Category Archives: Site Updates

Evans Hollow Industrial Build – Part 3: Holding the whole thing up with Trestles

Posted on October 15, 2019 by

In part 2 of this series we looked at the baseboard design. Covering the the issues I’d found and the solutions I’d come up with to work around them using a Hollow-Core Door (HCD) as a baseboard. This time we’ll … Continue reading →

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Evans Hollow Industrial Build: Quick Update – 05 October 2019

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

Yeah. It’s been a while. Don’t worry, it’s me, not you. So what’s been happening on the layout of late? Not a whole lot to be frank. We’re in the middle of packing prior to a move back to Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Evans Hollow Industrial build: Quick Update – 08 August 2019

Posted on August 8, 2019 by

Wanted to share some photos of the new layout build. I’ve been preparing, and where I needed to, buying wiring materials to complete the major wiring. More… The layout – as built Here are some more images of the layout … Continue reading →

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Site Update – The 2018 year in review edition

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

Earlier this year Andrew’s Trains passed the 100,000 individual views mark. I was very pleased at that result. You can read more by clicking the link above. With the start of 2019 I wanted to review the year that was at … Continue reading →

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Site update: new section in tools – punch and die style tools – January 27, 2019

Posted on January 27, 2019 by

On one of the forums (fora?) that I inhabit the subject of punch and die sets came up. While answering the ops question about the punch and die sets I use, I thought it was time I write more about … Continue reading →

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Site Seeing – Sebastopol Shops RIP Track – January 26 (Australia Day), 2019

Posted on January 26, 2019 by

It’s officially Australia Day so I thought I’d share more work done weathering the Southern Boxcar underframe and sides. It’s interesting to see how the added brake gear (see more about that here) has become just another part of the … Continue reading →

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Site Update – December 15, 2018 – RailBox XAF10 Modelling pages updated

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

The modelling article on the RailBox XAF10 class cars have been updated. There is new content and the third step of the rebuild article promised some time ago. There’s more information below. What’s happened My last update on this project … Continue reading →

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Site update – October 30, 2018 – Milestones, not mill stones

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

This month I’ve reached the first major goal I had for this blog – 100,000 individual views. Satisfaction and thanks 100,000 individual views is not bad for a one man band. It is a joy to know that something I … Continue reading →

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Why am I modelling the way I do?

Posted on October 14, 2018 by

A recent conversation with a fellow modeller has bought me back to thinking about why I’m modelling, and what my modelling should represent. Let me explain. I have a lot less modelling time now than I ever did before, due … Continue reading →

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Site Update – August 10 2018

Posted on August 11, 2018 by

Facebook has recently made changes to the way that bloggers make posts to their primary profile page. In essence this means that they broke the way that WordPress and others could post updates from their blogs. The only option has … Continue reading →

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