Lambing Flat
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keywords: description:Let's see, since my last entry in December 2017, I have:
dismantled Lambing Flat and moved housegot divorcedset up a new household with a new partner and re-erected Lambing Flat in a new configuration!Do you think that might be a reasonable explanation for the lack of entries?
I haven't been completely idle on the modelling front (other than dismantling and re-erecting a layout!), but I am only going to talk about one project with this post (if you want to see what else I have been up to, just have a look at my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/amrmjmes)
Also, the old configuration of the layout at Beecroft was described in my article in AMRM Issue 340 (February 2020), which describes pretty much all the things that I had promised to outline in here, but never got around to. See the AMRM blog for details of that issue and how to acquire it if you haven't already got a copy.http://australianmodelrailwaymagazine.blogspot.com/2020/01/february-2020-issue-of-amrm-is-being.html
My latest major modelling project is the construction of a standard NSWGR 40,000 gallon cast iron locomotive water tank to serve the rebuilt and enlarged station at Bulla Creek (the location formerly known as New Yard on the old configuration of the layout at Beecroft).
This came about when I was looking in my unbuilt kit drawer for something else, when I rediscovered a treasure I had forgotten I had! It was a Rails North epoxy and timber kit for an NSWGR 40000 gallon water tank and it had been in there since circa 1983! Well, I did need a loco water tank for the reconfigured Bulla Creek, so I started construction.Of course, I didn't build it as per instructions (the instructions are typical of the era, not all that helpfulor accurate!), but instead used the contents of the kit as a collection of parts to help me scratchbuild the version I actually want. I used Peter Jarvis's excellent articles in AMRM Issues 299 and 300 (April and June 2013) as a guide, as well as various photos and drawings I have access to, particularly images of the tank which once stood at Campbelltown.
The tank was assembled as designed, but the interior was detailed using Peter's articles as a guide. The stand was assembled by gluing thecomponents together using a simple set of lines drawn on some spare paper to keep them all square and in line. The wire rigging was some hard nickelsilver wire glued to tensioning rings made from aluminium tube and then glued to the legs of the stand.
The water level gauge was constructed from styrene and brass wire, with some chain from the 'bits' collection. The ladder was some ladder stock I've had in my scrapbox for around 40 years. The inlet pipe was a section of steel bar included in the original kit with a tap fitting from my collection of bits.
The water crane was adapted from a Uneek kit for a standard water column, bending the main column gently to shape to form the 'U' shaped outlet pipe. All the linkages to allow the crew to open the water valve from the back of the tender were formed from brass strip and wire, plus some superglue impregnated paper strips to hold it all together. The drain on the ground was formed from styrene sheet and a section of old Lima LV panelling for the grate.
This image shows the rear of the tank and some the detail of the water crane outlet tap linkage and the rear of the water level gauge and the float.
The model is complete and waiting for an opportunity to be painted, which will hopefully happen in the next couple of days. If not, it may take a bit longer, as I will have to get back to working on preparing the August issue of AMRM, which will be my very last issue. Oh, didn't I mention? I'm retiringat the end of July! The magazine will be in good hands with my replacement being trained up at the moment. If you wantto find out who my replacement is, you will have to wait until the June issue of AMRM is released in a couple of weeks!
4 comments: Labels:NSWGR 40000 gallon locomotive water tank Tuesday, 5 December 2017 The old Lambing Flat website; risen from the dead!An idle search on the Wayback Machine revealed that my old Lambing Flat website has been preserved, pretty much intact!
https://web.archive.org/web/20060210021638/http://www.cia.com.au:80/bullack/index.html2 comments: Thursday, 14 September 2017 Another video; shunting the pick-up at Lambing Flat.This new mobile phone doesn't take a bad video, if I say so myself!
This is a little 'documentary' showing how the pick-up detached some wagons at Lambing Flat. The 55 is definitely running beautifully now. If you can, watch it fullscreenon Youtube to get the best effect.
1 comment: Labels:55 class,Lambing Flat,pick-up,shunting,steam era NSWGR,video Monday, 11 September 2017 Some videos of Lambing FlatI have very recently acquired a mobile phone that takes very good videos, so I had to try it out on the layout!
The first video shows 5165 exiting the loop with a goods train headed for Demondrille. The train is comprised mostly of loco coal in U, B, G, LCH and CCH wagons, bound for southern loco depots, plus two empty rail tank cars in transit back to Sydney.
The second videoshows recently cleaned 3610 heading in the opposite direction, towards Temora, with a block load of empty stock wagons.
No comments: Labels:Austrains 36 class,Eureka 50 class,Lambing Flat,NSWGR,video Tuesday, 22 August 2017 Some of the new 'intrastate' stuff, Pt 1...The constant deluge of r-t-r rolling stock does make it very easy to fill up the yards with lovelymodels of the delightfully picturesque wagons that kept the intrastate traffic moving back in the steam/early diesel era in which Lambing Flatisset and quite a few have joined the roster since my last post on the subject some years ago. However, as long term readers will be aware, I don't like things 'straight out of the box'. Before a model will be accepted by the Traffic Officer, Lambing Flat, it has to be weathered, at least! And, while the vast majority of Lambing Flat's new stock is r-t-r, I do occasionallyassemble the odd kit or two!
