Category: Philden Beach

There goes the Eighties!

Okay… hands up if this has ever happened to you?Yep. I can honestly let a picture tell a thousand words with this one!This is the aftermath of an expensive Auscision Models NSW PHN power van after it had taken a fall from my modelling bench onto the …

Short passenger train limitations

When it comes to running a prototypical passenger train on your model railway, there’s only so much train you can model no matter what scale you work in! I can certainly vouch for that after assembling an Eighties era passenger train for my 3.3 metre l…

Those North Coast trains…

My layout now oozes a sense of history in its New South Wales North Coast line setting, thanks to some custom-made stick-on vinyl lettering that has dressed-up the layout fascia with some classic train names from the 1980’s.Much like I did when I decor…

Rolling back the years…

As this blog and my Australian HO scale modelling journey heads into its 10th year, I’ve found myself writing blog posts less often. Yet if I’m honest, firing up the layout’s throttle more frequently for some time-out from the stress of study, life, an…