 4WK - Your stations! 2017 4AK/4WK TOOWOOMBA MODEL TRAINS, CRAFT & HOBBY EXPO

Toowoomba Showgrounds 3rd and 4th June 2017

The change of names for the club has not been without its problems, at this stage it is still in the transition stage with some aspects still hanging onto the old name/initials, the website and email listing are two items that have been updated, the DDMRC aspects will automatically redirect to the new listings for some twelve months.

Another very frustrating and as yet unresolved problem is that of the change to NBN, for many years there has been two phone numbers to my home phone, my own number and the club number 4638 1408, both numbers had distinct ring tones so I knew if the call was club related or not, NBN it appears is unable to allow two numbers on the one line and the current technology doesn’t seem to be able to stop charging me for the second rental, I have been bounced back and forth between Telstra and NBN repeatedly without resolve, looks like the communications ombudsman may be the next call to be made.

My apologies to all the people that have been inconvenienced by this technological advance, unfortunately I don’t have much control over it, if you need to phone me, call (07) 4638 0397, but make sure and say something clear and concise to the answering machine as I monitor calls due to all the garbage calls received. Alternatively there is a mobile number 0490 388 327 that I carry for contact during events, in reality the best way to communicate is via either the club Email address; admin@toowoombamodelrai lwayclub.com.au or my personal Email : [email protected]

The beauty of Emails is that I can monitor them and eliminate unwanted items, I get around 50+ emails a day, but the computer is always on and I check constantly, this technology works for me.

I have called on club members and 2017 Expo Exhibitors for stories and photos, I don’t expect to be inundated with articles, but hopefully you will enjoy the view of those that have responded.

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New members Welcome to Neil Parker from Preston, Neil models the British LNER in OO Scale, also to Michael Martin of Kingsthorpe, Michael is Ben Martins brother and models N Scale American and British OO. There is a policy at the TMRC Inc. You , say g’day to “MUST HAVE FUN”everyone 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.Member participation is an important part of the clubs success, become involved and reap the benefits.

The production of Train Talk and Construction of the Showgrounds Museum & Display Centre has been m a d e p o s s i b l e t h r o u g h t h e generosity of the

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Normally we reserve the NMRA eBulletin for important news about the administration of the Association and rarely put out "Special Editions." But this news is so exciting that I didn't want to wait until the next regular NMRA eBulletin issue in July to announce it. We have TWO new member benefits coming your way: the NMRA Turntable and the Model Railroad Layout Directory. Here's a brief overview of each. Enjoy!

-Gerry Leone, MMR NMRA Vice-President / Special Projects

The NMRA Turntable is our newest electronic publication and it promises to bring exciting internet content to

your email inbox. Every month our dedicated volunteers will be scouring the web looking for interesting, informative, entertaining model railroad content. We'll gather those links, give you a summary, and compile it into one, short, monthly e-newsletter. The NMRA Turntable will find things you'd never find on your own, will save you a bunch of web surfing time, and will put content you'll like at your fingertips. Just like a railroad turntable, the NMRA Turntable will present you with a wealth of tracks that can take your model railroad interests in any number of new directions! Watch your inbox for the NMRA Turntable, arriving within the next few days! And watch for it near the middle of the month, every month! If you don't wish to receive the NMRA Turntable, please wait until you receive the first issue and choose "Unsubscribe" at the very top or very bottom of the page. Unsubscribing from the NMRA Turntable will NOT affect your receipt of the NMRA eBulletin or various promotional emails sent to you by the NMRA.

The NMRA Model Railroad Directory is something we've talked about for eons, something we've needed for decades, and something which a handful of dedicated v o l u n t e e r s h a v e b e e n developing for over two years. What is it? See for yourself. Read the blurb below, then s ign in as a member to www.nmra.org, and look for "Model RR Directory" in the menu at the top. We'll have an a r t i c l e a b o u t i t i n t h e July/August issue of the NMRA eBulletin.

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Fall Modeling FunA few trees have started to show a hint of their fall colors here in southern Wisconsin, a reminder of what a great time of year this is to model in miniature.

Adding some hints of changing colors to your new or existing scenery is a quick and easy project that will tell visitors a lot about your layout. Starting with green deciduous trees in various shades, make a 50/50 mix of white glue and water, brush a little on the tips of the existing branches and leaves then sprinkle just a hint of yellow, orange or red ground cover on them. This time of year, some trees will only show a hint of changing colors, often on one side or at the very top, and most of the foliage will still be green.