Below are images and brief descriptions of some of the intrastate (ie non-bogie exchange) NSWGR stock that has joined the roster recently.
As with any NSWGR layout set in the wheat growing areas of the state, lots of wheat wagons are essential. I have plenty of four-wheel RU hoppers, courtesy of the old Trax kit and the original Trainorama r-t-r version, but the more modern wheat hoppers have been neglected. A trio of Austrains WHX hoppers were acquired, two as originally delivered and one of the 'Manildra' signwritten models. On the two original condition ones, I replaced the Austrains bogies with the correct type for my period, the 2CE bogies from On Track (and the wheels, as the wheels that come with the On Track bogies are too big). I also altered the wagon number on one of them, as I had somehow managed to acquire two vehicles numbered WHX30756!They were lightly weathered to represent vehicles that have only been in service a short time, as this batch of WHX were delivered in 1971/1973, so fall towards the end of my preferred time period. First I paintedthe wheels and bogies black, painted the wheel faces Tamiya XF-10 Flat Brown and then 'washed' the bogies with the Flat Brown andAqueous Hobby Color H343 Soot, I painted the brake hoses and Kadee 'tangs' flat black, then I lightly sprayed the body of the vehicle with a very dilute mix of Isocol alcohol and Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth. Another light coat of Isocol alcohol and Soot tied it all together. Being very 'modern' wagons by Lambing Flat standards, if they are included in a train, the train is more likely than not to be diesel-hauled!
Up until the release of the Trainorama r-t-r BWH hoppers, there was only one BWH on the layout, an AR Kits kit-built and superdetailedmodel that I completed in the mid-1980s. A trio of Traino r-t-r BWH hoppers were acquired and weathered back when they came out and, more recently, this Powerline version has also joined the fleet. It isstraight out of the box and weathered with my usual acrylic paint technique. I really should have changed the handrails on the foot walk to the correct shape, but I'm not going to live forever... It 'disappears' amongst the considerable number of vehicles that now populate the layout, so, I'm not going to mention it if you don't...
No NSWGR post-war layout would be complete without plenty of these little beauties, the ubiquitousS truck. This is just one of the fifteenAustrains/SDS 'ultimate' S trucks that have joined the many, many kit-built versions of this essential wagon on the layout. This one is from the first Austrains batch, which came painted in a very deep black, so I have weathered it to represent the condition of them when they were relatively new, with a worn interior, but a lightly weathered exterior. In the background is, from the left, an Austrains GSV modified to post-war condition, as per Ian Dunn's article, 'Modernise Your GSV', in AMRM Issue 298 (February 2013), an Austrains '1921' CW and a highly modified Camco '1947' CW kit. Next is the end of an MBC, converted from a very old Rails North epoxy MRC kit.
Here are a few more weathered S trucks from the first 'black' Austrains batch, along with a weatheredAustrains CW.
This photo shows a better view of the interiors of two of the S trucks, plus a weathered Austrains SRC refrigerated van and lots of stock wagons from a variety of sources.
And here are a few more, standing in front of some weathered SDS rail tank cars. The COR tank is heavily weathered, but the Golden Fleece version is relatively clean. Believeit or not, the photos of Golden Fleece RTCs I haveseen that were taken in the 1960s show them quite clean and bright.
The second batch of Austrains S trucks came with a much greyer paint finish, so that has been utilised to represent S trucks that havebeen in service longer than those represented by the weathering done on the first batch. Also shown here is a Trainorama K wagon which was weathered at the same time, using my usual acrylic paint technique. Surrounding the newly weathered vehicles are some of the many open wagons on the layout, including r-t-r Traino steel S trucks, kit-built ILM D and BD, plus Trax/Casula S and K wagons and a very old Bergs K wagon (with Dreadnought ends).
Another Austrains S from the second batch, along with a Eureka RSH and Traino K wagon, with Austrains PV explosives van and MV louvred van, all weathered with my acrylic paint and Isocol alcohol method.
An Austrains '1921' CW, plus two EurekaLCH and a CCH four-wheel hopper wagons, stand in front of a rake of stock wagons, including an Austrains '1915' CW and a Silvermaz '1948' CW, heavily modifiedand backdated to their appearance on delivery, before the extra vertical strengthening timbers were added to the sides.
I'll finish off tonight's post with a couple of stock wagons, starting with this SDS BCW. This has had a canvas (stretched tissue) roof covering added, but otherwise is 'straight out of the box'. It is is pretty good condition, just a little grubby, which is appropriate for Lambing Flat's time period, as these vehicles were introduced in 1959, so were quite new at the time the layout represents. Weathered with my usual 'misted' acrylic techniques.
There are two '1959' BCW bogie cattle wagons on the layout, the modern SDS version shown above and this old Protype kit, constructed back in the early 1980s. Not knowing any better at the time, I had constructed it with a double roof, as per the four-wheelers. I recently took the double roof off and fitted a new canvas covered single roof, as it should be. The new roof was painted and weathered and the body reweathered to blend it all together. Not up to the standard of the SDS version, but not bad for a model for which the masters were constructed in the late 1960s...
