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Scratchbuilding a VHO

Unfortunately, we have had to hold the last instalment of Kevin Tiernan’s Scratchbuilding a NSWGR VHO Passenger Brake Van over for a future issue. It just would not fit in this one!

Models and Miniatures at Thirlmere

This year’s annual Models and Miniatures event at the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere, NSW, to be held on the weekend of 13/14 July, will feature a selection of exceptional NSWGR prototype layouts, including Peter Lewis’s acclaimed HO scale Wyee and the N Scale Group’s impressive South Creek.

The special museum display on the theme ‘Journeys’ will feature a selection of models from the State and private collections, with a focus on NSW railway coaching stock.

The event will also feature live steam models from Rails in the Garden, the Meccano Modellers Association’s display of working models of NSW locomotives and steam powered machinery, steam train rides on the Thirlmere Loop Line, mini-train rides on the museum site and various activities aimed at children.

For more information contact Ann Frederick, THNSW Public Programs Manager, via email: ann. or ph: (02) 4683 6800.

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