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MAGAZINE
REIDS FLAT
(part 2)
3D Printing – an overview
Building a VR 'One-off'
Prototype Wagon Loads
Issue 315 Vol. 27 No.6
ISSN 0045-009X
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Editor: Ian Dunn
Production Manager: James McInerney
Comment
By Bob Gallagher
In this issue
December 2015
Issue 315
Vol.27, No.6
The Ageing Faces
Over the month of July 2015, AMRM office staff and a
few helpers moved the office and store; the fifth office
move since 1986 and at least the eighth move of the store,
which holds quite a few tonnes of books and magazines.
Yes, this represents over fifty years of publication. And yet
in the early 1970s there was serious doubt as to the reality
of the
Australasian Model Railroad Magazine
continuing.
While the volunteer staffers never really thought of their
work ceasing, the education and family demands saw
their available time to work on the magazine diminish
issue by issue. Sure, in the early 1970s, magazine prepara-
tion was fairly basic and would only take up three weeks
of the two-month cycle, but the three weeks had to be con-
tinuous. If not, 3am finishes were needed and were for a
while the norm.
In the mid-1970s a new crew of volunteers was found
and generally these continued to support the magazine up
to, and after, a full-time manager was appointed a decade
later. But in the mid-2000s the scene changed as many of
the volunteers, after decades of helping, sought release
from their time-consuming duties. While a production
manager change was initiated and a few new volunteers
found, the bulk of the behind the scenes workers
remained the same. In some instances, many of these vol-
unteers could not step down, for there is a legal need for a
governing management board and some exhibitions
demanded an AMRM presence.
AMRM and its owners, the Southern Cross Model
Railway Association, face a similar problem to most organi-
sations that are run by volunteers; there seem to be very
few new faces putting their hands up these days. When
we look around the clubs and associations, we find many
ageing faces. Those with hair have mostly grey. While
there are many valued years of experience within those
that run the model railway club and association scene,
there is a desperate need for new blood.
Back in the 1970s, club committees were made-up of a
few old heads and quite a few youthful 30 and 40 year
olds. Many of the latter are still around and in their 70s.
They can keep their clubs going for now, but what of the
future?
There are quite a few in the hobby who see the need to
concentrate on the young, the children, to ensure a future
for model railways. While this may be so in the long run,
for the near future there is a greater need to keep the
model railway scene going. The clubs run exhibitions and
provide a means for personal contact, something the web
cannot replicate.
Granted, the new blood has to come from younger faces
and times have changed, with many in the hobby having
family-rearing responsibilities and thus lack the time to
volunteer. But until new, fresh volunteers are found, the
future for model railways is not as bright as it could be.
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Reids Flat (part 2)
John Reid completes the description of his steam-
diesel transition era NSWGR HO scale home layout.
22
3D Printing – An Overview
Dain Penman introduces us to the basics of 3D
printing.
23
GY1080 – Building a VR ‘One-off’
David Clark uses an SEM kit to model a unique VR
wagon in HO scale.
25
Prototype Open Wagon Loads
Rod Tonkin describes some open wagon loads that
can easily be modelled.
28
A New Railway Created
Brian Shields starts construction of an HO home
layout based on Renmark in South Australia.
30
Modifying the Auscision 422 Marker
Lights
Ben O’Malley alters the 422 circuits to make the marker
lights more prototypical in operation under DCC.
34
A Modicum of Springing
Roger Hill describes some useful locomotive
scratchbuilding ‘tweaks’.
38
Model an Abandoned Quarry Face
Ross Hurley hasn’t retired, he’s still breaking rocks.
Other Features
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37
40
In the Loop:
Working in Metal
Overhead Wire
Beyond the Fence:
Kaniva
Gallery: VR O Scale Part 2
Regulars
42
46
49
55
55
74
78
Reviews
Recent Releases
AMRM News
Diary
Mailbag
Market Place
Advertiser’s Index
ON THE COVER:
This issue concludes the coverage of John Reid’s
superb HO scale Reids Flat. Our cover photo shows 2534, one of the
two Cowra-allocated superheated members of the Z25 class, crossing
Gunning Creek on an up branch mixed from Abercrombie. The
billabong on the left has almost dried out, but it looks like the chap
sitting under the tree, waiting for his billy to boil, still thinks it’s a good
place to roll out his swag and wait to prey on any passing jumbucks...
Photo by John Dennis.
Australian MODEL RAILWAY Magazine
December 2015. Page 3
Editor
Ian Dunn
Editorial Adviser
Ross Hurley
Production Manager
James McInerney
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Jade Wuiske, Bob Comerford
Chris Jones, Doug Williams
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