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//-->N Scale Modellerwww.nscale.org.auIssue 7 ~ July 2011• 12th Australian N Scale Convention report• Weather or not: ‘how to’ series• Creating cameos: adding realism to your layout• Photographing N Scale ModelsEditorialDue to extra family and/or work commitments for some of the NSM team members, the release of this issue hasbeen, unfortunately, delayed. However, the team hopes to be able to get back on track for regular releases offuture issues by rearranging publication methods.Since the last issue was released, many in the N scale community have not only been associated with theexhibitions circuit but also with the 12th National N Scale Convention which was held in Sydney. Attended bymore than 130 people, it was a successful convention with a showcase of talent and with something to learn foreverybody. There is a report in this issue.An interesting display at the Convention was one that used a ‘Free-moN’ style modular system where the basicmodules of such a system do not have to be rectangular in shape; they may be in ‘free’ form. Such a systemallows more flexibility in designing modules to be more prototypical in appearance and operation, especially forpoint to point activity. ‘Free-moN’ is in an initial stage of development in Australia. It is for the more experiencedmodeller because it uses finescale methods and DCC control. Hopefully, we will have some articles about‘Free-moN’ in Australia in future issues of NSM.It is surprising how many modellers in Australia own models of Japanese prototype trains. It is also interesting tonote the appearance of more displays at exhibitions using Japanese themes. This issue includes an article on thechallenges of modelling Japanese prototype in Australia.As always, we welcome your feedback and the submission of any articles or pictures that can be shared with therailway modelling community.Publication TeamGraham CocksTrevor MayDavid BromagePublished by N Scale Modellers AustraliaEmail ........................................... nsm@nscale.org.au______________________________Articles may not be copied or reprinted without the permissionof the respective authors. Original articles in this publicationmay not be copied or reprinted without the permission of thepublisher. The publisher accepts no responsibility for articlessubmitted by contributors.Modellers wishing to submit articles should take note of thefollowing technical requirements. Photos must be forwarded asseparate items:1. Text may be submitted using Word or plain text by email if it’sa short item. We can do the formatting.2. Photos to be in JPG (JPEG) format. 300dpi or better. We canreduce the size if necessary.3. Text should indicate where a photo should be inserted, eg.(Fig 1 placed here)Assistance with article preparation is available from the Team ifrequired.While advertising is not accepted as such, N Scale Modellerwelcomes relevant product news from manufacturers.All correspondence and submissions is via the publication’semail address:nsm@nscale.org.auContentsEditorial ............................................................212th Australian N Scale Convention report ........3Product News .................................................. 7Photographing N Scale Models ........................12Weathering NSW NKSX Wide Plate Wagons ....14Making Searchlight Signals ...............................16Creating Cameos pt 3: The Truck & Trough ......19Modelling Japanese Prototype in Australia ........22Upcoming Exhibitions ....................................... 24Cover:A Pilbara Iron ore train rolls through the countryside(photo: John Rumming)2N Scale ModellerIssue 7 ~ July 20112011 Australian N Scale ConventionAfter I occasionally viewed the Convention website and receiving sixvery informative Newsletters from the Convenor by email, the big eventtime eventually arrived.More than 130 delegates attended the 12thNational N Scale Convention held atthe Sunnybrook Hotel and Convention Centre at Warwick Farm in Sydney fromthe 12thto 15thMay 2011. This was the third Convention to be held in Sydney, theinaugural N Convention was held in Sydney in 1989. Many delegates made useof the venue on-site accommodation. There were attendees from the ACT and allStates except Tasmania. Although no delegates from overseas registered, it wasgreat to have AJ & Zana Ireland of Digitrax who presented a clinic about Digitrax onthe Friday. Weatherwise it was good; no rain but coldish, especially for the Thirlmeretour and the spit roast dinner at Buxton, however, delegates rugged up anyway aspre-warned.The venue provided good facilities with seminar rooms close to the common room.Quite a large area was available for layout and trader displays. Competition entrieswere on display in a glass cabinet for all to see. Tea/coffee and snacks were providedduring session breaks. Hot and cold food was providedfor lunches.I arrived with my co-traveller delegate by aircraft