tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53069991617548065912024-03-13T13:02:04.917+11:00Weddin JctThis blog describes the trials & tribulations of designing & building an HO scale proto-freelanced layout set in the Weddin Mountains region of central-western NSW. Along the way it will diverge into the models themselves, and perhaps the occasional bit of prototype material, or even completely unrelated topics.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-3661301921050361192021-09-11T20:45:00.001+10:002021-09-11T20:45:15.704+10:00<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Latest update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">It's been well over twelve months since my last blog. It's just easier
to update on the various Facebook groups, but then the posts are hard to find
down the track.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Since my last spiel in May, 2020, progress has included:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">June 2020<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Christened Roy's BBQ</span></li></ul>
</ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k7Ikuz1OgZoVQILmGDQbjIm8mfZFDBP1S_ShoJlv0J5sERYnsRQIEZIkht1jmI7T9Z5YZUEAT3iOpsYEeBFdqL70onEOpRs1wFnLZLQjKOVjQEFn5IiLuYgkvjknRxrPNylqiJlGSpQ/s1024/IMG_2187+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6k7Ikuz1OgZoVQILmGDQbjIm8mfZFDBP1S_ShoJlv0J5sERYnsRQIEZIkht1jmI7T9Z5YZUEAT3iOpsYEeBFdqL70onEOpRs1wFnLZLQjKOVjQEFn5IiLuYgkvjknRxrPNylqiJlGSpQ/s320/IMG_2187+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Molly waits expectantly for Chef Roy to provide a treat</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNNQxSRw_VYCcnXkh0lGEbJGkNBbGjU4wGpXekeCoQBb2Y60IwwJDKM2Nv1rgfdRPS2AF7bWz50tsnOOgz72W4sYFQE_Aoad93Yuo1-umZJfwRDPoO8N1vrlYfyQw7K4E-Kh1RvyVtDg/s1024/IMG_2195+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNNQxSRw_VYCcnXkh0lGEbJGkNBbGjU4wGpXekeCoQBb2Y60IwwJDKM2Nv1rgfdRPS2AF7bWz50tsnOOgz72W4sYFQE_Aoad93Yuo1-umZJfwRDPoO8N1vrlYfyQw7K4E-Kh1RvyVtDg/s320/IMG_2195+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With Roy, David & Mr X</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">4304 sound chip fitted and mods
done to split up the marker lights</span></li></ul></ul><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><li>July 2020</li>
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">5595 returned to service by
Gary Gentle - including fitting of non-sound chip</span></li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMOI-GiP3rdi8-EvGffwVvfeY6GcxrAmaT5t3ZmXubF-zdIG_9MnI1R96Dz4J59cZBE5R1eaPcBeYuCUbLZnHdwY74NiLITT9Ou7P5tjRfz8pwQPQOx4Jjf0m8AvpEf4SuncDJcRmiXI/s1024/IMG_2478+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMOI-GiP3rdi8-EvGffwVvfeY6GcxrAmaT5t3ZmXubF-zdIG_9MnI1R96Dz4J59cZBE5R1eaPcBeYuCUbLZnHdwY74NiLITT9Ou7P5tjRfz8pwQPQOx4Jjf0m8AvpEf4SuncDJcRmiXI/s320/IMG_2478+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Boat shed emptied ready for
renovation</span></li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiii_aRVdfK9eV4ygQB_vIfpBFMvUvpSslB12dJ-QqFlYsjHfHqPTaDz8xs8C_tQmWPGhTCc2_77iXTaK-27poKDpy6AeWmFGPyF1RUBOk1SFNW4bValQi1i8LcXtHvipTc6SS4iTha0oo/s1024/IMG_2886+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiii_aRVdfK9eV4ygQB_vIfpBFMvUvpSslB12dJ-QqFlYsjHfHqPTaDz8xs8C_tQmWPGhTCc2_77iXTaK-27poKDpy6AeWmFGPyF1RUBOk1SFNW4bValQi1i8LcXtHvipTc6SS4iTha0oo/s320/IMG_2886+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul>
<li>Social weekend with the "Beyond Bitumen" crew, accompanied by Hoges</li></ul></ul><o:p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></o:p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmarj0PwjsJMZ2erHa_hFoiURt_TexOUWpYirUgchuenRJLXBrQXKaJzPFDm6FnRjrQiuD3c8BYr5w1YPmlOVi1GFR5Z2ngRviKDjw9m-C21JQDliXKAtOzEjZ_k79aYLYTvsbQAgP7Ps/s1024/IMG_2669+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmarj0PwjsJMZ2erHa_hFoiURt_TexOUWpYirUgchuenRJLXBrQXKaJzPFDm6FnRjrQiuD3c8BYr5w1YPmlOVi1GFR5Z2ngRviKDjw9m-C21JQDliXKAtOzEjZ_k79aYLYTvsbQAgP7Ps/s320/IMG_2669+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gunzel412 at Carcoar</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">August 2020<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">farewelled the 2016
Outlander, welcomed a new one<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<ul><li>the last duty of the old
Outlander was to pick up a layout acquired for cannibalisation for parts to
be used on Weddin Jct</li></ul></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHD_6qD6x1vC_1jicqJ-OeWxk9kJasCGyprsIH_25VauYjLnpBrWIP-4DOnP_r217-SlQ96rZHKpMq2j6qTPA_M6LKSNXlYrSx9jltzaCQsmNEZqPrSiv0d05KpfdUsI_ShtbpgjMaP8/s1024/IMG_2813+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHD_6qD6x1vC_1jicqJ-OeWxk9kJasCGyprsIH_25VauYjLnpBrWIP-4DOnP_r217-SlQ96rZHKpMq2j6qTPA_M6LKSNXlYrSx9jltzaCQsmNEZqPrSiv0d05KpfdUsI_ShtbpgjMaP8/s320/IMG_2813+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Collecting "Merriwa" from Gary's place, with a car trailer hired for the purpose because my 8'x5' box trailer was too short</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
</ul><li>went chasing C class in the snow with Hoges</li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkdBZ1GZiGO0rIzJzxYl4PkL7-RdP0CoVsp8RBhnPCyQenZ7QctvXH7keOC0VkRX13PQIUioPn-QAyLAilSNGK1IhLCJEVa_BBEFxlIDBaNGQKZCxVjvzbmcDVA2cHuE1jU-GN-PxMGU/s1024/DSC_8281+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOkdBZ1GZiGO0rIzJzxYl4PkL7-RdP0CoVsp8RBhnPCyQenZ7QctvXH7keOC0VkRX13PQIUioPn-QAyLAilSNGK1IhLCJEVa_BBEFxlIDBaNGQKZCxVjvzbmcDVA2cHuE1jU-GN-PxMGU/s320/DSC_8281+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">C/C/BRM/C at Wallerawang</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Boat shed renovation
completed, allowing stripping of workshop</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;">Alison & the kids
visited for a few days</li></ul></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZp6nX5xAuTr8zFa2M3LNmpxWCr0vYmNESHkwYKbZIieVvE4CO5EnUsM96d4a16W8D36VfDkr__gm2LSZ8oxfBK3xA1jH3O5RgrlgFfPTz5PLM80meHtIdZ7hLRDWIGW1PNG43NkqlsU4/s1024/IMG_3380+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZp6nX5xAuTr8zFa2M3LNmpxWCr0vYmNESHkwYKbZIieVvE4CO5EnUsM96d4a16W8D36VfDkr__gm2LSZ8oxfBK3xA1jH3O5RgrlgFfPTz5PLM80meHtIdZ7hLRDWIGW1PNG43NkqlsU4/s320/IMG_3380+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">October 2020</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Road trip to Lightning
Ridge & Pokataroo with Glenn Ryan, Richard Lane & John
Gray, then on to Brewarrina, Cobar & "The Overflow"
on my own</span></li></ul></ul><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz3eFXVKT8-lBRgiF-djQ4vaKhnsTR_khFY848BG6Gi1zrbbmd7jKFSOnK1KkRxOC-c3Y9vKupzpcRGBikzomDb3XxZommquvbyI4e_JuInunBeUwJsIM2456ThDHJQnHViro9g3bd8E/s1024/IMG_3553+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyz3eFXVKT8-lBRgiF-djQ4vaKhnsTR_khFY848BG6Gi1zrbbmd7jKFSOnK1KkRxOC-c3Y9vKupzpcRGBikzomDb3XxZommquvbyI4e_JuInunBeUwJsIM2456ThDHJQnHViro9g3bd8E/s320/IMG_3553+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The new Gunzel412 at the Lucas Bridge on the Castlereagh, between Gilgandra & Mendooran<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0qS7xLEzK0AD6aruo5zGibOQhZGk-EbQyHBZefbD9iUMJx8ORr0H14YooW3HdLgHKaPtV5AquOdap3TW3wxoBxNqajW_BpBBGhn85ptm9RTxOPDUNNBuQ0GB8VfONu6m0t8uFEC52gs/s1024/IMG_3554+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF0qS7xLEzK0AD6aruo5zGibOQhZGk-EbQyHBZefbD9iUMJx8ORr0H14YooW3HdLgHKaPtV5AquOdap3TW3wxoBxNqajW_BpBBGhn85ptm9RTxOPDUNNBuQ0GB8VfONu6m0t8uFEC52gs/s320/IMG_3554+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Glencoe", former Lucas property on the Castlereagh near Gilgandra</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsF7ZzwX9XQM5Iazva1WfHaDUUeOgO_3MTSKBPGL9KTFtAN8d-LMQ79NDsAgm0lw6lFPAtphncovfTZkrKIMNNL3PDHhx_9u-TgjxroZPx91hkepKp7JhLZ51u_T1VReDu-D8vZRL4-E/s1024/IMG_3566+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQsF7ZzwX9XQM5Iazva1WfHaDUUeOgO_3MTSKBPGL9KTFtAN8d-LMQ79NDsAgm0lw6lFPAtphncovfTZkrKIMNNL3PDHhx_9u-TgjxroZPx91hkepKp7JhLZ51u_T1VReDu-D8vZRL4-E/s320/IMG_3566+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With John Richard & Glenn, "on location" at the film set for The Goddess of 1967, Lightning Ridge. The building was destroyed in a freak storm in December, 2020.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCYVFrohhFa6-M24Ew5-I4w7zp_cpo94Ep1yoryD93mz72GP7i0hUEnoAJbr2rbPn2aME2GHrDVIf6M_UO1zV_G4UJE9LEsxP7HLahu8RVibp9p_cZNKCTNcllL5guLFy6WnemKtzT2I/s1024/IMG_3611+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCYVFrohhFa6-M24Ew5-I4w7zp_cpo94Ep1yoryD93mz72GP7i0hUEnoAJbr2rbPn2aME2GHrDVIf6M_UO1zV_G4UJE9LEsxP7HLahu8RVibp9p_cZNKCTNcllL5guLFy6WnemKtzT2I/s320/IMG_3611+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sheepyards Pub</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUAT4m-21nEETUMaWzZqJea7w60VQdn0Ni5aef3hYYYnw5hzB_XNOCn7wVLbzCZv4wZUJ3_9HNknu9Uw01_xARlCEbGX401oz6uWnWKLopagTUv42TAfLQbrjXP3esrqoVOo90jJlxXA/s1024/DSC_8617+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUAT4m-21nEETUMaWzZqJea7w60VQdn0Ni5aef3hYYYnw5hzB_XNOCn7wVLbzCZv4wZUJ3_9HNknu9Uw01_xARlCEbGX401oz6uWnWKLopagTUv42TAfLQbrjXP3esrqoVOo90jJlxXA/s320/DSC_8617+%25282021_06_29+03_01_56+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our convoy at Pokataroo</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhP0x7tD0mwvu_fcb69-V3k-j4Sy-lXLxKBo4rhtnAwNDObPZLOYSqRoSok3ofHJ8z-OXhEeBVn3_vIFm9rUAiK8zHvbQxJZvpeeBr-EoG6QnnNyVEV0xMaWY0ayMZVee3aXPvmxlggM/s1024/P1040948+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhP0x7tD0mwvu_fcb69-V3k-j4Sy-lXLxKBo4rhtnAwNDObPZLOYSqRoSok3ofHJ8z-OXhEeBVn3_vIFm9rUAiK8zHvbQxJZvpeeBr-EoG6QnnNyVEV0xMaWY0ayMZVee3aXPvmxlggM/s320/P1040948+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">How's the serenity? Kayaking on the Barwon at Brewarrina<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZmXXUWKPp2F5CLr2QyRzo5xoAEVuHWmJkbVT5qJuEBQeiHx6DuR4yIelvlZFwnylPzLjC98blTJ4Omgg4UyOiHmbTi-i7OpIbwNsFyJAbTo1ZDCHDSR_QOX7htTqtuPRenDzA3mESIY/s1024/DSC_8815+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZmXXUWKPp2F5CLr2QyRzo5xoAEVuHWmJkbVT5qJuEBQeiHx6DuR4yIelvlZFwnylPzLjC98blTJ4Omgg4UyOiHmbTi-i7OpIbwNsFyJAbTo1ZDCHDSR_QOX7htTqtuPRenDzA3mESIY/s320/DSC_8815+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">LBK84, on Cato, south of Narran Lake, east of Brewarrina</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkMhrRM2GvdIhlxDN4GhcBtDqfvOPQcAOEVYCAt3AjG8CPUR0RFYfnJ9-yEr6N8wjYIc2zqt8i7Gk55PoIiV-XSnvJZU6Ogjcr528X6moRvo0NMaL4UkBM07vIwMN8UvC47_linuI9OA/s1024/IMG_3722+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkMhrRM2GvdIhlxDN4GhcBtDqfvOPQcAOEVYCAt3AjG8CPUR0RFYfnJ9-yEr6N8wjYIc2zqt8i7Gk55PoIiV-XSnvJZU6Ogjcr528X6moRvo0NMaL4UkBM07vIwMN8UvC47_linuI9OA/s320/IMG_3722+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">LBK84, on "Cato"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed-zKaRqpFDQPSsJ2ZW8Yifg5NKhDftDV5DFlYpd6IK-tGKbZwpnou_hy5FNspjy4mfc4exQm0M0X_56F6EhohKksOab6_uCC14RbjCYJ7uwXXvSEcUrgXR8i8jxwh8AoAdsFLAmAnwI/s1024/IMG_3723+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed-zKaRqpFDQPSsJ2ZW8Yifg5NKhDftDV5DFlYpd6IK-tGKbZwpnou_hy5FNspjy4mfc4exQm0M0X_56F6EhohKksOab6_uCC14RbjCYJ7uwXXvSEcUrgXR8i8jxwh8AoAdsFLAmAnwI/s320/IMG_3723+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">LBK84 on "Cato"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GJ1VsuQPXbUgNlzjBZVGGqJzC84eIiis3LvfIeQHfzpPWpxrHGdbEISbEqehPxMZDJ4GTm01uWE7PBhVwtg8Nm3nX23NGRAxKjJCNra_rxeH6dFPETzY06jufmIRHXrnamuW01i69u4/s1024/IMG_3748+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GJ1VsuQPXbUgNlzjBZVGGqJzC84eIiis3LvfIeQHfzpPWpxrHGdbEISbEqehPxMZDJ4GTm01uWE7PBhVwtg8Nm3nX23NGRAxKjJCNra_rxeH6dFPETzY06jufmIRHXrnamuW01i69u4/s320/IMG_3748+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Between Brewarrina and Wave Hill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kZgeQMrSi9rpaP-Wc3F8tr31kZ930_62txMZU05bT6HNLXkdWoD1YsNdt2-2ngHL5Nsvyuy_hYHorkuXQVFPA7KpRwKtu9TBCrpNjnR-nNirz5UniLlWFImJ7Yh9Jopva4LfHAa3qN8/s1024/IMG_3753+%25284%2529+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_kZgeQMrSi9rpaP-Wc3F8tr31kZ930_62txMZU05bT6HNLXkdWoD1YsNdt2-2ngHL5Nsvyuy_hYHorkuXQVFPA7KpRwKtu9TBCrpNjnR-nNirz5UniLlWFImJ7Yh9Jopva4LfHAa3qN8/s320/IMG_3753+%25284%2529+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Girilambone, under restoration</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZARQja8ulBrIM6xiR53HnlJreGsSlRvTYjwbnALMyuBMdmqQ9wtUFcRdG6xQGUbXqTlZE54m3Ehyphenhypheni7nHThwF-Rlm4ErtYdm4TVeTnp1rlquISJNauhDKV7Vxu6HE5U49eERdT2W2gGR8/s1024/DSC_8904+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZARQja8ulBrIM6xiR53HnlJreGsSlRvTYjwbnALMyuBMdmqQ9wtUFcRdG6xQGUbXqTlZE54m3Ehyphenhypheni7nHThwF-Rlm4ErtYdm4TVeTnp1rlquISJNauhDKV7Vxu6HE5U49eERdT2W2gGR8/s320/DSC_8904+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Girilambone loading gauge</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhXFY5Pgb1e4DvaNhFmjIRgOgNRiwF1Gixrc7v2KL5b4F0IlUPnctyDke_Q9pzJIbXkC8R0BidTnjEWGUas5EA-jQmDHKv3IFFQ_kpXSwJmOu9xPRzLKbVq8gw1NysnIAE5YYwD-07z4/s1024/IMG_3816+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhXFY5Pgb1e4DvaNhFmjIRgOgNRiwF1Gixrc7v2KL5b4F0IlUPnctyDke_Q9pzJIbXkC8R0BidTnjEWGUas5EA-jQmDHKv3IFFQ_kpXSwJmOu9xPRzLKbVq8gw1NysnIAE5YYwD-07z4/s320/IMG_3816+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tourist shot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtvUdREprTUS6R78JEFyhqVhVkx5O7VPRfTSnY-Bq8BPRpTBXra7b8LX9FSzfKj3lFjy6_nW7YBicVDJzgfRL0dN-5zMxSqi4eKDM_1PeJQFNeGvLRQixfMB0GxhjsIYFs1o49r1Lk9s/s1024/DSC_9047+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtvUdREprTUS6R78JEFyhqVhVkx5O7VPRfTSnY-Bq8BPRpTBXra7b8LX9FSzfKj3lFjy6_nW7YBicVDJzgfRL0dN-5zMxSqi4eKDM_1PeJQFNeGvLRQixfMB0GxhjsIYFs1o49r1Lk9s/s320/DSC_9047+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">B61/4532 approaching Nyngan with a ballast train</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz3Gp74UyPYW4cUTTY-Zhd1XDTH4L5PTz5fOv0CM6IZwV9EwNApKHGGv7FEQSFJMIM04UnNuT1yZWpa28CgmRm-jNY_hbPthmHHDBxTFISyGgJ_h6DhhVpkd-BWgbkV4Ug2F7R5_Xu1M/s1024/DSC_9246+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz3Gp74UyPYW4cUTTY-Zhd1XDTH4L5PTz5fOv0CM6IZwV9EwNApKHGGv7FEQSFJMIM04UnNuT1yZWpa28CgmRm-jNY_hbPthmHHDBxTFISyGgJ_h6DhhVpkd-BWgbkV4Ug2F7R5_Xu1M/s320/DSC_9246+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Near Nymagee, <i>en route</i> to "The Overflow"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PS03jKy2mEg8SHX1uanHS9znkTyItEgxV9o4AVxpL0zR7G87e4pAMys7f8ra_Sr4xtoR_5tB2gHGul1kd0dt_P38TdKhH6m4pSGN9zHfKX9xjhiUwo3EcN-36n4QykIqbPL1VAJiTfM/s1024/IMG_3907+%25284%2529+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PS03jKy2mEg8SHX1uanHS9znkTyItEgxV9o4AVxpL0zR7G87e4pAMys7f8ra_Sr4xtoR_5tB2gHGul1kd0dt_P38TdKhH6m4pSGN9zHfKX9xjhiUwo3EcN-36n4QykIqbPL1VAJiTfM/s320/IMG_3907+%25284%2529+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At the gates of "The Overflow" - mission accomplished!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dtqyt2I2SXIGNGc1Uz52jMPDipqpzoE3BzEAfanoKuyt9s8Cg62PxvGsMhNJwyCaZ6Uf_acK5iyFxLzQibL-8euX_cfPNHO3KCoHsda3rt492ZyOhyphenhyphenn1gpDtOzu7ig4h04Nr-pPYEa8/s1024/IMG_3875+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Dtqyt2I2SXIGNGc1Uz52jMPDipqpzoE3BzEAfanoKuyt9s8Cg62PxvGsMhNJwyCaZ6Uf_acK5iyFxLzQibL-8euX_cfPNHO3KCoHsda3rt492ZyOhyphenhyphenn1gpDtOzu7ig4h04Nr-pPYEa8/s320/IMG_3875+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mens' quarters, "The Overflow"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_gBlAiEYlK93iSuTTSLxwYBRziZ8wKhRKHJ9WT5UCSBZwUWXAsN1PyxgVhgQ6ZG7sTIik7KqeEM7FfqonxJ5kww-oifNKOWYpu-44BN3TrPmvEW3T1FiHdPZpvydAz7rVv_4r73Rww/s1024/DSC_9431+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEF_gBlAiEYlK93iSuTTSLxwYBRziZ8wKhRKHJ9WT5UCSBZwUWXAsN1PyxgVhgQ6ZG7sTIik7KqeEM7FfqonxJ5kww-oifNKOWYpu-44BN3TrPmvEW3T1FiHdPZpvydAz7rVv_4r73Rww/s320/DSC_9431+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chasing coal trains on the Ulan line</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeHJObnbBegoGavCCOwZ1EhEHfdIjN94rcOUnwz2v_9dB7vTgEbp0FfyVegb7wpeHkcUsnKxpZr08Cy5rDFq7TsheId403fP6tKZ66BilUruZhBWkzXtZZPSDHhCYFMim3MoaqsgFZvY/s1024/DSC_9455+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAeHJObnbBegoGavCCOwZ1EhEHfdIjN94rcOUnwz2v_9dB7vTgEbp0FfyVegb7wpeHkcUsnKxpZr08Cy5rDFq7TsheId403fP6tKZ66BilUruZhBWkzXtZZPSDHhCYFMim3MoaqsgFZvY/s320/DSC_9455+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chasing coal trains on the Ulan line</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">turned 50 - a great day out
aboard "The Picnic Train" to Kiama with train & work
friends - and received a Eureka 5096 in recognition of the big day!<o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnHA6eGJO2JEUeZ_eyTEPJAYKh_awNX7YnWwezNsuqICIOsY5_4PmqYSiYzGL5aOpxkieZ_x9A__63wd2sE0QfBlYwHl-ngWK8kdVk4auOppL0ty0XtQHSf-1pq4UQKWfA0JWTlGnV2k/s960/IMG_4044+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnHA6eGJO2JEUeZ_eyTEPJAYKh_awNX7YnWwezNsuqICIOsY5_4PmqYSiYzGL5aOpxkieZ_x9A__63wd2sE0QfBlYwHl-ngWK8kdVk4auOppL0ty0XtQHSf-1pq4UQKWfA0JWTlGnV2k/s320/IMG_4044+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Aboard "The Picnic Train" ready to depart</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">"Beyond Bitumen"
postponed from March and May finally eventuated, joined by Hoges & Phil
Howchin</span></li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60eAYGOPHiDlaRYlpoi2LVgAmzDfhBQw_JbK8hFMsrg7BwdSg0YU9hrj29qy4jIBS_WEy3hlwtDMIYdGmmcfguQCIG2bPxc4H4jUtFguTiCPAz24R3BfX1-4numSuSKdRznQy0UHlPQo/s1024/IMG_4382+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg60eAYGOPHiDlaRYlpoi2LVgAmzDfhBQw_JbK8hFMsrg7BwdSg0YU9hrj29qy4jIBS_WEy3hlwtDMIYdGmmcfguQCIG2bPxc4H4jUtFguTiCPAz24R3BfX1-4numSuSKdRznQy0UHlPQo/s320/IMG_4382+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Phil in the pilot's seat, Hoges "calling the road"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpWRz90uXLwNqJgINAy1x6IrpseqX7fK8A8RmUJH3WQBnTPGR1APcD0nmT3K4GWeP0zqvUdi5RfY9Pdcb3RLFC7A3yFglAGXvWEbYSemKbXjvenZYFMdp7o4Nqz1u4-VS3ugutxN-5iQ/s1024/IMG_4367+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcpWRz90uXLwNqJgINAy1x6IrpseqX7fK8A8RmUJH3WQBnTPGR1APcD0nmT3K4GWeP0zqvUdi5RfY9Pdcb3RLFC7A3yFglAGXvWEbYSemKbXjvenZYFMdp7o4Nqz1u4-VS3ugutxN-5iQ/s320/IMG_4367+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At Lucas Lane, Coolamon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWkcBINfn4Vg7kOGr0fs1HG4phsQXKcxFeWH3HaNZFfNPxxv09n7ctdPJX4z8gVeEiJm7zNUKTQtGBuNR-lQ44DtMmBYX7zmWK5T8Uf7V5sFA4NrtC6zjW_dmUxF5Z_E7V0-g1TxvB_o/s1024/IMG_4401+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWkcBINfn4Vg7kOGr0fs1HG4phsQXKcxFeWH3HaNZFfNPxxv09n7ctdPJX4z8gVeEiJm7zNUKTQtGBuNR-lQ44DtMmBYX7zmWK5T8Uf7V5sFA4NrtC6zjW_dmUxF5Z_E7V0-g1TxvB_o/s320/IMG_4401+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Beer o'clock at Ettamogah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NnL-BkQB8JD8C-L_6BXRng8BBmomDutCFgoejUD8F9QafxJdDwr1jehBBuzz87dsZWoH3eW6oJflRS609J0ldxd7_w0HWhmS8rg312Lti1A7GW4lJhfW-TlKCDzKNcE3CdMCcHtQu5Q/s1024/IMG_4568+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NnL-BkQB8JD8C-L_6BXRng8BBmomDutCFgoejUD8F9QafxJdDwr1jehBBuzz87dsZWoH3eW6oJflRS609J0ldxd7_w0HWhmS8rg312Lti1A7GW4lJhfW-TlKCDzKNcE3CdMCcHtQu5Q/s320/IMG_4568+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Called in at Pete's Hobby Railway on our way home</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcyaIWBRC3lyTx3ZYbPgFiwjbvCU48mxxvEj8gwCZRlxxo4PiHIsKSGqGqAIG5NMk5lSV-6ZQ3XWOE5uhU6T9fUG-R8Er2rkiW2jL3Or5lBQphX7ZAmsqWk78Rr4tJR8Cc0SxKWJJvqQ/s1024/IMG_4639+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcyaIWBRC3lyTx3ZYbPgFiwjbvCU48mxxvEj8gwCZRlxxo4PiHIsKSGqGqAIG5NMk5lSV-6ZQ3XWOE5uhU6T9fUG-R8Er2rkiW2jL3Or5lBQphX7ZAmsqWk78Rr4tJR8Cc0SxKWJJvqQ/s320/IMG_4639+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kev welcomed us aboard & fired up a CLP for a bit of V16 fun</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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shed to store Alison's furniture during her transition to a new home in
