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| 1 | Fotopic_Trainorama_4910_weathered_2-2-10.jpg |
My Trainorama 49 class has also been weathered at last. I wanted to represent a 49 class as they were during the early 1960s when they were quite new, and when Parkes depot had a justifiable reputation for turning out very clean 49 class! I painted most of the silver on the end steps and handrails black, as the standard model is more representative of how they were in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s. I airbrushed the grills at the radiator end black and then weathered the bogies, fuel tank, pilots and the top of the loco, but left the sides and ends fairly clean. | Current Projects | (10) |
| 2 | Fotopic_Austrains_MLE_weathered_2-2-10.jpg |
This Austrains MLE has also been weathered, with much work being done on the wooden deck. First step was to lightly sand the deck planking to give it a little ‘grain’ and then the individual boards were picked out in various shaded of black, grey and brown. Once the vehicle was completely weathered everything blended together and the deck looked just as I remember them! | Current Projects | (10) |
| 3 | Fotopic_Austrains_ELX_weathered_2-2-10.jpg |
Another recently completed project is this weathered Austrains VR ELX open wagon. There were no structural changes needed, except to re-score the grooves that represent the doors on the inside of the wagon a little deeper so they were more prominent. I used some SEM VR wagon red to paint the bogies, wheels and the white end steps (the white steps was a 1980s development and I’m not prepared to come any further ‘forward’ than the 1970s!). The outside of the wagon was only lightly weathered, as VR wagons back then always seemed to be much cleaner than their NSW equivalents! (I suspect a combination of a wetter climate and not as many steep grades!) The interior, however, was heavily weathered, as the interiors always seemed to be a lot worse than the exteriors! | Current Projects | (10) |
| 4 | Fotopic_Trainorama_SAR_LX_lightly_weathered_2-2-10.jpg |
This Trainorama SAR LX had the shunter’s steps replaced with Model Etch components for a review back in 2006 (see the Review section, AMRM Issue 259, August 2006) and since then has been trundling around the layout unweathered and with bright brass steps! I finally got around to painting the steps, bogies and wheels during my Xmas ‘holiday’ last month and then finishing it off with a very light coat of ‘road grime’. | Current Projects | (7) |
| 5 | Fotopic_Trainorama_BWH28745_heavy_weathering_2-2-10.jpg |
This one also had the bogies painted, but the weathering was a bit heavier! Allowing the acrylic wash to run ‘naturally’ down the sides has neatly reproduced the accumulation of ‘muck’ in the appropriate places! | Current Projects | (6) |
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 | 30th Dec 2009 | Current Projects
After a long period of not doing any modelling at all, I have started work on some new projects.
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 | 9th Dec 2007 | Rurr Valley Railway - services suspended!
After a year in which no trains ran, the RVR has gradually been taken over by greenery. By late 2007 it even more closely resembled its inspiration, Tasmania's Abt railway, albeit after closure! Then on Thursday 6th December 2007, a one-in-twenty year storm hit Sydney, the creek at the bottom of our backyard flooded nearly a metre higher than ever before, flooding the railway, washing away the 'Mt Lyell' bridge and damaging the 'Dragonrock' bridge. Luckily, perhaps due to the dense covering of greenery, the rest of the railway suffered only minor damage, despit a sizable portion of the Bottom Rd being under water...
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 | 13th Dec 2006 | Ancient relics...
An album for models that, for various reasons, no longer run on Lambing Flat.
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 | 17th Nov 2006 | AMRM misc
Miscelleneous AMRM related images
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 | 9th Mar 2006 | NSWR Infrastructure
Photos of NSWR infrastructure - buildings etc. Taken mainly during the early 1980s
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 | 7th Jan 2006 | Prototype detail photos
Detail photos of various items of full size NSWR rolling stock
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 | 2nd Jan 2006 | Bill Cooper's Hill End Rwy
Some photos of Bill Cooper's 1:20 scale garden railway which surmises that a 3ft gauge line, using American style equipment, was constructed between Hill End and Mullion Creek on the NSWGR line to Dubbo in the Central West. Bill's locos are fitted with RCS radio control and mainly Sierra sound systems
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 | 18th Nov 2005 | Chris Sim's "Como" layout
Photos of Chris Sim's HO layout based on the old Como bridge. I'm helping Chris build the layout and so far we have it running, including a working automatic gantlet track on the bridge, and it has reached the basic scenery stage. When its finished we intend to exhibit it...... if we can get it out of his flat.... ;-)
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 | 14th Nov 2005 | 12 inches to the foot.........
Miscellaneous photos of the real thing....
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 | 14th Nov 2005 | NSW PTC/SRA wagon colours (early 1980s)
A collection of photos of various full size wagons taken mainly in the early 1980s, showing the colour schemes and weathering patterns of the time, in response to an enquiry on aus.rail.models
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 | 28th Oct 2005 | Visitors to Lambing Flat
Photos of visitors to Lambing Flat
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 | 26th Oct 2005 | Scenes around Lambing Flat
General scenes on Lambing Flat
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 | 22nd Oct 2005 | Lambing Flat's passenger cars
Photos of Lambing Flat's fleet of passenger cars
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 | 21st Oct 2005 | Lambing Flat's steam locomotives
Photos of the steam locomotives of "Lambing Flat"
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 | 21st Oct 2005 | Rurr Valley Railway
Photos of my 1:24 scale Garden Railway based on the railways of the west coast of Tasmania
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 | 21st Oct 2005 | Lambing Flat's goods rolling stock
Miscellaneous photos of various items of goods rolling stock that is running, or will run ;-) on "Lambing Flat"
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 | 21st Oct 2005 | HOn3.5 Tasmanian Models
A few photos of my HOn3.5 models of Tasmanian Government Railways stock
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 | 21st Oct 2005 | Diesels on Lambing Flat
Some photos of some of my diesels on Lambing Flat
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 | 10th Oct 2005 | Austrain 36 class projects
Various photos of upgraded Austrain 36 class locos
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Latest additions to existing Collections
3rd Feb 2010
Current Projects: 6 images
1st Feb 2010
Current Projects: 2 images
16th Jan 2010
Lambing Flat's goods rolling stock: 2 images
Ancient relics... 1 image
12th Jan 2010
Diesels on Lambing Flat: 1 image
Scenes around Lambing Flat: 1 image |
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