The Extra
Volume4,Issue8
8August2015
Division Seven Newsleer
FromtheEditor...
Welcome to the August edi"on of
The Extra for 2015.
This edi"on brings you the latest div
7 news and general interest informa"on .
This issue brings more of Donald Davis’s travels
through the USA. We also have reports from the last
Div 7 Mee"ng at Phillip Anderson’s place at
Gladesville.
I have also included another ar"cle on the art of
weathering to challenge you to embrace this exci"ng
element of our great hobby.
AugustMeeting
August Meeng—On Saturday 8 th August 2015 at
Ken Scales’ place at 4 The Circuit, Blue Haven commencing at 2:00 pm. Ken has a HO layout based on
the Santa Fe and an On30 freelance layout.
OtherEvents
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Newcastle—Our Town Model Show at Broadmeadow Racecourse on 15-16 August 2015.
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Our NMRA Regional Conven"on—Formal
conven"on on 19 and 20 September with layout tours on 19 and 21 September. Register
via our NMRA web site or see Les Fowler at
the August Div 7 mee"ng.
If you are interested in changes or new topics please
let me know. Like all editors, I am always seeking contribu"ons for The Extra so please pass contribu"ons
to me at mee"ngs or email them to me at:
[email protected]
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All contribu"ons will be gratefully accepted.
-by David O’Hearn
BeecroD—8-9 August 2015 at the BeecroD
Community Hall (200m south of BeecroD Sta"on on BeecroD Rd). 9-5 Sat and 9-4 Sun.
AMRA Exhibi"on at Whitlam Centre, Liverpool. 9 to 5 on 3 and 4 October and 9 to 4 on
Monday 5 October 2015. $14 for adults and
$10 for seniors/Concession holders.
NextFewMeetings
September Meeng– Our September Mee"ng is the
Regional NMRA Conven"on at E9along Beach. If you
haven’t already booked, see the adver"sement on
Page 7 or log onto Trybooking.com and search for
“NMRA”.
October Meeng—On Saturday, 10th October commencing at 2:00 pm. The Mee"ng is at Trevor James’
property at 88 Timber Road, Mandalong. Please
note there are a number of “Timber Roads” in the
Wyong and Cooranbong area so make sure you find
the correct one.
November Meeng—On Saturday 14th November
commencing at 2:00 pm. The mee"ng will be at
Geoff and Sue Langridge’s place at 10 Tipping Place,
Ambervale. Geoff models NSW Railways in N Scale.
DivisionSevenRoles
Superintendent
Treasurer
Hospitality Manager
Editor
Presenta"on Manager
Moose Wrangler
Les Fowler
Sam Mangion MMR
Jack Parker
David O’Hearn
John Sterland
Paul Morrant MMR
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Erik Benne9 – Associa"on Volunteer
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Bob Best – Model Railroad Author
July—Gladesville
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Bob Best – Master Model Railroader
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Graeme Goodsell – Master Builder Structures
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Graeme Goodsell – Master Builder Cars
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Graeme Goodsell – Master Builder Mo"ve
Power
The July Mee"ng was hosted by Phillip and Laurel
Anderson on Saturday 11 July 2015. Despite weather predic"ons of ar"c blizzards, the weather turned
on a perfect, sunny winter’s day.
Phillip’s layout room in his backyard was open with
CP trains the order of the day. At the business part
of the mee"ng, Les Fowler advised members that
the planning for the Christmas Party was moving
forward with 3801 Ltd and the Robertson Inn all
lined up. The Christmas Party will be on Sunday 13
December with a train ride to Robertson and return
with a lunch at the Robertson Inn. Les will need firm
numbers by the end of October to finalise the bookings.
Les also reminded everyone to make their conven"on bookings. The early bird price has finished but
you should get on with your bookings. Bookings for
shirts and other merchandise will cut off on 20th
August to allow manufacture of the products. With
Trybooking.com, you can make separate transac"ons for the merchandise from the other event "ckets if you wish to spread the impact to your wallet!
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Graeme Goodsell – Model Railroad Author
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Graeme Goodsell – Golden Spike Award
John Sterland checking out the underbody detail—not as good as the model!!
Erik Benne9, our Membership Officer, advised
members of the new membership cards for the
2015-2016 membership year and handed out cards
to those present. Erik quipped that the membership cards may become collector’s items of great
value in the future.
ADer the formali"es were completed, everyone
moved to a lovely aDernoon tea provided by the
ladies and inspected some beau"ful N scale model
buildings brought along by Graeme Goodsell.
Phillip Anderson and John Sterland in the layout room
Photos of the aDernoon and the many AP presenta"ons are on this and the following pages.
- David O’Hearn
Gerry Hopkins awarded the following Achievement
Program cer"ficates:
Phillip’s dy workspace
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July—Gladesville (Continued)
Gerry Hopkins presenng Bob Best with his AP for
Master Model Railroader
Gerry Hopkins presenng Graeme Goodsell with his
AP for Master Builder Structures
Gerry Hopkins presenng Erik Benne with his AP for
Associaon Volunteer
Gerry Hopkins presenng Graeme Goodsell with his
AP for Master Builder Structures
Gerry Hopkins presenng Graeme Goodsell with his
AP for Model Railroad Author
Gerry Hopkins presenng Bob Best with his AP for
Model Railroad Author
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DonaldandJanette’s
TouroftheUSA
August 2015
had models of the methods of how they worked out
which was the best way to chisel out the rock to form
the Presidents busts.
