tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13552467876586438452024-03-05T22:24:09.444-08:00Victorian Railways ModellingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-79361521295393387562018-11-12T00:26:00.002-08:002018-11-13T16:53:08.577-08:00The E car kits...made a little easierNow some may not see much point in doing any kit building when there is a quality Ready-To-Run version on the market. I would agree in the case of the Victorian Railways 'E' type carriages which have been reproduced in RTR form by the likes of <a href="http://www.auscisionmodels.com.au/">Auscision Models</a> in recent years (2011 actually with a re-run in 2016). They have done the AE,BE and ABE type cars as well as the CE guard's van.<br />
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<i>Photo of the ABE car from the Auscision Models website</i></div>
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<i> </i>They are nice models I have to admit (I have the above ABE as well as a Blue and Gold CE van) but they are not always available and the kit-builder in me would one day like to add a couple of the AE and BE cars to the roster. For many years the way this could be done was to buy the <a href="http://steameramodels.com/">Steam Era Models</a> 'E' car kits and make them up yourself. Now it is important to note for those that don't already know: the SEM 'E' car kits are not strictly a 'E' type car. You are given enough parts from the 'W' type car kits, also produced by SEM, to make them into 'E' cars. It is, as they say in modelling terms, a 'kit-bash'. </div>
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So why have I done this post? Well I was asked recently if I had built any of these kits (no....I haven't) and for some help in interpreting the instructions for making up the sides. Since it may come in handy for myself in the future or anyone who wants to build these kits I have had a go at making up some diagrams to compliment the SEM instructions of how to cut and splice the sides together. </div>
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So here they are. The first diagram is for the AE (which makes the AW car sides with 6 compartments into the AE which has 8 compartments):</div>
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And this is the diagram for the BE (which makes the BW car sides with 7 compartments into the BE which has 9 compartments):<br />
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Clear as mud? It was a challenge to work out but I think it does the trick (well ok the 'theory' does). Let me know if you build any 'E' car kits this way and if they were successful (or not). Now I just have to do do my own.<br />
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EDIT 14/11/2018: I made a mistake with the original diagrams. They have now been updated. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-35017761050161556172018-11-06T18:53:00.000-08:002018-11-06T18:53:16.577-08:00A moment for reflectionLooking through my collection of photos recently I stumbled across some of my earlier build projects before I started this blog (which was 5 years ago).<br />
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Now at first glance you may think this is a <a href="http://steameramodels.com/">Steam Era Models</a> Explosives P-van and you would be correct....to a point.The underframe and the decals were certainly sourced from such a kit, but the body is a different matter. I cannot remember exactly who produced it but the body is in fact a one-piece casting and represents the Series 2 vans (the SEM kit represents the first 25 made). It has different end bracing. It was painted up to look like P43 which is part of the VGR fleet. The model was built in August 2010 and still looks like this today (I need to replace those spoked wheels with disc ones one day).<br />
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Now this is a SEM kit. It is the B-van but with a difference. I decided to have a go at making the prototype B-van which had flat ends rather than the ribbed style of the majority of the fleet. This involved shaving off the detail and replacing the end bracing with styrene strip. I was still playing around with colours to represent VR wagon red at the time and those with a sharp eye will note there is in fact two colours on this van. I originally painted it with Aussie Export 'Terracotta' in the spray can but it came out too light. So I gave the model a light coat of another red (cannot remember what shade sorry) and as a result it came out looking a bit like a tomato. I also built this model in 2010 but sold it some time ago. I do want to do another one in the future and I will be able to use the experience I gained making this one to do a better version.<br />
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Now this one nearly drove me round the bend. It is a SEM Rail Tractor. I had bought the kit a couple of years before but it took a while to get the courage up to build it (wasn't too flash when it came to soldering things either). I had previously tried building a WT water tank and it was a epic fail (which I still have and it may get a photo on here one day just for laughs) and a QB well wagon (which I put together with super glue and it apparently is still holding together). When doing these kits it is recommended to do the WT first to get some experience, then the QB and then the RT. Well I didn't strictly do that and while the model turned out ok I would probably do a couple of things different today. Again built in 2010 and is still in limited service as, like the real ones, it doesn't haul much.<br />
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This is a <a href="https://www.blueandgoldmodels.com/">Blue and Gold Models</a> CS-van as used on the 'Spirit Of Progress' train. Originally this kit was released by G&E Models some years ago but was re-released by Blue and Gold Models. Bogies are the Powerline ones that came out with the original Powerline S cars in the early 1990s and the yellow lining soured from VR-Enthusiast. The paint used was the Humbrol acrylic spray cans (#15 which is what I still use for VR blue, just in the tinlets these days). It does make the job of painting quicker but the cost of these cans is pretty expensive (at the time it was about $10 for a 150ml can). I could not find my photos of it before the paint went on, but the body is cast in the 'Milky Bar' Polyurethane with the doors and some detail parts being etched brass. Again made in 2010.<br />