South Australia<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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had not commenced!<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Alison & the kids
stayed for a couple of weeks to try to simplify their entry to SA by
moving out of Greater Sydney<o:p></o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-B8yCUVolxfqM5fz4NeX8J1eSwuSwTqaSMA4NzKHzfZyenvWQ2XcCecPRekXSAHeG8lhWa-GrBWFEXJeKeHc-q89GqSdC0a9EO7PrUDbskbtdT_iSjgp-5l8OXURq33Sg_g8T96c9N0/s1024/IMG_4928+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-B8yCUVolxfqM5fz4NeX8J1eSwuSwTqaSMA4NzKHzfZyenvWQ2XcCecPRekXSAHeG8lhWa-GrBWFEXJeKeHc-q89GqSdC0a9EO7PrUDbskbtdT_iSjgp-5l8OXURq33Sg_g8T96c9N0/s320/IMG_4928+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kate busy with my 50th birthday gift from the Polish contingent</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Family moved<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Repaired the silo from the
Wyong club layout<o:p></o:p></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFWMmidFKEtV09UytWLnsgmtvG4ldGBXBt6n1sr7MdB3w3ypIlw6CbvLrn9GZorB1J_TNUiR6GKc_fxkeY3bpooAcqYDbJ5p8rp_Ax8PmGOaURUXoSYhJFfQlQXGmHLjiNl0LCEr8hcs/s1024/IMG_5177+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFWMmidFKEtV09UytWLnsgmtvG4ldGBXBt6n1sr7MdB3w3ypIlw6CbvLrn9GZorB1J_TNUiR6GKc_fxkeY3bpooAcqYDbJ5p8rp_Ax8PmGOaURUXoSYhJFfQlQXGmHLjiNl0LCEr8hcs/s320/IMG_5177+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Repaired load-out chute</span></td></tr></tbody></table></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Did some gunzelling in the
upper Hunter<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Independent FR994 completed - my "Corona Challenge" project</span></li>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTJtxehvGdb7rfB1r3J7kBGYsCML-XqBc5Ok1LWbkEpXXJ4mtK6mwwOPvZfbv-c1cKKta07b2IHgsDwWO-PLjPHg2Z0g3keTx0YGH6U9Vgm7QBB5QnlP-K7vN1iDqIwO9jgBE3Ban6JA/s1024/IMG_E5204+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTJtxehvGdb7rfB1r3J7kBGYsCML-XqBc5Ok1LWbkEpXXJ4mtK6mwwOPvZfbv-c1cKKta07b2IHgsDwWO-PLjPHg2Z0g3keTx0YGH6U9Vgm7QBB5QnlP-K7vN1iDqIwO9jgBE3Ban6JA/s320/IMG_E5204+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scratchbuilt interior for FR994</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8KL58WAcEVm3qByfqTYyPXLzKQZ2eiG-MjrxkjvrQFTv6EHZ_cEmdatEddxVWoc1DQXG4r5JkX2YZpV3g6IokH-yz6rQVIIJxzK6AYuC6uXmJdPwQ6tzw8hgk8qiKu_KzLfDERfG_AM/s1024/IMG_5216+%25281%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe8KL58WAcEVm3qByfqTYyPXLzKQZ2eiG-MjrxkjvrQFTv6EHZ_cEmdatEddxVWoc1DQXG4r5JkX2YZpV3g6IokH-yz6rQVIIJxzK6AYuC6uXmJdPwQ6tzw8hgk8qiKu_KzLfDERfG_AM/s320/IMG_5216+%25281%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Interior for FR994</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgWWXZOXub_x3D6FvySNrNx9Uxv4EE4VYr60jXhmTvRPn8dCTGvoWsZApFehmEt_PHBRvEI8ogm1De9nG93a3Clwlbb1-8r9BkZLfT4r8Rpq7k_qxuRAsiC4IDrYYSOjsKprNKDJkVgI/s1024/IMG_5219+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgWWXZOXub_x3D6FvySNrNx9Uxv4EE4VYr60jXhmTvRPn8dCTGvoWsZApFehmEt_PHBRvEI8ogm1De9nG93a3Clwlbb1-8r9BkZLfT4r8Rpq7k_qxuRAsiC4IDrYYSOjsKprNKDJkVgI/s320/IMG_5219+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Interior installed in FR994</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjK5D0z49ckvhZRtefO-TFI89nXKa-Br20rkjN6UamEgCTc8MznfZpVjBRvP1SoSpNmAFk1yCz9BNMtwq1S8pK3azjZ3PHUaNKO4Envqd14rrj8Kd2b9sNLrbwalX6o2Lm76_N4FCYcM/s1024/IMG_5233+%25287%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="1024" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjK5D0z49ckvhZRtefO-TFI89nXKa-Br20rkjN6UamEgCTc8MznfZpVjBRvP1SoSpNmAFk1yCz9BNMtwq1S8pK3azjZ3PHUaNKO4Envqd14rrj8Kd2b9sNLrbwalX6o2Lm76_N4FCYcM/s320/IMG_5233+%25287%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Underframe detail of FR994</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-DRwTSBK7LeGFb-jcLOdYC5pEVUG3oHbCSQc1QK4DEoFRUwQN37bsKKM5WZVnukWos4eVJXLUX29yImbThmdzTPbQTqOd15zyE-DZKE6wxL4fTN1e334KsVmu3FprvLwe0tMUJTDW1c/s1024/IMG_5231+%25286%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="570" data-original-width="1024" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-DRwTSBK7LeGFb-jcLOdYC5pEVUG3oHbCSQc1QK4DEoFRUwQN37bsKKM5WZVnukWos4eVJXLUX29yImbThmdzTPbQTqOd15zyE-DZKE6wxL4fTN1e334KsVmu3FprvLwe0tMUJTDW1c/s320/IMG_5231+%25286%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Roof detail of FR994</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZacWBPkqmEbAth5gn25P8cE8UC5fJhWacij1nbu3nTfVyNh2CYN4cZHvxRmkp3gZlnefBy1nHh074vwURpyfy0QIrf1TYb_U6P_DEeaEvnonMsU2mKFoQTQ1agK-J4AQVN9sA-elYAwg/s1024/IMG_5223+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZacWBPkqmEbAth5gn25P8cE8UC5fJhWacij1nbu3nTfVyNh2CYN4cZHvxRmkp3gZlnefBy1nHh074vwURpyfy0QIrf1TYb_U6P_DEeaEvnonMsU2mKFoQTQ1agK-J4AQVN9sA-elYAwg/s320/IMG_5223+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Basking in the sun</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_ocRLFOlJLAPYEVsse4WTaujRNgQ4cAyXRZCn6i6_BGY_pUGLHdSjczpKA8vQVRVCKvEBgTRgVGLaVgC5jzm05UDzuy98UNrqTyqbymuOX3h_5T_wQuwa-3AnRulb-Dgcu3jixlGLco/s1024/IMG_5221+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_ocRLFOlJLAPYEVsse4WTaujRNgQ4cAyXRZCn6i6_BGY_pUGLHdSjczpKA8vQVRVCKvEBgTRgVGLaVgC5jzm05UDzuy98UNrqTyqbymuOX3h_5T_wQuwa-3AnRulb-Dgcu3jixlGLco/s320/IMG_5221+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Basking in the sun</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Repaired the underframe of HCX1187 & replaced a missing door handle</span></li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZSuT13e0w5KaR-h5AjvJxtGRTTM7eU-MfSN563I5IOVHP711lPhEoIl7vmh2U3Rhabsmf_PddH7OcueSPWDy4itqoAnR7pywnbdfe5CyuS_NiQ5FNJFUo-HpTA0zUcWEfZROx6OVstQ/s1024/IMG_5259+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZSuT13e0w5KaR-h5AjvJxtGRTTM7eU-MfSN563I5IOVHP711lPhEoIl7vmh2U3Rhabsmf_PddH7OcueSPWDy4itqoAnR7pywnbdfe5CyuS_NiQ5FNJFUo-HpTA0zUcWEfZROx6OVstQ/s320/IMG_5259+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Making replacement door handle - after first repairing the jig!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9KMQA2ikbtsywtGZO1Vbz6E_0FspLyPpd28C-_4UqmpUOBSOwVad1fbSQM_uy-pxNkTjgmfcMBQqQLV_kK9FxosG4wLF3BfYtB6AazinSePQ1q4sP-6hTdG07Cw7kcnOR8j-14UZ3hQ/s1024/IMG_E5260+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9KMQA2ikbtsywtGZO1Vbz6E_0FspLyPpd28C-_4UqmpUOBSOwVad1fbSQM_uy-pxNkTjgmfcMBQqQLV_kK9FxosG4wLF3BfYtB6AazinSePQ1q4sP-6hTdG07Cw7kcnOR8j-14UZ3hQ/s320/IMG_E5260+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New handle installed in HCX1187</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UhszDB9wCcu1HKmUg20RPla9xwPmGoorpIXDNxeho7R9-PcJDxDOjIafBSpBw5fsLH98MAlc2NQlPfKCk875IWpysD0_5wJLA0RdfL84eBbZCAbjrOz5WVMbjvNZQ64cYHJHq4ebd_w/s1024/IMG_E5256+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="1024" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UhszDB9wCcu1HKmUg20RPla9xwPmGoorpIXDNxeho7R9-PcJDxDOjIafBSpBw5fsLH98MAlc2NQlPfKCk875IWpysD0_5wJLA0RdfL84eBbZCAbjrOz5WVMbjvNZQ64cYHJHq4ebd_w/s320/IMG_E5256+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reinforcing beams for the floor of the HCX</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWndgY7l9u7NL_pM31KN4ZzC2ERbGDMd0E1yyCckCqhFhuDxP_I8eHtjZwxevAv1G0t8QvHlSeJ5GcUtH_Mvb4WHu2g_TjHnE51qd4JgRcbnt5f-oKC-QXoYfI4QfiZM6XTys_ShhgoD0/s1024/IMG_E5257+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWndgY7l9u7NL_pM31KN4ZzC2ERbGDMd0E1yyCckCqhFhuDxP_I8eHtjZwxevAv1G0t8QvHlSeJ5GcUtH_Mvb4WHu2g_TjHnE51qd4JgRcbnt5f-oKC-QXoYfI4QfiZM6XTys_ShhgoD0/s320/IMG_E5257+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This'll stiffen it up!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FksCkAaLwIyoT9b7TL2MnmRTwiP0l8zi58vEklcb3ujCnDwKhYGz5bcQDcpNbo8dKvBPukuJSd84CWEK6efY_3k9T62VegSpbY1rAa9oK1cg4g6aPkS_nPhu4MTyvhYIWBJUZIvfxDc/s1024/IMG_5258+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FksCkAaLwIyoT9b7TL2MnmRTwiP0l8zi58vEklcb3ujCnDwKhYGz5bcQDcpNbo8dKvBPukuJSd84CWEK6efY_3k9T62VegSpbY1rAa9oK1cg4g6aPkS_nPhu4MTyvhYIWBJUZIvfxDc/s320/IMG_5258+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Clamped overnight while the araldite set</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><li>School train worked by 3250, comprising FR994/HCX1187 running on "Upper Hunter"</li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6NH6EYJbjM5NiO0zV1WD5__bCaIY9pOXPfu_yCt7ZV_FHY080_t8BOaCHT-YbQiPFXucvEokPaMD17rauWND7NllGdOhLgSo1OkgTuStMPR2rQS6dxR0bQYknzyWx7yAG86yiNkjh14/s1024/IMG_5429+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_6NH6EYJbjM5NiO0zV1WD5__bCaIY9pOXPfu_yCt7ZV_FHY080_t8BOaCHT-YbQiPFXucvEokPaMD17rauWND7NllGdOhLgSo1OkgTuStMPR2rQS6dxR0bQYknzyWx7yAG86yiNkjh14/s320/IMG_5429+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3250 with the school train at Branxton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUR3cfNUApnGP8W9m9v9NSny450mELCk8ee9lJA1o1FPxPeauo0V9TVAPPYvvsGFFI_jnyFaEv3_dSPAjAaVUGslI3zp7l7_U_GaoDQmQrgX10ykwMra41KaXdOxHUunsG_nmvX5Or5w/s1024/IMG_5428+%25287%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1024" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUR3cfNUApnGP8W9m9v9NSny450mELCk8ee9lJA1o1FPxPeauo0V9TVAPPYvvsGFFI_jnyFaEv3_dSPAjAaVUGslI3zp7l7_U_GaoDQmQrgX10ykwMra41KaXdOxHUunsG_nmvX5Or5w/s320/IMG_5428+%25287%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">School train crossing the Paterson River</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWrOTNw5G87atojMzKkt4Z5pZc5hL0V_pgBnDWM90QU12cwIEzZ3DCUd1vVXVoEUa_a0TZiTrbzcwHe_AvqEWc3Ezy5QlS4nV0aHYGYpvm40Yr6TL6C1j5HtGIPEAslzio81AzygV-jQ/s1024/IMG_5425+%25284%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1024" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWrOTNw5G87atojMzKkt4Z5pZc5hL0V_pgBnDWM90QU12cwIEzZ3DCUd1vVXVoEUa_a0TZiTrbzcwHe_AvqEWc3Ezy5QlS4nV0aHYGYpvm40Yr6TL6C1j5HtGIPEAslzio81AzygV-jQ/s320/IMG_5425+%25284%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">School train at Woongarrah</span></td></tr></tbody></table></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fitted a CTRL-P replacement tender underframe to ARM 3806</span></li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9r5yLLWJlhquO3GJS-bDHR-WOgsgs5EN7ZiecLbAc2mZYqm5_ncGq0ahJr_Yyq6rGUD_eN6IgiHKGfWqbrH6YdWktqziEFDRyL9hqfQtljeVVKJ4dbL2vIa_Bnpb11BY6krof4d3WfE/s1024/IMG_5316+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9r5yLLWJlhquO3GJS-bDHR-WOgsgs5EN7ZiecLbAc2mZYqm5_ncGq0ahJr_Yyq6rGUD_eN6IgiHKGfWqbrH6YdWktqziEFDRyL9hqfQtljeVVKJ4dbL2vIa_Bnpb11BY6krof4d3WfE/s320/IMG_5316+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Disassembled, and noise-suppression cap removed for DCC conversion</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qltoapCGRIKbdads4JhdNsqgEBUFGvDxpx7n9BfoRrzmh4DPGTEtdmCmcmBlum1y6CC3_z-687F0qSaBDcUINaRIAA3G1mK4QD0Bq67jmmiGS-p-qNghs4HNnvUdw9B_EjGN8BZVuio/s1024/IMG_5262+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qltoapCGRIKbdads4JhdNsqgEBUFGvDxpx7n9BfoRrzmh4DPGTEtdmCmcmBlum1y6CC3_z-687F0qSaBDcUINaRIAA3G1mK4QD0Bq67jmmiGS-p-qNghs4HNnvUdw9B_EjGN8BZVuio/s320/IMG_5262+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting the underframe & bogies<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrmqpDKbpzPmmSuWj2nxf6DtQ1SzcXn89JwnsW9Xtev0cVCHxYlZwJUWpZHAWRmi4_uIUSuN5NP40NER8YDlwGWMSfrXcLdyx4ULnCx3X92-6LOqJCd3IYvgo3IIFhjoxhzAjFUXK4M4/s1024/IMG_5326+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVrmqpDKbpzPmmSuWj2nxf6DtQ1SzcXn89JwnsW9Xtev0cVCHxYlZwJUWpZHAWRmi4_uIUSuN5NP40NER8YDlwGWMSfrXcLdyx4ULnCx3X92-6LOqJCd3IYvgo3IIFhjoxhzAjFUXK4M4/s320/IMG_5326+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Components for extra pick-ups<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYopCtRLn5VsnkDBOsefW798JjBDMLFvY2X8_zOiGlhg-QKzaMb7hmjEDXMU8SCKtjsp27vVDOb9pVoc5MINHgtEkhdFIEvvSqu1X0T-aGOaLcd_zr1Vx_jCrnU5aDXMeVd-48wftx6k/s1024/IMG_5325+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYopCtRLn5VsnkDBOsefW798JjBDMLFvY2X8_zOiGlhg-QKzaMb7hmjEDXMU8SCKtjsp27vVDOb9pVoc5MINHgtEkhdFIEvvSqu1X0T-aGOaLcd_zr1Vx_jCrnU5aDXMeVd-48wftx6k/s320/IMG_5325+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Preparing bogies for securing of pick-ups<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzyGlEVn2hS-Mi6WxCF-Rpn_TWmA46FIPnkSTpvx7jh__YyfVxkFfmgIdm2ybIHBRUL5yiDR5JtgVsPUaTNFoEhmH6lLEhTMtFovjWy_9m9LgnhDlFIKgrxfM-uiJy3dNSSo_HT-CVEk/s1024/IMG_5321+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzyGlEVn2hS-Mi6WxCF-Rpn_TWmA46FIPnkSTpvx7jh__YyfVxkFfmgIdm2ybIHBRUL5yiDR5JtgVsPUaTNFoEhmH6lLEhTMtFovjWy_9m9LgnhDlFIKgrxfM-uiJy3dNSSo_HT-CVEk/s320/IMG_5321+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drilling the tender weight for additional pick-up wires</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF41LoYeeqs49B_cZCJYQLstsLvL6fy-l1zeypBk4OV-1MmTNepbWrU-vBV5XtOKv7-zi5HBsVtAZEofU70iYeDE46KvoRUn-AFDutOO59cWaL0macG4Bfz-acpiAYF5LyP-RwHzeDRY/s1024/IMG_5327+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF41LoYeeqs49B_cZCJYQLstsLvL6fy-l1zeypBk4OV-1MmTNepbWrU-vBV5XtOKv7-zi5HBsVtAZEofU70iYeDE46KvoRUn-AFDutOO59cWaL0macG4Bfz-acpiAYF5LyP-RwHzeDRY/s320/IMG_5327+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CTRL-P tender underframe drilled for pick-up wires, rubbing blocks removed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveUy_LNuvuBhGRVvdN88Lf1pFr7tF7hodOqQUEKzrWIHYdpNh4N0RsteM4TfJpMVJFW5r38IFtGSGTDJ5TB5iZGH1dTNLbkVFn6eFf9fUw4K31kbvaI5rYUkr9bt24OiTf5HZZ2OeKdY/s1024/IMG_5329+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhveUy_LNuvuBhGRVvdN88Lf1pFr7tF7hodOqQUEKzrWIHYdpNh4N0RsteM4TfJpMVJFW5r38IFtGSGTDJ5TB5iZGH1dTNLbkVFn6eFf9fUw4K31kbvaI5rYUkr9bt24OiTf5HZZ2OeKdY/s320/IMG_5329+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">CTRL-P tender bogies with extra pick-ups fitted</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHBNh6BTZKY-zE6iL2498LMw6Am25fAZq9LcK1aGIbDHurFsxrmzVtRQq3NArTar-1Q6cgWcGY12BAcFeHo3vQ4JUhVYKKJjRIuKeO1DrwAZhYC8XpqcSof5rRTDax40PxrZNtrTVHxo/s1024/IMG_5323+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDHBNh6BTZKY-zE6iL2498LMw6Am25fAZq9LcK1aGIbDHurFsxrmzVtRQq3NArTar-1Q6cgWcGY12BAcFeHo3vQ4JUhVYKKJjRIuKeO1DrwAZhYC8XpqcSof5rRTDax40PxrZNtrTVHxo/s320/IMG_5323+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">New underframe ready for detailing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGMgbhc71FOqNYWFqGqBpYEPlnk1aXm9K4U18weWQ8H6jaTiKZjPIFolNU4Zi1ZH-QGjQr0HN69ZYFvSEUTfLOpKI0aajTBhzxUgdBo1EEYIbXp6nEqq21gepOSwjj_iy86a1O71cmzw/s1024/IMG_5336+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGMgbhc71FOqNYWFqGqBpYEPlnk1aXm9K4U18weWQ8H6jaTiKZjPIFolNU4Zi1ZH-QGjQr0HN69ZYFvSEUTfLOpKI0aajTBhzxUgdBo1EEYIbXp6nEqq21gepOSwjj_iy86a1O71cmzw/s320/IMG_5336+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adding brake rodding to tender underframe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_4hKsRnFQJYVNOOkmg0YrgTSG-d1SIFJc9DYJ0Mkm4LbhtSWVcwV4uTW2msYK6WLRRjlrp8Y5dQWghTfn85f01EBsdOYBfrO9a8hen-8p1KjHjCYYDsT4Fm2PsukToa_Hppn-4HhRZM/s1024/IMG_5339+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9_4hKsRnFQJYVNOOkmg0YrgTSG-d1SIFJc9DYJ0Mkm4LbhtSWVcwV4uTW2msYK6WLRRjlrp8Y5dQWghTfn85f01EBsdOYBfrO9a8hen-8p1KjHjCYYDsT4Fm2PsukToa_Hppn-4HhRZM/s320/IMG_5339+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting the pick-ups to disguise them</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGqg7iim0QgeFCa7vpZsUqgx4Hxq3_6Jq1VrPo0hDnAnPgHhvL2lPzvKRzwrkL_9meT7pc9uiSi513BE9lPIZYCig-MZvpsw8JeYFbQGNXIM4mt1UXAPz3_JwlHchDv6W_86tqE9sbvE/s1024/IMG_5297+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGqg7iim0QgeFCa7vpZsUqgx4Hxq3_6Jq1VrPo0hDnAnPgHhvL2lPzvKRzwrkL_9meT7pc9uiSi513BE9lPIZYCig-MZvpsw8JeYFbQGNXIM4mt1UXAPz3_JwlHchDv6W_86tqE9sbvE/s320/IMG_5297+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Painting the buffer-beam</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbiO0LycmsEI06JjjxQTRuoavPPOZPbRbmV9RjJ8t5Aq4XuZn_lyrLhKfAYbnZPriQxghK5ZTU9efEyTVVEB_NzYWocVB4JhONlFeJAQk_-TY6eHUXeRb8xUICkX0MIEWydffOAuIT64/s1024/IMG_5337+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbiO0LycmsEI06JjjxQTRuoavPPOZPbRbmV9RjJ8t5Aq4XuZn_lyrLhKfAYbnZPriQxghK5ZTU9efEyTVVEB_NzYWocVB4JhONlFeJAQk_-TY6eHUXeRb8xUICkX0MIEWydffOAuIT64/s320/IMG_5337+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Threading the pick-up wires through the underframe & weight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeSU-ndCMlSItL1EGOvJfwzF05lgGVC2egjXMhEaFljMO1xi9QrZcDIb_gGhSx4CuNn3Vgg6gZzN4jDnnfAsK-boUsnIuBHOdzth_pvjYci0dcnDQ0JhiZkWCmu_Gh2hxv_fOx5UNJJU/s1024/IMG_5338+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeSU-ndCMlSItL1EGOvJfwzF05lgGVC2egjXMhEaFljMO1xi9QrZcDIb_gGhSx4CuNn3Vgg6gZzN4jDnnfAsK-boUsnIuBHOdzth_pvjYci0dcnDQ0JhiZkWCmu_Gh2hxv_fOx5UNJJU/s320/IMG_5338+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Re-assembled tender underframe<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">started work on the necessary mods to give it marker & headlights, following Gerry Hopkins MMR's technique, with some additional insights from Chris Lord & Michael Hobson</span></li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo9K_8uBmh1UBRkGL9xKl0zZZifXvGlT7QSK3PXE18rYi5bh4QhfCSUwtg2KTTHw6x9lbkCYW6O57hklFWN_O-weQz2yXIQmp2PrH11aqp-Qx3X4aoSfSDyLqTq7sbVcEGP4-mVpRSSI/s1024/IMG_5452+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCo9K_8uBmh1UBRkGL9xKl0zZZifXvGlT7QSK3PXE18rYi5bh4QhfCSUwtg2KTTHw6x9lbkCYW6O57hklFWN_O-weQz2yXIQmp2PrH11aqp-Qx3X4aoSfSDyLqTq7sbVcEGP4-mVpRSSI/s320/IMG_5452+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One white and one red SMD LED fitted for tender marker lights, with 1k ohm SMD resistors on the PCB strips</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIFjEsS0mgDhXe3IcOchFHsd9mupTbjnS3MYo-6OX0w8H_q0jiagRR8raS8oQrpV8PpSNG62iJSs31MpKSk6K1Go0FCgICasJvf4Aowf8GSwyr5eDpxcRbxQ0cjmBITehRLu1E-UzKC4/s1024/IMG_5453+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIIFjEsS0mgDhXe3IcOchFHsd9mupTbjnS3MYo-6OX0w8H_q0jiagRR8raS8oQrpV8PpSNG62iJSs31MpKSk6K1Go0FCgICasJvf4Aowf8GSwyr5eDpxcRbxQ0cjmBITehRLu1E-UzKC4/s320/IMG_5453+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fitting fibre optics for the tender marker lights</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUtoZPbMxFNJqzJV04kbkrALS97zOIo3mK_p8GxCqO9lPG_cm_F8fcFAVZcJ8rEXo7U5EtWxmNF5jUxDEufpWHb4HAA8dMfcNQ6DLpZsTwl-JFoaInkTkLMOTfhO-Pl1uDb3h-5P0mGk/s1024/IMG_5324+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUtoZPbMxFNJqzJV04kbkrALS97zOIo3mK_p8GxCqO9lPG_cm_F8fcFAVZcJ8rEXo7U5EtWxmNF5jUxDEufpWHb4HAA8dMfcNQ6DLpZsTwl-JFoaInkTkLMOTfhO-Pl1uDb3h-5P0mGk/s320/IMG_5324+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Shortening the smokebox weight to make space for the headlight & marker light SMD LEDs & fibre optics</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUROaWlBLYPbQ0yxZjUVAWbR58iTa1txTOuoAou7YlB5c7PuC1s8QhAd0jn6UqnwxuzLBm3eCCH6ZguQqgnJKsNKh1-1_n2iCC1q734KRwmFTC_NHRFI1raCAPyPmCY_b3-YQj2EMA0A/s1024/IMG_5317+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXUROaWlBLYPbQ0yxZjUVAWbR58iTa1txTOuoAou7YlB5c7PuC1s8QhAd0jn6UqnwxuzLBm3eCCH6ZguQqgnJKsNKh1-1_n2iCC1q734KRwmFTC_NHRFI1raCAPyPmCY_b3-YQj2EMA0A/s320/IMG_5317+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drilling the smokebox door for the headlight and marker lights. Ultimately, the markers were replaced with Kerroby white metal ones</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG5MgbRdl0Fx7TRd6l6GQjkbtm_-eE2LQx6CpoBni-Ja6X91QlSG9xBG8OUaFm2IdU-1czyRmJqRWTJA4o6QtbdRTNOyq6yrmwW8G_mXaFhhtrDi4FQcFjfsSOjo_U5rH6jpBa9gifa8/s1024/IMG_5318+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG5MgbRdl0Fx7TRd6l6GQjkbtm_-eE2LQx6CpoBni-Ja6X91QlSG9xBG8OUaFm2IdU-1czyRmJqRWTJA4o6QtbdRTNOyq6yrmwW8G_mXaFhhtrDi4FQcFjfsSOjo_U5rH6jpBa9gifa8/s320/IMG_5318+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Drilling out the tender markers for the fibre optics</span></td></tr></tbody></table><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A great Australia Day