A definite relict of the past, an Austrains '1915' CW. While most of these were 'converted' to the '1921' CW specifications during the 1930s and 1940s, at least two soldiered on until 1965/'66! (I've seen them in a video taken at Nyngan.) Weathered with the usual acrylics method.
Last, but not least, is the last of my Austrains GSV sheep wagons to be weathered. It had taken so long (the rest were finishedyears ago) because I didn't have a replacement GSV roof for this one (they were mistakenly fitted with CW roofs at the factory). I obtained replacement roofs from Austrains for the rest of them, but not for this one, for some reason lost in the depths of time! So, I finally got around to scratchbuilding a new roof (and modifying the model to represent the post-WW2 appearance of the '1927' GSVs, as per Ian Dunn's article 'Modernise your GSV' in AMRM Issue 298 (February 2013). It's late completion also means that it is the only loaded sheep van on the layout, as it has been fitted with some of Ray Pilgrim's3D printed sheep. The roof was completed very conventionally with strips of timber and styrene, with corrugated aluminium for the roof itself. Weathering was by my standard Acrylic paint method, with a combination of washes and drybrushing to get the base elements, with the whole thing then airbrushed with light coats of 'misted' colour to tie it all together.
There are still quite a few to describe, but that will haveto be in a future post...
No comments: Labels:Austrains,Eureka,HO scale,Lambing Flat,NSWGR,open wagons,sheep vans,weathering,wheat hoppers Wednesday, 16 August 2017 That damned 'Pig'!
When I last mentioned 3607, my modified Austrains roundtop 'Pig' back in November 2014, all was not well, a situation that persisted for some time. It had reached the basic painting stage, as shown below:
But try as I might, I could not get the damned thing to run smoothly. It had a bind in the mechanism that I just could not find, despite completely dismantling it a couple of time and checking it very carefully and even resetting and twiddling with the CVs on the Tsunami chip. Becoming quite discouraged I consigned it to the back of the display cupboard and got on with other projects. About six months later I returned to it and spent a couple of fruitless weeks fiddling with it, all without much success (as it turned out the problems were multiple, see below), but it did make it onto the layout for extended testing and a record shot.
I could get it to run reasonably well on the workbench on DC, but put it on the layout and it ran like a dementedduck with five broken wings... I even consulted the experts (thanks Marcus!), but all to no avail.
By October 2015, a little progress hadbeen made after a few more complete dismantling and reassembliesand it was starting to run 'sort of OK' occasionally, so I resolved to finish off the weathering and at least finish it off cosmetically. I wanted to create a fairly clean locomotive, as per thisJohn Stormont photo of 3607 at Cootamundra in 1954, originally printed in the January 1990 edition of the RTM's 'Round House' magazine.
This photo from mid-October 2015 shows progress at that date. I used a variety of washes of gloss blacks and some sprayed Tamiya X-19 Smoke to achieve the 'freshly blackoiled' look, but as this photo shows I still had a little detail work to do to blend all the weathering together, plus fit cabside numbers, headlight and window glass, Eveleigh builder's plate and employ a crew.
A few days later and she was visually complete, representing a clean locomotive that had at least one trip under her belt. But it still wouldn't run satisfactorily!
Fast forward to April 2017 and nothing had changed, she looked nice, but was very unreliable, running very jerkily and not being a very useful engine at all, other than as a photographic prop!
Then, a chance comment on my Facebook page set me off in another direction! At last, breakthrough! After investigating, I came to the conclusionthat one of the driving wheelsets was 'out of quarter' and, after swapping over the two leading wheelsets with the driving wheels in my 'spare' 36 class, I got it to run smoothly... on the workbench!
However, once placed on the layout, it was still very unreliable, despite extra pick-ups on the tender and a 'stay-alive' chip. Another month or two passed with not much change, it would run smoothly when it chose to run, but that was not often! It was very obviously a pick-up problem, but, considering the number of extra pick-ups I had added, this should not be occurring. Perhaps the standard Austrains brass tender wheels, despite much cleaning, were the problem, so I decided to replace them with some spare nickel-silver On Track wheels sets I had on hand from the original run LLV louvred vans. Being the same axle lengths and wheel diameters, they just dropped straight in and nickel-silver is reputedly a far better conductor of electricity than is brass. That part of the exercise successfully completed, I checked them for electrical continuity with my multi-meter. The electrical continuity of one side of the tender wheels was perfect, but, on the other side, nothing! On removing the bogies and checking the joint between the wire to the chip and the wipers (hidden out of sight on top of the bogie and only visible once the bogies had been removed, something it had not occurred to me to do previously!) I discovered that the connections to both bogies had broken off! No wonder the b^%$#ything wouldn't run! A quick resolder and back on the track and perfection, it now runs like a dream! After three years of frustration, I finally have a reliable, smooth running roundtop Pig!
The District Locomotive Superintendent is now 'over the moon', as he, at last, has a locomotive that is reliable as well as pretty to help move the traffic!
Here she is, standing in No.1 road at New Yard with a goods train, waiting for permission to depart, alongside Cowra stalwart, 5597. (The story of how 5597, a real 'Franken55', plus the scenery onNew Yard, came to be, will be the subjects of future posts).
