Contest Information – Rails@Rosehill
Contest Chairman – Gerry Hopkins MMR FNMRA – contest@rosehill.org.au As part of the Convention, we hold a Modelling Contest that any/all attending members can enter. Below is a link to the Contest Information page which explains the options and categories available. It also has the entry forms for the models with hints and tips about … Read more
Newsletter #1
Newsletter #1 | January 2023 rails@rosehill.org.au On Track to Rosehill Welcome to our first Rails@Rosehill Newsletter! My name is John Arrowsmith and I am privileged to lead a team of volunteers tasked to bring you Rails@Rosehill, our Australasian Region 2023 Convention. This Convention has been ‘a long time coming’! Our previous Convention was in Queensland … Read more
Mini Convention
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Div 7 Mini Convention. By all accounts, everyone had a great time, enjoyed great company and great food. A special thank you to all those who assisted in the organisation, setup, running and pull down of the convention. Also thank you to our clinicians who put in … Read more
Wheel Wagons
Contact By Arthur Hayes – MMR If you’ve been modelling for some time you will most likely recall the good old days when rollingstock came with plastic wheelsets and your wagons didn’t roll all that well. Metal wheels mounted in Delrin/acetal plastic side frames came along and improved things dramatically including highlighting where your layout … Read more
Basic Air Brush Weathering
Basic Air Brush Weathering Steam Locos by Gerry Hopkins MMR The clinic part of the meeting will start at 1.00 pm at Rowan Mangion’s home – the social part of the meeting will start at 2.00 pm as usual at Sam Mangion’s home. Those wishing to participate in the clinic will need to be there no later than 12.45 pm. … Read more
An American N scale layout
An American N scale layout Mountain & Western New in Layouts with DCC is Eric Coughlan’s Mountain & Western N scale layout.
Scenery tips and techniques
Scenery tips and techniques by Eric Coughlan A series of videos on making pine trees, using static grass and more. View the videos
AD60 Garratt – more weight
AD60 Garratt – more weight by Josh Beveridge I managed to have a look at my Garratt yesterday. I found a piece of lead flashing (about 1.5mm thick) in the garage. I cut 2 pieces 55 x 12mm to lay between the driving wheels under the keeper plate. I removed the centre screw from the … Read more
Eureka AD60 Garratt – a little extra weight
by Collin Hussey For those concerned about the Eureka Garratt’s pulling ability, especially for the front water tank, I decided to remove the tank from the chassis to access what space is available for more weight. It seems that everyone you hear, says there’s not enough room for more weight, I thought that it might … Read more
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH BRASS LOCO TENDERS
ELECTRICAL PICK-UP ON BRASS STEAM LOCOMOTIVES WITH DCC DECODERS FITTED – TENDER PROBLEMS. By Laurie Mclean MMR I would like to share some interesting information I have found in fitting Soundtraxx Tsunami Sound Decoders to my HOn3 Brass locomotives. In particular, this article deals with the locomotive tender and its electrical pick-ups. I use a white dot … Read more
NSW CL/CLP Class Locos
Adding sound and working marker lights By Gerry Hopkins MMR The CL/CLP is a great looking well detailed loco. It runs very smoothly and could pull a brick dunnie – even occupied. It is a very easy matter to fit a non-sound or sound decoder – even a plug & pray. When removing the body, … Read more
Achievement Program – Motive Power
Built By Dennis Clarke Model #1: N.S.W.G.R. D53 Class Locomotive. Scratch Built (brass with some white metal detail parts.) This model is of a D53 class locomotive of the NSWGR. These locomotives were brought into service from 1912 to 1917, built by Clyde Engineering Company and Eveleigh workshops, and were part of the “Standard Goods” … Read more
Bachmann Tamper – DCC with lights
Gerry Hopkins MMR The Bachmann Tamper was fitted with a TCS M4 decoder. This gave me enough functions to run white lights, red lights and the Rotary Beacon. The Decoder sits down beside the motor, held in place with double-sided tape. The white and red lights are 3mm LEDs with fibre optics. The Rotary beacon … Read more
Pickups for the Lima XPT
Gerry Hopkins MMR The Lima XPT requires some extra work to make it a reliable runner. There is nothing we can do about the “pizza cutter” flanges but we can get it run well. The first and most important thing to do is replace the “motor”. The normal method is to replace the armature with … Read more
Upgrading the NSW 36 Class
from Austrains Gerry Hopkins MMR In this article, I will show you how to make this loco a good runner and pull well, add a headlight to the earlymodels and add backup lights to all versions. I will also show you how to add pickups to the tender and sound decoder.
Sound Install for O Scale Big Boy
by Gerry Hopkins MMR Some views of the extra work undertaken for the sound install in a Brass O Scale Big Boy. The decoder is a TCS WOW v4 501 decoder. The underside of the tender – plenty of wheels – added pickups to the right hand side. I used a length of pcb sleeper … Read more
AD60 Marker Lights
These are the marker lights we are going to “brighten up”. I have touched these with white paint so they are easier to see. I used a sharp pointed tool to dimple the centre of the ‘lense’ as a starting point for the drill. Do not use a power tool they are too ‘powerful’ and … Read more
Surface Mount LEDs for Head and Marker Lights
By Laurie McLean MMR To answer some questions I have received regarding how I do my Classification Marker Lights on my Hon3 locos you will find below the hints & tips that I hope help you to give it a go on your little girls. This is pretty tiny stuff we are dealing with and … Read more
NSW 49 Class – Under the Hood
Fitting a decoder of your choice. The latest release from Train-O-Rama has a number of “new” features. It has marker lights front and back that change from white to red as the direction of the loco changes. These can be switched on/off with a wand. This photo also shows the nice detail on the underframe … Read more
Train-O-Rama – 49 Class
A few hints about the 49 Class not in the manual. The new 49 class released by Trainorama is a beautiful model and comes with a few features not mentioned in the instruction that come with the loco. THE HEAD LIGHTS – ON DC Besides the obvious reversing headlights are the reversing marker lights. When … Read more
NSW 44 Class – Decoder Installs
With the release of the NSW 44 class, there are many people wanting to fit decoders to the loco – both sound and non-sound decoders. I have done a number of these now so I have taken a few photos and added text that might help you. If you click on any photo below it … Read more
AP Forms
Achievement Program forms are available from your local AP manager. The contact details for your regional volunteer are found on the contact page.
Achievement Program has Moved
The AP is now part of Education on our website. For more information or to comment please use the feedback page: Feedback The Achievement Program (AP) is a travel guide, to help you on your journey through the world of model railroading. The AP provides an incentive to learn and master the many crafts and skills necessary … Read more
Scratch Building SIG
Located in Loganholme QLD, our special interest is scratch-building all types of models found in model railways including wagons, locomotives and structures. The objectives of the Scratch Building SIG are to share knowledge and skills in the production of hand crafted models using a variety of materials. To learn, teach and impart technical knowledge to … Read more
Building Locomotives
Phil Knife MMR
Kadee Couplers – A Treatise
Paul T. Hobbs
N Scale Weathering: Concepts & Techniques
Steve Pettit MMR
Model Railroad Photography
David Latham
Design Your Layout (almost) Like Magic!
Lyndon Spence
Streamlined Passenger Trains in California
Paul T. Hobbs
The New York Central System
David Howarth MMR
Structures 1
Laurie McLean MMR
Detailing Structures
Laurie McLean MMR
Structures 2
Laurie McLean MMR