DuluthMNtoMtRushmore
Or how to make a 4 hour trip take 50 days
This trip was not a Rail trip with the trains being only
part of the overall trip.
Duluth MN to Mt Rushmore SD 13-15 /9/2014
Leaving Duluth we travelled along Hwy 35 before
turning of onto Hwy 23 for St. Cloud MN we had not
seen any rail traffic at this stage. As we approached
the South Dakota border at Pipestone we saw our
first couple of trains a BNSF Hopper train with 3 GE’s
and a short line GSW loco at the grain terminal. We
then travelled to Sioux Falls without seeing any
more rail traffic. We stayed overnight at Sioux Falls.
BNSF 3 GE C44-9W 4534,4609 & 5400 near Pipestone MN
Great Southwest Railroad 103 ex M.P. SW9 near
pipestone MN
LeD Sioux Falls the next morning travelling along
Hwy 90 spo9ed a BNSF train in the fields near
Mitchell so found a side road and took a couple
shots before it moved out of sight. Travelled along
Hwy 90 and spo9ed an elevator of on a side road
this was Gavilon Grain Elevators which is a fairly
new grain storage system in Kimball S.D. There
were two locomo"ves 1 an SD7 which was GAVX
444 which was an Ex S.P. locomo"ve 5293 the other
was BGCM 9970. Headed for Kadoka on Hwy 90
where we turned off for the Badlands Na"onal Park
the ground colours here a quite contras"ng one.
We have seen quite a bit of signs saying beware of
ra9lesnakes . We exited the Badlands and went into
Rapid City S.D. Here we saw a train with 2 RCPE
SD40-2s which were built as U.P. locomo"ves this
railroad is part of the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad
Inc. group which also operates in Australia. We then
headed for Keystone S.D. for a couple days. When
we visited Mt. Rushmore Na"onal Memorial they
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BNSF 4860 GE C44-9W near Mitchell SD
Bounful Grain & Craig Mt. 9970 EMD GP40 near
Kimball SD
GAVX 444 EMD SD7 Ex S.P. 5293 near Kimball SD
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(continued…)
Badlands Naonal Park S.D.
Mt. Rushmore S.D.
Locomove History
GSW R.R. 103, ex MP, Built as SBM 9187
Rapid City Pierre & Eastern 3422 EMD SD40-2 Rapid
City SD
BGCM 9970 GP40, NREX 9970, UP 9970 & 698, CNW
5513, PC 3023, Built as NYC 3023
GAVX 444 SD7, PVGX 444, SP 1517 Built as SP 5293
RCPE 3422 SD40-2, ICE 6426, UP 3593, Built as UP
8084
RCPE 6410 SD40-2, ICE 6410, Built as UP 3695
- Donald
Rapid City Pierre & Eastern 6410 EMD SD40-2 Rapid
City SD
Ralesnake sign in Badlands
- story and photos by Donald Davis
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Weatheringusing
painteffects
The Weathering Magazine (TWM) is published quarterly. I purchased my copy from BNA Model World
in Melbourne at a cost of $14.95 plus $4.95 for postage.
Last month I wrote about weathering using paint
effects and showed the effects on a vault door.
Reflec"ng the magazine’s Spanish heritage, there is
a page 3 girl with the topic index and there is also a
girl along with a weathered model in the centerfold.
This month, I will introduce a
magazine on weathering that
is published by mig Jimenez.
The index page is shown below.
The editorial in this month’s TWM discusses the history of weathering and how fads and the occasional
The cover of the current edi"on is shown below.
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well-known modeler influence weathering trends.
Twenty years ago most modellers shared the same
basic pain"ng techniques, washes first and then drybrushing to enhance the details. For this reason, it was
difficult to stand out from the crowd and create something truly original. It was a "me that very li9le informa"on was available about modelling technique. But
today everything is different, and lack of pain"ng
techniques is no longer a limi"ng factor: we can add
highlights and shadows to our models, or apply more
effects on an item of rolling stock; we can liven flat ,
boring areas or create imagina"ve scenes full of life
and colour.
We weather our models for a variety of reasons: one
is to make the models more realis"c as the prototype
models are weathering from the day they leave the
factory; the other reason is so our models stand out
from the crowd—they are different to everyone else’s
models.
Today, with the variety of paint, chalk and other
weathering products available, we can diversify and
show variety of modelling expression to make our
models pop even more realis"cally and not be just
another shiny plas"c model straight from the box.
I hope my ar"cles over the last few months and in the
following months encourage you to try new, different
techniques for weathering so that you find a niche
way of making your models stand out.
I also encourage you to look at what modellers in other fields such as military modellers, are doing to see if
you can adopt their techniques for your models.
- David O’Hearn
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