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This is a Broad Gauge Bodies (BGB) V&SAR Joint Stock sleeping car. Cast in the 'Milky Bar' Polyurethane like the CS-van. I built it as 'Tambo' which is preserved at Maldon these days but with alterations to the lounge end (the ends with the one larger side window) to make it larger and a end platform installed. I choose to represent the prototype in colours but not form so it retains the original look, right down to the Overland signs and the mirrors above the side windows. It was fitted with a set of SEM E-car bogies when first built but recently I replaced them with a set of Auscision E-car bogies with the 'VR' lettering cast into the sideframes but have still yet to put an interior in it. Another model from 2010.<br />
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Another BGB kit. This time it is a CW-van. Same 'Milky Bar' Polyurethane as the previous couple of models. Constructed in 2010 and painted with Aussie Export red spray paint (not a bad match for VR pass red). I have been thinking about repainting this model in recent years as most of my timber cars are painted in the earlier Crimson Lake livery. I also need to make up the steps to go under the small doors at the same time...perhaps.<br />
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SEM 3-door QR wagon. This model was new for 2010 and the first injection moulded styrene kit to be produced by SEM since the L-type sheep wagon in 2003. It was built and painted in a matter of weeks. This was when I moved to painting wagons with the SEM VR wagon red paint by brush (not recommended BTW). It came out not bad. It represents QR272 as preserved by the VGR who are presently restoring the prototype to service.<br />
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This is a <a href="http://www.endofthelinehobbies.com.au/search-by-brand/strath">Strath Hobbies</a> MF bogie cattle wagon. The kit was purchased in 2012 and completed in early 2013. Uses SEM bogies as well as the wagon ends/roof from the 4-wheel M-van. Strath supply cast sides and underframe to make it. I had to fabricate my own side-steps from brass wire. Shunter's steps are SEM and the handbrake is from Model Etch. Painted to represent MF1, again preserved by the VGR.<br />
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Now this is an old kit. It is a Scaleways 4-door QR wagon. Purchased in 2010 I believe but not built until 2013. The model required the door bump strips to be made (using styrene strip), a couple of handrails fitted, shunters steps and bogies from SEM and a handbrake from Model Etch. It was coded as a VOWA purely because the QR code decals fell apart and I had spare VOWA ones from building the SEM kit of the 3-door version.<br />
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This is a SEM GY-wagon. This kit was re-released in 2010 with a few improvements to the detail (the original GY kit dated back to the Broad Gauge Models days and was released back in 1982). I opted to change the axlebox lids to the round type which involves filing off some of the detail for the flap-type lids. Painted with SEM paints (before I gave up on painting with them by brush) and numbered as GY15933 which again is preserved by the VGR.<br />
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Well I hope you enjoyed this little 'throw-back' of some of my earlier projects. As you can see the Victorian Modeller has been well looked-after when it comes to kits of rollingstock for a number of years. It is important to try and keep the hobby going by supporting them otherwise they may not be around in years to come.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-74908703463520823212018-11-02T17:46:00.002-07:002018-11-02T17:46:07.177-07:00Chill out...the T-van is doneWell after about a week in the paint shop the T-van is ready for the road. This has been an interesting job given it required at least 3 colours to do the body/roof. <br />
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I'll start off with this photo of the handbrake end before the big reveal. I had a big 'oops' moment on this end during the building phase which resulted in the area around the handrails being absolutely swamped in super glue (note to self: when the glue does not come out the end of the nozzle do not continue to squeeze the tube, it never ends well. Better off to stick with applying the glue with a piece of wire as I had been doing). It cleaned up ok and I would have probably got away with not telling anyone. But hey we all make mistakes and as good as some of my stuff turns out, I'm willing to admit the odd fault or two.<br />
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Now I reveal to you the full model:<br />
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I have always wanted a advertising T-van. Unlike the U-van variants there were not as many. There was the Victorian Inland Meat Authority (VIMA) as represented by this model, Imperial Meats and finally Tancred Brothers. VIMA has a connection with my home town of Bendigo as they controlled the Bendigo Freezing Works at the current Mayfair Park site between 1942 and the 1970s. Therefore these wagons would have operated to these works at some point.<br />
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The VIMA lettering was found in a box of old decals I had come across a couple of years ago waiting on such a project to come up (unsure who produced them as the sheet did not come with any packaging). The re-release of the SEM T-van kit has allowed me to build a more accurate representation of this wagon with all the trimmings. It will now take it's spot in my collection of freight stock.<i> </i></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-82961049721991707732018-10-30T18:06:00.001-07:002018-10-30T18:06:38.027-07:00Making a pointWith the T-van going through the paint shop presently (and not looking too bad thus far I have to say, even without the lettering on yet) it is time to reveal the other project.<br />
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A couple of years ago the local model rail club I'm part of was donated some jigs and materials to make 'Fast Tracks' point/turnout (see<a href="https://www.handlaidtrack.com/"> this link</a> for more information). It came with the 'fixture', as they call them, to make a #6 point/turnout, Printed Circuit Board sleepers, a filing tool to make the point frog and point blades, several lengths of Code 83 rail, laser-cut wooden sleepers and a tube of Pilobond to stick them to the point along with a helpful CD/DVD on how to construct the assemblies. I decided to make a left-hand one first and here it was early in the build on the fixture:<br />
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At this stage the frog was not soldered in place and the point blade rails were yet to be done. These fixtures make the job so much easier than some other hand-made point/turnout kits I have seen. The manufacturer claims that once you become competent you can build a point/turnout in about 45 minutes. Well since this is my first it has taken a bit longer. Thanks to there being bugger all on TV in the evenings (suprise suprise) I have spent about an hour each night over the last 4 days putting it together. Mainly with the help of the supplied CD/DVD which contains plans and how-to videos on each step.<br />
