Well, it’s been about two years since my last post on this blog, so going on my performance over the last ten years or so, it must be time for a new post!As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I was, at the time, about to retire from the edito…
This new mobile phone doesn’t take a bad video, if I say so myself!
This is a little ‘documentary’ showing how the pick-up detached some wagons at Lambing Flat. The 55 is definitely running beautifully now. If you can, watch it fullscreen o…
The constant deluge of r-t-r rolling stock does make it very easy to fill up the yards with lovely models of the delightfully picturesque wagons that kept the intrastate traffic moving back in the steam/early diesel era in which Lambing Flat …
When I last mentioned 3607, my modified Austrains roundtop ‘Pig’ back in November 2014, all was not well, a situation that persisted for some time. It had reached the basic painting stage, as shown below:
The Indian red diesels need something to haul, so, thanks to all the lovely r-t-r 1960s/1970s bogie rolling stock now available, it is a simple matter of pulling something out of the box, checking the couplings and wheels against the standards gauge, …
With all the lovely r-t-r models becoming available over the last couple of years suited to the 1960s/1970s era, it has been hard to resist the temptation and stay true to Lambing Flat’s 1950s steam era ambiance. In fact, it has been impossible! Especi…
I’ve been really slack the last couple of years when it comes to updating this blog. I post a lot of updates regarding progress on Lambing Flat on my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/amrmjmes) which is all very well if you are on my friends list on Fac…
Sometimes, one just ‘gets it right’ with a photo and this is definitely one of those times! This shows my weathered Auscision 42201 and 4535 approaching Lambing Flat with 1200 tons of wheat, bound for Rozelle. There has been lot happening on the layout…
