April Running Night 2018

Hey hey, what a fantastic turnout for tonight's running night, the most we have seen in quite a while. Plenty of trains running and plenty to chat about. For those that missed it, here are some shots I got from the night. Would be great to see more turn up and more variety of trains so if your Friday nights are free on the fourth one of the month, come down and run a train!

Neil Blinco's X1023 rests with an outer suburban train at Swan View.

Neil Blinco's X1023 rests with an outer suburban train at Swan View.

Neil Blinco's X1023 rests with an outer suburban train at Swan View.

Neil Blinco's X1023.

Alison Kelly's A1511 passes through Swan View with a short goods.

Alison Kelly's A1511 passes through Swan View with a short goods.

Alison Kelly's A1511 passes through Swan View with a short goods.

A bit of fun; Alison Kelly's W945 leading an early suburban set through Swan View.

A bit of fun; Alison Kelly's W945 leading an early suburban set through Swan View.

A prototype of the upcoming Westrail Models F class in Westrail orange.

 prototype of the upcoming Westrail Models F class in Westrail orange. 

Neil Blinco's beautifully crafted RailWest S class. 

Stuart Mckay's scratch built C class.

Stuart Mckay's scratch built C class.

A combined modeller's V class kit completed by Ross.

Gerard Fergusson's U class built by Doug Firth from an X class models kit.

This AZ was owned by Gerard Fergusson and built by Doug Firth from a WestOz Models kit.

April Meeting 2018

Hey hey, it's the 2nd Monday of the month and that means the Monthly S scale SIG meeting. Tonights theme was skills you have learned to achieve required results. The meeting started with the usual bring and show of course with thanks to contributors such as Cassidy Newland and Neil Blinco to name a few. Following this Bill Gray spoke about the tried and true methods he has used and learned to achieve different window effects on models. Next was Stewart Mackay's demonstration of using photos for not only inspiration, but as a great reference tool for locating and recreating buildings as well as what he has learned in casting kits. Following that was Neil Blinco's demonstration of how to achieve the desired curve for roofs using styrene, jigs and a little hot water. Doug Firth followed that demonstration up with examples of his work as an expert using card and your average household items. All in all, a great meeting and a lot was learned and ideas developed for applications in other areas of modeling. It was a little difficult to capture everything that went on tonight because it was choc full of information but I do have a selection of photos below for you to enjoy.

Westrail Models Printed WMD wagon under license from Marbellup Models.

On the left is a Westrail Models decoder housing for the upcoming release of the F class. On the right is a modern steel telegraph mast also by Westrail Models.

A sample of Westrail Models upcoming release of the WQCX in HO using 3D printing. This model will be the basis for the S scale version.

3D printed under frames for your standard 4 wheel open wagon.

A collection of 3D printed wagons and loco, some of which have previously not been built before.

A beautifully scratch built WAGR R class steam locomotive rear view. 

A beautifully scratch built WAGR R class steam locomotive front view. 

A beautifully scratch built WAGR R class steam locomotive with one of Neil Blinco's suburban coaches.

Doug Firth's early era wooden water tank wagon complete with paint. 

Bill Gray's coach sides for a future project as part of his talk on windows.

Another of Bill Gray's coach sides for a future project as part of his talk on windows. 

One of the buildings from Stuart Mackay's layout based on the yard at Watheroo on the Midland Railway.

One of the buildings from Stuart Mackay's layout based on the yard at Watheroo on the Midland Railway.

One of the buildings from Stuart Mackay's layout based on the yard at Denmark. 

Another building from Stuart Mackay's layout based on the yard at Denmark. 

Neil Blinco's metal tubes used as templates to create the curves for the roofs of his passenger cars. 

Some great examples where Neil Blinco has used his roof technique to gain the effect he was after.

Some great examples where Neil Blinco has used his roof technique to gain the effect he was after. 

The inside of the buildings Doug Firth showed displaying the different uses of discarded cardboard found around the house.

The exterior view showing how good you can make a model look without having to use expensive materials.

The exterior view showing how good you can make a model look without having to use expensive materials.