catch-up with mates from the NSW School Railways Clubs' Assoc at Roy's</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLekUIl2HzggOxISZO6cWq0VPY9syP4rZ4dLXXSM0TrccNy6MLboiPFkhaC9uJdRp11Bd1j3BJMA93B0eMpYOyYGswrlRQu-k-FVyWWpnBMxAZAs1R2MFhKjmksEQCzaKfVec8HPl7v14/s1024/IMG_5366+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLekUIl2HzggOxISZO6cWq0VPY9syP4rZ4dLXXSM0TrccNy6MLboiPFkhaC9uJdRp11Bd1j3BJMA93B0eMpYOyYGswrlRQu-k-FVyWWpnBMxAZAs1R2MFhKjmksEQCzaKfVec8HPl7v14/s320/IMG_5366+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With David, Matthew, Mr. X and Roy</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmHvueQszuqGikSoNbnbluQqUKjwaaaz3Yo5lRdejb4LPyvON331HIE8JXzfS3wUSqWDxjKENJ7RXLPpvAlwqmF8XPwKQM9Ab2LSl8leLK_EGJsHL-YUblc4a2vloEj10lUKlplP1bdg/s1024/IMG_5375+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJmHvueQszuqGikSoNbnbluQqUKjwaaaz3Yo5lRdejb4LPyvON331HIE8JXzfS3wUSqWDxjKENJ7RXLPpvAlwqmF8XPwKQM9Ab2LSl8leLK_EGJsHL-YUblc4a2vloEj10lUKlplP1bdg/s320/IMG_5375+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Still playing with trains!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy-sOczZIEYSnb_b6vX7MtrD_v0134zeAspBoF-H3gRYzO7QHP2B_h-c5EnHbV_qRXB3NtXJdfnSd3myv1YDj8brLq1vjZe_mQ-2OHtuD_NWSvf_cYVQyyFNxRIdGn3BN8B7AJVwynus/s1024/IMG_6196+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="1024" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZy-sOczZIEYSnb_b6vX7MtrD_v0134zeAspBoF-H3gRYzO7QHP2B_h-c5EnHbV_qRXB3NtXJdfnSd3myv1YDj8brLq1vjZe_mQ-2OHtuD_NWSvf_cYVQyyFNxRIdGn3BN8B7AJVwynus/s320/IMG_6196+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My Minimodels four-car sets at Bradfield</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmeulsXpSwb3HiYUiQSY88oHiBBU8qkFQitpTRCCj1nsfEkEfeYQmqQV-YRCjNyepHO_XKCL9tP8nfti7jtCPSa69OHkdCslJUglh09AZN8x2yzvvUvMWdCHRPcJy09knYV5acGAZ6qw/s1024/IMG_E5369+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1024" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmeulsXpSwb3HiYUiQSY88oHiBBU8qkFQitpTRCCj1nsfEkEfeYQmqQV-YRCjNyepHO_XKCL9tP8nfti7jtCPSa69OHkdCslJUglh09AZN8x2yzvvUvMWdCHRPcJy09knYV5acGAZ6qw/s320/IMG_E5369+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chef Roy turned on a suitably-themed pav for Australia day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Made a start on breaking up
"Merriwa", a bit of a shame to undo the work of other
modellers, but that was the reason for its acquisition<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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station and stuck with my original plan of a branchline terminus, things
might have been different...<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Ferry gunzelling</span></li><ul type="square">
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</ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHyDu3mpDVBY4TfPxes4Gcu4y9JTp9Xw9hPI_La0irLEEhflBiGaLTPA-egwluVA9-tfN6-us9xCA2VGWQdXHChnq4E-2nnIHV0l72W6GdXWtqWLER2AXc8Sm7QJ_s-9NhfdV2LyQfwc/s1024/DSC_0168+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHyDu3mpDVBY4TfPxes4Gcu4y9JTp9Xw9hPI_La0irLEEhflBiGaLTPA-egwluVA9-tfN6-us9xCA2VGWQdXHChnq4E-2nnIHV0l72W6GdXWtqWLER2AXc8Sm7QJ_s-9NhfdV2LyQfwc/s320/DSC_0168+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">February 2021</span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">removed the dodgy reed switch from 5096 that was causing continual decoder resets</span></li>
</ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQd1L1pPkkX4Wn50x5_-4PwuCL9JrQ3EQhYdEPZLck0EmC1dD5Mdz4bvRHCdIJbW-kGfJgPxQHqwYaDN8WIqGAXL8v56rtaqRFbEn7GeYcyKsHm5ZUhIgVWrDWmI15g6_ra3hwxFnOzs/s1024/IMG_E5413+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1024" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQd1L1pPkkX4Wn50x5_-4PwuCL9JrQ3EQhYdEPZLck0EmC1dD5Mdz4bvRHCdIJbW-kGfJgPxQHqwYaDN8WIqGAXL8v56rtaqRFbEn7GeYcyKsHm5ZUhIgVWrDWmI15g6_ra3hwxFnOzs/s320/IMG_E5413+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5096's tender, with offending reed switch removed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHIv6nzPgcEawOGuP8zyZ8LGKThMIkCDIKbPA1IYslosKKwWS2PiZWGX4IKChomXeajoMlnXVkvaOAKi4NMoRPUu0eJ9ed2X9OaWiFS1DyHR6rw-hrEp2ZhFYdFHvM7OKDffI8TrJVsM/s1024/IMG_5424+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHIv6nzPgcEawOGuP8zyZ8LGKThMIkCDIKbPA1IYslosKKwWS2PiZWGX4IKChomXeajoMlnXVkvaOAKi4NMoRPUu0eJ9ed2X9OaWiFS1DyHR6rw-hrEp2ZhFYdFHvM7OKDffI8TrJVsM/s320/IMG_5424+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5096 running on Upper Hunter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcyZjDFHE1pjilwyf-k2lQ_rU3cCjng9AQen0TxcF752_xfFAGa65zq_lgpn4IgNuBs1L1MlVx2DPYzins6h4W8Uh84DeSysD1014BgQve15M4NoHRQCquRveVrxX6EP_tyuPekdZeAE/s1024/IMG_4851+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcyZjDFHE1pjilwyf-k2lQ_rU3cCjng9AQen0TxcF752_xfFAGa65zq_lgpn4IgNuBs1L1MlVx2DPYzins6h4W8Uh84DeSysD1014BgQve15M4NoHRQCquRveVrxX6EP_tyuPekdZeAE/s320/IMG_4851+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Heading for Ray's Gap</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPABG3DtfmuKp3paXfzqRQxL4_xt_zuqOpLbxorZaaf5tAEB3LYGeVQLcXP1-_xCp90HSKmvuelJ6GQ4QeAs5EP9iATvgJruVpO-NzMpgqvf7xneVDhVgugv-tCn83Srm86rLdn-RUqYI/s1024/IMG_5416+%25281%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1024" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPABG3DtfmuKp3paXfzqRQxL4_xt_zuqOpLbxorZaaf5tAEB3LYGeVQLcXP1-_xCp90HSKmvuelJ6GQ4QeAs5EP9iATvgJruVpO-NzMpgqvf7xneVDhVgugv-tCn83Srm86rLdn-RUqYI/s320/IMG_5416+%25281%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">About to attack the helix</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">more work on the lighting for 3806 - surface-mount LEDs and resistors etc</span></li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVhzfx26HpZEIkpJgbZes8u-Jt_WbY2_i3WaVsCsiFesLdS8eRtXa7mkFA6wNX31rMUuuUo3aKGoQ0G_srgrhpINr-b19GBRArs3UXotWT-i18VXNKpMoZpuOvZ_q39vOIZintYtr2Zw/s1024/IMG_7325.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVhzfx26HpZEIkpJgbZes8u-Jt_WbY2_i3WaVsCsiFesLdS8eRtXa7mkFA6wNX31rMUuuUo3aKGoQ0G_srgrhpINr-b19GBRArs3UXotWT-i18VXNKpMoZpuOvZ_q39vOIZintYtr2Zw/s320/IMG_7325.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy headlight & smokebox door wheel, Kerroby marker lights fitted</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaj5RFlp_9ZnTjaEXevumcEGLnz1MftvOuPorQNkmjXoOHZ-zgiaDnkQOCOy9C8n1tn3yBBBXHk0k_Zh857pRjIqwXKa8fwejnVGf1c8QkLEMcsxG0H3AtnglokUrq1L6C7y1vlaCbeA/s1024/IMG_7365.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipaj5RFlp_9ZnTjaEXevumcEGLnz1MftvOuPorQNkmjXoOHZ-zgiaDnkQOCOy9C8n1tn3yBBBXHk0k_Zh857pRjIqwXKa8fwejnVGf1c8QkLEMcsxG0H3AtnglokUrq1L6C7y1vlaCbeA/s320/IMG_7365.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bi-colour SMD LEDs fitted to rear of smokebox door<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6iYq1_K0slP5qUh8O58vz6B-vTEOcfRVlkghIihzCHmlxab_YAkHtzwxWMb-qinphcgfcdZ5W-Lu_h7r8Vw-rTHv74uHqB1NhMQ5Y_VW9tLk3t11hSVz-iXMNPvPyf7XXHHd5HwjPds/s1024/IMG_7369.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1024" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy6iYq1_K0slP5qUh8O58vz6B-vTEOcfRVlkghIihzCHmlxab_YAkHtzwxWMb-qinphcgfcdZ5W-Lu_h7r8Vw-rTHv74uHqB1NhMQ5Y_VW9tLk3t11hSVz-iXMNPvPyf7XXHHd5HwjPds/s320/IMG_7369.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bi-colour SMD LEDs attached to rear of smokebox door, with short pieces of fibre optic inserted through the drilled-out marker lights. Golden wight SMD LED fitted to headlight, which ahs been painted with a silver paint pen for reflective purposes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy8siRJm2Ix9_2Kn_GfC4xRpF_AlaBhZVwOI_ljDn7n3pHY0cf4cwisqO1PQsyVmp28caA8qUfl7RDveJ8nOSsxZSkRSwU3uKfCuB5L7jaIuKj77gX40vru13dkae0BsDRxrwOzKZMiA/s1024/IMG_7363+%25287%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1024" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHy8siRJm2Ix9_2Kn_GfC4xRpF_AlaBhZVwOI_ljDn7n3pHY0cf4cwisqO1PQsyVmp28caA8qUfl7RDveJ8nOSsxZSkRSwU3uKfCuB5L7jaIuKj77gX40vru13dkae0BsDRxrwOzKZMiA/s320/IMG_7363+%25287%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1k ohm SMD resistors prepared for headlight & marker lights</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">won a prize as the best Michael Portillo look-alike at a fun BBQ hosted by Matt & Genevieve</span></li></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN9xv75LZVpr_IBB2xh9TWWhN2L_w7GfNKtw1V8P6PpKVK_gEZmkPZaTClzCGrwK6CphHcO3lVxMH3R3WySgpR6UKrklfc5gQ1faOxcGi-wQDtjsrsas3uiltNj1uk0uH89BG7KiFzH8/s1024/IMG_5493+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1024" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWN9xv75LZVpr_IBB2xh9TWWhN2L_w7GfNKtw1V8P6PpKVK_gEZmkPZaTClzCGrwK6CphHcO3lVxMH3R3WySgpR6UKrklfc5gQ1faOxcGi-wQDtjsrsas3uiltNj1uk0uH89BG7KiFzH8/s320/IMG_5493+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">With Matt, Gen, Dom, Hoges & Polish Richard, and our Portillo alter-egos, complete with Bradshaw's guides</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">March 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">attended the inaugural running session at Dave Xuereb's "Holsville & Coronavale Railway" - great pizza, once again Mr X!</span></li>
</ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmeOwGnmPpT8OA9XYZzLgVjtk7ZlzrB_i4Kt3jqieDGZdiloV1DfER2yex3HDtXYUZOa7zcaSk_Keh0Qand5Fq_A_bZC6Yt8SSnBWduS0C9r_1mcC5oRRhG36M5dVXta87ONd5pE-vKc/s1024/IMG_5594+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmeOwGnmPpT8OA9XYZzLgVjtk7ZlzrB_i4Kt3jqieDGZdiloV1DfER2yex3HDtXYUZOa7zcaSk_Keh0Qand5Fq_A_bZC6Yt8SSnBWduS0C9r_1mcC5oRRhG36M5dVXta87ONd5pE-vKc/s320/IMG_5594+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A foreign interloper lurks in the yard</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">April 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">joined the layout tour
organised by my local NMRA members<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">visited Alison & the
kids in Victor Harbor - first excursion outside NSW in eighteen months!<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">managed to get a bit of steam action while there</span></li>
</ul></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs9lMzs8OrXXfqEr2o0FCLiOSK5MbE8_XlK1BC4-KXtlhc_PXD6gSol6r2O7bkc0AyFCDi_K7DSvSxrvAs7rGyyvBK3GHMGKG_0bHApIueoT_CQaJyosM2ZkMWoaBw-IS_0wn6QC2kAA/s1024/IMG_5989+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVs9lMzs8OrXXfqEr2o0FCLiOSK5MbE8_XlK1BC4-KXtlhc_PXD6gSol6r2O7bkc0AyFCDi_K7DSvSxrvAs7rGyyvBK3GHMGKG_0bHApIueoT_CQaJyosM2ZkMWoaBw-IS_0wn6QC2kAA/s320/IMG_5989+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One horsepower tram approaching Granite Island</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPaHeBB-LkqzhNyLPNuNGs9o0eGN6BhLKbXaqOCjLPvD0v9KSWPWdi9LZH6oX8AIy7aUE0s7WfY-MnWpJdT4woyq4qso4hVwuTPfP3q8UU4i3zfM24JjZnxs4m6hh3XcHxm_qdeReSCs/s1024/IMG_5976+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPaHeBB-LkqzhNyLPNuNGs9o0eGN6BhLKbXaqOCjLPvD0v9KSWPWdi9LZH6oX8AIy7aUE0s7WfY-MnWpJdT4woyq4qso4hVwuTPfP3q8UU4i3zfM24JjZnxs4m6hh3XcHxm_qdeReSCs/s320/IMG_5976+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rx heading towards Port Elliott</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUaANve3tAeJuqEFuB0WusM89p-wlpZQFiCj46jyaSG07Gt2D63dc341XnGxUR22NRFHef8tpLylRT7forYLrue69diIvNRtRfjkLeVstDDL-lq7Q7V5GjaXvJPpADpsXA95uuYEiMuc/s1024/IMG_5874+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUaANve3tAeJuqEFuB0WusM89p-wlpZQFiCj46jyaSG07Gt2D63dc341XnGxUR22NRFHef8tpLylRT7forYLrue69diIvNRtRfjkLeVstDDL-lq7Q7V5GjaXvJPpADpsXA95uuYEiMuc/s320/IMG_5874+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rx arriving at Goolwa</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">May 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">spent a day with the boys from the Guildford MRC photographing their model of Goulburn</span></li>
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq79oRKt0JDbLudc2FRv7nf2oSKciiZA_H9sOAtz4bIws186CF1vJ2nuQHJJlZdC9ar7A2f2Ht3BiCOdsr1Zo5tRB5M75L_wxSV9JDOsY9XLMbxi_5LhZ4J5yVsPITUoxetbqPrfg-NT8/s1024/DSC_0583+%25282021_06_18+01_44_52+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq79oRKt0JDbLudc2FRv7nf2oSKciiZA_H9sOAtz4bIws186CF1vJ2nuQHJJlZdC9ar7A2f2Ht3BiCOdsr1Zo5tRB5M75L_wxSV9JDOsY9XLMbxi_5LhZ4J5yVsPITUoxetbqPrfg-NT8/s320/DSC_0583+%25282021_06_18+01_44_52+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chased 3801 to Mt Victoria aboard an ex-PTC Atlantean double-decker</span></li><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8puKq9q6kI15kyiyszWhMRoTtxnuJP0GUqfFVLpwv1yokWzccfGZ4wmzXy-rQS1ghsh7_PvAL_VGEFzs2mxLswv9_Lvt7FyalcK13OQY-KHmke4Xv63kE-vL-ZtQMG-kz56I6u1w2TEQ/s1024/IMG_6320+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8puKq9q6kI15kyiyszWhMRoTtxnuJP0GUqfFVLpwv1yokWzccfGZ4wmzXy-rQS1ghsh7_PvAL_VGEFzs2mxLswv9_Lvt7FyalcK13OQY-KHmke4Xv63kE-vL-ZtQMG-kz56I6u1w2TEQ/s320/IMG_6320+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Cade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigqMiTaCDLOcs5VfNGPD77HJ1hjtsjqlEdwH5qJ6dm4cflh3hsFOMqwgDsO-lcVXWk9WHte8JRtzf2r_qMDtvRvbUBRDfDqa6RV1hsvbWtLLpFuAUtKg7Xa1MxelPvPHicts1PPvU0VQ/s1024/IMG_6344+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigqMiTaCDLOcs5VfNGPD77HJ1hjtsjqlEdwH5qJ6dm4cflh3hsFOMqwgDsO-lcVXWk9WHte8JRtzf2r_qMDtvRvbUBRDfDqa6RV1hsvbWtLLpFuAUtKg7Xa1MxelPvPHicts1PPvU0VQ/s320/IMG_6344+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Top deck view at Blackheath</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">took 5595 for a run on Paul
Morcom's Picton & Goulburn layout</span></li></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4xYIP94QO64BKrtBq56E6KK-_Jd9cf02ujc1fThOaoOSu67zL325Yi0W5Tgga8gtfnwZ8AMAQRFq6zZWjpXdhWOOit_gttkeeO2sbvVNYxIEo7tybX8IZ8oxKagJh52XAjPzi3SR9m4/s1024/IMG_6455+%25282021_06_18+01_44_52+UTC%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO4xYIP94QO64BKrtBq56E6KK-_Jd9cf02ujc1fThOaoOSu67zL325Yi0W5Tgga8gtfnwZ8AMAQRFq6zZWjpXdhWOOit_gttkeeO2sbvVNYxIEo7tybX8IZ8oxKagJh52XAjPzi3SR9m4/s320/IMG_6455+%25282021_06_18+01_44_52+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5595 with a down goods at Picton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Completed the 2021 "Beyond Bitumen" event with Hoges & Phil</span></li></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOehRqWe5AYzZ9V67dpI_mpOiA_k5wlPB1E1go1SUIEzSL36aqt6gGgvOTmNS8QGYD3juuzs1McXjazIuElTnV2k1V2Igenm8xc7T767OAgG4TeZ30g31W5_iuO3mkfXTauWXaIBiS8qg/s1024/ESHX9589.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1024" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOehRqWe5AYzZ9V67dpI_mpOiA_k5wlPB1E1go1SUIEzSL36aqt6gGgvOTmNS8QGYD3juuzs1McXjazIuElTnV2k1V2Igenm8xc7T767OAgG4TeZ30g31W5_iuO3mkfXTauWXaIBiS8qg/s320/ESHX9589.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Approximately 20 creek crossings in a very short stretch south of Tamworth on Day !</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSAZv8DHEvzTrMfdBlfaFhsCP_ZgxtN-uTWtakLO2QZDXV_EKeVNFbUDc247YLArAokOekmShbGtX7gjcnKZGVazKWzjeGBVRXk-1TAf0LFrAcVsPxSNFizt4NuiIxcDcbOydrosTMN4/s1024/IMG_6776.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1024" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSAZv8DHEvzTrMfdBlfaFhsCP_ZgxtN-uTWtakLO2QZDXV_EKeVNFbUDc247YLArAokOekmShbGtX7gjcnKZGVazKWzjeGBVRXk-1TAf0LFrAcVsPxSNFizt4NuiIxcDcbOydrosTMN4/s320/IMG_6776.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Manilla</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy4bIUA90PkwZfGIEHhI6kI9iM8x89hQsjy1R4-TfWIRb6_IWWvWKczUMx4KXR8Hg_okdW7kqnKVdpebjSgygbqZ-BCk6D67nB3UOeqQHHDv-JBqSf657pdjbwLGABpYs92rx_rwRDCE/s1024/IMG_6805.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy4bIUA90PkwZfGIEHhI6kI9iM8x89hQsjy1R4-TfWIRb6_IWWvWKczUMx4KXR8Hg_okdW7kqnKVdpebjSgygbqZ-BCk6D67nB3UOeqQHHDv-JBqSf657pdjbwLGABpYs92rx_rwRDCE/s320/IMG_6805.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Water Diviner, Barraba</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5_BNgMr7botGMSuRDNEWUhZcStU626ptKCqrZhlQt-htszepE2h_3F7duFBi-DTkvh8a8n9bvODh0Uh4Z8axNJUOVUFReW0FUacMGZTMFc0iFpPs8PNOqYMDDuI8788ZWnCJrUJtB5o/s1024/OXVT9500.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1024" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5_BNgMr7botGMSuRDNEWUhZcStU626ptKCqrZhlQt-htszepE2h_3F7duFBi-DTkvh8a8n9bvODh0Uh4Z8axNJUOVUFReW0FUacMGZTMFc0iFpPs8PNOqYMDDuI8788ZWnCJrUJtB5o/s320/OXVT9500.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leaving Armidale on Day 3</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">June 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">another operating session
at Mr X's place - and more pizza!<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="square"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">he was working on extending the mainline run onto the central peninsula</span></li>
</ul></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K4m-h4scGRfci7zP01GC2TbHLx-9-1IJ68VFl5cvi_ghPbe33ciSArjYq48TTiPnziDKoxtwL2vcpPlXvEPKsY4zZYkF55PIPJgs3iGn89LlgcoxJ8vFpAf3gOYmmPqNFmd0jb5eR8c/s960/IMG_6988.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K4m-h4scGRfci7zP01GC2TbHLx-9-1IJ68VFl5cvi_ghPbe33ciSArjYq48TTiPnziDKoxtwL2vcpPlXvEPKsY4zZYkF55PIPJgs3iGn89LlgcoxJ8vFpAf3gOYmmPqNFmd0jb5eR8c/s320/IMG_6988.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What a crew!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle">
</ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">July 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">more progress on 3806, fitting detail parts from Ozzy and Kerroby</span></li>
</ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJjzo9tq8ckGHO0Wk3yQrTHm4aahVz1DqBQvFXY4-dFb9J-5d-M_pCY20x_x-1jMT-vpE8OwCbhvxjloxW61CVFPQl8eyYuHDAjE07vE5RrXboTrzVyUJwlzWQCaMuu3jRKP8dUFUviA/s1024/IMG_7324.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJjzo9tq8ckGHO0Wk3yQrTHm4aahVz1DqBQvFXY4-dFb9J-5d-M_pCY20x_x-1jMT-vpE8OwCbhvxjloxW61CVFPQl8eyYuHDAjE07vE5RrXboTrzVyUJwlzWQCaMuu3jRKP8dUFUviA/s320/IMG_7324.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy cylinder cocks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBibEH_90Gdw7ZRATgIoDdK4X4UCnlfesA1jDizkAcj_zFRAQK_LlUKGImc_E6guFUKooCwScz1_j330-Foj0SNFslZP4GJSzbYo9_TuJuMBfdkzHLoNnZWA7AzUExoeACMojYXRXnj6Y/s1024/IMG_7272.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="1024" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBibEH_90Gdw7ZRATgIoDdK4X4UCnlfesA1jDizkAcj_zFRAQK_LlUKGImc_E6guFUKooCwScz1_j330-Foj0SNFslZP4GJSzbYo9_TuJuMBfdkzHLoNnZWA7AzUExoeACMojYXRXnj6Y/s320/IMG_7272.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy regulator<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TN-QOIxQKzzHs6_tQwemDeeMKSpFlV8Yt879c58WatH27BfzGVjZslz9Zd8ISBNJnNg3UPvQWT87JAihF7jLKwaZAruRB3Uq_fRqoteOegTQWUXd6cBdc01DgUfPHM-olG-fLJc3MHE/s1024/IMG_7271+%25285%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1024" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2TN-QOIxQKzzHs6_tQwemDeeMKSpFlV8Yt879c58WatH27BfzGVjZslz9Zd8ISBNJnNg3UPvQWT87JAihF7jLKwaZAruRB3Uq_fRqoteOegTQWUXd6cBdc01DgUfPHM-olG-fLJc3MHE/s320/IMG_7271+%25285%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy regulator linkage<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aN30KIbmqF057NtekiWT68h4kR8pGApNOaEqmCdsG1CgZ_4yt47bhIIgD-5GfVEUfu_AZUtR2dAblFhispnYLKMPg_14QbAEyC_JutobuZYarKg7-1PO5Wu7WLbkNk3AxfVhgSXL6hk/s1024/IMG_7317.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aN30KIbmqF057NtekiWT68h4kR8pGApNOaEqmCdsG1CgZ_4yt47bhIIgD-5GfVEUfu_AZUtR2dAblFhispnYLKMPg_14QbAEyC_JutobuZYarKg7-1PO5Wu7WLbkNk3AxfVhgSXL6hk/s320/IMG_7317.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy regulator, turbine & regulator linkage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvGuHUiYAxvijwDbHeHpe_xCDMQMfbGVnZTbnJK1ekc0quz8ikfCIAf-cafXVhCuH063NQA2qWqnXxlGqmCbPig6p6TB_DXSD54qbAw_L3XtpWuQsV5ni6cQqO3s9t_-_S4K8UvEm5jA/s1024/IMG_7269+%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="1024" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvGuHUiYAxvijwDbHeHpe_xCDMQMfbGVnZTbnJK1ekc0quz8ikfCIAf-cafXVhCuH063NQA2qWqnXxlGqmCbPig6p6TB_DXSD54qbAw_L3XtpWuQsV5ni6cQqO3s9t_-_S4K8UvEm5jA/s320/IMG_7269+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy tender filler light, after modification to shorten it to match the conduit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3fVvV7I3Rl-xMYYK1pD6my5j8mEVpnHhkTiflr-U_j9xsbgJ0V34XyNhThlGG_B4-UHDDOVER7pmBIXzQUS23tcPpwlHxGQCOA27-oQcxrfnEUV_ApXKjxL9gLU1qHsRrKziozdibv8/s1024/QVCG7867.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1024" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3fVvV7I3Rl-xMYYK1pD6my5j8mEVpnHhkTiflr-U_j9xsbgJ0V34XyNhThlGG_B4-UHDDOVER7pmBIXzQUS23tcPpwlHxGQCOA27-oQcxrfnEUV_ApXKjxL9gLU1qHsRrKziozdibv8/s320/QVCG7867.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Threading the wires to connect the chip in the tender to the various lights and speaker in the engine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">August 2021</span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;">managed to get the speaker & chip fitted to 3806, re-assembled and load Chris Lord's sound project</li>
</ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j1AX0ulg9XNd4-KHmDLoX8UAOR7mmNbdAqN4FugAdstKZARILEKsg51vSJcQ7NKslU04MGTxdvCK373ildi0kK7RZn2t02N6v_-n3dAK_yeqUzL1_IKh20FYmHeXcYvnCaUrVv96ogM/s1024/IMG_7351+%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3j1AX0ulg9XNd4-KHmDLoX8UAOR7mmNbdAqN4FugAdstKZARILEKsg51vSJcQ7NKslU04MGTxdvCK373ildi0kK7RZn2t02N6v_-n3dAK_yeqUzL1_IKh20FYmHeXcYvnCaUrVv96ogM/s320/IMG_7351+%25283%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reducing the height of the weight to accommodate the speaker immediately below the funnel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle"></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxAVOSItZNPZCenSUFe2IqIAOmyP71luqmLQeu3sZo6q0-_FD0riJsbdN-cBRcx28pvXeZSa9Y1n8qIssanIzQA1pxrySOvHn2zfb1_TO_caLsz35u1fSiVTwz1QTGktNOUMTzdad8yw/s1024/IMG_7357.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxAVOSItZNPZCenSUFe2IqIAOmyP71luqmLQeu3sZo6q0-_FD0riJsbdN-cBRcx28pvXeZSa9Y1n8qIssanIzQA1pxrySOvHn2zfb1_TO_caLsz35u1fSiVTwz1QTGktNOUMTzdad8yw/s320/IMG_7357.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The thinned-down weight with polyester tape applied for insulation<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAU78eET8mBhVA-GP0NZHER0ZKHH3Rx_2yydaeSXwhkBiZ99ZaVm8vbrioPCrszhYbPZYgDoJM7MmbXo7hMRDc1LTQcMvsI4jwTCGSSFw_OMrZnB1uc3y-ODd1rTxqAK_GrtsNJBjC-U/s1024/IMG_7354+%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAU78eET8mBhVA-GP0NZHER0ZKHH3Rx_2yydaeSXwhkBiZ99ZaVm8vbrioPCrszhYbPZYgDoJM7MmbXo7hMRDc1LTQcMvsI4jwTCGSSFw_OMrZnB1uc3y-ODd1rTxqAK_GrtsNJBjC-U/s320/IMG_7354+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Speaker acquired for an Auscision 48, but surplus to requirements, cut down to fit into the smokebox on top of the weight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc"><ul type="circle"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">stripped out the workshop ready for renovation</span></li></ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY__eHpeedSlXGlihgNIEWrQN3T7NfbHdz4xLR28vCIE_oQjaS9qi7eN1l832XtHefHh6Ood-TeHA1DGuwt6oSx-4ukR_UksnBndNepfS9qAsYc7dkaTMbBWy9XTr9RKEtxrb8Xz6_V9Y/s1024/IMG_7393.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY__eHpeedSlXGlihgNIEWrQN3T7NfbHdz4xLR28vCIE_oQjaS9qi7eN1l832XtHefHh6Ood-TeHA1DGuwt6oSx-4ukR_UksnBndNepfS9qAsYc7dkaTMbBWy9XTr9RKEtxrb8Xz6_V9Y/s320/IMG_7393.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside the workshop, facing south, before stripping the lining</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><ul style="text-align: left;" type="circle"><br /></ul><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeYAbYCAA73QqUnJ_uDkRlrrRCHCkNzW1k0fA3pwT9A9PnPd5aMF4oMeTJNeX7JwzwwWJ7vMrHciJisLfus3u_n2uQhspMu643dhSG21MyzHGwVv0CnemeewFdiu1X0Pu2b8HEeN3edQ/s1024/IMG_7398.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLeYAbYCAA73QqUnJ_uDkRlrrRCHCkNzW1k0fA3pwT9A9PnPd5aMF4oMeTJNeX7JwzwwWJ7vMrHciJisLfus3u_n2uQhspMu643dhSG21MyzHGwVv0CnemeewFdiu1X0Pu2b8HEeN3edQ/s320/IMG_7398.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside the workshop, facing north, after stripping the lining from the walls. Layout room to the left</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweLX54fWqpKO4O8xRxgqFmmdl0zeMINoMLU-Fp8m9_0FgKTj7P4Ges40lr5NfWaBpdaRU6XIIMfX3WfKngaKUk8xG0P-CUgoCYgyU-sZ7LPoQeEC0CH3V3bebM6qK3YXz7WF4QXdO_GU/s1024/IMG_7433.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweLX54fWqpKO4O8xRxgqFmmdl0zeMINoMLU-Fp8m9_0FgKTj7P4Ges40lr5NfWaBpdaRU6XIIMfX3WfKngaKUk8xG0P-CUgoCYgyU-sZ7LPoQeEC0CH3V3bebM6qK3YXz7WF4QXdO_GU/s320/IMG_7433.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside the layout room, facing east, after stripping the lining ... termite mud everywhere, but no active ones seen - so far!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><ul style="text-align: left;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">September 2021<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">finished the handrails on SHG22589, added the toilet glazing</span></li>
</ul></ul><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywlIvbC_qFiX_nZNAUbX6O6bds5d0gg9knhHynXeJJoU8eRHHPXXoRjUzzWhGIeCesotklnOHJ3suP0WAr_DTDIaRV2fwaTk3rYiK59ctBrF3_gK5Hce5CBQV8wJA_R0PSeGUZnIgiYo/s1024/IMG_7472.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="1024" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywlIvbC_qFiX_nZNAUbX6O6bds5d0gg9knhHynXeJJoU8eRHHPXXoRjUzzWhGIeCesotklnOHJ3suP0WAr_DTDIaRV2fwaTk3rYiK59ctBrF3_gK5Hce5CBQV8wJA_R0PSeGUZnIgiYo/s320/IMG_7472.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS505qnq9Bx9fXKadPocNeeK2QnpNcjR-uvGZesYb2iyVBy4KCsLxyZiaTbwTT3VFSPvkKciv6_ET4VKMHA_HHaiDw8hpYekETtNPxcoJj9QkWRMqJsuSH27A60cIGSQVnTAbYfTqyr8/s1024/IMG_7471.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="1024" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJS505qnq9Bx9fXKadPocNeeK2QnpNcjR-uvGZesYb2iyVBy4KCsLxyZiaTbwTT3VFSPvkKciv6_ET4VKMHA_HHaiDw8hpYekETtNPxcoJj9QkWRMqJsuSH27A60cIGSQVnTAbYfTqyr8/s320/IMG_7471.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpeFWAYXqECfdplgZTuSOZGdP55JWw62XUi_t76aw1nMXTL6Ir3nM24SbzfkgQT0BWQUc1cOuwE2F75zX0jjWTuOd_bc_eanHD12EmbeSkyph8m8bFwS5gdSd9g1YBaehrbv9XnikjyQ/s1024/IMG_7478+%25284%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1024" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpeFWAYXqECfdplgZTuSOZGdP55JWw62XUi_t76aw1nMXTL6Ir3nM24SbzfkgQT0BWQUc1cOuwE2F75zX0jjWTuOd_bc_eanHD12EmbeSkyph8m8bFwS5gdSd9g1YBaehrbv9XnikjyQ/s320/IMG_7478+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Guard's end</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyiiYOeBVd0xdLUr0aiX2NfYEImS-VjxFSpyGpIfMkgxhQRB-bTDEG4ae1npr4oerxhuTFIsYAHyssZGjh92DcrEISblYOQSp_D2-RaNZ0-hoJuD5SSw7Mm4Shvu9253Gypbw16ORT34/s1024/IMG_7476+%25283%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyiiYOeBVd0xdLUr0aiX2NfYEImS-VjxFSpyGpIfMkgxhQRB-bTDEG4ae1npr4oerxhuTFIsYAHyssZGjh92DcrEISblYOQSp_D2-RaNZ0-hoJuD5SSw7Mm4Shvu9253Gypbw16ORT34/s320/IMG_7476+%25283%2529.jpg" width="294" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Passenger end</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Wyong District MRC operating sessions are in abeyance again due to the lockdown, but we're hopeful of resuming on a capped / rostered attendance basis as things ease. Following images from are running sessions earlier in the year, including "International Day".</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WYVJ11qCtyV1uQ13LIjbL557qqOM0Ss6XfvLu8e0k7zXMJdR3EjlIxxJ54BM1eXr5qGZWEGIjBTqMdreolDnV826wbXt69Sl-3PbWWmb9XRr2pNaL8S9AATOo5Rr9goijx_Kylhxl9w/s1024/IMG_E5709+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WYVJ11qCtyV1uQ13LIjbL557qqOM0Ss6XfvLu8e0k7zXMJdR3EjlIxxJ54BM1eXr5qGZWEGIjBTqMdreolDnV826wbXt69Sl-3PbWWmb9XRr2pNaL8S9AATOo5Rr9goijx_Kylhxl9w/s320/IMG_E5709+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3004T goes for a spin at Barrington</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V7E7F91u6iC6ffgAiToDqaekCw80DNRnbteN1nqGUH-RSf3ayJPy8uTbXq7Ro4r5UqeIeix4F1IwiMBwdLwL7hGibLjws4ka7rg8cDDa6SqTowSnJuLZONJJmxWgrtdiRDBXdLnw4GY/s1024/IMG_5715+%252818%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1024" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3V7E7F91u6iC6ffgAiToDqaekCw80DNRnbteN1nqGUH-RSf3ayJPy8uTbXq7Ro4r5UqeIeix4F1IwiMBwdLwL7hGibLjws4ka7rg8cDDa6SqTowSnJuLZONJJmxWgrtdiRDBXdLnw4GY/s320/IMG_5715+%252818%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3250 drops downgrade and over the Paterson River with an NCR set in tow</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYzsWLFX7I27elg6euUItFvJo_PKB07Ui9OY4zJcnxWlx-V9PebsKoZUkbA9g8QthCOmvKW5E76Ay7is3YY_e5CJ3dPTo8ncoqZI5uNcn9B6_vWzWUrFRNM3oKcaKSOLtWXY0W8KfLVg/s1024/IMG_5692+%25282%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="1024" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYzsWLFX7I27elg6euUItFvJo_PKB07Ui9OY4zJcnxWlx-V9PebsKoZUkbA9g8QthCOmvKW5E76Ay7is3YY_e5CJ3dPTo8ncoqZI5uNcn9B6_vWzWUrFRNM3oKcaKSOLtWXY0W8KfLVg/s320/IMG_5692+%25282%2529+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3004T with a pass at Woongarrah</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3fRzVXEwzcdjTxsvok41MsJIUT1nMSBpeh1xO5U4SoDc1b3D66CPu0wc8agjgMnRC2rOCg-z5Nal-bziteBlh9DtILKTMJAlYRy5C6shcYBXZUr6G52D36Lj0CQxc0zN3BjkK5HnlEY/s1024/IMG_5560+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1024" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3fRzVXEwzcdjTxsvok41MsJIUT1nMSBpeh1xO5U4SoDc1b3D66CPu0wc8agjgMnRC2rOCg-z5Nal-bziteBlh9DtILKTMJAlYRy5C6shcYBXZUr6G52D36Lj0CQxc0zN3BjkK5HnlEY/s320/IMG_5560+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Strange bedfellows at Branxton Loco</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlVpu6eqboIVBiq8DhacDDPZDgmJY5sidylOIQD1I_XRfYDoGAS6IFN4Ja5Dm9z6C1Hpc73wXeT6su16pj74ezqSgtpOsQEvH7Yty5yNsNqUMxeRqxyQTSpyp0-QlhbrXR6AqcMVsOko/s1024/IMG_5553+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlVpu6eqboIVBiq8DhacDDPZDgmJY5sidylOIQD1I_XRfYDoGAS6IFN4Ja5Dm9z6C1Hpc73wXeT6su16pj74ezqSgtpOsQEvH7Yty5yNsNqUMxeRqxyQTSpyp0-QlhbrXR6AqcMVsOko/s320/IMG_5553+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Peoples' Liberation Army arrives in Barrington</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWob2C-lta3zUth4LpX2s1z-xKlOybKMFYlrzX2rq2Y1HvIv0haZEqTW5KfvGn5yYaLkRvbfeHsBc63FUtnaVxHLQbgzP7mic-H1GSCJfGpAfTboG3YpqmR0fcQXdXrawF_iDfjBcYdU/s1024/IMG_5551+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="539" data-original-width="1024" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWob2C-lta3zUth4LpX2s1z-xKlOybKMFYlrzX2rq2Y1HvIv0haZEqTW5KfvGn5yYaLkRvbfeHsBc63FUtnaVxHLQbgzP7mic-H1GSCJfGpAfTboG3YpqmR0fcQXdXrawF_iDfjBcYdU/s320/IMG_5551+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Big power in the form of a QJ 2-10-2 passing Barrington</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RLwlu54ZZ5hxUi9U2xJTb3dd8nWRJOzPBAZxaulGk4yzrQekD1kjEv7AdH1vcXDa-kTahNkYBuf_kp8fJS1z_gkcXCYO3FL-63mlRQko7INUrQM5n1BhXvGnrmUsHaQm8x-Y_tTgzlc/s1024/IMG_5550+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4RLwlu54ZZ5hxUi9U2xJTb3dd8nWRJOzPBAZxaulGk4yzrQekD1kjEv7AdH1vcXDa-kTahNkYBuf_kp8fJS1z_gkcXCYO3FL-63mlRQko7INUrQM5n1BhXvGnrmUsHaQm8x-Y_tTgzlc/s320/IMG_5550+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The QJ has departed Broadmeadow yard and heads for Branxton</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFj_Vay7wypWVm0I0NvM_98hGFsJecng8TAVBNIjhvGIm1OKpFjZzmkIHIo9Ie6iuLvQ3iY1ziibKqZMGwKjF5gwLM59CRWRlyRph4HgS88l7ELP6hBmm5C2PNi61R5GUhIa-cHoMn9w/s1024/IMG_4852+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFj_Vay7wypWVm0I0NvM_98hGFsJecng8TAVBNIjhvGIm1OKpFjZzmkIHIo9Ie6iuLvQ3iY1ziibKqZMGwKjF5gwLM59CRWRlyRph4HgS88l7ELP6hBmm5C2PNi61R5GUhIa-cHoMn9w/s320/IMG_4852+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SMR 22 with a rake of empties</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Miscellaneous modelling has included more truss rods for Roy's DUB Set 63, and repairs to the pick-ups on one of his Minimodels single-deck power cars, as well as completing detailing on my RUB set 140.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxW8Gp_dys8VVqPw5ENWVSMV29Kb5OGCjSWLKCQn9m643S67rqP9I7FwZ2RGXvzCRGw1tY9sKDZEd0pGyk4uzS-kigBKr7NrSa7BW0JTqJvz1yTi-Jb4IDLuMn3PFXaFBxfrS1UBUzz0/s1024/IMG_5340+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxW8Gp_dys8VVqPw5ENWVSMV29Kb5OGCjSWLKCQn9m643S67rqP9I7FwZ2RGXvzCRGw1tY9sKDZEd0pGyk4uzS-kigBKr7NrSa7BW0JTqJvz1yTi-Jb4IDLuMn3PFXaFBxfrS1UBUzz0/s320/IMG_5340+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ozzy turnbuckles - ends drilled out for phosphor-bronze wire</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhky-FCwbpUErb_9RGcYi5GLEuzVH2Zx9ZaKLJG60QSDOqU7o6FuuTU2ne4mnSt8XWWA2JK_4erPFYq2NSJqjZKZ714cNsOrxGiAxrrpsb-mpnUhOZrIi0gfguFIlSCjfcY6RYEFxtdz78/s1024/IMG_5341+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhky-FCwbpUErb_9RGcYi5GLEuzVH2Zx9ZaKLJG60QSDOqU7o6FuuTU2ne4mnSt8XWWA2JK_4erPFYq2NSJqjZKZ714cNsOrxGiAxrrpsb-mpnUhOZrIi0gfguFIlSCjfcY6RYEFxtdz78/s320/IMG_5341+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turnbuckles soldered to phosphor-bronze truss rods</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaBSDrsDVxUjN_q7JoHLWFUCmjidVFIjn-y_peVMQUBu-dp85Cy2TPWoVMXAkSQGBXXYhqgqoKTpm14E6GFIepZJuoroaClDFPg76lLkyqGspOBf_D4w3U7bm1hlZf9e6lrlHCQcFCXQ/s1024/IMG_5342+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1024" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaBSDrsDVxUjN_q7JoHLWFUCmjidVFIjn-y_peVMQUBu-dp85Cy2TPWoVMXAkSQGBXXYhqgqoKTpm14E6GFIepZJuoroaClDFPg76lLkyqGspOBf_D4w3U7bm1hlZf9e6lrlHCQcFCXQ/s320/IMG_5342+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Truss rods fitted</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn3S5MBceWVAzWxZVtmcAledD_GRiMdRvGB8YD7vpgvppqqTXQMiVQk3haCOujM8NPxRZd25sAu70zUH1MBsF2IsBL82y9r6OLINBNhpXqUK7Wxn2dnXfpAU7VR9elMvHsXfmQx0PuX4/s1024/IMG_5344+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1024" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn3S5MBceWVAzWxZVtmcAledD_GRiMdRvGB8YD7vpgvppqqTXQMiVQk3haCOujM8NPxRZd25sAu70zUH1MBsF2IsBL82y9r6OLINBNhpXqUK7Wxn2dnXfpAU7VR9elMvHsXfmQx0PuX4/s320/IMG_5344+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Truss rods fitted</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEW7wlnLc3K6ypoHja5XYhFePVSwm83TRaskR_Offw4E0ddl2I8mAYyRzhJBPf4SJqsHA01GWOtcTDnnsU9DmUMk3iB_sbpxocl0PXdvChf61h8EKJtlV5Snv7ZyumET34NBjPsmyfhU/s1024/IMG_5210+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEW7wlnLc3K6ypoHja5XYhFePVSwm83TRaskR_Offw4E0ddl2I8mAYyRzhJBPf4SJqsHA01GWOtcTDnnsU9DmUMk3iB_sbpxocl0PXdvChf61h8EKJtlV5Snv7ZyumET34NBjPsmyfhU/s320/IMG_5210+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pinning a broken pick-up on one of Roy's single deck power cars</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQDvSS_MlTugSfFI6nZmq_1ggySR6YtcK9nVETi1pYnJLCy46SzD3pVpNAhSeyJpEsgGdtdUWmlNsvyY8-fdMeSFs450FAnyGPbB8uhi_PUiGahY_7-uP5jmrDavhDLUB7qCTIwAaGBA/s1024/IMG_5211+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQDvSS_MlTugSfFI6nZmq_1ggySR6YtcK9nVETi1pYnJLCy46SzD3pVpNAhSeyJpEsgGdtdUWmlNsvyY8-fdMeSFs450FAnyGPbB8uhi_PUiGahY_7-uP5jmrDavhDLUB7qCTIwAaGBA/s320/IMG_5211+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Scratchbuilt headstock / gangway floor (right)<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Ge4PZ1S3Zam49RiH_QwzNp3Z9kN2iNWEBYXnL8nWDKHR_yqNyzgH5Z4eGInyiTVm415ipoVDforCrpw7JrYH6ptmJnEQofbKZxF7NLFRSU9mChLMIa50Y-Tc9Ozffi0u5xPqCSQDD8/s1024/IMG_5409+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-Ge4PZ1S3Zam49RiH_QwzNp3Z9kN2iNWEBYXnL8nWDKHR_yqNyzgH5Z4eGInyiTVm415ipoVDforCrpw7JrYH6ptmJnEQofbKZxF7NLFRSU9mChLMIa50Y-Tc9Ozffi0u5xPqCSQDD8/s320/IMG_5409+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fitting scratchbuilt headstock</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCPcI5MusH90qbXexWKpMpcUq_D2UBmtlhXptoeo7YDqDp0AW6M_3xdntOnaWWk42KYF4x2DczpkCqOmunBrkiT9xWeG3k5Kuci0WWd5e2s5HpLOW_0ZpNiW0L87VnqOosstChQ51TqA/s1024/IMG_5412+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCPcI5MusH90qbXexWKpMpcUq_D2UBmtlhXptoeo7YDqDp0AW6M_3xdntOnaWWk42KYF4x2DczpkCqOmunBrkiT9xWeG3k5Kuci0WWd5e2s5HpLOW_0ZpNiW0L87VnqOosstChQ51TqA/s320/IMG_5412+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sydney end buffing plate fitted<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4BXEJNJ6ZmUgvrDsCsDMIMhGSmz2LKSdEuDbkbrol21ffPdFGRqKSEOAXHgBpSKB3ON9UP76olQT_ciKnTGUEpcf7K6DcFHod8irB5qp4pXzTsRqUo5RenWb05Cnm45vaGfU7CD2IuE/s1024/IMG_5209+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4BXEJNJ6ZmUgvrDsCsDMIMhGSmz2LKSdEuDbkbrol21ffPdFGRqKSEOAXHgBpSKB3ON9UP76olQT_ciKnTGUEpcf7K6DcFHod8irB5qp4pXzTsRqUo5RenWb05Cnm45vaGfU7CD2IuE/s320/IMG_5209+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Comparison between diaphragm springs before and after fettling to fit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51MyhgeuQHsfsDrI2jYb5VZD6arQ76j4kmQfA1xSMAonnCLG2j9c9E1R032FiBtScnPgEWZbjVm42i11OT8m1eIAHW8cexlsb2iJHTmt20Dn7zbBJrdJAtC5RU4cZ4cZouCdMt-t9fK8/s1024/IMG_5208+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51MyhgeuQHsfsDrI2jYb5VZD6arQ76j4kmQfA1xSMAonnCLG2j9c9E1R032FiBtScnPgEWZbjVm42i11OT8m1eIAHW8cexlsb2iJHTmt20Dn7zbBJrdJAtC5RU4cZ4cZouCdMt-t9fK8/s320/IMG_5208+%25282021_05_16+02_24_29+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Diaphragm spring in place</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFXgCiZ3B1qeagO8_C7c10CdGHh77586BJl2LXfotp_8JpTzxUvFXmwuwYxNIiaCNbl8VO0uelGk33qn6hxMuMR_y2SBCj6unPekTjeaNgGuJsbjeAL1i36WiLjS4ILPk2IabjLpXmXk/s1024/IMG_4143+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFXgCiZ3B1qeagO8_C7c10CdGHh77586BJl2LXfotp_8JpTzxUvFXmwuwYxNIiaCNbl8VO0uelGk33qn6hxMuMR_y2SBCj6unPekTjeaNgGuJsbjeAL1i36WiLjS4ILPk2IabjLpXmXk/s320/IMG_4143+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">SBS interior</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt6L4gvxE3STwRdAKiNGVPaviHVdSi7FYlwVhbf3fCIvSgVF7x1gpBhsB_uJ5e3SI7DgEJvwkuenN5IQFxDIQ9A4ao-_mYAHpYSPm39BlEY3YgyVoo7_pyHSj2FQg3KWjwqL_D1_Uqu0/s1024/IMG_4136+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt6L4gvxE3STwRdAKiNGVPaviHVdSi7FYlwVhbf3fCIvSgVF7x1gpBhsB_uJ5e3SI7DgEJvwkuenN5IQFxDIQ9A4ao-_mYAHpYSPm39BlEY3YgyVoo7_pyHSj2FQg3KWjwqL_D1_Uqu0/s320/IMG_4136+%25282021_03_20+07_57_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">RUB Set interiors going through the paint shop at the Miranda Car & Waggon Works</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Well, it's taken a while to actually get this post done - including investing in a new laptop, as the work one now has too many impediments to personal use installed by Corporate IT - such as blocking access to post to FB and Blogspot!</div><div><br /></div><div>Hopefully the lockdown will soon be over so we can get back to layout visits, exhibitions and bricks & mortar hobby shops!</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay safe, stay well, get vaxxed.</div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-38042793769316637532020-05-23T18:34:00.001+10:002020-05-23T18:54:38.449+10:00Latest Update from Weddin JctSeems I'm really pretty slack about updating the blog ... just easier to put stuff on Facebook.<br />
