Hi, Does anybody have detail photographs of CC and CE coal wagons, especially brake cylinder, plus underframe and discharge door detail. Andrew Warcup...
Gentlemen I thought this may be of interest to some of you. A friend of mine here in Australia is about to release an Sn3½ kit of an Australian Standard...
My old J is virtually there and now with all the kind help with colours my first ever paint job will soon happen! The problem is with the running chassis in...
Hi, I have read about the production of an Sn3.5 Garratt Oz style. I have a kit here waiting to be bult of a Class60 in HO. I bought from DJH in the UK. I also...
Chris - We Don't here allot about this scale being modelled over the other side of the ditch. Is there much of a following in Australia? What else is available...
Would any one have information, especially drawings/dimensions for the ladders, walkways and signal supports on the type of colour light signal gantry...
Hi Alex and all, In reply to your question, if you model 4'8½" or 5'3" gauge Australian prototypes in HO there is plenty of options ranging from ready-to-run...
on 5/8/05 10:09 PM, nz_railchat@yahoogroups.com at ... Of course. It wasn't until 12.01am on 1 January 1901 that NZGR lost all remaining vestiges of style,...
... Chris Elliot covered much of the ground that I was about to launch into but missed one important connection. During the goldrush of the 1890s the WAGR was...
Thanks for answer on inside of cabs in 1800s---and yes--apparantly they did have engines then However--No one was game to offer suggestions on how to solve the...
Paul, I would have to say, "Depends" How easy is it to see into the cab? If it's difficult to see in there anyway I'd go for the just paint it black option....
Thinking laterally, Paul, and drawing on some experience with small boilered sugar cane locos, have you thought of putting the gearbox on the rear driver with...
hi Paul you could always have it protruding into the cad and the backhead could be sanded down to a much thinner profile, that way it would thin down the ...
Thank you for all the thoughts on fitting motors----there will be a solution in there somewhere. reversing the motor has merit if the boiler diameter is...
My fading memory tells me that subby cars used down here on the Port line had fixed transverse slatted seats back in the late 1940s/early 1950s. These seats...
Hi Guys, Here is a couple of Figure painting tips from the Weathering site. http://www.brifayle.ca/ http://www.aidan-campbell.co.uk/Paint_Guide.shtml Regards, ...
Today, tempted by my 50%-off coupon I went to Warehouse Stationery. I couldn't find anything I really needed that was eligible (funny how comprehensive those...
Goodonyermate, will visit the big red shed Manyana. Wuz about to buy the expensive Digitrax versions in Bullshitland while I am at the N G Convention early...
In view of the recent discussions on figure painting, Whitcoulls have on special at present, a set of acrylic paints called Resene Art Action students...
Also along these lines Warehouse Stationery have Cromacryl students acrylics, a five pack similar to the one Evan notes is $17 or $18 and a range of these...
Some of you know that I am a figure modeller and painter. The best acrylic paints I have used so far for figures is the range produced by Games Workshop for...