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Find out more about our club by exploring this web site, or visit our Club Rooms on most Saturdays & Wednesdays (9:30am-1:00pm) and Mondays & Fridays (9:30-11:30am)
Visitors are welcome! - We are open during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we require that members and visitors adhere to strict social distancing rules.
Well now you can see what some of the trip is like on the Ghan with SBS. Keep January 7 clear.
"The Ghan: Australia’s Greatest Train Journey" is an Australian-first foray into the ‘Slow TV’ movement. Three hours, no breaks; just the viewer, the tracks beneath, and stunning landscapes of the central Australian outback rushing past.
What is claimed to be the world's first fully solar-powered train is NOW operating on the New South Wales North Coast.
The December edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!
For your own copy of the 277 page issue, that's right - over 250 pages !!, download here...
Learn how to build your very own Static Grass Applicator machine with Luke Towan of Boulder Creek Railroad fame.
There is even a really good 14 minute video showing how it is all done.
Remember, YouTube Model Builders eMag is a free publication released by model railroaders for model railroaders. It is completely ad-free and free for you.
So check out the latest issue, November 2017, of the YouTube Model Builders eMag:
The latest copy of the Austalian emag "N Scale Modeller", issue 31, is now available and you can get your copy right now from here:
If you want to grab a copy, head over here:
Click here for the latest newsletter from the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society.
Miniature Train Club-Gold Coast Inc event 13 Jan 2018
By David Lowe
Hello Members,
The Miniature Train Club-Gold Coast Inc are have a train ride event. See flyer for details,
The November edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!
For your own copy of the 255 page issue, that's right - over 250 pages !!, download here...
The free version of Trackside Model Railroading, October issue, is now available for people to read. Just head over to their website and login. If you don't have a login, create one as it is free and they don't spam you. The emag is a good read.
The new N scale club layout continues to progress with John (see below left) busy at it on pretty much every Wed and Sat. Above is a nature shot of a startled creature called the "Umm", found only at Brendale.
When it comes to your scenery and baseboard selection, there are many ways you can go - no one way is the "Right Way". You may even like to liven things up and mix and match various methods - horses for courses as you might say.
The October edition of the Model Railroad Hobbyist Magazine is now available AND it's free!
For your own copy of the 295 page issue, that's right - over 290 pages !!, download here...
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Bob's Visit and NMRA-X
Bob's Visit and NMRA-X
On Tuesday this week the Tuesday Nighters gathered at Barnacle Bob’s place for our fortnightly meeting. We got another look[…]
Source: Craig's Shed
Created on: 22 Nov 20 | 19:46
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Sleepers sleepers everywhere …………….
Sleepers sleepers everywhere …………….
A little more progress with the landscaping although still a long way to go. The earth was ground by putting[…]
Source: Burrowa is an HO scale model railway set in the[…]
Created on: 22 Nov 20 | 16:27
Burrowa is an HO scale model railway set in the[…] | 22 Nov 20 | 16:27 -
Model Railway Exhibition ProgramsEleven years ago I attended the Wagga Wagga Model Railway Exhibition. It seems like yesterday. I wonder[…]
Source: Armchair Modeller Down Under
Created on: 9 Nov 20 | 08:52
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Composite Van 286
Composite Van 286
Railways of Queensland an album of .... Volume Two provided the inspiration for this model. Page 37 shows a Stan[…]
Source: Westgate - South Western Rail
Created on: 27 Oct 20 | 09:30
Westgate - South Western Rail | 27 Oct 20 | 09:30 -
Now Where's That Magnifying Glass?
Now Where's That Magnifying Glass?
Having practiced on some larger locos of late, it was now time to get some DCC Decoders into some of[…]
Source: N'Tranced Dream
Created on: 17 Sep 20 | 19:58
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May 2020 update
May 2020 update
I was intending to do this at Easter but decided I was having to much fun on actually doing stuff[…]
Source: Greg's Railway Modelling Musings
Created on: 24 May 20 | 21:06
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Hoskins Hollow, a new project.
Hoskins Hollow, a new project.
For those of you that read this very intermittently updated Blog, I should bring to your attention a new blog[…]
Source: Splitters Swamp Creek
Created on: 15 Sep 19 | 19:32
Splitters Swamp Creek | 15 Sep 19 | 19:32