A little later in the season, fallen leaves offer some fun projects too. Finely ground foliage in blends of duller colors and browns works great for modeling them. The thickest piles should be directly under trees, but wind piles leaves up against the sides of buildings and fences as well as around bushes too. Leaves can also be used to detail structures, where they’ve found their way onto roofs and into the gutters.

Most any figure can be put to work cleaning up leaves. Everyone seems to have their favorite ways to do the job, raking them into several small piles or rows so some bare patches of grass show through. Most communities pick up leaves after residents pile them on the curb or in the gutter. Add some city workers and a truck or two, maybe complete with flashing lights, and you’ll have a great scene.If you model an earlier era, folks burned their leaves in the driveway, burrow ditch or an old 55-gallon “burning barrel” in the back yard. A small fire simulator and a smoke generator will really bring back memories for older layout visitors.Looking for more fall projects to detail your railroad? Check out your Reference Book or visit walthers.com for all kinds of seasonal suggestions.

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June 24th – Rob McLear at Kingaroy. (NOTE ADJUSTMENT TO DATE FROM LAST NEWSLETTER), Anyone needing directions to Rob's property please request same from Rob or myself. July 15th – Logan MRC. August 19th – Leigh Craig. All meetings start at 10.30am unless otherwise notified.

SWAP ANYONE? Charles Page has a Swap Request. He has a "Tsunami 1 Medium Steam" decoder that he would like to trade for a "Tsunami 1 Heavy Steam" decoder. His decoder is still in its unopened package. You can contact Charles on his website at www.charlespagephotography.com if you can help.

One of the more spectacular aspects of MR can be signalling, yet we don't see much of it on layouts. This is probably because of its complexity, real or imagined, and because it is difficult to get it all to work properly. Besides there is a fear that the bits and pieces will cost a lot and the technology is way beyond us. There has of course, been well executed model signalling for years but the advent of Arduino technology should make it somewhat easier to master and hopefully will bring some pleasing visuals to your layout. Our trains are a powerful horizontal visual while vertical signal masts can be a counterpoint that seems to increase the length of our railroads without adding more track. As you will have noticed, our Superintendent Martyn, is giving a Clinic on Arduino at the next meeting on 20th May at his place, 50 Coombabah Road, BIGGERA WATERS. So here is an opportunity to learn something about this technology and be in a position to ask questions and get answers immediately. For some time various retailers like Jaycar and others, have been offering introductory learning kits into Arduino for about $80 and while this might sound expensive you would be able to use the parts in those kits as the basis for your signalling control. Not only can it be used for signalling but of course it can be used for crossing gates, moving bill board signs, turntable controls, and many other desirable applications around a layout. The learning kit can be added to and modified mostly without soldering to be useful in controlling all sorts of things. Servo motors often go hand-in-hand with Arduino and the prices of these has dropped markedly while their reliability has increased considerably. As modellers, we have tended to steer clear of semaphore signals because of their inherent difficulties. Commercial semaphore signals have been available but at a price or they needed to be scratch-built. My knowledge of these has come from the Kalmbach publication "How to Build Railroad Models" by Frank Taylor (1951) and other similar designs in Model Railroader. There were several disadvantages with these. Firstly, in those days it was nearly impossible to buy brass tubing under 1/8" diameter and for HO scale that was too thick. You lose interest when even a fundamental thing like this is impossible to attain. Then you had to wind your own solenoid coils.

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12 No wire thickness was given nor how many turns of wire needed. There were many other pieces that required a skill that few these days possess. When ready to install, there was more bulk under the track bench as there was above it. The solenoids had to be powered to hold the semaphore's arm position so that was a further strain on your power capacity. We raise our hats to those who went down this path but we should be willing to accept that there pioneering spirit lead the way for us to do things better. Now you can get the right diameter tube. Servo motors use very little power. Blades can be bought. And most of all accurate placement of the semaphore blade is easy to arrange and it will hold in the right position without much power usage nor other troubles. Correct electronic control, with Arduino is easy to arrange and the costs have fallen. There must be many of us wanting to use semaphores, but it's been all too hard until now. Arduino can control light signals too so it's a technology suitable for all eras. I recommend that you come to the next meeting of Division 1 at Martyn's and even if you don't fully understand what's being shown, you will notice the advantages that it has and you will have started to understand some of it and this could be your first lesson into reliable signalling.