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So here is where I'm up to now:<br />
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Those with a keen eye will notice a couple of things. It does not have the timber sleepers on yet because I cannot find them at present (at worst I can use PCB ones with the suitable isolation provided). It also does not have the rails cut to provide isolation for the frog yet (it will be done once the point/turnout is fully timbered). The guard rails have been formed and fitted and the point frog soldered in place. The final one is that the point blades and the rails up to the frog are both one piece. You can build these points/turnouts this way or you can have a hinged section closer to the throwbar.<br />
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So until I find those timber sleepers I will construct a right-hand one to the same stage as this one. Then they just need a layout to go on.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-51805485229250712882018-10-26T17:36:00.001-07:002018-10-26T17:36:40.515-07:00Iced T(ea)Yep there has been another pause in work. Mainly due to other things taking priority. With the weather getting better (well...sort of) for painting and a couple of projects that require finishing still this blog will start to get busy again.<br />
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Now having said that some projects need to be finished, I have snuck in a couple of extra ones. This post will focus on the first of these. A week ago I attended the Sunbury Model Railway Exhibition to help run the layout 'Town and Country' over the weekend. It was a good exhibition with at least a couple of new layouts making their exhibition debut. I was intending not to make many purchases unless it was something that I could put together reasonably quick. So what did I buy?<br />
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Yep I got myself a <a href="http://steameramodels.com/">Steam Era Models</a> 15ft T-van kit. This kit has recently been updated with mitered corners to join the body together, separate roof battens so you can replace the molded on ones if desired, plus a brass etch with all the bits to make up the handbrake details and the handrails.It is a big step up from the older version of the kit which dates back to the days of David Foulkes producing them as part of the Broad Gauge Models brand in the 1980s.<br />
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Seeing it came with all the extra bits I decided to make this one more detailed than one of my previous builds of the older version of this kit. Those details can be seen in the following photo of the model now almost ready for paint:<br />
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So I replaced the roof batterns with the separately supplied moldings, added chain that secured the ice hatches on the prototype and added the extra iron details to the ends as suggested in the kit instructions. The only thing still missing are the safety loops for the brake rigging which I will add before the paint goes on.<br />
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Now it would be simple to paint this wagon in the traditional VR wagon red. But that isn't on the cards for this one. I have something a bit more interesting planned for it.<br />
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The next blog post will be about the other project I've started working on and by the time that post comes around I should have something more to show of it.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-34150984549530586542018-05-04T18:55:00.001-07:002018-05-04T18:55:26.394-07:00Heavy little engineIt has been a while since I last purchased a new loco for the fleet. It isn't because I have everything I want, more that the budget could not be stretched enough and I was more focused on rollingstock projects.<br />
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That changed recently with an opportunity to obtain a loco representing a class I do not have in the fleet currently. So what loco is it?<br />
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Yep a H-class. Not Heavy Harry but the other H-class that the Victorian Railways operated. In essence a 3rd generation T-class but with a few refinements for shunting the Melbourne Hump. This model is from <a href="http://www.powerline.com.au/">Powerline Models</a> and is the first modern Powerline loco I have in the fleet (when the first batch of Powerline T/H-class models came out I ended up getting Austrains ones).<br />
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I have to concede that the Powerline one is better in a couple of areas: the livery seems to be a better representation of the Blue and Gold, there is cab detail and the air hoses look more realistic. In the let downs are the chunky looking uncoupling levers, the lack of numberplates with relief and a large 'bump' provided for full T-class plates to be pad-printed on the cab sides. Still it isn't too bad and one day I may even replace the uncoupling levers with some fine brass wire.<br />
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This H joins my fleet of T-class variants which include T333 (a Bendigo Rail Models 1st series model), T345 (a Black Diamond Models 1st series model), T359 (a Austrains 2nd series model) and T377 (a Austrains 3rd series model). All Blue and Gold of course.<br />
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I mentioned in a previous post about the HD van with the brake cylinder initially fixed to the wrong side of the underframe. Here is a photo of it now in the correct position:<br />
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You can see where it was at the top of the photo. While it isn't perfect, you don't see this angle when the wagon is right side up on a layout so I'll live with it. Once again the photo highlights the grubby axles and wheels which is the extent of weathering I currently apply to my projects. Couplers are the Kadee #158 type with the snap-together draft boxes which I have come to like using. Because the beam between the brake shoes is in line with the mounting screws on the shorter wagons I leave the beams off until the model is painted, decalled and clear-coated. Once the Kadees are screwed on I then but the beams in and paint them.<br />
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Anyway that is it for this post. The next one will deal with the next project I'm currently working on.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-77776750554846786052018-04-20T19:14:00.004-07:002018-04-20T19:14:48.896-07:00Another Way and Works van completedThe weather has been pretty good for painting of late. It has allowed a few things to be completed in a matter of weeks. This HD van being one of them:<br />