in theearly afternoon of the Thursday. We trained it from theairport to Central station, had a quick view of RossBalderson’s Sydney Central Station on display in theconcourse area, then trained it via various versions ofsuburban commuter trains to visit a model railway shopand then to Cabramatta station followed by a 20 minutewalk to the Sunnybrook venue. Some ‘finger foods’ wereprovided Thursday evening with an opportunity to meetsome of the delegates and view some layouts and buy atsome trade stands.Most handout kits were collected by delegates on theThursday afternoon and early evening. A Convention shirtwas included in the kit satchel for those who orderedshirts (a light blue colour with the Convention logoembroidered opposite the shirt pocket). The Conventionsatchel was black with the Convention logo on one sideIssue 7 ~ July 2011by Graham Cocksand a name tag with the delegate’s name attached to a zipper. The kit comprisedof a souvenir railway ticket “Canberra to Sydney” (ie from the last Convention city tothe next Convention city) on genuine card stock, Convention mug, large Conventiondecal, Convention fridge magnet, a NSWGR SRC 4-wheel refrigerated van with theConvention logo on the sides sponsored by various members of the NSW N ScaleGroup, a 20ft container with the Convention logo on the sides sponsored by Aust-N-Rail, a couple of brass twin diesel horns from Pallas Hobbies, a bag of ballast withcompliments of Chucks Ballast Supplies, a couple of tools from Tinkering Tools,note pad with compliments of AMRA, some model railway businesses advertising/price list pamphlets, a Jaycar catalogue, a couple of tourist guides for Sydney, theConvention Folder (with the timetable, clinic and workshop notes, layouts notes,etc), and a “Digitrax” neck lanyard with clear plastic name pouch which alsoincluded a mini-timetable. Additionally, a CD of clinic presenters’ presentation notescould be pre-purchased for $10 and would be forwarded after the convention. Aspecially laminated table placemat for the Convention Dinner table was available forkeeping.Photo by Tom DowlingN Scale Modeller3Following the attendance registration period on the Friday, the formal welcome wasmade by the Convenor, Marilyn Wilcockson. She mentioned that about 130 delegateswere in attendance, introduced the members of the organising committee, high-lighted the various arrangements, such as coaches and Partner Program activities.Marilyn advised of the silent auctions and raffles of sponsor donated items to berun to help raise funds towards the seed money for the next Convention. GrahamCocks, the secretary of N Scale Modellers Australia (NSMA), informed the delegatesthat the report on the first term’s activities was included in the handout Notes andto please read before the plenary session on the Sunday when nominations andelections for the office bearers for the second term would be held.The sessions then got under way. Forums and Clinics were arranged in 5 parallelstreams with repeats arranged for most. Two of the programmed morning sessionswere cancelled, but fortunately there were volunteers to run replacements. Thesessions included Trackside Trees, Digitrax DCC, Kit Assembly, Design Modratec,Shelf Layouts, Prototype Europe, T-TRAK forum and 48/830 class Diesel.As usual, the break periods were used for do-it-yourself swap, buy and sell by a fewdelegates using the tables in the common area.The Partners Programme included a Manly ferry trip for Friday, a shopping trip forSaturday and a craft session for Sunday morning at the venue. In addition, partnerswere able to attend the Thirlmere Museum with the delegates on the Friday and takepart in the afternoon layout tour on the Sunday. Partners were pre-booked into theConvention Dinner via delegate registration.The layout display and trader areas were reasonably large, so a number of operatinglayouts were able to be displayed. Layouts on display were: Widgeree by StuartHopkins, Nowa Nowa by Rob Carpenter, AusTrak modular layout by CanberraMonaro N Scale Group, and Stanton and Tongarra T-TRAK modular layout bythe Pallas family. Traders in attendance were: Aust-N-Rail, Frate-N, GopherModels & BadgerBits, J&J Hobbies, Pallas Hobbies, Peter Boorman’s Workshop,Rail‘N’Thusiast, ROSCO’S Models, Runway 13, Spirit Design, Tinkering Tools,Trackside Trees, (Kerroby Models had a small stand at the Buxton function and TheN Scaler a small stand at the Sydney N Scale MRC during the tour on the Sunday)Following lunch, two large coaches were used to transport people to the RailTransport Museum at Thirlmere via a short visit to view Paul Pantano’s “Noware-Inparticular Bridge Railroad”. Following the guided tour of the museum and returntrip train ride to Buxton, the coaches headed us off to Buxton for a spit roast dinnerat the Holdsworth Family residence. Actually, it was a bit more than just the roastdinner under a marquee, the New South Wales N Scale Group’s “Illabo” and “SouthCreek” layouts were