Monday was spent cutting cut up the remaining name tags for the fascias and placing them were they will go on the layout. I also made the second length of fencing for the 90mm end cap model. I painted a few lengths of guard rail for the NMRA modules silver for the metal guard rails and set them aside to dry.
Tuesday was a slow day. I was looking at how I could get access to the most remote location in the shed to replace a section of track and move a point motor from above ground to under the track attached to the Peco point. I am looking at building a platform for me to get up to the point. I did some testing of some replacement point motors and one point motor will not throw in one direction, but another throws in both. So that point and point motor are odds on in replacing the troublesome point at Dutton Park. Ideally this needs to occur before next Sunday as I have an Operations Session planned.
Wednesday I was turbot charged. I filled out my application to attend the upcoming Brisbane Model Railway Show and sent it off. I also applied for a NMRA Sanction to attend that event. I made up a stamp from the corner of the wife’s kitchen sponge (she still hasn’t worked that out yet) and I tested it by stamping it on a jam bottle lid, sprayed with a rust brown paint. I stamped the back of a piece of styrene. That turned out so good, I stamped the front of that styrene that had the shape of a wagon side on it. Being so excited about how that looked, I then bit the bullet and stamped the inside and outside of my QR HO open wagon, using the same method. I was very impressed with the outcome. I also started writing up my Model competition entry form describing how I built it and what I did to it. I sent off a couple of photos to some mates to get their opinion of the rust application on my HO wagon and the response was very positive. Then I decided to sit back have a beer and get ready for the State of Origin on TV. We Won. A great end to a very productive day.
Thursday and Friday I had drinking appointments. Saturday and Sunday was spent at the Pine Rivers Model Train Show. A fantastic weekend. I was working on fixing up and installing a bridge on one of the NMRA’s HO Free-Mo modules. I also cut up and stained some roadway made from Balsa. I added the few sections of guard rail to the module. I realised that I did not prepare enough. So I grabbed some more on Saturday night from the shed and took them to the show today and added them. They are not yet painted. I also added some timber split post fencing. I also cut up and drilled some holes in some 0.060” styrene ‘I’ beam for them to be painted at a later date and made into fence posts. While talking to quite a number of members of the public, they were very interested in our half completed modules on display. They asked many questions and you could see their eye light up when you told them a secret or two about how to do some of the tasks in layout building. This is very satifying. I also added a few purchases to my kit bag while at the exhibition. I was able to grab some QR railmotor bogie sideframes designed by Guy and printed by Luke. Very nice.
While at the exhibition, I also had my QR HO wagon and my standard gauge AKFX rail carrying wagon assessed by a Contest judge. I scored reasonably well on the HO but my assessor refused to give me any score on my AKFX as I did not have any under floor brake detail. This is hidden behind a fishbelly underframe. Hence my reason for not installing it. Later on, I had a talk to Arthur (another assessor) and he had a differing opinion on to the requirement for underfloor detail, especially if it is hidden. So guess what? I will now try and scrounge up some brake components and fit them to the wagon. I have plenty of other things to do with my time.
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