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Those with a sharp eye might notice something different about this van compared to the previous photos of it in an unpainted state:<br />
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Worked it out yet? No it isn't the beams for the brake shoes but your kinda on the right track. It is in fact the triple valve. When I was studying the prototype photos for the placement of the lettering, I discovered that I had put the valve on the wrong side (it is opposite to the handbrake on this wagon). However the fix was a simple one: simply pry the valve off and attach it to the correct side with a couple of bits of styrene to act as supports (the original moulded ones on the chassis could not be removed intact for re-positioning). I could have left as it was but I wanted it be be as correct as possible. I may put up a picture of the underside in the next post showing how it turned out.<br />
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Well HD106 is now ready to join the VGR roster. I still have 2 wagons to go to complete the HD fleet that the VGR currently have: one is the bogie van I have already started and the other...well I'll leave that for now until I actually get the kit required to build it. For now I have already started on the next project which will be of interest to a few followers of the current mainline steam operators in Victoria. 😉<br /><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-13921196878597578712018-04-13T18:59:00.003-07:002018-04-13T19:00:40.282-07:00Ready to Rock On- Part 2Well it has taken a couple of weeks but the ballast wagon is finally finished. Just in the nick of time with the weather turning a bit poor for painting:<br />
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I opted to stay true to the prototype and code it as a VZMA rather than the original NN code. The wagon doesn't have a load yet and I opted not to put the internal braces in at this stage either because, as I found out via a friend who did some research of the real thing for me, they copped a fair bit of abuse due to the nature of the material they were loaded with.<br />
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Those with a sharp eye will note the ends of the truss rods are not exactly in the right position and there is only one simple answer for this: if I put them in the correct spot it would have restricted the swing of the bogies which, being the old plate frame type, have a bit of detail that can foul such things because of the way the leaf springs are set up. The prototype does not have such issues as it is not expected to go round the tight radius curves that model railways typically have.<br />
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Another detail that is not so obvious in the above photos is the use of disc type wheels with one pair of spoke wheels just like the real VZMA 40-L:<br />
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You can also see in this shot I like to paint the wheels and axles a dark grubby colour. One of the few 'weathering' jobs I deliberately do on my rollingstock.<br />
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Well time to get cracking on painting that HD. And maybe commence something else 😉<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-74431445139340263842018-04-10T20:04:00.004-07:002018-04-10T20:04:59.727-07:00More for the Way and Works DepartmentNo, I'm not mentioning the ballast hopper again just yet...too late 😆<br />
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No this post is about another wagon that has been coming through the works to follow it. This is yet another wagon in the HD family and another for the Victorian Goldfields Railway fleet. This time it is based on the short steel U van. <a href="http://steameramodels.com/">Steam Era Models</a> produced a kit for this van back in 2016 and is the most recent 'new' wagon kit produced by SEM at this point in time. It is available in two versions: one with a trapdoor at one end (the bigger U vans usually had one at both ends) or one with no trapdoors. I researched photos of the one the VGR have at Castlemaine, HD106, as well as a site visit to determine what version I would need to purchase and it turned out to be the later. Co-incidentally this wagon may have been the one that SEM used as part of their research for developing the kit so it has come full circle. Anyway I purchased this kit at Easter and decided last weekend to start putting it together:<br />
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Now I must confess something. I did the initial assembly of the underframe and the body at the local model railway club to show a fellow modeller who is starting out in kit building how I put one of these together. Well when I got it home and checked it over on my workbench it was obvious that it hadn't quite gone together exactly as intended (time to turn in my teaching card that I never had lol). However I was able to separate the parts and do some adjusting before gluing everything back together nice and square. That is what I get for assembling a new model for the first time and thinking it will go together exactly like the others. Then came the fun part of adding all the brass details. The shunter's steps are from my remaining pack of Model Etch ones so I will be up for some more in a few builds time.<br />
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So the plan is to paint and letter the wagon as HD106, pictured here:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-32250054372170236822018-04-08T21:28:00.002-07:002018-04-08T21:28:26.149-07:00A Thank You messageLater this week I hope to have an update on the ballast wagon and the other wagon project. I though I would make this post about how the blog itself is tracking.<br />
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I started this blog a little over 5 years ago and it came about after seeing others doing the same thing and showcasing their works. In fact I had been following the Comtrain one for quite a while. I have been building model rollingstock for about 15 years now and suffice to say, my skill level and expectations on how the end result should turn out have changed a lot. When I first started I built things very basic: no brake detail and not even close to painting them the right colour but we all have to start somewhere don't we. I don't have a lot of my early stuff but if I do find any of it I might post a pic or two. I tended to make better ones then sell off the 'mistakes' to somebody else.<br />