3 comments: Labels:Austrains roundtop 36 class,Lambing Flat,Pig,troubleshooting,weathering Monday, 31 July 2017 The 'modern era' comes to Lambing Flat: Bogie rolling stockThe Indian red diesels need something to haul, so, thanks to all the lovely r-t-r 1960s/1970s bogie rolling stock now available, it is a simple matter of pulling something out of the box, checking the couplings and wheels against the standards gauge, weathering it and putting it on the track. So easy!
Here are some details of some of the 'bogie exchange' vehicles that have joined the fleet recently.
This is an On Track Models BLF that I converted to a BLX about two years ago. I wanted a 1960s era BLX for Lambing Flat, but didn't want three of them, so I purchased a single-pack BLF from Barnes Hobbies in Newcastle and, since a broad gauge only BLF wasn't *quite* right for NSW standard gauge Lambing Flat, I spent anhour or two modifying it. First I replaced the spoked-wheel broad gauge appropriate bogies with a pair of 'bogie exchange' bogies from the spares box (from under an On Track LLV, I think), then carefully removed the 'F' from the BLF code with a toothpick moistened with Metho. When that was done I put an 'X' in its place (SEM decal sheet, I think), then covered the 'P' plates with 'X' decals from a BGB decal sheet. Then I cut some 2" x 4" timber and 'bodged up' the shunter's steps to something more closely resembling the timber version more appropriate to the period. After a couple of years in 'pristine' condition, I finally got around to weathering it, lightly, as befits my era, with airbrushed Tamiya and Aqueous Hobby Color acrylic paint.
This is an Auscision KLY in PTC blue. It is a little latefor LF's 'core' period, but I do like the KLY vans! I lightly weathered it torepresent a very new vehicle that hasn't managed to acquire more than a lightcoating of road dust, once more with airbrushed Tamiya and Aqueous Hobby Coloracrylics. However, I wasn't happy with it, as it looked a little too clean, soI came back a couple of weeks later and added some more 'dirt'. Much more as Iremember them now.
In keeping with the 1970s PTC blue theme is this SDS OCY, carrying a load of RACE containers. Another one lightly weathered to represent how I remember OCYs from the 1970s. Below is another shot, this time without the containers, showing the grubby deck.
This is a pair of Orient Express Reproductions r-t-r OX SAR open wagons, fitted with tarpaulins, as the lack of interior detail does look a little strange on the layout. The vehicles themselves are straight 'out of the box', except that the far vehicle has had a red SAR logo added. The wagons were then weathered with my usual acrylic paint diluted in Isocol alcohol method and then some tarps, made from some old BGB printed foil tarps I have had 'in stock' since the early 1980s were added. The tiedowns are thread, superglued to the tarp and the vehicle. The tarps were sprayed with flat clear once they were fitted, to kill the sheen of the original BGB item. A light spray of Tamiya XF-52 Flat Earth was then 'misted' over the tarps (and the wagons) to 'tie it all together'.
This is an Austrains 'Manildra' WHX fitted with SDS exchange bogies and the black panel where the old code was added penned in with ink. The model was then sprayed with flat clear to seal the ink and then it was weathered using my standard sprayed acrylic method. I'm very pleased with the way this one has come up. Below is another shot with the yard looking very 'late 1960s'.
While not quite 'bogie exchange' vehicles, (for bogie exchange we need the GX subvariant) this pair of Eureka G wagons fill the need for high speed capable bogie open wagons on the Sydney-Melbourne corridor. Despite having been introduced in the early 1950s for coal haulage, photos of 'high wheeler' mainline trains in the 1960s show plenty of G type wagons in use and most are in pretty good condition, so these two were weathered accordingly.
Not everything new on the layout is r-t-r; theoccasionalkit-built model still sneaks through! This isa NSWGR BDX constructed from a AR Kits injection-moulded kit. I hadn't built an injection-moulded plastic kit for a very long time, but it had come to my attention that one major class of late steam/early diesel era rolling stock was not represented in Lambing Flat's collection, the BDX bogie open wagon. An opportune purchase at the 2017 Brisbane exhibition recently addressed that oversight and, in something like record time, the model was assembled! Of course, it isn't built as the manufacturer intended (something I never do!), but has had some extra detail added to represent the appearance of one of the 1963/1967 batch as it may have appeared towards the end of the 1960s. As I hadn't been able to find many decent photos of BDX wagons from that period while I was building it, there was a certain amount of guesswork involved and I eventually found out (after it was painted!) that the top right handrail wasn't quite in the right position! As with the rest of them, the photos I have of them in the late 1960s show them to be in quite good condition still, so it was weathered accordingly.
Of course, if one is going to run post-1966 goods trains, one should have the occasional 'red' van to put on the back. As I only had one (the Trainorama GHG with InFront Models dress-up kit I reviewed in AMRM Issue 287, April 2011), I thought it was about time I had another one, so this Trainorama MHG had the handrails and lampirons picked out in black and then lightly weathered to represent a newly rebuilt and repainted van.
