Australian Model Railway Magazine

I was recently given a Faller Car System set as a ‘significant’ birthday present. It consisted of a motorised Mercedes Sprinter van, flexible wire to set in the road (which a magnet on the van’s steering rack follows), filler to cover the resulting g

I was inspired to write this short article by another interesting column from Trevor Hodges’ In the Loop series; Track in AMRM Issue 338 (October 2019). Trevor stated that he runs a dropper from every piece of track on his layout, no matter how small

I read with interest Trevor Hodges’ In the Loop column, The Exhibition Experience in AMRM Issue 340 (February 2020). I appreciate Trevor’s comment regarding the apparent sameness of layouts on the exhibition circuit, however I must point out that the

Towards the end of the nineteenth century the Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) saw a need for faster and more powerful passenger locomotives. The 3'6" (1067mm) gauge main line network now extended north, east and south of Perth, with hea

Since the first Beyond the Fence article appeared in the AMRM Issue 256 (February 2006) [Beyond the Fence – Bright (Victoria)–Editor], I have received all sorts of interesting material. Some of it has been featured in past BtF articles, for example P

My model is in Sn3½, that is 1:64 scale with a track gauge of 16.5mm to represent the 3'6" of the prototype. It is built to depict R174 (the first loco of the second order) as a 4-4-2 in its final years of active service in the early 1950s. The super

It has often been said that accurate modelling of the top/roof of a model is important as we generally view our models from above. This is particularly true of buildings. The ridge capping applied to buildings where corrugated iron is used as the roo

In AMRM Issue 234 (June 2002) I described Granite Rock, my small N scale layout based on a branch line terminus on my fictional Brindabella Railway. Since then, my personal serious modelling activities have been pretty minimal for one reason and anot

The late Rod James was one of the titans of the Australian modelling scene, with some amazing modelling accomplishments to his name. Along with the development of his model manufacturing enterprises, starting with the Rails North range of epoxy kits

With the AMRM office about to change over to the NBN, some changes to AMRM phone numbers are taking place. We will no longer have a fax machine, so the AMRM fax line (02 9311 4323) and the secondary office phone number (02 9661 4046) will no longer b

NSWGR 5,000 Gallon Water Tank with 8” Jib and 10,000 Gallon two-tier Water Tank kits in HO scale from Mechanical Branch Models, PO Box 38, Beecroft 2119. Website: www. mechanicalbranchmodels.com.au. Price: $195.00 per kit. These HO scale kits compri

A ustralian railways built goods sheds at most major stations for the safe storage of goods entrusted to them for transport. Look through any station diagrams and you’ll find them marked, very often accompanied by a freight office, an extended goods

On the weekend of 15/16 August 1992, a young girl (Mandie) and her father (me) took Twigg to its first exhibition. Another August, 26 years later, saw Twigg being exhibited at the AMRA (Vic) Caulfield exhibition. While Mandie and I have done most of