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So I thought I would give a little insight into how the blog has been tracking in recent weeks, given the posts have been many and varied:<br />
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As you can see, things have got pretty busy. I used to just put up the main link to my blog, but this tended not to reflect the actual views of the post. So now I provide a direct link to that post and can keep better track of how many views each gets. The blog itself has had just over 21,550 views since it started. I would like to thank everyone who has been following it, whether that be from day dot or in the more recent months. It is nice to know that the work is appreciated by fellow modellers or those who are just a bit curious as to what I actually do for a hobby.<br />
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Anyway....better get back to that painting while the weather is still reasonable for it.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-13239199500372010372018-04-06T19:21:00.000-07:002018-04-06T19:21:08.414-07:00Way and Works completed...well almostThe good weather has allowed a couple of projects to be put through the paint shop. It would have been nice to have had a couple of them finished before Easter but this was not to be. This one is still not technically finished and I'll explain in a moment. But first here are some photos and by the way, I added those missing brake beams between the brake shoes:<br />
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So what is missing? Well it requires a stencil to denote what traffic it is to be used for and unfortunately the one I require is not produced by anybody...yet:<br />
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Which means I am going to have to put an order in with somebody to produce a set of decals to finish the wagon off to my liking. But it can be put into (limited) traffic until then anyway.<br />
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In the meantime I have started painting the ballast wagon and am about to commence 2 other wagon builds.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-19649431914488981192018-04-03T21:53:00.000-07:002018-04-03T21:54:19.262-07:00On the Narra GaugeWell Easter is over for another year. It was a busy one helping run the local model train show here in Bendigo. Thanks to everyone who came by the way, it made the effort worthwhile.<br />
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A couple of projects are currently in for painting and will be finished in the next week or so. In the meantime I thought I would share a model that I have had for some time now. Last year I was able to obtain this:<br />
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That's right. I have Puffing Billy (well...one of them). This model was produced back in 1978, which makes it 40 years old this year. You will also note another familiar name on the box: The Model Dockyard. This company produced a few models in the 1960s to 1980s when there wasn't much around for the Australian railway modeller. They produced The Victorian R-class (over 3 production runs beginning in 1967 and concluding in the early 1980s), the NSW C38-class Pacific in un-streamlined condition and also the NSW AD60 Garratt. So this model is part of a very small selection of models produced in this era for the Australian market in brass.<br />
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I have had issues getting it to run, but even as a static model it is a nice one to have. It came with a set of Alco Models numbers so it will eventually be painted. I also have a single NBH car plus a couple of NQR wagons (one a kit version that needs bogies, another is a scrach-built one by it's previous owner/builder):<br />
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I don't plan to have a heap of this stuff, but I would like to build up a representative collection of Victorian Narrow Gauge in this scale, so it can be displayed alongside my HO-scale models one day.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-32387760206052324932018-03-30T02:54:00.000-07:002018-03-30T02:54:13.569-07:00Ice Ice Baby!Well the camera battery issue is now resolved. The Trax NSW MRC is now ready for traffic:<br />
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So as you can see the model has been coded VRC. So what does the VRC stand for? Well it could be <b>V</b>ictorian <b>R</b>ailway <b>C</b>lub but no, it stands for <b>V</b>ictorian <b>R</b>efrigerated <b>C</b>ar. Not bad for something that used leftover bogies, some spare roofs and spare brake details for previous kit builds. I now have 2 white vans to break up all the VR wagon red stock in my goods rollingstock fleet. In fact the way I have painted this one reminds me a bit of the NT wagon that ran on the Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge.<br />
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Those wishing to get a closer look at this model plus some of the other builds I have in progress can see them this Easter weekend at the Bendigo Exhibition. Details in the previous post.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-73013967607693376602018-03-27T18:16:00.000-07:002018-03-27T18:16:07.229-07:00Blowing someone elses trumpetC'mon, get your mind out of the gutter. This blog is for model railway topics, not that. 😛<br />
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I was hoping to have a picture today of a completed project.....but the camera batteries died on me and I'm likely up for a new set anyway. So I thought I would champion the work of somebody else who is a real talent at what they do.<br />
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I am talking of the YouTuber 'Luke Towan' who has been making tutorial videos on model railway scenery subjects since 2013. This guy has nearly 430,000 subscribers to his channel and there is a very good reason for this; the dioramas he makes for his videos are simply stunning. There are also tuorials on DIY photo etching, 3D Printing and scratchbuilding in styrene:<br />
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You can check out Luke's Channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A/featured">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A/featured</a><br />
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Another update will happen later in the week on that project I've finished. Camera battery situation should be sorted by then lol. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-41173746125474411262018-03-25T18:18:00.001-07:002018-03-25T18:18:19.790-07:00Ready to rock on and a plug for EasterWith the Grand Prix on over the weekend (which Vettel won BTW) and a few projects in for painting and possible completion before Easter, I thought it was a good time to get another project up to the same stage for painting after Easter:<br />