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<b>Layout:</b><br />
Since my last post in July 2019, quite a bit has happened on the modelling front, if not the layout construction. At least, the shed is now nearly empty, and I've had a builder come and take a look at what will be needed to firstly make the former boat shed sound (termite damage) and weatherproof, so I can then use it to store stuff from the workshop and layout shed while they are being similarly treated. So with luck, by the end of this year - COVID-19 permitting - perhaps the layout shed will be ready to have some serious benchwork (re)started.<br />
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<b>Modelling:</b><br />
RUB set:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OFS compartments</td></tr>
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<ul>
<li>is now a runner, interiors are complete and awaiting painting</li>
<li>needs some minor exterior detailing finished e.g. some of the missing corridor connectors / corridor springs / buffing plates</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNychQl2HzU4VY08UV1uegzzKlH-UX5CInvnzAcAj8ejoWf00l2xBR4ngxg-_HF6Zhc9aZancb70q18m1aPpwfTchljAqcLCfAUVS9abGLNTSoT7am8r0ZRFz1VVsQaXtJkUcFNmZu3o/s1600/IMG_1393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNychQl2HzU4VY08UV1uegzzKlH-UX5CInvnzAcAj8ejoWf00l2xBR4ngxg-_HF6Zhc9aZancb70q18m1aPpwfTchljAqcLCfAUVS9abGLNTSoT7am8r0ZRFz1VVsQaXtJkUcFNmZu3o/s320/IMG_1393.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SFS interior with additions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RS interior</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqVEsR4FGUlk383XGsOyCvCIePcNY8KZgjp0dlVjZD6fqS5TAx5RlXvQD0njdRogVDonPZs5ExPx4bUBLsBxICIuaCcOZ_suktAj_5LRIXj7fdxKSUEooQavCOUgYlvk3uhavwABmk5g/s1600/IMG_0400.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="1024" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqVEsR4FGUlk383XGsOyCvCIePcNY8KZgjp0dlVjZD6fqS5TAx5RlXvQD0njdRogVDonPZs5ExPx4bUBLsBxICIuaCcOZ_suktAj_5LRIXj7fdxKSUEooQavCOUgYlvk3uhavwABmk5g/s640/IMG_0400.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interiors of all the sitting cars</td></tr>
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AR Kits BCHs & FWHs:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>repaired damage FWH (dropped it at Wyee club), realised roof was "incorrectly oriented" ... subsequent research (thanks Al Cutmore & Brett Leahy) revealed that not all roofs / ladders were oriented the same way, so a sigh of relief was breathed!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDxfEoCgksKbroXszbNC7Rh_U-g9IB2zQaJSAXdqMttnDxMAeA8Bc7tqbQKhTNISOXIKF_vxFujw9pPG1rXbnI1ApZ1MxlO7B_9eYu4G9qeAqPLQOdTTmUrm0lzMTtwoEV_J1MBVTraQ/s1600/IMG_1844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1024" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDxfEoCgksKbroXszbNC7Rh_U-g9IB2zQaJSAXdqMttnDxMAeA8Bc7tqbQKhTNISOXIKF_vxFujw9pPG1rXbnI1ApZ1MxlO7B_9eYu4G9qeAqPLQOdTTmUrm0lzMTtwoEV_J1MBVTraQ/s320/IMG_1844.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The dropped FWH</td></tr>
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</li>
<li>added hand rails (phosphor bronze wire, soldered in a jig), brake piping & hoses, hopper door details etc</li>
<li>current state: need to add the Keiran Ryan ladders then paint / repaint</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOTciO-QR0PIeWbkFkPksofpkpeH6i1PkSKv_m12v5oAiBeSa8sDX4n-s-ZjQnN3dOwjUtO694CWihd0-xIN6ciNOvPWNw_9Uz-wfXOwTkwV80ttADqFBUP8K6kbEoXhuLmMa8tKSkWc/s1600/IMG_1998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOTciO-QR0PIeWbkFkPksofpkpeH6i1PkSKv_m12v5oAiBeSa8sDX4n-s-ZjQnN3dOwjUtO694CWihd0-xIN6ciNOvPWNw_9Uz-wfXOwTkwV80ttADqFBUP8K6kbEoXhuLmMa8tKSkWc/s320/IMG_1998.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ozzy steps, 0.015" p-b wire for piping & handrails</td></tr>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhFVhEmJfLeAdNYXu-vpCD5QFT6LqpbR9O8k63aIY0c_wyxTOh6s-DLkELW9Cq2flukiM2ef1FJLngioihPi-OZVDHBTB-aYdpAYSDaTc0_GmzHXIc6kuNIWaRtxMY4MEonrEBx1C7Ys/s1600/IMG_2013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhFVhEmJfLeAdNYXu-vpCD5QFT6LqpbR9O8k63aIY0c_wyxTOh6s-DLkELW9Cq2flukiM2ef1FJLngioihPi-OZVDHBTB-aYdpAYSDaTc0_GmzHXIc6kuNIWaRtxMY4MEonrEBx1C7Ys/s320/IMG_2013.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ozzy steps, hopper door handles & brake hoses, styrene channel joining hopper doors, 0.020" p-b train pipe</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9xxHU7espwAgjmqsVTl451jtLzQYKUJBd2BTEpVIdPYogTMMM_JlKpB91Cvr2VdUK8l-xJDLuJ_GlGrK_V-2LTPBBjrUYBSEA6FQ9ITkgKRu5UhCbNzaEFGqZ0UBzXxm2ULArV3bcj0/s1600/IMG_2047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9xxHU7espwAgjmqsVTl451jtLzQYKUJBd2BTEpVIdPYogTMMM_JlKpB91Cvr2VdUK8l-xJDLuJ_GlGrK_V-2LTPBBjrUYBSEA6FQ9ITkgKRu5UhCbNzaEFGqZ0UBzXxm2ULArV3bcj0/s320/IMG_2047.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ozzy detailing packaging header card being used to space the walkway planks closer together than I had when first built in 1985</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEChwwd1sIYXUvqmCsCBk67111V-nXjZ64lLTar9uiMah257rqUrHAlKssAhR5dUhvai7TBK1kAOSiO24nY8QgGfxYbDVO5Gi-u8EEVjk7IeyI8h81ZdVGTFcWHiRbM-5DYC0HGe6Vmo/s1600/IMG_E2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="1024" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEChwwd1sIYXUvqmCsCBk67111V-nXjZ64lLTar9uiMah257rqUrHAlKssAhR5dUhvai7TBK1kAOSiO24nY8QgGfxYbDVO5Gi-u8EEVjk7IeyI8h81ZdVGTFcWHiRbM-5DYC0HGe6Vmo/s640/IMG_E2010.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">0.020" p-b- wire train pipe, Ozzy steps & door handles, 0.015" p-b wire hand rails</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Silvermaz RU:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>went to town with Keiran Ryan details, Austrains details etc on one that I had started at Liverpool 2018 while demonstrating basic kit building on Keiran's clinic stand</li>
<li>current state: in primer, awaiting painting</li>
</ul>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSRA7mpFXYJZFlNeXzh7WDbONtozvIRWNdO-jcWaIOUiEzVDz0u8-WPriZgBgDzX6CbJ44u7n3f14vPZzn_Rlq42mHHgG8kKD3RKxCGHubeZ56Cs5v18_hZ60b10zaTITqclb2wxZbhc/s1600/IMG_1834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSRA7mpFXYJZFlNeXzh7WDbONtozvIRWNdO-jcWaIOUiEzVDz0u8-WPriZgBgDzX6CbJ44u7n3f14vPZzn_Rlq42mHHgG8kKD3RKxCGHubeZ56Cs5v18_hZ60b10zaTITqclb2wxZbhc/s320/IMG_1834.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Keiran Ryan handbrake details, Sydney Hobbies (??) hopper doors, some of the Austrains brake details visible</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWBmBQAO-gaSFI6JJPbJNeCRnjhyphenhyphenfd_3cN1nd0E6iZI25FEVvZPEazS7EvVvqq4piuNfBbe44gWyFhwWcOJUB00C9j-vg1E7FJx3MOQi3V-688_VKEJLkB_4MJAKk4MIDkwvFXj4FpwE/s1600/IMG_2137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWBmBQAO-gaSFI6JJPbJNeCRnjhyphenhyphenfd_3cN1nd0E6iZI25FEVvZPEazS7EvVvqq4piuNfBbe44gWyFhwWcOJUB00C9j-vg1E7FJx3MOQi3V-688_VKEJLkB_4MJAKk4MIDkwvFXj4FpwE/s320/IMG_2137.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrains shunter's steps, 0.5mm enameled copper wire grab irons, styrene roof steps, 0.015" p-b wire uncoupler lever, styrene quad vent, Ozzy brake hose</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkWhAf9AAZncqiyYlvxwlelzeMwf0H5MgxBFLa4HjxudoqWtHTaSDHU33o_eAMZQ9NfENHxN6W8gs1OddxImRGH8HbEsJQrhevduhnS_qbostqk76RCcSviYobXoWXk4nP-3hrvmWJgw/s1600/IMG_2139.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkWhAf9AAZncqiyYlvxwlelzeMwf0H5MgxBFLa4HjxudoqWtHTaSDHU33o_eAMZQ9NfENHxN6W8gs1OddxImRGH8HbEsJQrhevduhnS_qbostqk76RCcSviYobXoWXk4nP-3hrvmWJgw/s320/IMG_2139.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austrains brake details</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Hawksmoor SHG:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>decided the BHG was going to be an SHG after all</li>
<li>got the basic kit to an acceptable level of assembly (the kit is still pretty rough out of the box, being remastered from an original Protype white metal kit, with attendant loss of detail)</li>
<li>added interior and underfloor detail, buffers, end steps</li>
<li>fitted SDS bogies</li>
<li>Rustoleum pressure-pack primer applied</li>
<li>current state: in primer, with Roy for painting</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg48BYiw3QbxWI8vW765EXbJcaSlFqL50eEAsvMl7pilWH5qqw1BgDmw6hczpeMFuTyycQG5Jw7zkBt_MeoSFtIWs-l5RuDEKvRfvedWh-YUjR7NeYozYQCjo0D8dOljsVbUEugOeDuT0/s1600/IMG_2131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg48BYiw3QbxWI8vW765EXbJcaSlFqL50eEAsvMl7pilWH5qqw1BgDmw6hczpeMFuTyycQG5Jw7zkBt_MeoSFtIWs-l5RuDEKvRfvedWh-YUjR7NeYozYQCjo0D8dOljsVbUEugOeDuT0/s320/IMG_2131.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch built steps, Ozzy brake hoses</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcgDmTz0f5QtU98H2xCaNV3qzmn-JF0Hc4WmuA32ZgswwiZaOPAP-M9KneWFvIINT072iiaaVVko54uMktYmeDxEFKjBsqo54hcxmoI0sj7mx2Y3d0Vr4vKV5s9hLLBo2IQ4uaf1j0Mk/s1600/IMG_2132.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPcgDmTz0f5QtU98H2xCaNV3qzmn-JF0Hc4WmuA32ZgswwiZaOPAP-M9KneWFvIINT072iiaaVVko54uMktYmeDxEFKjBsqo54hcxmoI0sj7mx2Y3d0Vr4vKV5s9hLLBo2IQ4uaf1j0Mk/s320/IMG_2132.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch built interior. The screw for mounting the roof forms the stove flue pipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeRnq6EHwDo2AiKZrcWoJAb5HQwigfyWgPD2FwqMKd4M-mZlBSQqEGAslqeJiLyPR56W81GSkwq8mlmrh0tuxYq3nic4RXicCyYJh0MFhRIshy-2QOV1pt8Ffre76jS_xB4Lw7Qwgtak/s1600/IMG_2133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeRnq6EHwDo2AiKZrcWoJAb5HQwigfyWgPD2FwqMKd4M-mZlBSQqEGAslqeJiLyPR56W81GSkwq8mlmrh0tuxYq3nic4RXicCyYJh0MFhRIshy-2QOV1pt8Ffre76jS_xB4Lw7Qwgtak/s320/IMG_2133.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scratch built brake lever, Ozzy generator, brake hoses & buffers, 0.020" p-b wire train pipe</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
Stephen Johnson HG:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>fiddled with the wheels & brakes to remove binding</li>
<li>current state: awaiting decals from <a href="https://stephenjohnsonmodels.com.au/" target="_blank">SJM</a></li>
</ul>
<div>
On Track Models SIUs:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>acquired three two-packs</li>
<li>fixed problem with bogie screw head fouling centre axle on a couple of cars</li>
<ul>
<li>solution is to very carefully file down the screw head, leaving enough of the Philips recess intact to be able to remove the screw if needed</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLPlfBbyg44zXzaU2_v96bmwSlXLJ5N2tw1IqjbX1UQjSi977346UxTpOm7h7fY5UsIxmWHuOmeMKzC7bnanoIRZOmsqM66cV6GCjlgMjivbc_CQ6-AK1bvkQ-MlPV1jeH_oz7gmeeCo/s1600/IMG_5563.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLPlfBbyg44zXzaU2_v96bmwSlXLJ5N2tw1IqjbX1UQjSi977346UxTpOm7h7fY5UsIxmWHuOmeMKzC7bnanoIRZOmsqM66cV6GCjlgMjivbc_CQ6-AK1bvkQ-MlPV1jeH_oz7gmeeCo/s320/IMG_5563.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The axles float in the bogies, rather than having pinpoint bearings - far from ideal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The damage to the axle is evident</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The offending screw after some filing</td></tr>
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Austrains 8027:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>took the lid off, thought about putting a chip in, decided not to worry at the moment, reassembled</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah, nah. Had a non-sound chip looking for a home, but couldn't be bothered</td></tr>
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<div>
<div>
Auscision 48s:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>collected my four locos from Mark at DCC Solutions at the Rosehill exhibition, he'd done the Loksound installs for me (rendering the eBay speakers I had bought earlier surplus)</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div>
Wombat 30Ts:</div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>acquired 3001T (drum head smokebox) & 3090T (built-up smoke box) to add to saturated 3004T</li>
<li>replaced the front bogie springs in all of them with ones sourced via Brian A, which don't fall into the slot</li>
<li>re-oriented the front bogies on 3001T & 3090T so the slot faces the right way for improved clearance to cylinders on curves</li>
<li>managed to cram a Loksound5 + one of the surplus eBay speakers from the 48s (cut down) into 3004T's tender</li>
<li>realised that the other Loksound5s I had bought with 8-pin harnesses were no good for the superheated models ... which have 21-pin motherboards!</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3004T's six-wheel tender with body removed. The mounting pad for the motherboard is removed & discarded to create space</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The eBay speaker set up for surgery</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the chop - with an original for comparison</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to put the tender body back on</td></tr>
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HCX1187:<br />
<div>
<ul>
<li>I assembled this in the early 1990s, and Roy painted it</li>
<li>recently taken out of storage, the floor was severely warped and the whitemetal bogies were less than ideal</li>
<ul>
<li>floor will be straightened, interior built and the bogies replaced with Casula Hobbies ones already in the stash</li>
</ul>
<li>current state: waiting for all the above work</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plan was to fix the couplers ... floor popped out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warped floor, needs the hot water treatment, interior to be built and a better means of fastening to the body than araldite in the corners!</td></tr>
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TBC575:</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>This Roy Howarth kitbash from many years ago had replacement axles, flushglaze and a roof mounting block added to get it to running condition</li>
</ul>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fitting the roof block</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flush glaze fitted</td></tr>
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Ixion 32:</div>
<div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>fitted Loksound 5 + a TCS micro speaker that I happened across at Casula Hobbies</li>
<li>replaced lost fire iron bracket with one supplied <i>gratis</i> by <a href="https://ixionmodels.com/" target="_blank">Ixion</a> - thanks Phil & Lindsay!</li>
</ul>
<div>
5711:</div>
</div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>this Berg's FMTA purchase had its missing front bogie side frame replaced with one fabricated from brass strip, and performed well on <i>Stockinbingal</i> at the Wagga exhibition</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bogie out for attention with axles flapping in the breeze</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The brass strip marked out and centre-drilled for the new bogie sideframe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sideframe drilled & filed to shape</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to add a piece of 0.015" p-b wire to strengthen the joint to the bogie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In fact, due to a lack of soldering skill resulting in no bond of wire to bogie, the wire ended up as a fulcrum, and this side frame is now "compensated" to a degree!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Refitted, ready for traffic</td></tr>
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Auscision FP7 Pay Bus:</div>
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<ul>
<li>fitted a Loksound 5 + speaker + a Marty Nash custom keep-alive</li>
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Auscision 4304:</div>
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<ul>
<li>fitted a Loksound 5 + speaker</li>
<ul>
<li>tried to split up the lighting functions with mixed results, possibly because the logic-level outputs need a transistor to amplify the current ... and maybe also need to check the active level - which was what I thought I might do when I sat down this afternoon, but decided to do a blog post first</li>
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<li>current state: needs the wiring / chip install sorted out ... should be priority for this weekend</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready to start identifying things to cut</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Before" - important, in case you need a reference after you start changing things around!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to read the markings on the PCBs - can be aided by a phone cam pic to zoom in! This is the rear lighting PCB</td></tr>
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Berg's 3120T:</div>