Comment There are times when I wonder at the fluency of credit cards and easy overseas shopping. So often, we see members buying locos that give the impression that the owner is out to model the entire American railroad scene. Gone are the days when an overseas money order or draft for American Hobby Centre was so precious that you bought only what you really needed for that "pie-in-the-sky" future layout. It seems impossible for some of us to stick to a theme of a favoured line, or an area, or an era, or theme, and only buy for that. Yes, I have been guilty of breaking that consistency rule too. I model areas around the Virginian, Kentucky and Tennessee borders so Louisville & Nashville and Southern loom large in my thoughts, while Interstate, C & O, N & W, Clinchfield , etc. may have some presence. When we originally got into a display layout under Glenn's leadership, it was decided that the layout would represent an area in southern to mid-Illinois because by doing that, we would cover a great range of lines and thus those involved would have at least a few locos in their collection that would be applicable. So I got Illinois Central, Chicago Rock Island & Pacific things to fulfil that need. But several of our members already had locos for that area, usually those of the well-known western railroads that went to Chicago. The freight cars needn't be so parochial but just to be sure, for a few years every time I saw a photo of a freight train, I did a freight car count to work out the local lines that were represented and in what proportion. I found that you didn't have to concern yourself too dogmatically ensuring that yours are mostly those belonging to the company that owned the lead loco; nor freight cars of railroads which worked the same area as the locos did. There are those who have great self-discipline although they might have a few "foreigners" in their original boxes that they take out and run when others aren't looking! Well who could blame them? It is hard not to love a Pennsy T-1 or an Erie Triplex or even a diesel-electric that has a colourful paint scheme.


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But that doesn't answer the question that I am confronted with in Show and Tell at our meetings, when I try to work out what the modeller is trying to achieve with the rolling stock that is often presented. Sure, everyone could be a collector but it might then be difficult to justify building a railroad to run things on in a reasonably prototypical manner; without an ultimate aim. I have seen some mighty collections by people who have extensive layouts. We have in our midst, modellers who do keep to one theme and some of those have very good and believable layouts. I fear that I must be missing something or that I am not a fully qualified model railroader when I compare my collection to many others. When I finally realised that I was never going to produce a layout that had at least half of the U.S. I did manage to discipline myself into just buying what was plausible. There is an adage that says "model the ordinary" or something like that. So for me that means don't have Union Pacific locos running along side of my short-line locos in Appalachia. Many others keep to this rule but every so often I get my L & N Magazine from the Historical Society and there is featured just such an anomaly. Well as they say, "There is a prototype for everything!" So below is a great example of one modeller who could keep to his rules and do it in the most dramatic way. That was the late John Baker of NSW>

Looks like it might be a public holiday on the Southern Pacific layout of the late John Baker of Kellysville, NSW. John had a sign on his layout room wall that said, "He who has the most locos wins". He had several terminals like this and when I asked him his "score" his reply was, "I can't remember but it must be around two hundred. While I never looked into any of John's cupboards, what he did have on display was a very consistent Southern Pacific theme in both line ownership and in era.


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Another "Mighty Modeller" who keeps his enthusiasm under control and has a top class layout to prove it, is Charles Page. Lucky for you and me Charles has just sent me a photo of his layout as I am about to close this issue. Charles recently bought a pack of four tank cars lettered for the Pennsylvania Salt Company which are oxide red with white lettering. Some of you may have seen them at the last meeting. The lettering on these is quite remarkable and even its finest can be read clearly. They are sufficiently different from the run-of-the-mill tank cars so that they stand out in a train. The engine is a Pennsy Q-1 and that makes it a rarity too. No doubt the hardest part of this emerging photograph is having the sheer courage needed to weather those tank cars but Charles has indicated that they will be weathered eventually.

Charles Page's Pennsy scene showing his newly acquired Pennsylvania Salt tank cars behind his interesting PRR Q-1 and with a bit of speed up to judging by the smoke pattern.


