Thomas Cheese Epping Model Railway 2015 & What's The Future Of Train Shows? Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOairvTLsOc Model Railway Train Show by the Epping Model Railway Club in 2015. This yearly Queens Birthday weekend railway expo in Sydney is one of the larger train shows. It has an amazing second hand area where I have collected some rare Thomas & Friends ERTL and Take Alongs in the past. The trick to getting the good stuff is be there early on the opening day. I also toy hunt the old Hornby Tri-ang model trains that were made in England. In part 2 you will see the amazing HO scale DUNGOG. This is a beautifully detailed model of Dungog railway station located on the main north coast railway to Brisbane, Australia. Details were carefully transposed from actual site inspections and photo's. The scenery used behind the model is the actual photo's as seen from the real railway. Overall this is a large highly detailed model railway that has an Australian theme. Next is the ever popular Thomas U Drive. This exhibit featured Hornby Thomas models, there is Gordon, Duck and Toby (Thomas The Tank was out of steam). It's the perfect place to have a Thomas & Friends train race. Next is a traders display called Model O Kits. This hyper detailed O scale layout was set at adult height and showed the famous AD60 Class Garratt. O scale is popular because of the extreme detailing that can be achieved, this scale is also used across the popular On30 scale railways. Next was a very different layout called Mueller Ghost Town. The is layout uses On30 so it's HO track and O gauge trains and scenery. On30 is used to model narrow gauge railway's against the full size O Gauge trains. Ghost Town is based on a book about ghost towns in the American West where the Gold rush that saw the population explode. After the gold rush so often empty ghost towns were left behind. Next exhibit is called Valley Heights which is in O gauge. This is an interpretation of a unique NSWGR loco depot. This DCC layout is designed and created by John Parker as an exercise in the construction of a lightweight modular O scale layout. It's proof that O gauge layouts don't need to be huge and near impossible to exhibit. This was one of the best layouts on show, highly detailed and very easy to witness. Next is railway with a very local feel called Ashburn and it's HO scale. This is a fictitious suburb located somewhere on the Western Sydney rail line. It's timeline is somewhere in the late 60's and it has the added details of the Sydney trains electrified system. Seeing the Red Rattlers was something I could relate to because they are the trains I went to school on in the 1970's. Ashburn is a great example of stylised detailing that highlights the trains. It's very Sydney and I'm sure it was a crowd favourite. Next we look over the Kids Scenery Clinic presented by the 7th Division of the National Model Railway Association. Both my children have enjoyed this section of the train show, it's a fantastic experience that quickly shows you how simply nice miniature detailing can be achieved. Last display is the brilliant Smugglers Cove by Geoff Nott & Michael Flack. This 3 part ultra high detailed model railway is On30 gauge and scale. It's based on the New England area of the USA. Geoff and Michael took photo's of Cape cod, Boothbay Harbour, Bar Harbour and Kennebunkport to model Smugglers cove. Sadly Geoff Nott passed away during the construction of this layout and it stands as evidence today of the amazing depth of detail he and Michael have achieved. The buildings are all scratch built in card and paper. Wood strips and re-purposed everyday items were used to detail the layout. It's a very different exhibit because it's not really about the model trains, they play a very small part and are only a tiny fraction of what's to see. There is many layerings of details, and little stories being played out all over the miniature. Inside many buildings the tiny details extend to make this exhibit something that's worth the entry fee into the exhibit. Smugglers Cove has been promised display in the Model Railway museum being established in Sacramento California. A little bird tells me the 2016 Epping Model Railway Brick Pit train show will be much better than the tiny 2015 exhibit. I dare say only time will tell! Web Links : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_modelling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_modelling_scales http://www.eppingmodelrailway.org.au/exhibition.html http://www.nmra.org/ http://www.nmra.org.au/ Educational Link Related To Model Railways How To http://www.nmra.org.au/Learning/index.html

• published: 01 Jun 2016
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