on display. Following the dinner and sweets the coachesreturned the delegates to the venue.4Following the Saturday morning announcements, it was then in to the full day ofsessions. The sessions covered: Painting Backdrops, Trackwork Planner, Hands onKit Assembly, Overhead Wiring, Newcastle Coal Lines, Airbrushing, Basic Electrics,Hands On Casting, Getting Started in T-TRAK, DCC Principles, Hands on Fencing,Videoing Prototype, DCC Applications, Toilet Paper Texturing, Hands On Scenery,Scratchbuilding Styrene Locos, and Protoype USA.The Convention Dinner was held in the evening at the venue. A raffle was conductedand there was a last minute rush before the Silent Auction closed. More than $2,000was raised towards seed money for the next Convention. The guest speaker wasRay Love who spoke about the selection of the more recent NSW railway buildingsfor heritage listing and displayed examples via a data projector. The modellingcompetition results were announced and the various awards were presented.The major award, the Dane Parker Memorial Perpetual Shield, was presented bythe Convenor to Rob Carpenter. As the Dane Parker Memorial Perpetual Shieldinscription plates had all been used, a new shield was provided and paid for by theSydney N Scale Model Railway Club to carry on the award; it included an inscriptionplate with the names of the previous awardees. It was put to those present that theoriginal shield could be returned to the instigators or to Ross Balderson who hadwon it three times. Delegates agreed that it go to Ross Balderson.The competition results and awards are listed at the end of this report. The ‘luckydip’ for delegates and partners rounded the evening off.An ecumenical prayer and communion service was held early Sunday morning forthose wishing to attend. The morning announcement session covered arrangementsfor the coaches for afternoon the layouts tour and which coach would be returningvia the airport for those wishing to catch early evening flights. The morning sessionsincluded: Tracklaying, Trackside Trees, Overhead Wiring, DCC Principles, DCCApplications and Prototype Australian.Following these sessions it was time for the closing plenary. Due to the modellingcompetition certificates unable to be available for presentation during the ConventionDinner, these were presented and then the Secretary, Graham Cocks, of N ScaleModellers Australia informed the delegates that the first term of office of the positionof Secretary and Vice-Secretary had now expired and that the positions were upfor filling for the next term. The Convenor called for nominations. Graham Cocks(SA) was nominated unopposed for Secretary and appointed, but Ian Sprentdeclined (via earlier telephone conversation) to re-stand for Vice-Secretary due towork commitments. Stephen Chapman (NSW) was nominated and appointedunopposed as Vice-Secretary. The final item was the confirmation of the location ofN Scale ModellerIssue 7 ~ July 2011the next Convention. The N scale representative from Tasmania advisedby correspondence earlier in the year that Tasmania would be unable tohost a Convention in 2013 and so representatives from Victoria confirmedfor the delegates present that Victoria would host the 2013 Convention.Representatives from Queensland advised that Queensland would bewilling to host a Convention in 2015. The Convenor then announced theConvention closed and that following the taking of the group photo lunchwould be served.Following lunch it was time for the final round of the layouts tour. Three coacheswere used, with one returning to the venue via the airport. Visits included: AMRAclubrooms which also had on display the Georges River MRC N scale layout “Tarana”,Sydney N Scale MRC clubrooms with a number of layouts to view, and a visit to viewAshley Garrard’s layout Smokey Creek.Overall, it was a successful and most enjoyable Convention. Congratulations to theConvenor, Marilyn Wilcockson, and her support team.Competition Winners and AwardsAwardLocomotive – scratch builtLocomotive – kit built or modified kitLocomotive – ready to run modifiedRolling Stock – scratch builtRolling Stock – kit built or modified kitRolling Stock – ready to run modifiedStructure / Non-rail vehicle – scratch builtStructure / Non-rail vehicle – kit built or modified kitDiorama (308mm x 300mm max size)Jim Anderson Trophy (best Australian rolling-stock)Brian Dwyer Memorial Plate (‘Best of Show’ model)Dane Parker Memorial Perpetual ShieldJim Blaney Memorial TrophyWinnerJames SandersJohn MillerRoger GillardJohn MillerJohn MillerIan FletcherJeff RannBill MessmanDavid PallasJohn MillerJames SandersRob CarpenterChris BolinStateNSWWAVICWAWAVICNSWVICNSWWANSWVICNSW(Young Modeller Encouragement Award)ModelNSW 35 classAN EL55NSW 79 classAQLY Container flat set(photograph above by John Miller)NKSX steel wagonV/Line CP guards vanS016 SiloNyora StationCurve (T-TRAK)Issue 7 ~ July 2011N Scale Modeller5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]