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This kit was one of the purchases from Stawell last year. It has been out of the packet at least half a dozen times to study how it all goes together. <a href="http://www.freewebs.com/basictrains/">Lyndons Trains</a> kits are fairly simple to put together and I have built at least one before which was the HZB brake block transport wagon (see <a href="http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/taking-brakeand-blocking-up.html">http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/taking-brakeand-blocking-up.html</a>). I decided I could tackle this one between watching the Supercars and the F1 cars race around Albert Park on the TV. Well the build is now finished and it is awaiting a spot in the paint shop after Easter:<br />
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And what number will it be? Well this is another wagon in the Victorian Goldfields Railway fleet so it will be finished off as VZMA40-L and will have the odd spoke wheelset on one bogie with the other 3 axles being fitted with disc wheels:<br />
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<i>Photo from Norm Bray's Flickr site: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60901191@N08/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/60901191@N08/</a></i><br />
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For those who are going to be in Bendigo on the Easter Weekend, the Bendigo Model Railroaders will be holding their bi-annual exhibition. Here are some details:<br />
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All going to plan I may have some of my completed and in the works projects displayed on the layout 'Town and Country' which was last displayed in Bendigo on debut in 2014. If not I may be up for a chat depending on how busy I am as I am actively involved with running the exhibition with other club members. So I may see some of you this weekend. 😀<br /><i> </i><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-20144066236826843072018-03-23T18:27:00.000-07:002018-03-23T18:27:03.421-07:00A top up of supplies, plus that D van finally finishedWith some of my basic modelling supplies getting low or exhausted a trip to the local shop was in order to right the situation:<br />
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So I now have plenty of gloss black, wagon red and 'dullcote' for a few projects. The couplers have already been raided to go on one wagon.<br />
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The gloss black was a separate purchase from the local Toy World (which moved premises some years ago but this was the first time I have been there!). It is also the first tinlet I have purchased with the current labelling. Humbrol paints for a long time had the type and number stamped into the lid. I know, it is a bit sad to be paying so much attention to a paint tinlet but for those who have been buying Humbrol paints for many years, you will know the tinlets have been the only consistent thing produced...unlike the contents 😐<br />
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Now onto an actual model. Back in 2015 I put up a post about a BGB van I decided to re-purpose (see <a href="http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/da-d-van.html">http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/da-d-van.html</a>). At the end of that post I hinted that the van would not be going back to orange. It has been in it's base colour for a couple of years and only recently I have added the lining:<br />
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Looks pretty smart doesn't it? I based the idea on the VR blue D van that is currently in storage at the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre. It was painted blue to match their 'Blue Train' of mainly ex-Spirit of Progress S cars but does not have the lining. You will also note the top band is thinner than the bottom one which matches the original application of the blue and gold (rather gold leaf) to the original Spirit of Progress back in 1937.<br />
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This van can now be operated with my other blue stock and blend in with the consist. It would have been so easy to paint it wagon red and code it as a BP van but I wanted variety. Now I just need more blue cars...hmmmm 😉<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-67790999264154080592018-03-04T19:45:00.000-08:002018-03-04T19:45:41.170-08:00Another Way and Works vanThe lack of decent TV in the evenings is proving a bonus for getting things done in the workshop (nothing got touched during the day over the weekend while watching the Supercars race in Adelaide on TV however). This is another wagon that was part built, then left for a couple of years to gather dust. So with the aim of clearing this backlog it has come forward in the queue and is almost ready for some paint:<br />
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This is a HD wagon built using a <a href="http://steameramodels.com/default.htm">Steam Era Models</a> standard I wagon kit with the doors removed and a VR Casts HD conversion kit added along with Steam Era handbrake and buffers as well as some Model Etch ladders chopped up to make some side steps. The long couplings are spares that came with my Auscision N-set and will be replaced with the proper Kadee equivalent when the wagon enters service. I have modelled this wagon on HD193 which is preserved by the Victorian Golfields Railway and it will be lettered with the stencil it carries over from when it was used to transport way and works items between Jolimont and the workshops at North Ballarat and Bendigo:<br />
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Meanwhile I have finished the second set of sides/ends for those 3 L wagons so that leaves one more to go.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-82380455736772274632018-03-02T17:20:00.000-08:002018-03-02T17:20:26.382-08:00Nothing on the TV again...soooooThere wasn't much on TV last night, a good excuse to do some more kit construction before I have to go and get more supplies (used my last bit of dullcote on the container flat and almost out of VR wagon red in the paint stocks).<br />
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I decided to tackle building the sides and ends up for 3 <a href="http://steameramodels.com/default.htm">Steam Era Models</a> L type sheep wagons. Long time followers of my blog will recall I also did a batch of 3 L wagons back in 2014 so there is some consistency here. The most tedious bit of these kits is the brass etchings that have to be attached to the sides and ends that make up the barwork. While I'm realistically a little way off actually building these wagons, I can at least build up the sides and ends so that when I am ready to construct the actual wagons, these parts will be ready to go in the same way as a standard SEM kit.<br />
