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Claus Ellef Full Member 
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It is hard to believe 2 weeks of holidays are almost gone. It has been a race to finish the tram barn. The weekend will be spent at the Melbourne Tram Museum and at the 'footy'. Well, I almost got to the finishing line. The barn is up and running. Compared to the original there is a few adaptations and compromises (sounds better than 'mistakes'). The barn needs bit of weathering to remove the shine of the corrugated iron panels. Rust will be added to show some ageing.   ____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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georgejacksongenius Kettle Watcher 
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Just discovered this layout and I really love the way it's firmly planted in time and space in 1963 Australia.The tram barn is amazing and I love your shops and bars etc.It's going to be great to watch this one develop.What's the origins of your trams??? Cheers,John.B. |
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Claus Ellef Full Member
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georgejacksongenius wrote: Just discovered this layout and I really love the way it's firmly planted in time and space in 1963 Australia.The tram barn is amazing and I love your shops and bars etc.It's going to be great to watch this one develop.What's the origins of your trams??? Hi, Thanks for the nice words from John. Since my last photo I have done a bit of weathering and 'rust' on the barn. The rolling stock is mainly made up of three Bachmann Brill trolleys. They have been bought on Ebay for a reasonable price. They aren't really of Aussie design but not too far from the Adelaide H Class. But as you can see a new tram has arrived - a Melbourne W6 class. It is from Cooee and un-powered. I plan to scrap one of the Brills to motorise the W6. It doesn't sound too difficult but apparantly it is not straight forward to dismantle the W6. I'll keep you informed.  ____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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BCDR Moderator 
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Bachmann in the USA still has powered and dummy Brill trucks in the spares section. Nigel ____________________ ©Nigel C. Phillips |
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TeaselBay Novice
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The weathering of the barn has really brought it to life. It looks fantastic!
____________________ Chris Teasel Bay Teasel Bay on Facebook |
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Claus Ellef Full Member
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BCDR wrote: Bachmann in the USA still has powered and dummy Brill trucks in the spares section. Thank you, Nigel. I have visited Bachmann's website. It is cheaper to scrap one of my Brills, which was bought for that purpose anyway. ____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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Claus Ellef Full Member
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TeaselBay wrote: The weathering of the barn has really brought it to life. It looks fantastic! Thank you! ____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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Claus Ellef Full Member
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Lately I have been tinkering around the two fibro houses. The 'garden' at the blue houses is mainly made up of grass – very long grass. The residents are not gardeners! The grass is made with 'teddy bear' material from 'Spotlight', hairspray and a small and cheap spray bottle with diluted green acrylic paint. The result is not too bad – only a few clumps of grass. I still need to add a couple of gum trees, a garden shed, a Hill's hoist and a few more 'surprises'.  It is a bit hard to photograph the street side of the fibro houses, but with a mobile phone on 'selfie setting' it looks like this:  ____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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Work around the Fibro houses has continued. A wooden fence has been erected on top of the bluestone wall along the tram barn area. The garden around the green house has been laid out. As seen on the photo the owners of the green house are better gardeners than the neighbours. The lawn is nicely cut and lined by blue-stones. The garden beds are ready for planting. The concrete slab for the garden shed has also been poured. The tree in the corner is a wattle – probably needs a few more flowers to give it the right yellow colour.
At the back of the tram barn Ray Knott, the local joiner, has loaded his Volkswagen full of left over wood from the construction of the barn. A water tower (yes – the real barn in Elwood had a very distinctive water tower) and a shed for tools are next on the 'to-do-list'. The tank wagon is a more than 40 years old Jouef track cleaning model. And no – it doesn't advertise the well-known beer VB – Victorian Bitter. In Wombat Creek the only beer to drink is WB – Wombat Bitter!
____________________ Cheers, Claus http://www.wct.payne-ellef.dk |
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