Picture of the Month - October
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'Petermac
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NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
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It can be found here:
'Petermac
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Shed dweller, Softie Southerner and Meglomaniac
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I’ll add this amazing modelling work from Wombat Creek into the mix. Some fine modelling has gone into this.
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Cheers Pete.
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Ooh, it's a pannier, just got to love 'em, so it gets my vote.
Bill
At 6'4'', Bill is a tall chap, then again, when horizontal he is rather long and people often used to trip over him! . . . and so a nickname was born :)
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A very good rendition of Flinders Street Station.I would like to cancel my original entry and re-submit with this one which is really looks the part!
Cheers Pete.
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I agree. My vote goes to Claus and Flinders St StationTough choice…. Luxted is very good but Claus’s Flinders Street Station with the tram in the foreground gets my vote.
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Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Claus's brilliant rendition of flinders Street station (anyone ever heard of it ?) :
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POM updated for October. Well done Claus, a very worthy winner !
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Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Well done.
Colin
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The story behind the picture is as follows:
I have built model railways for many, many years. During this time I have had a few layouts. The last one, though, sat dormant for 20 odd years. Instead I got involved with a heritage railway, building tracks in scale 1:1 and running real trains. In 2014 my wife and I relocated from Denmark to Australia (by train, of course). The rolling stock and buildings went into storage, and the tracks were given to a model railway club.
During our travels towards Australia I came up with the idea of an Australian layout, which could be portable and in a limited space. So I thought trams would be suitable. I didn’t know much about model trams, but how hard could it be? Well, perhaps not too hard, but prices of tracks and trains/trams have gone up a fair bit during the last 25 years.
Anyway, I knew I wanted to model the key intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street in Melbourne. A feature of the intersection is of course Flinders Street Station (and Young & Jackson Hotel). At the moment Wombat Creek doesn’t have a railway, so the station became ‘Wombat Creek Bank and Gold Exchange’. The construction began during the 2nd lockdown of Melbourne in 2020, which meant travel restrictions. I couldn’t go into town. Instead I went to the internet. I got a floorplan of the station and managed to calculate the width of the façade. An approximately height came from a drawing of the façade. Unfortunately the drawing wasn’t too accurate! Instead I relied on Google Streetview and other images.
The construction of the Bank took a long time. A lot of features had to be added. I also got tired of the building from time to time and started other projects. But finally it is almost finished (still waiting for the right clock). It is not a 100% accurate model of the real station, but close enough.
I am glad you liked the photo. Once again – thank you!
Cheers,
Claus
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