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The photo below is to show the work that goes into putting these etchings on. The sides have 8 separate etches and the doors combined add another 4. So you have to separately fit 12 etchings to each side. The ends have 6 each. That is <b>36</b> separate etchings just in the barwork. The balance will be 3 bar etchings that go inside (1 dividing the top deck, another 2 dividing the bottom deck because of the waste chute from the top deck). Have I put anyone off building one yet?<br />
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Since this photo was taken I have put the doors onto the sides as well as putting the side and end braces on. With that done these parts will go back in the bag and I can then do the same thing for the next 2 wagons. <br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-48997244894918368242018-02-27T17:46:00.000-08:002018-02-27T17:46:01.587-08:00Container Traffic: A conclusionI wasn't sure if I was going to bother putting this one up but I thought 'why not'. There are clearly plenty of people who like seeing models built rather than always bought off the shelf. This one is a leftover from my plans to have a container train originally started about 5 years ago (see <a href="http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/containing-rice.html">this post</a> from when I commenced the build). But plans change and I decided to give them the flick, so they are now with new owners. The wagon featured in this post was started just before I changed my mind and it ended up being put in a box part painted and forgotten about....till recently.<br />
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I decided that it wasn't going much good sitting in the box and it could be finished off and then sold to someone who will get some use out of it. So it got put through the paint shop and it has now been finished. One thing that changed in those 5 years was the type of paint used for the first coat, which was Floquil Caboose Red from memory. I paint most wagons destined to be painted VR Wagon Red with Humbrol #100 Red-Brown these days and it better represents the colour used on the real thing (the original 3 painted with Floquil paint can be seen <a href="http://mattsvicrailmodelling.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/container-traffic.html">here</a>). I will be doing a post on paints I use for modelling later in the year perhaps.<br />
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I have to say, those Kadee #5 couplings look big now, as I now mainly use the #158 scale version with the wisker centering springs and snap together draft boxes. But they will do the job as intended. I left off the VR logos and coded it as a FQF.<br />
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If anyone is interested in purchasing this one from me you can leave a comment or get in touch with me via e-mail: matthewd21@hotmail.com .<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-15076415062367404162018-02-25T17:12:00.000-08:002018-02-27T17:11:50.015-08:00A prototype, and a ‘what-if’<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">While I like modelling things as prototypically as possible,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <span style="line-height: 115%;">Early last year I obtained various items on the
basis that I would use them for projects. One of these, a E wagon made from a
pair of Lima GY wagons, was featured in a post last year and there will be a
follow-up on this once it has been finished off. Another item I obtained was an
old Trax NSW MRC refrigerated van which had been part assembled but was missing
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a wagon but with a plain roof and no ice hatches. The roof was constructed using spares obtained from building SEM kits
(which quite often come with a spare roof owing to the way the tooling has been
done) and likewise with some of the undergear detail. I choose to add a ratchet
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now the story gets a little more interesting. While at the
Corio exhibition in January 2018 I spotted a original release TrainOrama MRC on
a second hand stall. It was in very good condition for a model with no box and
at least 25 years old with the signage still like new. It was going cheap and
so I decided to add it to my collection. It now means that when I finish my
Trax MRC I can run the pair together. I mainly have wagons which are some
variation of red, so a couple of white vans will be a nice change in the fleet.</span></span></span><br />
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</xml><![endif]-->Now this is another one of those projects that has been left
wanting to be finished for far too long. So the solution is simple: finish the
bloody thing!<br />
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This is a Heritage Scale Models VR Home signal which has
been given a lick of paint for return to its owner. I’d like to say I built
these but alas I didn’t. The stories I have read and heard about the fidelity
in putting one together is probably enough to put me off trying anytime soon
anyway. The owner has been pretty patient and that might have something to do
with the layout it ‘could’ be seen on in the near future. Detailing that layout
here might be a bridge too far at this point (some might work that one out) but
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Anyway here is the signal all dressed up apart from some
coloured ‘glass’ in the spectacles.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-76298747365806924122018-02-20T21:22:00.002-08:002018-02-20T21:23:37.183-08:00When the wrong kit becomes the right oneSome time ago I purchased a Broad Gauge Bodies V wagon kit with the intention of making a PH power van so I could run my A-class on my N-set prototypical (as most VR modellers know the A-class were not fitted with Head End Power so they required a PH van in the consist to provide this power). As it turned out, I had the wrong kit for this project:<br />
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The version I have is one with a central door of the earlier pattern. As you can see in the above photo, the PH vans have two doors and they are of the B van type. What a bugger!</div>
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So the kit got put away until I happened to flick through one of my volumes of the Brief History Books produced a couple of years ago and came across another van which I had intentions of modelling one day:</div>
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<i>One of my photos taken on a visit to Maldon</i></div>
