Well, it's not hidden knowledge I enjoy model railways. With that said, I was more than happy to be attend the annual exhibition held by the Epping Model Railway Club over the June Long Weekend (Queens birthday, more to that shortly...)
I had a few goals set for the exhibition, these included purchasing some Eureka Models NCR car bodies to fit to Lima Chassis' and picking up my Ixion 32.
Unfortunately I couldn't get a whole set of 4 cars but did get 3, and a friend ended up getting a second HFV for me as I thought I needed an RFV to complete my set...check before you send others out into war idiot! However as always, the second hand stall was swamped with buyers left right and centre. I am thoroughly disappointed I did not bring more money to purchase more as there were some beautiful models I would of liked to pick up - in particular a very nicely detailed AR Kits 44 for $120, absolute steal!
I ended up walking away with my Ixion 3265 (fabulous model, looking forward to running it today for the first time), an Austrains 36, 3x NCR car bodies, 1x FS car, 3x CV's, 1x LV, numerous detailing parts and a bank account in shambles
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| Um, yeah...about the queens long weekend... |
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| First of 3 NCR cars on Lima Chassis'. 10 minute job to make body mountings for the chassis to lock into the existing locating locks on the chassis. |
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| Austrains 3639 I traded for my roundtop pig. I have fitted a replacement headlight, a power reverser unit, have a few other things I'd like to do to it but for now it's fine. |
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| Ixion 3265. Bloody beautiful model, many people have picked out the flaws of them but I cannot really spot too many obvious ones. I have a few which were tiny ones (lack of lube line from the cab for the smokebox which is no big deal, it's HO for christ sake lol) but it's a damn nice model. Looking forward to testing it today. |