However, the 'high wheelers' of the 1960s didn't only trail nice new Indian red brakevans; there were also the 1920s-built SHG vans that were fitted with new 2AE high speed bogies around 1962 to help fill adesperateshortage of brakevans capable of high speeds to run on the newly-opened 'Gauge' to Melbourne. The release of the SDS SHG/BHG brakevans gave me the opportunity to add a BHG to the collection (I already had two kit-built SHGs, so only a BHG wasacquired). Unlike the other goods vehicles shown here, where I went for the fairly new, lightly weathered effect, this BHG was heavily weathered to represent the appearance of the prototypes in the 1960s. I really like the attention to detail that SDS have given to this model and I particularly like the Indian red window frames, which was so characteristic of Gunmetal grey brakevans in the late 1960s.
That's enough for now (there is a lot more to come!). Next time I will describe the huge number of new four-wheel and bogie 'intrastate' vehicles that have also joined the fleet.
2 comments: Labels:Auscision,bogie exchange,containers,diesel era,Eureka,goods wagons,Lambing Flat,NSWGR,On Track Models,quick weathering.,SDS Models Friday, 28 July 2017 The 'modern era' comes to Lambing Flat: Indian red diesels.With all the lovely r-t-r models becoming available over the last couple of years suited to the 1960s/1970s era, it has been hard to resist the temptation and stay true to Lambing Flat's 1950s steam era ambiance. In fact, it has been impossible! Especiallyas I have clear memories of the late 1960s and the 1970s with lots of lovelyIndian red diesels and interesting bogie rolling stock rushing past on the Main South around Harden (I lived at Young until I came to Sydney in 1977).
While the steam era will always be my first love, a bit of Indian red and some 'high wheeler' bogie vehicles have started to appear on the layout.
The oldest diesel on the layout is this Traino 44 class, which has been around for well over 10 years. All the locomotives have been weathered to represent their appearance as they were in the 1960s/1970s, a bit scruffy and grubby, but not the utter decrepitudethat crept in through the 1980s. They are all weathered with Tamiya and Aqueous Hobby Color acrylics, diluted in Isocol alcohol for spraying.
The second oldest diesel is this Austrains 442, but it hasn't run since 2006, as I haven't got aroundto fitting a chip yet.
Another diesel that has been around for a while is this Trainorama 49, which has been backdated to 1960s condition by painting out the post 1979 yellow buffers and the post 1970s silver painted handrails on the end steps. It has just been lightly weathered as, during the 1960s, Parkes Depot looked after them very well and they were always in very good condition.
My very favourite diesels are the 421, so I was very pleased when Auscision released their magnificent model, which needed no modification other than a spot of weathering. As with all the 'working' diesels, it has been fitted with a Loksound chip, in this case loaded with the sound files sold be DCC Sound in Victoria. Not only does it look fantastic, it sounds fantastic as well!
Another shot of a beautifullocomotive.
Another loco I have a definite 'soft spot' for is the 422 class. This is another Auscision model, lightly weathered to represent a loco that has only been in service for a couple of months. It is also fitted with a Loksound chip loaded with DCC Sounds' files.
Another shot of 42201, waiting to depart 'New Yard' with bogie stock. Future posts will feature more of my bogie stock and bring the 'New Yard' story up to date.
Yet another shot of 42201 in the yard (on a different day!), standing next to another recent diesel, an Auscision 45 class, a very fine example of another locomotive class that I am very fond of.
The 45 is a little more heavily weathered, as the locomotive is in mid-1970s condition (I was too slow and missed out on a 1960s version, they were all sold out!)
There is also a Trainorama 48 class, but that has not been weathered yet, though it trundles around quite nicely, making suitable 48 class sounds, courtesy of its DCC Sounds-loaded chip!
Steam and diesel quite happily co-exists on the layout, as can be seen here with Austrains 3610 about to be assisted out of the yard by Trainorama 4910!
The next post (whenever that might be) should feature some of the bogie rolling stockthat has recently joined the roster.
1 comment: Labels:1970s,421,45,49,Auscision 422,Austrains,Australia,diesel era,Lambing Flat,Trainorama 44 class Wednesday, 28 June 2017 Two in the one year! Good grief, what is happening! Or, building a HV 'Redfern' passenger brake van.As promised, I am making a bit of an effort to add some posts to the blog.
This one is about building this:
This is well out of period for Lambing Flat, but I like it!
It is a 'Redfern' passenger brake van, one of the series of passenger carriages referredto as the 'Redfern' cars, which entered service from 1884. This particular variation had a small guard's compartment at one end, a large luggage compartment in the middle and two second class compartments at the other end. They were coded HV from 1892 and the model represents the (probably) appearance of the van in the 1890s, with original paneled body and painted in the fully lined purple brown colour scheme. This particular type was built for the southern and western system (the vans built for the northern system had some major detail differences) and it looked like this until around 1910 when they were rebuilt with plain tongueand grooved siding and the passenger compartmentwere replaced with another goods compartment accessed by double doors similar to the existing luggage compartment. In this rebuilt form they lasted in revenue service until around 1930. Some then went into WW service and lasted into the 1960s, at least.