A man goes to see the Priest. "Father, something terrible is happening, I have to talk to you about it."The Priest asked, “What's wrong?"The man replied, "My wife is going to poison me."The Priest, very surprised by this, asks, "How can that be?"The man then pleads, “I'm telling you, she's going to poison me, and sell all my trains?"The Priest then offers, "Tell you what. Let me talk to her, I'll see what I can find out and I'll let you know."A week later the Priest calls the man.He says, "I spoke to your wife on the phone for three hours. You want my advice?"The man said, "Yes" and the Priest replied, "the trains aren't worth it, take the poison."

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Top of the Range on Show For the Top of the Range Modellers this show was just our third display at the Toowoomba Model Trains, Craft & Hobby Expo.

We’ve settled into ‘F block’ p r e t t y comfortably and i n 2 0 1 7 o n e d i s p l a y ’ s ‘ i n a b i l i t y t o attend’ the Expo b e c a m e a bonus for us as.

Top of the Range Modellers from left B a r r y B l a i k i e , David Chitham and Ron Styan set up their display for the 2017 Expo at ‘F9’. T h e i r o t h e r m e m b e r , B o b Riley, was behind the camera.

Ted the Editor/Secretary/Organiser indicated we could ‘spread-out’ and use almost as much space as we wanted. And it’s not like space has ever been an issue for us in our three years. Indeed that has been a big factor in our returning to the event; we’ve not been pushed into a limited area nor have we even felt like we’ve been squeezed for space. Our first year was a fairly tentative one for us as we didn’t quite know what to expect, but we quickly settled into a feeling of comfort and friendliness. And that has never left us. We’ve got to know members of various other displays and we are often greeted by our first names now. Perhaps that’s because we wear easy-to-read name tags, but regardless, those greeting make an enormous difference and impart a sense of belonging, and certainly add to the aura of open friendliness the Expo extends to all its exhibitors and to its visitors. Top of the Range Modellers are four scale model builders and we stage a simple static display of our built scale modelling work. Up until this year we’ve just been four ‘local lads’, but one of our number ‘immigrated’ to Warwick in late 2016. He came back for the 2017 Expo, so all’s been forgiven.


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Two of our number celebrate their 80th birthdays in late 2017 and both are keen to keep model building and to keep on displaying their models at the Expo. One thing that has impressed us all with the TMTC&H Expo is how smoothly it runs and how well organised it is. And how incredibly well-catered it is ! Perhaps there are some last minute panics behind the scenes, but we’ve never seen any, so we doubt they exist. Thank you to the Toowoomba Model Train Club Inc for inviting us to be a part of the TMTC&H Expo. Congratulations on your 25th model train exhibition and combined expo event and Happy 30th Birthday to the Club. We look forward to seeing you in 2018 ! Part of the Top of the Range Modellers’ display

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias was on UK television with British TV host Anne Diamond.He used the word "manyana" (pronounced "man - yana"). Diamond asked him to explain what it meant.He said that the term means: "Maybe the job will be done tomorrow; Maybe the next day; Maybe the day after that; Or perhaps next week; Next month; Next year. Who really cares?"The host turned to Albert Yatapingu from the Gumbaingeri Tribe (aboriginal) who was also on the show. She asked him if there was an equivalent term in his native language.“Nah", he replied, "in Australia we don't have a word to describe that degree of urgency."

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Chloe had an N Scale layout on display which she displayed with her father Jeff, they advised they had a good weekend and fun time at the Expo as well as the Saturday night dinner, they took several photos of Chloe’s layout as well as others on display.

Chloe Rosenberg’s N Scale Rosevalley layout.

Hon3½ Queensland Railways Stannumvale by Dennis Campbell and Gary Pysden.

Stumars Roundabout, HO Scale Stuart Walker.

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Editors foreword; Rob McLear is a very prolific modeller, he campaigned his HO Scale Cajon Pass layout at exhibitions for a number of years, dabbled in N Scale and is now well and truly back into HO Santa Fe, I will let Rob take over explaining his layout room preparation and hopefully entice him to keep us posted on the new layouts progress.

Attached are a couple of photos of the train shed as she stands now. Final dimensions worked out to be 38’11” by 24’8 “ so there is plenty of room there for the layout and the workbench. The walls have been plastered, bogged and painted and the floor has been painted as well.

The angles for the l e v e l o f t h e suspended ceiling have been put up and the ce i l ing goes in this week. Then the old Cajon Pass show layout will be put back in temporarily whilst I b u i l d t h e a r e a around the long back wall.

