Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2016 i Australian Model Railway Magazine

Vale Kev Loughhead Sadly, one of the ‘greats’ of Australian modelling, Kevin Loughhead, passed away in early March 2016. Kev was the mind and hands behind The Moping Branch, the spectacular looking and prototypically operated model railway that engrossed and entertained Adelaide-based modellers for decades. The railway was not only industry-based, but there were fully scenicked villages and towns, inspired by the full-sized industries and buildings Kev encountered in his employment, which took him all over South Australia. When Kev decided that maintaining such a large layout was becoming too much for him, the railway was closed and many sections sold to other active operators, so a substantial part of Kev’s magnificent legacy lives on. The staff of AMRM extend condolences to Kev’s family, particularly wife Margaret, who, with Kev,…

Several years ago, I began to take more of an interest in the local South Australian rail scene, rather than that of Victoria, which was the subject of my previous layout, Liralau, as described in AMRM Issue 280 (February 2010). At the time I was still operating Liralau on the South Australian exhibition circuit, but needed a change. Liralau had been on the scene since 2006 and so, after seven years on the circuit, it was decided to retire it and build a replacement (Liralau has since been sold and now resides in Victoria). I looked at a number of different options for a prototype, and with the large number of South Australian models now entering the market, combined with my modelling group’s preference toward local prototype, it was decided…

As the 40th anniversary approached for my N scale layout, Wallan (AMRM Issue 279, December 2009), I felt that I could still add some extra value to the old girl. I decided to extend train running by adding a Wallan to Heathcote section because, in real life, the large gravitational staging yards also served the Bendigo line via Heathcote in the past. This new section was to be detachable from the main layout, in case I ever manage to get to another exhibition. In keeping with the layout, I decided to go down the route of hand-laid turnouts, as per the original – how hard could it be? The extra 35m of running was achieved by eliminating the use of a helix to gain altitude to the new Heathcote station…

The annual Hobson’s Bay exhibition in Melbourne has long been a favourite of AMRM’s Production Manager, James McInerney, due to its all-Australian format. As well, it always provides a lot of useful copy for the magazine! Along with the attendance of a veritable ‘who’s who’ of producers of commercial product for the local market, which always provides lots of material for the News and Recent Releases section, the modelling competition can be relied on to fill a couple of Gallery pages with some very photogenic equipment that also provides a lot of inspiration and ‘hints and tips’ for whose modelling aspirations go further than merely taking r-t-r models out of boxes! Needless to say, the quality of models entered in the modelling competition at the 2015 Hobsons Bay exhibition was…

2016 Calendar by Modratec. Website: modratec.com . Available via the Modratec website or direct at selected exhibitions. Price: $5.50. I expect by now, most people would already have their 2016 calendars, but if you haven’t, or you would like another one, then this limited edition (only 200 copies printed and each is numbered individually) is one that is definitely worth considering. Printed in full colour in A4 landscape style, this calendar reflects the commercial interests of the producer, railway signalling, and contains full-page photos for each month on that theme. The photos show both prototype and model shots, covering scenes from various systems around the world, including Britain, Australia and Germany. The quality of reproduction of the photos is second to none and each scene is interesting…

Implementing an Operation Scheme for a Model Railway There are two parts to this: 1. A process for directing wagon and traffic flow. 2. A process for determining what type of traffic flows and where it is going to. The Wagon Card and Waybill System In my opinion, the wagon card and waybill system is the best system for directing wagon and traffic flow. It was first described by Doug Smith in the December 1961 Model Railroader. It evolved out of many attempts at developing satisfactory model railroad operation system by various modellers over several decades and described a system used by Doug and his friend Don Peck, which became dubbed the Peck-Smith (PS) system. Doug commented that as well as being their initials, it was a postscript to the…

Glenbourne is an HO scale layout, based on NSW practice of no particular location or era, born of necessity to reduce the size of a layout that was once much larger. I obtained for the baseboard a piece of ¾" MDF 1.5m x 1.3m, from which I cut the centre section out for access. The layout is positioned at a height of 1.3m above floor height. I subsequently made it slightly larger (1.5m x 1.63m) with the addition of some 2" x 1" timber on two sides, in order to create a small point to point portion and also to allow trains to access the outside oval. The baseboard can simply be removed by undoing four screws from underneath. The trackplan consists of a double oval with curves of standard…

Train Builder have released their HO scale r-t-r ‘Indian Pacific’ and ‘The Ghan’ car sets. Each ten-car set comprises cars of the HGM, ARJ, ARL, ARM, AFC, BRJ, DF, CDF, ER and HM codes, available in five different colour schemes; original 1970s era ‘Indian Pacific’ with ‘Railways of Australia’ lettering; 1980s era ‘Railways of Australia’ lettering; 1990s era with Indian Pacific ‘eagle’ insignia; the carriages that visited Melbourne in 1995 during the standard-gauge promotional tour and ‘The Ghan’ in the 1990s era ‘sunset’ colour scheme. The photo shows the AFC lounge car from the 1990s ‘The Ghan’ set. Signals Branch , Ray Pilgrim’s Shapeways shop, continues to grow his range of NSWGR lower quadrant signals 3D printed in Frosted Ultra Detail (FUD) acrylic material. The HO scale…