The model is constructed from a Rails North urethane kit that was only available through the annual modelling the early days of the NSWR convention under the 'Old Buggers' label. I obtained it at a convention some years ago and had started to build it, but had then put it back in the unbuilt kit drawer, where it languished for some years. For some reason (one that I don't even know!) I pulled it out recently and restarted work. It was built pretty much as the manufacturer intended, but with a little added detail.
Here it is on 13 April 2017, the body has been assembled and the roof fitted, and the chassis has been prettymuch finished.I've fitted all the foot boards, using timber strips glued to staples and soldered up the truss rods from brass wire. I lost one of the buffers, but, luckily, I had some very old British buffers in the parts collection that were pretty much identical, and sprung as well! The roof has been 'canvassed' with tissue paper and extra details, such as the drawer hooks and lamp irons added. The handrails on the roof and ends have been made and fitted (the brass grab rails and door handles on the sides will be added after painting). It was now ready for painting to start.
By 6 June it had been painted and lined (the lining took a loooong time!), the brass grab rails and door handles had been fitted and it had been decaled, but the glazing and basic interior had yet to be fitted. The slightly yellow lighting makes it look redder than it actually was (see photos of the completed model). The lining was done by hand, using a bow pen and Tamiya yellow paint, except for the lines around the ventilators, which were decals from an old N scale decal set for RUB cars. The lettering came from various decal sheets in my collection (one tends to accumulate that sort of thing over 40 years or so... )
By the 19th of June, it was finished, weathered and accepted into service on the layout. Here it is, trying not to look too out of place by hanging out with some of my other 'early days' vehicles. An interesting and unusual vehicle to have on the layout and quite simple to build, though the lining was a bit of an ordeal!No comments: Labels:HV Redfern brake van,Lambing Flat Older PostsHomeSubscribe to:Posts (Atom)About MeJames McInerneyLifelong railway enthusiast and modeller. Originated the concept and organised the first decade of the 'Modelling the Railways of NSW' convention. Started building the current version of my HO scale NSWGR steam-era layout 'Lambing Flat' in 1983. Started my 1:24 scale Tasmanian West Coast inspired garden line 'Rurr Valley Railway' in 1999. Have been the Production Manager/Editor of the Australian Model Railway Magazine since 2006.View my complete profileFollowersBlog Archive 2020(1) May(1)Building a standard NSWGR 40,000 gallon locomotive... 2017(9) December(1) September(2) August(2) July(2) June(1) May(1) 2015(1) September(1) 2014(3) November(1) September(1) January(1) 2012(3) November(1) October(1) June(1) 2011(32) November(2) October(3) September(4) August(1) June(3) May(4) April(4) March(4) February(3) January(4)My LinksMy old Lambing Flat site, preserved in the Wayback MachineLambing Flat on YoutubeOld Lambing Flat site - Whitton type trestle near JuneeOld Lambing Flat site - Stock Wagons of the NSWROld Lambing Flat site: Trains at Young 1972Old Lambing Flat site - Poleys up hooks!Old Lambing Flat site - Improving the Lima 38Old Lambing Flat site - NSWGR 'Dogbox' colour schemesOld Lambing Flat site - Modelling the LFX 'Dogbox' carriagesOld Lambing Flat site - AM/BJ/FJ cars of the NSWGROld Lambing Flat site - EAM/VAM/LAM Colour SchemesOld Lambing Flat site - L Car Colour SchemesOld Lambing Flat site - Archival Recording: Stockinbingal's goods shedMy employer: the Australian Model Railway MagazineMy Blog ListComtrain goes H0! H0! H0!2021_10_30 Kilmore East visits Hobsons Bay Northern Division. - *2021-10-30 *So a week in pictures and videos*LAYING MORE TRACK*And so after a month or so of running trains, we discovered a bottle neck. Trains head...3 hours agoLiverpool RangeCoal hoppers arrive - Yesterday I received my order of CTS coal hoppers from Auscision Models. These will form my empty 24 wagon coal train hauled by two 45 class locomotives. I...4 hours agoOST PublicationsPlace, Memory and Meaning - 1 day agoPhilden Model RailwaySecret Project Philden V3-34 - Leaked secret photo PV3-34Gritty. Urban. Oozing with atmosphere. We've stolen another secret photo from Melbourne's underworld! What's more, we can assu...2 days agoModelFXsMini Vlog #1 - Working on a few items to reinstate Spicers Creek in the future. One of the primary issues is having the most realistic locomotives that I can create. 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What had been spent on the layout meant nothing because...3 years agoSufferings of a time poor model railroaderThanks Craig! - Thanks to Craig at Craigs Shed I went looking for Aerial Photo's from mid last century SA to find them here I trust some one gets some use from this too.3 years agoThe Mudgee LineLights, Camera, Action... 