T h a t w i l l b e Newton on the lower level and Strong City on the upper level.

H o p e f u l l y construction of the new layout will start this year.

Just have to get the plans sorted out and then we are off to the races.

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Contributed by Robert Moreton

Robert Mreton displays his HO Scale layout Morewood at our Annual Expo as well as many other exhibitions around Queensland, NSW and other areas.

Robert submitted the link to these photos, unfortunately there is not much written information, just a host of photos, we hope you are enjoying them. Teditor.

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On the weekend of the 20-21st May we attended an event at the showgrounds that showcased LEGO, The Toowoomba Brick Event, this was an opportunity for the TMRC Inc. to take advantage of the event and promote our own Expo. Initially we were under the impression we had a table space and that we would display the N Scale Twin Falls layout.

Much to our surprise, we had the complete northern wall between the two large sliding doors all to ourselves, given this space to work with, we finished up with the Baillie Boys Circus, Twin Falls, the HO Children’s ‘U’ Drive and Jai Gibbs On30 Midwest Quarry & Mining Company, another bonus for me was that the Falcon got indoor parking as a scheduled Rally car was unable to attend so the Yellow Ford filled in.

Another thing in our favour was the sale of Pre-Paid Tickets to our Expo, with around 15 tickets sold, it was an unexpected bonus.

An overall view of the Lego Displays.

Falcon on display.

David Cook looking oh so serious, Ben Martin & Angela Adams not so!

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Thomas The Tank Engine is always a popular draw card with the kids.

Jai had a ball operating his On30 shortline on DCC.

Jess in her Thomas The Tank Engine Dress and newfound friend Bob the Builder.

The Children’s ‘U’ Drive layout was very popular.

Pork & gravy rolls were messy, Jess reckoned Ted was still hungry looking for leftovers!

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Bryan has detailed, painted and decalled a Bachmann GE 44 Tonner. The locomotive depicts A Commonwealth Railways DE class diesel locomotive, no. DE90. A standard General Electric 44-ton switcher, it entered service with the CR in July 1950.

Mobile Theatrette carEx Victor ian Rai lways and South Australian Railway Joint stock car "8 AE", built at Newport, Victoria and entered service 24.10.1907. On 22.2.1952 The South Australian Railway purchased the car and recoded it "551", eventually selling it to Commonwealth Railways in 1961.

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Now the Expo is over, there is a lot of work going on at the club, there have been new members join up and visitors have been looking in on us (prospective members). Bill Waterhouse and Barry (Bazza) Freeman have been the driving force behind the installation of the wall cladding.

Others have been well involved including Doug Head and Gary Sardoni.

Gary has been cutting and fitting the insulation bats, a not very comfortable job.

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Grant and Ted tried to f o o l e v e r y o n e b y wearing similar shirts and keeping their backs turned. Bazza honoured? Bill with a Graffiti style image on one of the w a l l s , t h e y w e r e worried at times that Bill might bite his tongue off w h i l e i n i n t e n s e concentration. Work on the HO L a y o u t continues at

a steady rate, Mike Prowse has been concentrating on trackwork while the wall

panelling has been underway, “as can be seen, the wall is complete along the western side of the HO layout” while the Helix is receiving attention along with further yard trackage.

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Geoff Burns

A coal stage for Splitters

A little bit of progress on the facilities for Splitters. I've wanted to start this for a while. As I've said many times I enjoy working with timber and this project was a simple one to do on the workbench. The Data Sheet available from Greg Edwards has two different types of stage and the 1900 one is the perfect one for my layout. There are a few different timber sizes, but basically the structure is the same for each design. I began with prestaining all the timber so that I didn't have to worry about trying to stain after gluing it up. I also prefer doing it first so that when it is built there are different colours to the timber that doing it after construction would be difficult to achieve. I cut up all the decking timber first and had a pile to use. By laying all the decking down first I built this part from the deck down. So the bearers were glued on top of the decking timber and set aside to dry. Next up were the sides of the coal stage, one whole side and the other with a gap wide enough for a D wagon. This is one of the main differences between the two designs on the sheet was that the later design had a gap fitting much longer wagons, whereas the early ones were specifically for the shorter four wheeled D wagon. I then simply glued the sides on and allowed it to dry. Then cut up the timber for the ends and installed them.


