Plaque in Hunter St Newcastle

Hi All
 I came across an interesting plaque in Hunter st Newcastle NSW (across the road
from Frontline hobbies and towards Newcastle station a little bit) a nice little reminder
of our railway history.

Mathew Hughes

TE tank transporter with Centurion

Hi All
 Here is the latest project to get off the workbench a TE tank transporter with Centurion
tank.The TE is unknown make (I had it for so long and its been to many drinks between
now and when I got it) and the Centurion is by Roco. The Centurion was built
straight out of the box with the exception of making a replacement barrel out of
some brass tubing. All and all a very fun project with good results and I am looking
forward to putting more loads on previously "finished wagons"
Till next time
Mathew Hughes
PS
 Sorry about the bad photos I broke my tripod and that's two in a couple of months

Andian BLV kit

Hi All
I got a text while at work saying i had a package arrive today i knew it could only
be one thing and i could not get out of there fast enough.....................................
 Well it's finally here the follow up wagon kit to there LWW well wagon the BLV.
It was packaged well and arrived quick the castings are very crisp with the bolt head
and louvre detail exceptional the etches are nice and there are five number options on
the decal sheet

It looks like it will be a great little build and when i finish off a couple more projects i
will start this ASAP i just cant wait for some of there other releases the turret tender
and the water jin
Till next time
Mathew Hughes

Units in preservation

Marjorie

HPC402

4204

3237-59??-38??

4803

                                       

Lyndons Basic Australian Trains RKEX kit update

Hi all
 Well I actually finished something reasonably quick it does not always workout that way.
The RKEX kit was a nice and easy kit to build with no problems everything went together
well and I'm hoping that Lyndons do some more modern wagons especially for the steel train
maybe a  RKEF with both ESX and ELX ends or a RKJX (I think they all have the the same underfloor????? maybe) . I definitely will be ordering up 3 more RKEX kits to use up the 5
decal options in the not to distant future.
Till next time
Mathew Hughes

L596 6 wheeled water jin

Lyndons Basic Australian Trains RKEX kit

Hi all
 After alot of procrastinating i finally got a couple of Lyndons Basic Australian Trains RKEX kits
for my steel train having never got any of his kits i didnt know what to expect.

How they are packaged

The instructions

 Part castings

Detail parts
After a quick glance at the kit  the castings are crisp with only a tiny amount
of air bubbles the decals look good with 5 sets of wagon numbers and i really like the
Pacific National safety reflectors for the wagon sides (i would love alot more of them for
my other wagons) and  i think the brass etch is from Model Etch. I am hoping they build
into some nice little wagons for my ever growing steel train. I cant wait to get started on
the build so it should not be to long before they are built and put on here.
Till next time
Mathew Hughes