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That rule is that I complete a project before I start something new, well that's ...4 years agoGrovers Shed ! - I'm looking for more information on surrounding buildings or railway related pictures on Coffs Harbour rail yard. If anyone can help it would be appreciat...4 years agoMacca's PlaceLess is more....... - Over a year since my last post. Still struggling somewhat with my recovery, although I am working again albeit part time.Some mates visited a few weeks ag...4 years agoOllies trainsSpreading yourself around - I thought I would post a bit of what I've been doing during the colder months when its a tad cold to be in the shed working on the Corvette. Now the Corve...4 years agoAustralian N ScaleN Scale Tait Cars Part 2 - Had a bit of time off on the school holidays and have finished the Brimbank Models Tait car set I'm been working on since April!I'm really happy with the ...4 years agoDemondrille - Kingsvale in HOMotivation and creativity - Hi allSince leaving my job late last year and starting out on several new careers, which together comprise a patchwork part-time week, I have been able t...4 years agoBig Dirty Freight TrainsPacific National 1WB3 Steel Train - Normanhurst 19/02/2017 - Went spotting up at Normanhurst in Sydney's Northern Suburbs this afternoon. I managed to get the video camera in time for 1WB3 steel to pass with NR18, ...4 years agoThe Nimmitabel ExtensionBallast siding photos - Well just a small update as I was lucky enough to find the photos for the cutting and shaping work done with the foam insulation board.The Masonite facia...4 years agoPeak Hill The LayoutThe Grain Shed - Hello again gang, I am currently waiting on some foam for the modules, which I should pick up next week, in the mean time I have been getting parts organis...4 years agoPemberton Railway6th Class Station Released - Following the design of the early 5th Class station used in WA based on plans for the Mullewa-Murchison Railway, the 6th Class version has also been relea...4 years agoNSWGR 7mm Z 20 Class Steam Locomotive - Hi Gang.Things are now progressing nicely, with a test etch for the frame arriving the other day, and Tim spent time at Liverpool putting together part of...5 years agoOn Track Models - Hi All,Here's the latest Sprinter decorated samples from the factory.We'll post some more images over the next few days,The On Track Models Team5 years agoKamilaroi Model Railway"Another Stage". - With the weather not so favourable at the moment, and being too uncomfortable to work outside, I thought I would do an update. 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In order to 'bridge' a large gap associated with a window located in the wall on which the shelf layout is attached...5 years agoSoundBytesSoundBytes 4-28-16 - Lots have happened here over the last several months with the move into the new building, sales of the Econami getting more popular as its features are d...5 years agoProject 6029Summer Repairs - Its been a while since I have said anything here, there has been a lot happening and a few storms have been weathered...As this is the first update for 20...5 years agoThe Elly James KLR in its initial form as the layout was lifted (in less than an hour) from Mums garden...A real family effort as both ki...5 years agoRAILS IN SCALENSWGR weathered models - 5 years agoIxion ModelsIxion's Official Response to Austrains' announcement of a C30 tank and C30T in HO scale - *Ixion's Official Response to Austrains' announcement of a C30 tank and C30T in HO scale**Austrains' principal John Eassie has announced on the Austrains ...5 years agoGarahbaraNo more driver confusion - Garahbara gets road signs - An excellent little project from Luke Towan's video series on road signs. As posted on the Railpage Model Railway forum click here.Never really though a...5 years agoLines near the LachlanBack into the model room! - I'm back into the model railway and it feels good.During Christmas the bench work in the new extension went in and Munibung is back in one piece and mount...5 years agoTookayerta Railway- SAR HO ScaleIt has been a long time coming! - Yes, Tookayerta still exists. A few improvements, and an added addition.Tookayerta has had some scenery, all though rather rough around the yard added. To...5 years agoGundagai Model Rail LayoutGetting ready for Inverell - The Inverell Model Railway and Hobby Exhibition is only a week away now and I am busy getting some models ready for display. Splitters Swamp Creek will be ...6 years agoPioneer ModelsPioneer Models unofficially at Liverpool exhibition - Pioneer Models' Lindsay O'Reilly (the author of this blog) will be at the Liverpool AMRA exhibition this coming weekend on Saturday and Sunday. 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I decided some time ago to c...6 years agoDidubringabeerbak RailwayAlmost ready for the Perth Show end of May - It's been a while since my last post.Work has halted on Thirroul for the time being, as It will be relocated to a new home at some stage, due to a change i...6 years agoLaker's Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon WorkshopsModelling The Railways of NSW Convention blog and new website. - As part of the revamp of the Modelling the Railways of NSW Convention structure the convention now has its own website which will replace the blog as of no...6 years agoN Scale Scratch building NSWGR (australian)/ PommyKeepin' on building - First post for the new year, and something new. I have recently been working on a Baldwin Steam Tram Motor in N scale, the chassis, which I initially had a...6 years agoMODELLING THE RAILWAYS OF NSW - The convention.The Last Post - As part of the "shake up" of the MRNSW team, which occurred some time ago now, this blog will fold up shortly. 