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<ul>
<li>cleaned & lubed the mech</li>
<li>replaced the perished rubber drive with a piece of silicone R/C aircraft fuel line</li>
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<b>Fleet additions:</b></div>
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<li>two Wombat 30Ts mentioned above</li>
<li>IDR 7101 - another great model from this stable!</li>
<li>Mansfield 2nd run 3801</li>
<li>Ordered three Casula Z19s</li>
<li>Auscision 42201 - part of Australian Modeller's COVID-19 stimulus package</li>
<li>Auscision 44207 - as above</li>
<li>SDS Set 97 end platform cars - as above</li>
<li>two SDS SKBs - as above</li>
<li>SDS Dairy Farmers' BMT 1960s pack - as above</li>
<li>two 10-packs of Phoenix Reproductions L type non-air hoppers - as above</li>
<li>Old Buggers Commonwealth Oil Corp "Dreadnought" bogie waggon (to build)</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7101 shunting refrigerator cars at Porkingham Smallgoods on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">44207 with an Up goods at Woongarrah on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<b>#Coronachallenge:</b></div>
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<ul>
<li>once I had started working from home in March, and with the Beyond Bitumen event postponed and my employer asking me to take some more leave, I responded to a Facebook challenge to try to start & complete a project before returning to full-time work at the office</li>
<ul>
<li>I picked an independent, blank-end FR - all I had to start with was the pair of sides, of unknown manufacture, acquired some years ago from Roy, and some photos from Brian Ayling of FR994 abandoned in a pine forest at Isabella</li>
<li>scratch built floor, match board ends & interior</li>
<li>spliced two Camco FO roofs (thanks Nathan C for donor roof)</li>
<li>detailed with Ozzy bits, phosphor-bronze wire, Evergreen styrene sections etc</li>
<li>currently aprox 90% complete, needs truss rods / remaining underfloor detail, and roof vents to be fitted - trying to delay return to the office in order to complete it!</li>
</ul>
<li>I've also invested in a lot of tools, detailing parts etc during the "lock-down", from a variety of sources including <a href="https://casulahobbies.com.au/" target="_blank">Casula Hobbies</a>, <a href="http://www.barneshobbies.com.au/" target="_blank">Barnes Hobbies</a>, <a href="https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/" target="_blank">Frontline</a>, and some others - I hope that our suppliers have seen an upturn in business during the otherwise difficult times, as modelers seek to remain productive</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting point - 5th April 2020</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repairs were necessary to some window frames</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanding the locating lugs (meant for the Camco FO) off the udnerside of the roof. Sanding tables made from A4 size sheets of sand paper glued to 3mm MDF, and kept under weight for a few days for the PVA glue to go off</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonding the first side to the styrene floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut & shut on two Camco FO roofs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Splice plates under the joint for strength</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Styrene channel added for solebars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once the precise carriage number was settled on, the appropriate-sized lavatory window sections could be fitted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a start on the match board ends, using Evergreen N scale 3 1/2" car siding, which is aprox 1 3/4" in HO scale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compartment corridor walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corridor walls with sliding doors fitted, in differing positions for each compartment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Compartments fitted to false floor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Milling off the sharp edge moulded onto the side, I assume this was intended to be blended into a scratch built roof originally</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covering up the match board sides with 0.005" styrene. Superglue used to avoid melting the thin styrene.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First layer done., top letterboard is 0.010", before the bottom letterboard was added</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With the bottom letterboard in place, an extra strip of 0.005" was added on the top letterboard to hide any gaps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collision bars in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remnant step brackets & bottom steps in place, water tank filler (0.020" p-b wire, risder soldered to horizontal fillers & wriggled into place through holes in the collision posts) & overflow (0.015" p-b wire) added</td></tr>
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<li>attended Our Town (Broadmeadow, August), Homebush (October, mixed reviews), Wagga Wagga (November, great weekend away catching up with mates ... Rodney, Macca, Rory, Josh, Mr X <i>et al</i>), Forrestville (March, may not bother next year, but was great to meet <a href="http://branching-out-nswgr.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Peter B and chat about his Narellan layout</a>)</li>
<li>took my portable U-drive layout to work for a fund-raiser supporting Steptember</li>
<li>Joined in the NMRA Lake Macquarie layout tour in September with mates from my club Chris L, Brian S & Brian A, saw some great layouts across a broad spectrum of interest</li>
<li>Participated in the NMRA "virtual conference" via Facebook live</li>
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General gunzelling:</div>
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<li>enjoyed a couple of trips on the <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBlueZephyr/" target="_blank">Blue Zephyr</a></i> to Werris Creek with my old mates from the Grumpy Gunzels</li>
<li>did some "trains in snow" cading with Paul H during the cold snap in August</li>
<li>a few trips in the Short North / Hunter / Lower North Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>spent a couple of hours at Hill Top in October, helping the THNSW "Wednesday Warriors" re-erect the station sign</li>
<li>with Roy, spent a very enjoyable weekend visiting our old mate Glenn in Tamworth & operating his layout, complete with 44 class control stand</li>
<li>did some Rosehill Line expeditions for the last of the Race Trains, and the last day of operation</li>
<li>a work trip to NZ gave me an opportunity to gunzel the North Island Main Trunk line for a few days</li>
<li>hobby promotion ... gave each of my nephews a train for Christmas ... gave my brother-in-law the track and my sister the pair of controllers ;-)</li>
<li>with help from Roy, prepped the Gunzel412 car for Beyond Bitumen 2020, but alas, it was postponed until November due to COVID-19</li>
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I think that will suffice for now - stop procrastinating over the 43 class decoder job & crack on with it!</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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Lindsay</div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-44843171123584175422019-07-23T18:57:00.000+10:002019-07-23T18:57:57.406+10:00Update on modelling activityWell, it's time for another post, or so my good mate Roy tells me.<br />
What's been happening since February? In no particular order:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adding hinge detail to roof hatches</td></tr>
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<li>finished detailing the roof, assembled the end ladders from an etch donated by Tom Pall</li>
<li>finalised assembly then dispatched to the Miranda Car & Waggon Works for painting, decals and weathering</li>
<li>project complete</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the ladders from an Eddie Garde etch, donated by Tom Pall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job done!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roof fitted & filling underway</td></tr>
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<li>finished fitting of buffers, underfloor details etc, and sent for similar treatment by Roy</li>
<li>project complete</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job done!</td></tr>
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<li>fitted replacement SDS bogies</li>
<li>finished detailing with handrails & sent for paint, decals & light weathering</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job done!</td></tr>
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<li>42109</li>
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<li>Auscision model acquired at Liverpool 2017</li>
<li>fitted Loksound V4 - my first sound install</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42109 with the KP at the head of a mail train on Upper Hunter. The rest of the cars need a trip to the wheel lathe...or the fitting of AR Kits axles, if the proprietor ever fulfills my on-line order!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7003 shunting Porkingham Smallgoods on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<li>AMRA QLD</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RM on a northbound train passing the Big Pineapple</td></tr>
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<li>I managed to fit in a visit to the clubrooms during a work trip, and gave the RM a run through the Sunshine State</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pennsy 2-10-4 Texas on the string of heavyweight PRR cars I acquried at Rosehill 2019. Modelling US is cheap ... $15 per car!</td></tr>
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<li>NSW Diesel Era Modellers running day in June</li>
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<li>gave 42109 & 4914 a bit of a run on Binalong & Stockinbingal</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42109 with SIUs on Binalong</td></tr>
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<li>RUB set had a lot of issues, so was taken off an replaced with On-Track Models Suppliementary Interurban cars, built up with a few of Roy's kitbashes</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42109 with additional cars on Stockbingal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">42109 arriving at Stock from Parkes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adapting Powerline bogies & promoting Beyond Bitumen!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using an end mill to sort out the ride height of the cars</td></tr>
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<li>fitted most roof mounting blocks</li>
<li>sorted out discrepancies in ride height & standardised all sitting cars to run on salvaged Powerline 2AN bogies</li>
<li>started fitting Sydney Hobbies interiors</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Repositioning under floor detail to clear the bogies after the disasters at DEM running day</td></tr>
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Here's a collection of photos from the last 16 months, picking up from where layout construction had progressed to in early October 2017.<br />
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Layout construction:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Assembling L girders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The longest girder spliced together</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fitting leg assemblies to girders</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collection of assembled benchwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trial positioning of benchwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The collection of stuff in the garage that needed to be sorted out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strategic reogranisation of stuff</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Proof that the 1200mm height would clear the spare washing machine!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shifting the workbench & Brendan's layout to make way for the benchwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All benchwork in position</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lukas & Jason at work making joists</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The collection of joists</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_1504727494">At this point (17-10-17), layout construction ceased and is yet to be resumed! The legs / girders were dis-assembled with assistance from Roy and relocated to storage at my parents' place two weeks later.</span><br />
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Locos:<br />
<span id="goog_1504727535"></span><span id="goog_1504727536">4914 is a Trainorama 49 acquired from a First Monday Toy Auction. It wasn't advertised as being DCC Sound - sometimes you get a win! When I bid on it I was still a committed DC man.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At Woongarrah on Upper Hunter. I had a lot of pick-up related problems when I first tried it out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Applying Ray Pilgrim's fantastic <a href="http://bylong.blogspot.com/2017/02/i-have-theory.html" target="_blank">solution</a> which he pioneered on Traino 44 class</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Job done - no more decoder restarts due to pick-up problems!</td></tr>
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4302:<br />
This loco is a major kit-bash from a Lima 44. The original had some big issues with the chassis, so Roy donated a spare Lima 44 chassis for a rebuild. This also provided an opportunity to fix up the fuel tank which had never really been satisfactory.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plating over the unwanted moulded detail on the Lima chassis with styrene</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireman's side painted</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driver's side painted and fuel gauge added</td></tr>
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Rollingstock:</div>
The MRC had a 3D printed roof made some time earlier - but the resolution was somewhat lacking resulting in noticeable steps on the large radius section and roof hatches. The curve was corrected by application of "canvas" (masking tape), and the hatches were plated over with 0.005" styrene. Subsequently I have added hinge & catch detail to the hatches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Showing the steps resulting from poor resolution with respect to radius of roof</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Masking tape added as "canvas"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plating over the hatches</td></tr>
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RUB Set - adding details to the PHS:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grab iron on roof</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handrails</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Curved end handrail and steps</td></tr>
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KP mail van:<br />
This is an old Mains West kit (I believe) that had been mostly built before I acquired it from Roy. Adding some details such as hand rails, an improved roof finish, replaced the buffers, and new bogies.<br />
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Christmas 2017 - visit from my sister & family (Dad's funeral was just prior to Christmas) enabled me to start an education campaign for the next generation of modellers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With my first train, a Christmas gift from Uncle Jim & Aunty Jean many years ago!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gift to self! A work trip to China on Boxing Day gave me an opportunity to indulge myself - Bachmann China Railways RM Pacific</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Callum was hooked on the DCC Sound RM!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My nephews Peter & Callum visiting Upper Hunter - a bit over-awed by the action packed into the club layout!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Callum soon took control of the RM, though...</td></tr>
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SMR22:<br />
I had seen a few examples of the excellent Southern Rail models product, and couldn't resist one. SMR 22 was the only one I saw in active service, way back in January 1987, so it had to be the one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing Paterson Bridge on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shunting the Coal Stage</td></tr>
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Visits - a few enjoyable outings throughout 2017, including the FB NSW Disel Era Modellers group running day, other layouts etc.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another FMTA acquisition, 1052 at Picton Loco on Paul Morcom's excellent layout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DEM running day - 4914 & X.207 on Mungo Scott's</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DEM running day - 4914 at Binalong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DEM running day - X.207 shunting at Binalong</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">PRR 2-10-4 on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Texas at Bradfield on Roy Howarth's Langston Place layout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">QJ 2-10-2 & RM 4-6-2 in Brisbane staging on Upper Hunter</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O. Winston Link visits Bradfield!</td></tr>
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In March, with my uncle Trevor, and Roy, I participated in a fund raising car rally for Beyond Blue. The event, known as Beyond Bitumen, traversed as many dirt roads & tracks as possible from Bathurst to Orange over four days. We raised $2,700 towards a total of $360k raised by the event.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gunzel412 - complete with dragon (but without a St. George or Dragon Net) fanging along between Dubbo and Parkes</td></tr>
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In October, with my good mate Glenn Ryan, I made a pilgrimmage to the Deni Ute Muster. Glenn took his WB, I took my caravan. We made a bit of a tour of it, including abandoned railway infrastructure and pubs along the way.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Royal George Hotel, Urana. Regrettably, no longer a licensed venue</td></tr>
