April Running Night 2019

Hey hey, apologies but photos are a little light on tonight so I will keep this brief. We had a good turnout of members showing up for the running night however not many brought trains to run. Ross Green brought a train but I was unable to capture a photo of it. So I had time to chat and experiment with different angles and train combinations. These nights are a great opportunity to chat with other members in an informal environment and/or maybe even test a new train or two that you may have been working on. Keep the 4th Friday of the month in your calendar if you're interested in coming along.

Neil Blinco's X class Models X1023 sits in the sidings at Swan View awaiting signals to return to Midland after a successful trial run (wheels got cleaned).

Nope, you're not seeing double! Two Zs but not the same type of Z. Alison Kelly's RailWest Models Z1153 shunts her WestOz Models Z9 into the sidings at Swan View station. 

Neil Blinco's WestOz Models DM585 hauls a suburban train of WestOz Models AT and AS cars through Swan View station.

Alison Kelly's Marbelup Models DB1588 recently got a second chassis made from a ViTrains UK Class 47 loco. It received extensive testing on Swan View to ready it for exhibition running.

April Meeting 2019

Hey hey, I'd like to start with a big thank you to Stuart Mackay for lending me his notes from the evening as I unfortunately had to miss an hour due to other commitments. I'd also like to thank those who left their models on display long enough for me to get photos for this blog post. There were some fantastic models on display, especially for the bring and show including a superbly detailed MSA from John Morrison and more great weathering from Kieran Wright. The photos below will do these models more justice than I can though. 

John Morrison's superbly detailed brass, styrene and cast MSA class garratt under construction minus it's leading and trailing bogies.

John Morrison's superbly detailed brass, styrene and cast MSA class garratt under construction minus its leading and trailing bogies.

John Morrison's superbly detailed brass, styrene and cast MSA class garratt under construction minus its leading and trailing bogies.

Neil Blinco's train of LA ballast hoppers from GA Models along with a Marbellup Models ZBA.

John Morrison has also been working on his LA hopper train with this addition of a scratch-built LX ballast plough.

John Morrison has also modified a DB van and a couple of RailWest powder vans with brass roofs utilising his metal bending machine.

Neils Kroyer has assembled these two FD vans and the KA wagon from RailWest Models kits.

Stuart Mackay has completed his MRWA LC van along with two GA Models RA wagons (one 5 plank and one 4 plank), both with fox bogies.

Kieran Wright has not been quiet in his absence. He has completed (and weathered) these wagons from RailWest Models, GA Models and X class Models.

Kieran Wright has not been quiet in his absence. He has completed (and weathered) these wagons from RailWest Models, GA Models and X class Models.

The theme of the evening was bulk loads that flowed when exposed to gravity and how you achieved them i.e. coal, wheat, ore, etc. This excluded taped wagons and loads like pipes, timber and tractors. Thanks goes to Murray Hartzer for suggesting the topic.

Kieran Wright also displayed several various wagons containing Ballast and Coal.

Murray Hartzer and Ron Fryer displayed several coal wagons each with different  techniques used to achieve the desired effect.

Graham Watson displayed a couple of coal wagons and his photogenic GH with wheat load.

Stuart Mackay displayed a large variety of loaded wagons from Coal, Ore and Wheat to Bauxite and Ballast.