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I mix AIM pro...6 years agoMurringoCompromise - Many of those modelling the NSW scene will be familiar with the excellent AndIan Models BLV kit, and those who have built it or are building it now will kn...7 years agoShepparton in HO scaleWhats been happening... - Sorry for this very overdue post but I have been busy urrrrrr... researching....I have been busy recently collecting a few kits and parts and now its time...7 years agoBowen CreekReference material... - YO!Even tho my layout is freelance, it is still based in the Cowra region. So when it comes to scenery any reference is helpful.Bevan Wall posts regular...7 years agoCombined Divisions RailwaysAn update for the update? - Having just read back thru my posts I have noticed a glaring deficiency, no H0 updates!!! well it's not because I haven't done anything, it's because I.......7 years agoModelling Cronulla in HO ScaleBergs Suburban Tulloch - Standard The Taronga Zoo Train - Like too many modellers at one time or another, I have lost momentum with the layout and this is due to too much time considering its potential cons, rathe...7 years agoModelling Tenterfield Railway - An English Interlude Why I married someone from Ramsbottom!Five months since I last posted, yikes!!!!!Thought I would share a few photos from our Christ...7 years agoNorth Train to Nevernorthtraintonever - 7 years agoJon's ShedSDS FMW Meat Vans - So another recent purchase at Liverpool was a pack of the SDS FMW Walkers meat vans I just can't resist a bit of bling and also the challenge of weathering...7 years agoCamden Valley Model RailwayThe Goods Shed - The goods shed at Camden was a unique building on the New South Wales railways. It was a pretty standard shed on a platform but also had a canopy which was...8 years agoNorthwest to Southern CrossJuly already??? - I'm Back....for my seemingly semi-annual update.Non- layout wise....I'm 10 months in to my return as a union Train Dispatcher and have enjoyed every minut...8 years agoMain South Line Layout - South Staging Back Tracks Installed. Well the South Staging (Lower Staging) is starting to take shape with the Back 5 dead-end staging are in, but this st...8 years agoBerg's Hobbies - Berg's Hobbies wish to advise that we have established a new blog within our website. Our website can be found at www.bergshobbies.com.auAccess to the blo...8 years agoGrenfellShort post - The best laid plans! 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Austrians really have gone up a gear and are producing some fine models...9 years agoOn the Goods Lines LayoutTogether,Forever? - Hi All,Didn't realize it has been over 2 months since the last post, and looking at where I was back then, Man, ive done a bit!!!Over that time I've insta...9 years agoLiralau - Modelling the VSA RailwaysProject 620 - the other one... - While i'd been working on my model of preserved 621, i've also had a second loco on go at the same time. This one for my brother's birthday present. He w...9 years agochrisnelson7575The promise of a new day - My trip to see my Dad in 2008 started off with the proverbial bang. We had arrived in Cootamundra at around 4pm on Monday evening, and although I was atro...9 years agoS*M*U*T Modellers GroupS*M*U*T Modelling Group - Strange Modelers of Universal Trains Australias Most Unique Railfan Social Group! UPDATED: 4/4/2019 There To Help Railway Preservation. RUINED By COCKHE...9 years agoRhys's BlogBurzynski: Morally reprehensible - I find Dr Stanislaw Burzynski morally reprehensible. I think this because his treatment is sold for extortionate amounts of money to vulnerable, dying canc...9 years agoSpare Time ModellerA very special pair of Rail Tractors...... - On a recent trip back to Melbourne I was fortunate enough to secure this very special pair of rail- tractors. They are a Victorian Railways (VR) Rail Tract...9 years agoByron CreekLower the Drawbridge! - A sudden rush of enthusiasm, helped by the fact that I'm on holidays actually saw some work on Byron Creek. Namely the construction of a lift up flap or dr...9 years agoThe Coolah BranchWell it's been a while - No excuses just a year or so of disruptions with operations, becoming a grandfather for the fourth time and my mum passing away just one year ago. The cons...10 years agoSEM VQCX to AQCY conversion: A how to guideAQCX/AQCY prototype examples - Hi all, as a further help, I've decided to put up links to some photos of AQCX/Y's so you can see what the actual wagons looked like.The photos are from b...10 years agoRollingstock Photosheadboard!! - R 707 getting ready for the weekends event, before the midnight crew give it a scrub John Green10 years agoI was a Teenage Railfan.More Monday Morning Photo, Wednesday Arvo 22/06/2011. - G'day all, the photo is a bit repetetive I know but I just thought I'd draw attention to the differing styles of accomodation available to the discerning...10 years agoCoorahQuick photo post - Hi all, just a small post showing some work I've done.Y131 making a quick stop.10 years agoPrivateers Carriage Preservation MovementDrawing Out The Draw Gear - With the bogie overhaul now completed, the next step is to work on actually fitting them to the carriage properly - such that all clearances and buffer/cou...10 years agoModelsModels post No. 7 - Hi guys, just a quick update: the AQCY project is now complete and I'll be postiong photos soon.Again, happy modelling, Brad10 years agoGlenburn (Andrew Collier HO VR)Welcome - Welcome to my site covering my interwar Victorian Railways modelling. Please click on the links at right to go to the various pages of the site.I hope the...13 years agoNorth of the Tweed - Port Nelson - The VR in Southwestern Victoria in the Late 1970s - The Taree and District Model Railway Club Blog - Bergs Hobbies Blog - Westgate - South Western Rail - The Gwabegar Line - A Finescale Model Railway - ravenslea - QLD Sn3 Models - Liverpool Range - A Finescale Model Railway - Archaeology, Heritage and Trains - O Scale Victorian Railways Narrcan Branch - branchlineforum - The Kamilaroi Railway -
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