Hey hey, last night's meeting supplied us with a few treats to some fantastic modeling by members of the AMRA WA S scale SIG. Ray Cooper travelled up from the south to display for us a compressed mill based on what was at Nanga Brook which is part of his layout based on the Yarloop and Nanga Brook bush lines. There was also some great work from other modelers including newcomer to the hobby Alex Kruger who displayed a selection of RailWest 4 wheel and bogie wagons. Mitchell Henderson-Miller also displayed some of his latest work including a WestOz Models DD which he plans to modernise to a "as preserved" condition as well as some larger scale parts and his foray into casting. As well we got to see more progress on Bill Gray's Early Perth Station building and his ingenuity with brick paper. Below are a selection of photos that hopefully give you and idea of the scale of the meeting (pun intended).
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| The timber yard part of Ray Cooper's Mill display. |
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| The log landing and steam house part of Ray Cooper's Mill display. |
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| Inside the Mill built by Ray Cooper. |
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| A birds eye view of the log landing part of Ray Cooper's Mill. |
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| An over all birds eye view of Ray Coopers Mill. |
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| Alison Kelly brought her Marbellup Models DB for the 'bring and show' as well as Alan Penstone displaying his MRWA FA Brake Van and 4 wheel open wagon. Below that are some more well made tank wagons by Greg Aitken. |
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| Alison Kelly brought her Marbellup Models DB for the 'bring and show' as well as Alan Penstone displaying his MRWA FA Brake Van and 4 wheel open wagon. Below that are some more well made tank wagons by Greg Aitken. |
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| Newcomer Alex Kruger's 4 wheel wagons built from various RailWest kits. Of note is the lettering on the ends were hand drawn and he has done and impressive job. |
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| Mitchell Henderson-Miller's display including his WestOz Models DD at the bottom of the photo as well as his casting mould at the top right of the photo. |
The theme of the meeting was a roundup (pun intended) of stock wagons. We were privy to various wagons from the very early scratch built masters to the very modern cast and 3D printed kits. A massive total of 70 wagons were recorded with many members admitting they had more at home and only brought examples as well as other members that were unable to attend leaving one to wonder just how many are really out there? All in all another fantastic meeting and great display of modeling skill.
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| An overall view of the stock wagon roundup showing all 70 wagons. |
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| A birds eye view of the stock wagon roundup showing all 70 wagons. |
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| An overall view of half of the stock wagon roundup. |
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| An overall view of the other half of the stock wagon roundup. |
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