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This is a VZVA van (originally coded HD for departmental traffic). Two of these vans were put into service to transport chemicals for the Weedex Train and given roads numbers 247-248. Of these wagons 247 has ended up as part of the Victorian Goldfields Railway collection (hence why I wanted to model it). So the kit I bought by 'mistake' turned out to be the correct one to model this very van!</div>
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It is still early days with getting this one together. The biggest challenge is the curved roof. BGB provide some corrugated card and some thin metal sheet. Basically you have to shape the metal to the correct profile and then stick the card over the top of it. This takes time and cannot be rushed as you end up with a dodgy roof otherwise.<br />
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I should point out that the first attempt did not go all that well after gluing it down and I had to do some trimming (superglue has a nasty habit of grabbing before you are ready....and not grabbing quick enough when you are) but I did salvage it. The next time you see this project it should have progressed to a stage where it can be painted.<br />
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</xml><![endif]-->A couple of posts ago I compared two VR B-class models from
different manufacturers and their differences. Will this post will be doing the
same thing with another pair of models of a different locomotive.<br />
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The G-class Co-Co diesel locomotive was first introduced in
1984, a year after the Victorian Railways changed to V/line. The first order
for G-class was for 5 locomotives, which ended up being fulfilled by using
locomotives originally allocated to be built for Australian National as the
BL-class. These 5 locomotives, G511-G515, paved the way for further builds. The
balance of G-class, G516-G543, was built in two batches. They were used on
heavy freight workings and the occasional passenger service, in particular the
Sydney-Melbourne express on standard gauge after the demise of the Southern
Aurora and Spirit of Progress in 1986. A number of the G-class are still around
today working with private operators.</div>
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In model form the G-class has been produced by a few
different companies over the years. Broad Gauge Models commissioned Samhongsa
to produce the first such model in 1986. Dual Gauge Products also produced body
kits for the second and third batch Gs. In this post I’m covering the two RTR
plastic models produced thus far to date.</div>
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The model in the V/line orange and grey livery was produced
by Powerline as early as 1989. It represents G521 which is from the second
batch of Gs. The model in the ‘what if’ blue and gold livery was produced by
Austrains in 2014 and represents a first series G and the long standing joke in
the model fraternity that the first G was ‘accidentally’ painted in blue and gold
after construction finished at the Clyde Rosewater plant in South Australia.
Thus it also carries the now infamous number G220 that has been portrayed on
repaints of Powerline G-class by a couple of modellers over the years.</div>
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The differences in these models (putting aside liveries and
which batch they represent) is many, just like it was with the two B-class
models. The Powerline model uses the ring-field motor like the Lima B-class and
this motor was offered in the most recent re-release of this same model in the
early 2000s. Powerline in both instances offered the model with a single
powered bogie or both bogies powered (dual motor). One change in the 2000
re-release was to provide a circuit board for the electrics. However it did not
incorporate a DCC plug. The model pictured pre-dates the re-release so it has
simple wiring. The Austrains model features all the things you expect of a model
produced in recent years including a 5-pole skew-wound motor with flywheels
driving the wheels through driveshafts and gear towers as well as a modern
circuitboard with a 8-pin DCC plug and the lights provided by LEDs. </div>
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Anyway I’ve waffled on again
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-29803265162113869042017-09-12T21:32:00.000-07:002017-09-12T21:32:12.713-07:00Another long winded job completedThis is a project that has taken a while to get around to finishing. Happily I can now say that it is finished.<br />
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These two <a href="http://steameramodels.com/">Steam Era Models</a> Z vans have been in the works for at least a year. They are a bit different from the previous one I built for myself as they represent the ZD type which had buffers and dual couplings. This required the use of longer shank couplers on the models so they can still be coupled to other buffered stock without buffer-lock becoming a problem. Finding suitable decals to code them as ZDs was also a small problem but after raiding the decal box I found something suitable (even if slightly too big).<br />
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Because this blog was in hiatus when I started building them, here is a couple of photos prior to painting:<br />
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And here they are painted, decalled and with the couplers fitted:<br />
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For those with a sharp eye you will note that one van (470ZD) has the standard flip-top axleboxes while 19ZD features split-pan axleboxes (which is why the bottom running boards are a bit higher). They are now ready for the patient client who can run them with the 4 W cars I did for them earlier as a complete set.<br />
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The next likely job will be finishing the 3 M cattle wagons which will clear my backlog of jobs a little bit.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985168962268909442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1355246787658643845.post-25463238053056282002017-08-18T20:30:00.000-07:002017-08-18T20:30:14.149-07:00What a load of Phosphate...againWell things happened a lot quicker than I expected and the model is now ready for the road:<br />
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One thing I will have to remember for the next kit I build from Railmotor Models is that the decals are a bit of a pain. The large VR logos started coming apart when I tried sliding them off the backing paper. The smaller decals I didn't have a problem with.<br />
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The next planned job is to finish some Z vans for a client. <br />
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