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Returning from the Ute Muster on the October long weekend, I spent the Monday at Liverpool on Keiran Ryan's clinic, building an RU wheat hopper from the <em>ye olde</em> Silvermaz kit. I don't like the new black material - too hard to see what your doing, and it melts, rather than cuts, when drilled.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set up on the clinic, with RUs in various states of progress, plus tools, materials & references</td></tr>
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Friday Train Model shop:<br />
Purveyor of all that is good in Shanghai. I've managed three visits in four trips to China for work in 2018. Note he doesn't take Western VISA cards - go with plenty of RMB!<br />
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That's it for now - you're pretty much up-to-date with the fortunes or otherwise of Weddin Junction!<br />
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Shortly after my last post in October 2017, my marriage broke up. This was followed two months later by the death of my father - 2017 was not a good year!<br />
2018 was much more enjoyable - although a work promotion, a lot of work travel interstate and overseas & a small role in a production of "Wicked" all conspired to limit my modelling time - and certainly the time I had was devoted to modelling rather than blogging.<br />
But things are looking up! I have invested heavily in motive power and rollingstock throughout 2018, looking forward to the day when serious work can resume on the layout. All the L girder benchwork and joists were relocated to my new abode, and once I have completed clearing & renovating it, there will be a nice 24' x 12' shed in which to establish the layout. This will provide the opportunity to revise the track plan somewhat - ease the minimum radius, ease the grade of the branch line, and possibly add more storage.<br />
I joined the Wyong District club shortly after relocating, and enjoy running on their Upper Hunter layout most weekends. Also great to meet new people with shared interests!<br />
I have also done more modelling work. The RUB set has had its first run recently at the club, revealing a number of necessary tweaks to be carried out. The old resin MRC is nearly complete, and will be followed by an MBC version.<br />
And finally, I've taken the plunge into the mysteries of DCC. A few locos have been obtained already equipped, and I've fitted a TCS chip & KA to my IDR X200, and recently put a Loksound v4 + speaker into my Auscision 421. That loco was obtained at the October 2017 exhibition, and only came out of its box a fortnight ago!<br />
I'll see about posting a few photos later, but they may not show any logical progress - just whatever I think looks good.<br />
Thanks to my good mate Roy Howarth for gently prodding me to post an update.<br />
Cheers,<br />
LindsayLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-31387575881184683892017-10-07T23:20:00.001+11:002017-10-07T23:20:04.302+11:00One down, eight to goAt last, a post uploaded before midnight on the day of the activity!<br />
I had a flying visit to Ben McCarthy's place this morning to drop off a couple of items I picked up for him at Liverpool - an Auscision 421 & 43. They had a great show special on all diesels.<br />
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After taking Alison's mum for an outing, I headed back to the garage to see if I could figure out how to put the first bench together square. It took a couple of hours of patient checking, clamping, drilling & screwing, but I'm quite happy with how it turned out. This one spans 1676mm, stands 1200H and has clearance of 1130mm for the duck-under. The extra 50mm clearance, plus the relatively shallow 255mm depth, and the long span compared with Roy's duck-under means I can actually duck, rather than crawl. Quack!<br />
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It is quite rigid, but I think I might add another horizontal brace near the bottom of the legs, just to take out some of their springiness. This is the section from the junction with the branch heading up into the Weddin Heights, while the main line drops down grade towards Parkes.<br />
That's it for tonight!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-15879205614176338422017-10-07T00:27:00.000+11:002017-10-07T00:27:03.563+11:00A bit of jiggery-pokeryRuminating this morning on how best to assemble the legs, I went down to Operations to see if I could borrow a framing square from my mate Jason who helped out with the initial cutting-up of plywood last week. We got chatting about it and he suggested a jig to keep things consistent. Fortunately, there was one sheet of plywood left - the one which morphs into a third bed in the caravan. A few screw holes wouldn't hurt it, so with some of the off-cuts from the component manufacture stage, this evening I set about making the jig.<br />
I hoped to get all of the widest leg assemblies done. The jig was so successful, I managed to complete ALL the assemblies, a total of ten, in three widths and two heights!<br />
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That's it for now, really need to get some sleep!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-73578076682156931012017-10-06T00:54:00.000+11:002017-10-06T00:54:04.906+11:00An L of a long dayI suspect this may be the latest - or earliest - I have sat down to write a blog entry.<br />
Tonight, with the assistance of Jason's Irwin clamps to speed things up, I managed to complete the assembly of 16 L girders. With the pair done on Wednesday evening, I now have the full complement.<br />
With luck, Jason & his framing square will come over Friday evening and we can have a crack at assembling the legs, horizontal & end diagonal braces. Once they are together, I can probably manage the assembly of legs to girders, and associated diagonal braces, gussets and splicing of girders myself.<br />
When I first drew up the plan for Weddin Jct, there was no work bench in the garage. <a href="http://weddinjct.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/shelf-life_29.html" target="_blank">Twelve months ago</a>, I spent a few evenings converting the remains of my old layout into one. This has eaten up about 700mm of depth in the garage. It is likely that I will only get to assemble the "scenic" half of the layout, and will have to leave the staging for now, until I can find a way to cull the contents of the garage to get that 700mm back!<br />
Anyway, here's the completed stack of girders.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ten 1800, two 1684, four 1277 and two 1150 mm long L girders complete. The flanges are from 38x19, the webs from 90x19, so the overall size is 109D x 38W x 19thk</td></tr>
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Goodnight!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-33307107802919641632017-10-04T23:16:00.000+11:002017-10-04T23:17:38.945+11:00L-o, L-o!I've made my first L Girder!<br />
There are ten 1800mm long girders to be assembled, plus some shorter ones. Tonight I managed to finish cutting, drilling and counter-sinking the gussets for the braces, then turned my attention to pilot drilling all the 1800mm flanges. Once these were done I was able to glue & clamp up two girders, then clearance drill and counter-sink the flanges, and screw everything together.<br />
At that point I discovered the flexible lead on one of the drills was pretty dodgy - thankfully I had a spare plug to replace the old moulded one.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 16 small (150x150) gussets, ready for drilling & counter-sinking</td></tr>
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On my way home last night I spotted a folding saw horse similar to the pair above, on a chuck-out pile, so I added it to my collection. Just needs a couple of wing nuts to replace the missing ones and secure the legs.<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-42018708617206917962017-10-03T00:15:00.000+11:002017-10-03T00:15:10.422+11:00Angle of the dangleHad a quick video hook-up with Alison & the kids in Paris, early this morning via Skype, and gained approval for a purchase at Liverpool today. Robert & Bruce Wheatley have produced an excellent four-volume series, "Railway Portraits". These are a fantastic source of reference material on the operational, behind-the-scenes aspects of the NSWGR. Look out for them at an event near you, or go on-line <a href="http://steamtrainstories.com/railway-portraits/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
While at Liverpool I caught up with Zane from <a href="http://facebook.com/BallantyneDesigns13" target="_blank">Ballantyne Designs</a> and had a look at his prototype <a href="https://www.shapeways.com/shops/ballantyne-designs" target="_blank">3D printed items</a> - the shunting tender Lo32 (for use behind a D.50), and a pair of British Australian Oil Co tanks - one the true private-owner version, the other the departmental version. Great to see some activity in these niche areas!<br />
Also spent some time chatting with a former work colleague David, and having a look at pictures of his 5" gauge GMs on his phone.<br />
After bidding the Whitlam Centre farewell for another year, I took Alison's mum for a run in the car, and headed out to Burragorang Lookout. Spectacular view, but the visit was cut short when I realised LVR's 4204 & 4716 were heading north with the return of a tour from Griffith. A few PMs / phone calls later found us at Wingello with just enough time to set up the cameras & pour a coffee. We followed the train to Moss Vale where I just had to get a shot of "Gunzelling with Grandma" to send to the kids!<br />
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Finally got into the garage about half-past-eight, and converted some more timber into shorter pieces & sawdust. The bulk of the component manufacture is now done - just few more mitres to cut on the diagonal braces, and the gussets to make from 1/4" ply, and I'll be ready to start assembly!</div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-47684322385463286232017-10-02T00:13:00.007+11:002017-10-02T00:37:51.990+11:00More sawdustHad a great day at the Liverpool exhibition on Saturday, followed by an evening at Roy's for a BBQ / layout operation / alfresco slide night. At Liverpool I ran into Tom, and the Roberts Bros. At Roy's I caught up with Brad & Nate from the Strange Modellers or Universal Trains, my Best Man, Glenn, and his old mate Ben, Aaron H, and a few new faces including Rodney & Dodgy as well. I paid a return visit to Liverpool on Sunday, then after an afternoon with Alison's mum at Cabra-Vale Diggers (her regular Sunday outing), it was back into the garage for more bench work.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shooting the breeze with Glenn & Dodgy at "Bradfield" on Saturday evening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Driving the projector for the outdoor slide show. Material included South African / Zimbabwe steam from 1996, and a fair bit of the Illawarra / Short South in the early-mid 90s. Also some Melbourne & Queensland trips for old times' sake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glenn & Roy autographing Nate's copy of the latest offering from <a href="http://www.bowriverpublishing.com.au/" target="_blank">Bow River Publishing</a>, Volume II of the Walsh Island power cars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With Hoges & Steve at Liverpool on Sunday. We needed a third Streamliners 2016 cap.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drilling one of the ten splice plates for joining the girders.</td></tr>
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Expecting to make a final trip to Liverpool on Monday morning, then a concerted effort to cut the diagonal braces and gussets to try to have everything ready for assembly this week.<br />
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Here is a pair of half-legs clamped up ready for drilling, counter-sinking and screwing together with 8g x 30 screws.</div>
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Three legs glued & screwed on Thursday evening after pipe band practice.</div>
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Sixteen legs this evening, ready for fitting of the levelling arrangement </div>
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The t-nuts with 5/16 BSW x 1 1/2" hex head screw and wing nut to lock the screw.</div>
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Last Monday I had a few hours at Roy's place for a bit of fun with his Bradfield layout. I helped trace the cause of a couple of electrical issues with the layout and a pair of Lima 44s, then we did a bit more work trying to finish off the RUB set.</div>
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A Calson brass 47 getting a run at Bradfield</div>
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44216 with an AK car and container train at Bradfield, viewed from the tennis court.</div>
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The Jumbo in the platform at Bradfield.</div>
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After some minor re-wiring, "grey ghost" 4499 goes for a spin.</div>
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The light bulb for the #1 end headlight had been removed, but in the process, the motor had been shorted out. Easy fix. Another 44 had its motor reversed due to having had an underframe fracture / repair. Again, nothing too difficult to diagnose, as I've been dealing with Lima 44s since about 1980!</div>
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Hand rails applied to the three remaining RUB cars.</div>
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The OFS, kitbashed from an SFS following the AMRM article.</div>
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The ride height of the cars is all over the place, due to a mix of standard underframes, IFM underframes, and various bogies. The plan is to work out which is closest to correct (probably the PHS), then make up a go / no-go gauge based on it, and adjust the other cars as needed.</div>
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<br />Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-51705967334546429112017-09-28T00:44:00.001+10:002017-09-28T00:44:22.333+10:00How to make sawdust from scratchA big day today for Weddin Jct, well, yesterday as I type this. With a lot of assistance from a work colleague, Jason, all the flanges & webs for the L girders, plus the legs and horizontal braces, were cut from four 1800x954x19 sheets of plywood flooring. This material was salvaged from the construction of my employer's new factory in 1998, and carefully stored against the day when it would be needed for a layout. Six sheets were saved originally. One became the baseboard for Brendan's layout (after serving a term as a camera platform mounted on the roof of my VK Commodore). A second was docked short to become a third bed in the caravan. The last four were introduced to the circular saw yesterday afternoon. Here is the result:<br />
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-52548977959302124062017-09-20T20:20:00.000+10:002017-09-20T20:20:11.429+10:00Have layout, will travelToday Brendan's layout was available for operation at my office, supporting Eaton's employees participating in the Steptember fund-raising event for cerebral palsy sufferers.<br />
This was its first outing since being fitted with <a href="http://weddinjct.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/she-got-legs.html" target="_blank">legs</a> about twelve months ago. When I first built the layout in 2008, it fitted in the back of my Ford Territory without a problem. It wasn't so easy to get it into the Craptiva, but thankfully, once the new curtain rails were removed, it did go into the Outlander OK!<br />
The layout was set up in the training room, but with most of the activity (food stalls, Ping-Pong challenge, aerobics etc) happening next door in the canteen, passing trade was slow. No problem - we just unplugged the controllers, then four of us picked it up - with the trains & structures etc in situ - and carried it bodily into the canteen.<br />
Thanks to <a href="https://event.steptember.org.au/donate/onbehalfof?id=56dbe5c8-0cda-460f-b3ef-b8632e31c3a3" target="_blank">Tom</a>, Emily, Ahmed, Patrick, Jason & Lukas for their assistance with the set-up, move & supervision of operators, things went smoothly. Nothing went "in the dirt" or took a dive to the floor. The only challenge now is to work out how to get it back out of the car, since the family is away & I'm batching!<br />
Anyway, here's a few images from the day.<br />
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You can donate <a href="https://event.steptember.org.au/donate/onbehalfof?id=56dbe5c8-0cda-460f-b3ef-b8632e31c3a3" target="_blank">here</a> to help support the work of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance.<br />
Cheers for now.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-85800278217663805832017-09-10T08:13:00.000+10:002017-09-10T08:13:27.274+10:00Changing prototype?No, thanks, I'll stick to NSWGR transition era, but recently Brendan & I were the recipients of a collection from the estate of a friend of my parents. The collection was predominantly UK 00 scale, with a smattering of US HO, a few bits of pieces of NSW H0, and some tools etc. I'll hang on to the US items, and Brendan gets the Pommy stuff. Here are a couple posed on his layout.<br />
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A BR 0-6-0 # 2213 with a rake of private-owner four-wheelers. The Pommy stuff included Bachmann, Lima, Hornby, Wren, Triang, Airfix, & Ratio RTR & kits (built & unbuilt). Some of the Triang items are quite old, including those with the really deep flanges and split plastic wheel sets on steel stub-end axles. Of course, the back-to-back on these is a problem with the Peco Streamline points, and the flanges are so deep the run on the sleepers even on the Code 100 sections, never mind the odd bits of Code 75!<br />
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One of the "keepers" for me. Bachmann Spectrum GE 44 Tonner, decorated for New Haven. This one is a great low-speed runner. The other loco I'll keep is a Pemco B&O 0-4-0 saddle tank. It's a but of a rough runner, but hopefully it'll run in over time.</div>
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Brendan's layout will go on tour in a week or so. My employer is supporting the "Steptember" fund raiser for kids with cerebral palsy. While I'm not doing the 10,000 steps per day this year (did it in 2015), the layout will feature at a work "fun day" where everyone can donate a gold coin for a drive.</div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-60269403438401211872017-08-23T23:01:00.000+10:002017-08-23T23:01:16.289+10:00Better late than never!Well, I'm finally able to post after a trying few months!<br />
