First of all I would like to say a belated Merry Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year for 2023.
Well that is a different type of update for me for an update, as it has been a bit too infrequent of late on the updates than what it has been in the past.
This has been a combination of factors, work being the main one, which has got in the way of some good progress on the various model rail projects that I have been working on. To sum it up, the spring period has been more of nibbles rather than bites, but it is at least small steps towards completion. Here is what has been happening.
Muttama HO Exhibition Project
Muttama is now the prime project that I'm been keeping focus on mainly due to the fact I do want to be in the position to commit Muttama for upcoming exhibitions for 2023.
Muttama has only got a whole lot of small items to get done in order to get it completed to the point that it can be exhibited.
One of these smaller tasks is to complete the fencing. At the time of writing this post, 95% of the fencing work has been completed with a few refinements need to be made to get it looking right. Placing wired fencing is by no means a fun task to do, but necessary that helps filling areas of the scenery that would have otherwise looked plan. As this is a fiddly task, this also takes time to do especially when I had to thread through ezy wire through the wooden fence post and for the case of the barbed wire fence the modification of addition support posts. But I know that the end result of the fencing will certainly worth it in the end.
Once I have finished off the remaining fence work, I will plan to install a couple of gates. More on that hopefully in my next blog.
Goulburn N Scale Convention
I was fortunate at the last minute to get myself to the N Scale Convention at Goulburn back in early October. This Convention was a three day even which started on the Friday and concluded on the Sunday, but due to my busy work schedule, I was only able to commit to the Saturday and Sunday of this event. I should also make not that this my first N scale convention that I have attended.
On the two days of this event, which was held at the Goulburn Race Course, which well facilitated many N Scale Layout Displays, some stores and several clinics made for an eventful weekend.
The highlights of the weekend were some of the presentations, some high quality N scale layouts. It also hosted a N Scale modelling competition, which I had to say that there were many entries put forward which is an encouraging sign that that there are many out there willing to make the time to scratch build either a Line side item or a Locomotive especially in N Scale. At the same time I was disappointed that I did not go to the effort in scratch building a model in N Scale to enter in this competition. Maybe something I need to plan ahead for the next event.
Just Running Trains For The Fun of It
I have had Narellan setup in the garage over the last few months. One thing I can vouch for, is that I spend more time in building layouts than sitting back and relaxing to run some trains. As I do have a small collection of trains both in N Scale and HO scale, many of my HO collection my may be out of place when I have a running session on Narellan, it is good to sit back and relax on those few windows of rest and relaxation time. All I have to say, it was a pity that Camden line did not continue existence until the 1980's. Even though I would like to keep a strict criteria of prototypical running at exhibitions, I do have to enjoy on what I have worked hard for.
