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Greetings to new and old readers!

This website was created to share my experiences on how to build and detail rolling stock to represent service in the Victorian Railways (VR), particularily during the "Blue & Gold Era" of the mid-1970's.

Why choose the 1970's? Besides this being the time and place where I grew up, another compelling reason is the vast variety of rolling stock being run on the railways at this time. The VR was often described as a running museum during the 1970's because the rolling stock still consisted of many wagons built far back in the early 1900's. The variety of old and new rolling stock in this period makes for some interesting modelling oppertunities.

My interest is kitbashing and scratchbuilding of VR rollingstock, so this site is unashamedly biased towards my interest. The material I mostly use is styrene and I model in exculsively HO scale (3.5mm to the foot).

Latest Updates

30 Dec 2011: Passenger Car Bogies
23 Dec 2011: AS & BS Car Underframe Schematics
17 Dec 2011: BCE & CE Van Underframe Schematics

Recently Finished Models from the Workshop

KW Four Wheel Woodchip Wagon
N Four Wheel Ballast Plough
ABU First & Economy Class Wooden Carriage
AS First Class Steel Carriage
CE Passenger Guard's Van
WT Four Wheel Water Truck

Contact

model_vr@yahoo.com.au
David Baillie

Updated 3 Feb 2012