I'd planned to do a bit of modelling over the Easter break, but ended up in Canberra at the National Folk Festival with the family, plus a friend from Townsville and her daughter. Then in May I ended up in hospital for an emergency appendectomy, which went well, but I picked up a golden staph infection in my blood stream ... so was off work and away from sharp tools for three weeks. Once back on deck I was flat out trying to catch up, and then in July I was off to China for a few days for work, which ended up being eleven nights away!<br />
And that was where I finally managed to do a bit more design work for Weddin Jct. Rather than trying to get modelling tools, adhesives etc through Chinese customs, I opted for some 3D work on the layout benchwork. I thought I had six sheets of 1500 x 900 x 19 yellow tongue flooring ply in the garage ... turns out there were only four sheets, but they were 1800 x 954 x 19. I can manage to rip these up with the circular saw into sufficient bits to make all the L girders, legs, horizontal braces, splice plates, and a few of the diagonal braces. This will mean I can just scavenge other odd bits for the rest of the diagonal braces & risers, and will probably only need to buy a few lengths of pine for the joists, plus some thinner ply for the sub-roadbed.<br />
I had hoped to post all this while I was in China, but it seems the Peoples' Republic is not enamoured of BlogSpot.<br />
Below are a couple of renders from AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop of the benchwork.<br />
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In the design above, I had way too many legs, two pairs for each set of girders.<br />
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Here I have reduced the legs and put them under the joints in the girders.<br />
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Finally, I decided to use splice plates (in red) at the joints, and cantilever everything (except the narrow section at left, which is short enough to not require splicing or intermediate legs). This last view also shows the risers for the sub-roadbed. I will probably review these too, as it is likely I can get away with fewer in the flat areas of Cootamundra / Parkes staging along the rear. I'm yet to work out how to support the branch line terminus benchwork above the staging.<br />
The problem now is the garage needs a major sort-out before any work can begin.<br />
In the months since my last post, I also received the 3D print of the roof for the MRC. The limitations of white strong & flexible material are evident in the layering that shows up particularly in the large radius of the roof.<br />
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I was fortunate to receive a copy of <a href="http://www.peteshobbyrailway.club/" target="_blank">Pete's Hobby Railway</a> calendar from the Stationmaster recently. The February image shows a 40 class on the Up Riverina Express at Cootamundry Creek. I forget the date, but the cars are unlined! I'll have to check the date against the passenger cars book ... might have to revise the era I've selected for my RUB Set.</div>
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As promised last post, work has continued on the final three cars of my RUB set, two Second Class and one First. Of the two SFS type, one has been modified to an OFS per Allan Brown's AMRM article of some years ago. It and the other have In-Front Models replacement underframes, while the SBS retains the Silvermaz one. Two of the cars have received modified ex-Powerline S cars 2AN bogies ... and Roy H reckons he has another spare pair he can donate to the cause.<br />
Below are pictures over the last few months, with the RUB set on tour from Miranda to Blackalls Park, Campbelltown, Miranda, Darwin, Campbelltown, Adelaide, and back to Miranda.<br />
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Starting work at the Miranda Car & Waggon Works, 9th August 2016.<br />
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A return visit the following evening (Alison & children on a cruise to Cairns) sees the main components of the three cars laid out.<br />
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The roofs were scribed with scale 3' spacing for the joints, then drilled for the vents, which were glued in, and also drilled for the roof hatch lifting points.</div>
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By 4th October (family now on a cruise in the Med!) I was ready to start on the cut-&-shut job for the SFS to OFS conversion. The first step was to remove the belt rail and matching rail above the window with a chisel blade. These will be replaced later with strip styrene (after the sides are re-assembled).</div>
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The joints were better than I expected. A bit of filler was applied, before the "tour train" moved on to Blackalls Park.</div>
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On October 8th, during the sojurn on the former Toronto line, the moulded window gasket on the SBS was carefully removed. It remains a mystery why the Silvermaz kits had this (modern) feature on the First Class cars, but not the Second Class!</div>
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The SBS floor was affixed. Due to warping, I started in the middle, glued & clamped, and allowed to set, then moved to each end in turn.</div>
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On 11th October, the cars returned to the workshops at Miranda. Another bead of glue was run on the inside & left.</div>
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OFS belt rail and top rail replaced with strip styrene carefully cut to width from 0.010" sheet.</div>
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Powerline 2AN bogies with NEM couplers chopped off.</div>
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Here you see why the styrene is required ... the two holes either side of centre are as they come from the Powerline FS / BS cars. The middle hole is the actual pivot, re-drilled to 3mm diameter, but broken through into the side holes in the process. By now it is November 4th.</div>
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Happy New Year! Back at Miranda, the height mis-match caused by the styrene has been discovered and corrected on the SBS. The OFS still has the rubbish bogies. Brass steps have been added to all three cars. Much fettling of these was required for use with the two with IFM floors, as the brass parts are intended for the standard Silvermaz floor.</div>
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A week or so later, Roy had done the undercoat, then sent through the pics of the Indian Red applied, and the silver roofs, on January 29th:</div>
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Shortly thereafter, disaster struck. Roy happened across OFS2259 at Eveleigh Carriage Works, and discovered that one window needed to be blanked out in the compartment area! If only we'd realised this / studied the plan in Coaching Stock Vol 2 more closely prior to painting... The plan is to make a styrene plug to fit, with minimal filling, hopefully...<br />
That's all for now, from Albury!<br />
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I then had the opportunity for a bit of work on the RUB set ... which I'll cover in my next post.<br />
Cheers for now.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-92171284931296794332016-09-29T00:37:00.002+10:002016-09-29T00:46:01.124+10:00Shelf lifeEarly in the month we visited the St. Peter's Anglican School for their annual fete. The Macarthur District MRC had their layout there, which featured some nice new SCTs.<br />
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Motivated by this, and with Alison & Kate at a church do in the evening, Brendan asked if we could work on putting the kadees onto my original Minimodels single deckers. Here he is doing his first kadee install.<br />
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First up was a slide night for a mixed group of modellers and grumpy gunzels. This saw 4101 and a BPV visit Rico on the Rio Grande Southern, on Brendan's layout. Another visitor was a blue round-top pig.<br />
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The slide night was followed by a return to the garage with a view to commencing bench work for Weddin Jct. However, I decided to improve the work facilities first, by re-purposing the remaining base boards from Yabbie Ck as work bench and shelves.<br />
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Initial phase, adding legs to the old modules from the base of the U-shaped Yabbie Creek layout.<br />
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I obtained a second 250x200x25 bracket to match one I had in the bits box:<br />
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I propped everything up while I adjusted the position of the shelves and finalised the fixing points:<br />
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Now I just need to bolt down the various key bits of machinery. There doesn't appear to be a good spot for my little bench grinder - might need to take over some more real estate in the garage!<br />
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Now looking forward to a bit of gunzelling at Streamliners on Saturday / Sunday, and the Great (model) Railway Bazaar on Monday (apologies to Paul Theroux!). Seriously, check the floor plan on the AMRA web site ... it's 75% commercial stands!<br />
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A couple of nights in Adelaide for an EL-001 meeting provided an opportunity to catch up with a few of the local gunzels for a feed, do a bit more work on the BHG & MBC, and visit that temple of fine gunzel dining, the Belair Hotel.<br />
A few images of the prototype are on my <a href="https://flic.kr/p/LhTS5o" target="_blank">flickr</a> site (scroll left). After enjoying a nice scotch fillet at the Belair pub, I ventured out for a late running 3PM1 (6023/6028/X53), videoed at Glenalta, then moved a little further up the hill to Belair for NR2/8232/NR22 on 5AM5. Not really enough light on the standard gauge, but I thought I might as well record the passing parade. I'll have a crack at Sleeps Hill in the morning - haven't been there for 16 years. My last visit was with Steve Howard during our Bulldog Marathon, Sydney 2000 avoiding adventure.<br />
After getting the coverage, I retired to the Rydges on South Terrace to work on the models.<br />
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The MBC has had its body re-glued, with the corners reinforced with a bead of araldite.<br />
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The BHG sides & ends assembled. The Hawksmoor kit really is junk, nothing fits, everything is warped. The inconsistencies in moulding thickness, shrinkage etc are a real pain to deal with. I doubt that I'll invest in any of the others that have been "remastered" from the old Protype models. It would be far easier to draw them up in 3D and make new masters on a 3D printer.</div>
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Underframe fitted. again, a lot of fettling required to get it anywhere near mating with the sides and ends.<br />
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The roof needed a little filing to get a snug fit between the ends.</div>
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Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-49973607756324291212016-08-11T23:31:00.000+10:002016-08-11T23:31:07.333+10:00Better be home soonWell, the second coat of paint went on last night. After I got home from pipes this evening, I re-hung the curtains, then marshalled a train using most of Brendan's rollingstock. A few trips around the loop, and pose for a few photos, then back inside to attend to the housework before the family returns tomorrow.<br />
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The station, goods shed and hardware shop are Tyco kits that my sister & I received for Christmas many years ago, which Dad then helped us assemble. Most of the other buildings were recently donated by Roy H, left over from his late father's Christmas layout building sideline. The stockyard is a Sentinel kit (if I recall), that once graced Yabbie Creek. The tunnel portals are from a Lima double-track tunnel. I had to widen them by cutting out the key stones and spacing the sides a little further apart to get adequate clearance, as the track centres are were too wide.<br />
Time for bed as I have to be on call in the morning for when they disembark <em>Pacific Jewel</em>. The kids are actually wanting to go to school!<br />
Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012927702258975301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306999161754806591.post-20342340856791480612016-08-10T19:23:00.000+10:002016-08-10T19:23:11.766+10:00I see a layout and I want it painted blackFirst coat of black was applied on Tuesday evening, before heading around to the Miranda Car & Waggon Works for an evening with Roy, working on the final three cars for my RUB set.<br />
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The parts for a Silvermaz SFS laid out. This one will be converted to an OFS following Allan Brown's article in the October 1990 AMRM.</div>
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Two SFS kits and one SBS de-flashed, the roofs scribed, hand rail holes drilled and also holes for a/c hatch cover lift rings. Vents fitted.</div>
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By Wednesday evening, I had finished the manufacture of one of the end diagonal braces, and trial fitted it to the layout. I must have mucked up the angle of the cut with the mitre saw. One end had to be 41 degrees, the other 49, but I think I transposed them. Not ideal, but not too big a drama as they won't be visible once the curtains are fitted.<br />
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After returning from piping practice (well, drumming practice, for me) on Thursday, I finished off the second brace, fitted both and finally returned the layout to its upright position.<br />
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... and you'd have to be pretty happy with a nominally flat section (through the station) coming in at 0.4 degrees right away, without even adjusting the legs!<br />
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Friday was a night off, as I had a group of mates over for an old-style slide night. All 35mm stuff, with a real projector and screen - none of this fancy digital, view-on-TV business. It was a great evening. Dennis brought shots from a trip to the narrow-gauge Weihe logging railway in northern China from 2003. Hoges had Mallets & ancient 2-4-0s from Java in 1983, and Scotsman trips from 1988-89 (including the record breaking Parkes - Broken Hill non-stop run). Derek & I had "run-of-the-mill" NSW stuff from the 80s and 90s, plus a bit more Scotty, and Silver City Comet. Unfortunately, Steve the Master Photographer wasn't able to bring anything, but it was great to catch up with him. Roy was there as an observer, never having shot slides, and also to inspect progress on the layout.<br />
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No progress was made on Saturday, as I went up to visit my parents overnight. On Sunday morning, Dad suggested a trip to Richmond Vale, which proved rather eventful. Clyde 0-4-0 saddle tank "Marjorie" was in steam, working a single car (HLF460) between Richie Main & Pelaw Main. This was the first time I had seen her in steam. However, some local idiots had dumped a car on the track just short of the latter since the last running day, and then torched it. The first couple of trips only ran to within a safe distance of the burned-out wreck. Eventually, X.217 was dispatched, propelling a rail-mounted crane to remove the offending article. Thereafter, normal service was resumed. I hadn't taken my Nikon, because ARTC controllers were on strike, and I wasn't planning to do much gunzelling, so I had to make do with the dumbphone, and also borrowed Dad's Fuji for a couple of shots where a zoom was needed.<br />
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After picking Alison's mum up from the station and spending a couple of hours with her over dinner, I ventured back into the garage in search of the curtains, tracking etc. Half an hour was wasted looking for my glasses, before I managed to determine how best to utilise the tracking and brackets. There were five sections of curtain, which was enough to go along the front and both ends, with one spare section, but not enough to go around all four sides. No matter, it was a big improvement.</div>
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The pink blanket is protecting my uncle's N scale layout-in-a-coffee-table while I'm storing it for him.</div>
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A productive, if slow, evening in a rather cold & damp garage. T-nuts fitted to the bottom of the legs, and the height adjusting screws fitted, along with wing nuts to function as lock nuts without the use of a spanner, an idea from a <em>Model Railroader</em> special issue I was perusing recently.<br />
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Once these were complete, I manhandled the layout off the saw horses where it has resided for nearly eight years, and clamped on the first pair of legs, preparatory to drilling for the 1/4" carriage bolts. Once these were on, the whole lot was flipped over to attach the other pair.<br />
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I then moved on to the front diagonal braces & gussets, at which point I struck the first unanticipated problem. The hand-holds cut into the original baseboard frame work were smack bang where the braces were supposed to attach.<br />
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Two options - make longer braces to move them away from the hand holds, or live with it. I chose the latter, as there is plenty of room to lift anywhere along the edges, and I didn't feel like dis-assembling another of the Yabbie Creek trestles tonight.<br />
After clamping the gussets in place, it took a long time to mark them out, pilot drill and countersink. I could probably have made do with only five screws on each, but there will be a fair bit of torque on them during moves, so I stuck with nine.<br />
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After a couple of late nights, I called it quits once the first pair was on. Finish the others tomorrow, then tackle the end braces.<br />
If you're wondering what the large black circle on the underside of the baseboard is ... it's the mark left by the second spare tyre I carried on the roof of the VK when Steve Howard & I travelled to Port Augusta via Murwillumbah to avoid the Sydney 2000 broo-ha-ha. The sheet of 3/4" yellow tongue ply also provided a handy platform to assist in the railway photographer's endless quest for altitude. Refer to the December 2000 instalment of "Operation Bulldog - Bulldog Marathon" in RD, and my shot of Steve atop the car at Yorkey's Crossing, accompanying the "Through the Lens" article by Ken Date in the same issue.<br />
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