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Thread: GrahamH's Old Pix - 3801 Werris Creek area 1991 |
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Forum: Railway Photography Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:37 pm Subject: GrahamH's Old Pix - 3801 Werris Creek area 1991 |
| I've seen pics of them before, but never asked - what is the story behind the 45s renumbered as 35s, in the Marlboro scheme - was it a rebuild of some sort? Did the last two digits remain the same? |
Thread: ARG leaving NSW |
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:18 pm Subject: Re: ARG leaving NSW |
Most of our guys have been lucky enough to secure employment elsewhere. As they say 'as one door closes, another opens'.
That's good news ...
My thanks also to the ARG boys, and all the best to y ... |
Thread: Epping NSW Model Railway Market & Fun Day |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:20 pm Subject: Epping NSW Model Railway Market & Fun Day |
| Yeah, I was there (as you know) - there was a CFCLA 44 for the same price (tempted, but not enough cash on me), and a cheap Auscision EL twinpack. I did however pickup an Austrains NRR 421 for $110 an ... |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:12 pm Subject: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
| Thank you kindly ... I will have to try and get down to Central some time in the coming weeks to have a look at one. |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:41 pm Subject: Re: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
I've seen that rub-on foil in Casula Hobbies, but would imagine over the
corrugations would be a real pain to apply ... would rather try a painting method first.
allan - I just discovered one of ... |
Thread: Milgara's - Yellow Door Tangaras - list |
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:15 pm Subject: Milgara's - Yellow Door Tangaras - list |
| I can confirm T4 remains unpainted - it was half the train I got home tonight. |
Thread: Indian Pacific |
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Forum: Sightings Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:50 am Subject: Indian Pacific |
| What happened there - did NR7 have issues? I saw at Sydney terminal yesterday NR7 alone on what seemed a fairly short consist, so surprised a second NR is there at all ... |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:38 am Subject: Re: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
biqua,
Have you considered cutting the floor out of the Lima moulding and permanently attaching the roof to the sides ?
I think one of the biggest turn offs of these cars is the fact the roof d ... |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:24 pm Subject: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
| Thanks for the pics and advice - I think the car I have been working on must be an older one, as it is very hard and has a slightly translucent look to the body as well as the roof. I have already pur ... |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:39 pm Subject: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
Thanks all - I was indeed referring to Lima, and mentioned in the subject but forgot in the post itself.
I'm still interested in flushglaze fitted pics, and kitbashed pics are also welcome ... |
Thread: NSW - Where is it #6 |
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Forum: New South Wales Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:12 pm Subject: NSW - Where is it #6 |
| It's a bit of a give-away when you open the photo in a new window and it says the location is Marrickville and the photo caption is "A Cityrail suburban heads towards the City from Marrickville statio ... |
Thread: Overseas manufacturers |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:58 pm Subject: Re: Overseas manufacturers |
| Both factories have a policy of non duplication of models from the same country, whcih means that if I wanted to produce a 82cl, then Sanda Kan would not do it for me, but Regal Way would, providing n ... |
Thread: Port Kembla ponderings (photo's) |
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Forum: Sydney Suburban Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:47 pm Subject: Port Kembla ponderings (photo's) |
| Welcome, and great pics! |
Thread: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:40 pm Subject: Lima IP/Ghan/Overland cars |
Hi all,
I have started slowly ripping into one of my IP cars as a bit of an experiment, and notice the plastic is a bit different to models I've worked on before, and doesn't seem very styrene like ... |
Thread: Overseas manufacturers |
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Forum: Model Railways Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:01 pm Subject: Overseas manufacturers |
| Indeed - that was not my intent - just trying to demonstrate that rule may not always be the case. In attempting to verify my thoughts I found second series for Powerline and steel body for Auscision, ... |
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