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VR N Scale Models Victoria Railways (VR) (and other) N scale (1:160) models This included equipment acquired from the private companies that built the first railways in Victoria.

The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companies failed or defaulted, the Victorian Railways was established to take over their operations. The Victorian Railways operated a wide variety of locomotives and rolling stock to provide passenger and goods services. From Wikipedia.

VR W267 DCC from Spirit Design. Needs some heavy weathering to really look the part.
15/05/2023

VR W267 DCC from Spirit Design. Needs some heavy weathering to really look the part.

More VR modelling. Peter Boormans Workshop VR C class bodies, SMS paints and SSR decals from Robert Popovski.
28/04/2023

More VR modelling. Peter Boormans Workshop VR C class bodies, SMS paints and SSR decals from Robert Popovski.

Upgraded VR T320 with Atlas VO-1000 mechanism to DCC and installed optic fibre for directional headlights. Crawls beauti...
25/04/2023

Upgraded VR T320 with Atlas VO-1000 mechanism to DCC and installed optic fibre for directional headlights. Crawls beautifully at low speed.

Model and casting by Robert Popovski. Painting by myself using SMS paints.

The Z type carriages were air-conditioned, steel body passenger carriages constructed by the Victorian Railways from 195...
05/01/2023

The Z type carriages were air-conditioned, steel body passenger carriages constructed by the Victorian Railways from 1957 and used on the railways of Victoria, Australia. This class of carriages consisted of thirteen AZ first class carriages with closely spaced, smaller windows and thirteen BZ second class carriages with wider spaced, larger windows. A number of carriages were placed onto standard gauge bogies for use on interstate trains such as the iconic Spirit of Progress.

Preliminary models of both AZ and BZ carriage bodies have been uploaded to Shapeways. No undercarriage is yet included with these models, but can be readily constructed using styrene sheets.

The work continues in OpenSCAD with the redrawing of the VR E class (box cab) model and the production of a new design (...
07/09/2022

The work continues in OpenSCAD with the redrawing of the VR E class (box cab) model and the production of a new design (BZ carriage).

Taking leave today due to COVID-like symptoms (but testing negative), I have started up-skilling on a new CAD program, O...
10/08/2022

Taking leave today due to COVID-like symptoms (but testing negative), I have started up-skilling on a new CAD program, OpenSCAD. It is slow work, but the results (VR E class underframe shown below) appear solid.

For those who are interested, I have uploaded the vector art file for a pair of T-TRAK single modules to Thingiverse. Th...
31/08/2021

For those who are interested, I have uploaded the vector art file for a pair of T-TRAK single modules to Thingiverse. This design is intended for cutting in 6 mm plywood (or equivalent) material and allows for "no-tool" assembly using hobby glue (although a hammer and wood block may help when connecting pieces together). Avoid performing any "trial fit" before you are ready to glue the module together as this merely loosens the fit between module pieces.

it s intended that this design is equivalent to commercial T-TRAK module offerings available from Masterpiece Modules and CMR Products.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4945831

Some test prints for a new model, the ubiquitous Victorian Railways VLX/VLCX 40' louvre bogie wagon.
29/07/2021

Some test prints for a new model, the ubiquitous Victorian Railways VLX/VLCX 40' louvre bogie wagon.

The prototype laser-cut T-Trak double module arrived today and went together perfectly. Even though it looks like the or...
05/07/2021

The prototype laser-cut T-Trak double module arrived today and went together perfectly. Even though it looks like the original plywood sheet was a little bowed, it has still been able to be assembled using just wood glue and without tools. I am very happy with this first prototype.

To try something different, I have spent some time while in lockdown this week doing some CAD for laser cut T-TRAK modul...
11/06/2021

To try something different, I have spent some time while in lockdown this week doing some CAD for laser cut T-TRAK modules. I hope to share some photos within the next week or so of the final product.

See https://sites.google.com/view/australian-t-trak for more information about Australian T-TRAK module standards.

For anyone looking to model the VR E class box-cab locomotive, Plaza Japan has announced availability of the Tomytec TM-...
06/05/2021

For anyone looking to model the VR E class box-cab locomotive, Plaza Japan has announced availability of the Tomytec TM-ED02 mechanism which can be used with this model.

https://www.plazajapan.com/4543736262145/

While these are not my designs, these are my recent models - VR B class (B69) and VR S class (S316). Casts from Rob Popo...
26/02/2021

While these are not my designs, these are my recent models - VR B class (B69) and VR S class (S316). Casts from Rob Popovski on Life-Like SD7 mechanisms.

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