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To help with holding the sides in place the universal jig, bluetac was put in place.Once this had all dried out I did some light weathering on top of the deck to show some change in colour of the timber. This photo shows up the variation in the deck before the addition of coal.I've pre drilled holes in the timber uprights to hold the bolt detail, and they are being weathered as I write this. Next up the base of the stage and there is a bit of cutting and sanding involved. So I'll leave it there for this post.

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Ben Dunlop

Just like everyone else that models an Australian rural scene you need gum trees, lots and lots of gum trees. So me being one who is hard pressed for time and impatient to see a scene come to life rapidly, I didn't want to have to make the trees individually. So laziness being the mother of all invention a light bulb sparked in my head! Buy some of those crappy trees from eBay and try to dress them up like a gum tree using the same methods as twisted wire and no more gaps.

The tree as purchased from eBay. Not at all like a gum tree, but the basics are there. Twisted wire trunk and foliage to build on, to better represent an Aussie gum.

Step 1 was to mix up a batch of Selleys no more gaps with a grey paint. Try not to mix in the grey consistently as you want a little of the white to come through in the final colour.

The trees with their new bark. By not having to twist and solder the branches you save a heap of time.

The last step was to add a lighter colour of foliage to the original foliage supplied with the tree. I used a Selleys spray on adhesive and then lightly sprinkled on a fine foliage from Noch. I wanted to leave the original dark colour for depth, you could however paint it a different colour. This would have to be done prior to painting the

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You can smash out a heap of trees after about an hour. The most time consuming part is applying the grey no more gaps.

A few new trees planted around Boggabilla station. While they are no means huge in height or perfect, but I can live with the fact they cost about $3 each and only took 3-4 minutes each to make.

The view from the opposite end. I will make a few of my own trees that are monster like in height and a little more life like, as the maximum height of the ones here are 12 cm. For now though these are serving the purpose.

A close up of one in the creek.

Again, a couple in the creek.


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by Gary Sardoni


Since last month's instalment there hasn't been much opportunity to work on "Jamestown". Our annual expo. has soaked up a fair bit of time and energy. Also, I was admiring the work of other club members, particularly Bill Waterhouse and Barry Freeman, on insulating and lining the western wall of the clubhouse with fibreglass batts and mdf 'look-alike' tongue and groove board panels so I decided to see if I could lend a hand. My contribution hasn't been that much, relative to the efforts of Bill and Barry but I suppose every bit helps. I seem to have defaulted into the role of placing the insulation into the wall cavities ready for Bill and Barry (and others: Grant, Brent, Ted) to fix the wall panels over the top to hold the insulation in place. Basically I try to get the insulation in place before the boys are ready to fix the wall panels over it.

Handling the batts is not exactly my favourite job but with a nose and mouth mask in place and a pair of gardening gloves on my hands, it's OK. In some places, the batts tuck neatly into place and stay there. In other places, contact bond is needed to stop them falling down and some cutting (with scissors usually) is needed to get the insulation to fit into place and give a good coverage without any uninsulated gaps. The appearance of the lined wall is a great improvement and with the insulation we should notice an increased level of comfort next summer.

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Anyway, back to "Jamestown". I did still manage to get one job done. There's a place where the tracks pass over a bridge which I always believed could do with a bit of work. The bridge had no fences but it appeared to have had some previously. At least I could see where some posts had been at each end, as there was a set of empty postholes.

See photo on previous page.

I decided to build some new posts and some fences. Perhaps there weren't any fences there originally, but I decided I build some anyway. I reverted to my 'fallback' construction material (thick card cut into strips) and designed and built a simple partial lattice structure for the fence, using PVA glue to join the bits. I then painted it.

For the posts I glued a few thicknesses of card together to give a square cross-section and glued a cotton-bud stick inside. The cotton bud stick projected from the bottom of each post and it turned out to be just the right size to fit neatly into the empty posthole on the layout. I found some brickpaper at home and covered the posts with it, using PVA glue. To complete each post I glued a piece of card to the top to give the appearance of a concrete cap, and painted it the same colour as the lattice fence. The pictures show the bridge 'before' and 'after'. There's no 'rocket science' in what I did here, and the imperfections of my work with thin card strips are obvious if you look carefully, but I'm aiming for the 'overall' look, so I'm pleased with the outcome.

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