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  AMRA 2013 Model Railway Show Perth On the June long weekend each year, AMRA holds the Model Railway show at the Claremont Showgrounds. It is a very big show. As mentioned in previous posts, the ModofAu guys were presenting one layout, consisting of 3 parts - Oberon, Tarana and the Hawkesbury Bridge. This NSWGR layout was set around the 60's to 70's time era. Here are some photos capturing the  weekend. Most photos were taken on Peter Higgins layout Oberon and features mostly my rolling stock and locos. Click on the photo's for much larger versions. Peter, who owns Oberon, and Rodney, owner of Hawkesbury getting things organised. The beginnings of Hawkesbury Bridge. 3830 ( a Model Dockyard brass model) heads the first train across the bridge for a test run. A successful crossing. The loco is fitted with Loksound and fibre optic lighting. The bogie water gin is the Casula Silvermaz kit with Keiran Ryans detail kit plus other extra det...

Another set of Back drops The next set of backdrops completed this past week are for the Oberon portion of the exhibition layouts f or the 2013 Perth Model Railway exhibition created by the guys from the MODOFAU group. The panels are 2400mm each. The panoramic scene is early morning in Oberon .  See it at the Perth Exhibition, June Long weekend. Basic blocking in with sky. Buildings are masked out with tape.   Early morning sunrise taking shape.   Basic hills and tree blocking in. Starting to add foliage details. Light facing the sun side. Buildings with basic blocking out before adding in details. Close up of the buildings . Finished panels with the 2 side wings.

Painting Backdrops It's been a while since I posted, but the New Year is well underway...so, apart from heaps of computer work for school, I have in the last week completed a back scene for one of the layouts for this years Perth Model Railway Show as well as completing a few carriages. This backscene is  going behind a layout based on Tarana NS W which will be part of a bigger exhibition layout.     You may see the back drop is sitting on the back of our sectional roller door in the car port - for an easel the back beams of the door worked really well to support the 600mm high 3mm MDF lengths. I tek screwed a couple length s of aluminum L bracket to the bottom beam and a few clips on the top beam...easily braced and supported the backdrops. Only one incidence of my wife activating the rooler door with the remote. Got to her in the nick of time. I have one more set of backdrops to do.     Undercoated and the blues are housepaint blues applie...