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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Railmotor Models GT46C ACe SCT 001

Hi All

We spied this body shell of Railmotor Models GT46C ACe SCT001, starting to look good.

Would be nice to see a GWA variant.

Thanks

Scott

sandown 2012

hi All

Some more shots of Sandown.

Thanks

Scott

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Bendigo Rail Models releases the VR Flat top T class

Hi All
in what can only be described as the best kept secret in modeling is the release of Bendigo Rail Models Flat Top T class. This alone, was enough to have Doug excited as a Dog peering through the window of a Butchers shop. Probably with less drooling.

I wonder if they are considering a SCT T345 version, or T414, ex DE02, which can only be described as corporate vandalism to chop nose the only remaining as built DE in the universe.

I digress, Talking to Doug, he is to reviewing, as hydrochloric acid is to human skin.

Doug is very pleased with his model, and can't fault it at this time.

There is there is three versions 1955 to 1957. two inch stripe, or 321 with the 5 inch stripe and the rest with a 9 inch stripe, no exhaust stack as per prototype.

1957 to 1970 era

1970 to 1980's era

T413 is only available in the 1970 to 1980's era.

It looks Broad Gaugeaable.
There seems to be speaker previsions in the long hood.

The model is a available at $250 at the moment to the 10th of April 2012, at which point goes to $295.

Enjoy

Scott

A Tractive Effort more shots

Hi All

Some more shots.

A Grain train through town.

A clos up of the petrol station. Again the little details, caps in the apron for filling the underground tanks. Air hose reel at the ends of the roof supports, sandwich boards, and Champion add on the retaining wall, note the plants at the bacck of the house behind the petrol station.

An over view of some of the town.

This does not look like just a weekend project. The dumpster on the street is a nice touch.
As is the vacant block, note the rundown fence to the right and the good condition fence to the left. Soooo obvious, but in model spot on detail.

I'll have four Rib Eye steaks, half a kilo of Breaky snags, half a kilo of Bacon, and four T bones.

While the detail is inspiring, the treatment is just sooooo spot on. this is a layout that would have benefited much from a curved display side, this way the trains come to meet the people, and the audience can look at all angles. It does bug me that to get a good look at the trains we have to be positioned to one side, to look down the slight S curve, and can only look at trains going only one direction.. If you take all that effort to produce such a nice layout, which is obviously catered for exhibitions only, due no shunting, at least give it some thought as to providing additional ngles for viewing the trains, not just the two dimensional.

Still really nice work.

Scott

A tractive effort continued.

Hi All

Some more shots of, A Tractive Effort, these pictures are just ooozing the 60's style Sydney siders construction methods. I am pretty sure the house below is owned by a house proud family.
Probably a Balmain Tigers banner in the living room...

In keeping up the the Jones, looks like the pelmets need painting. Seems to be German auto theme occurring, not too many Fords or those other things........ oh that's it Holdens.

Typical I guess 1940, 1950's brick house, on a sloping block, nice finishing touches, such as gutters and drains, front fence, blinds, painted front steps, and the power box attached to the side wall.

The local Garage, again its the details new modern pumps, vents for the fuel tanks, pedestrian walkways, gutters, Gas bottle for BBQ refills, Ice refrigerator. Although if this the late 1980's early 1990's I sure would not be filling up at this place its a rip off 119.9 a liter they must be dreaming.....

More to follow.

scott

Sandown 2012 and A tractive effort

Hi All

We attended the Sandown exhibition today, and was surpried to find and interesting display layout called A tractive Effort. Modelled in NSW, the interesting part was that there is no station, in fact no points on the entire scenic part of the layout.
yet the slight rolling hills and classic "suburban" type housing, which is just screaming out to model manufactures to get on board.