New arrivals.

A couple of new arrivals from Trainbuilder. The AF and AX all brass car transport waggons. History and these classes of waggons can be found here: AA / AF - Motor Car Body Transport (pjv101.net) and here AX / VMAX - Motor Car Transport (pjv101.net).

A lot of protype detail can also be found here: AX Automobile Transport (victorianrailways.net). I'll upload some images of them soon...

Ceiling is in, or is that up?

Well, been a little distracted, but in the meantime the gyprock ceiling has been installed, completed with R3.5 insulation. Prior to that I spent a couple of evenings, late, after work throwing in some conduits with cables for the fans, light circuits, a couple of 4mm2 feeds for the air conditioning units and another 4mm2 for a future hot water service.

Just as well I did as a text from the gyprockers informed my they were rocking up on the Monday to start the lining out with the top hat.

A late finish Sunday completed my deal as I didn't fancy doing a third night up there and low and behold when I arrived home Monday evening, the top hat battens were all installed, and the insulation put in place! Talk about timing...

Then by the Tuesday evening the sheets had been put up. Come Thursday and it was completed and flushed ready for painting. Now the ball is back in my court to get the ceiling primed and painted...

I should take a current picture of the place cleaned up a bit!

Time to pull the finger out!

With twelve brand new Auscision C class units arriving during the week, and a further two still in transit I really need to get a wriggle on and get this train room up and barking.

The C class has been coming since 2018, I ordered my first batch of eight units back in January 2018. Then ordered a further four in January 2021. And the final unit in July 2022.

I have also ordered the unannounced C 510 in VR livery, model number C-24, following them being put up on the website.

All are DCC with sound. The preordered units were $395 each and the unannounced unit was $465.

These fourteen units will supplement the two Broad Gauge Models all brass C class units, one in V/Line and one in VR liveries. These brass build units date from 1988 and were sold for $595 each back in those days.

So, I have started prepping the inside of the shed for the lining to be done. Sealing the slab to the air cell to reduce the ingress of dust, water and crawlies. And taping the air cell joins. Once this is done then the internal lining and insulation can be undertaken.

Shed builder says shed is complete!

Well... the builder says he is finished. It looks ok, just a few minor things as usual and I need to start the sealing of the slab to the walls and the outside eave to the wall cladding on the low side of the roof.

View from entry looking towards the north end.

Shed is a custom build size which is 14 metres long by 7.5 metres wide with an angle section at one end with a skillion roof. Ceiling height will be just over 2.1, which was an oversight by the builder by setting the overall height too low on one post...layout space is the full width, once lined, and 10 or 11 metres long.

View from the north end looking south towards the entry.

This leaves three metres for storage and shed space while the carport gets looked into.

The double door is a Latham's steel double door with two leaves, each a metre wide.

Now the real fun stuff is about to start...

Four walls and a roof...

Blink and you'd miss it...

After the painting of the portal frames was completed over the other weekend, in a day the roof was on, and the entry door installed.

And then two days later the walls were stood, but they still have several hundred screws to install.

But it is getting close.

Onwards to final completion!

Murtoa arrangement.

Murtoa is the final station in the section I'm planning to model, which is Deep Lead (Melbourne) to Jung (Dimboola) with the main stations being Glenorchy, Wal Wal, Lubeck and Murtoa.

While not exactly to the correct size at the moment, this is the SCRAM plan for Murtoa based off of the 1951 signalling diagram. Below that is a prospect for a modified eastern.

An idea I had was to make a couple of changes to the up end of the yard, moving Post 2 in the up direction towards the Melbourne end of the yard extending the 'loop' of No. 3 and No. 4 roads and also extending the No. 1. So the 2 DC becomes a RH point instead of a double compound.

The parts listing generated out of Scarm, but not for the modified arrangement outlined above.

Structural completion.

All the structural steel is now completed and welded in place. Painter is next to paint the blue steel portal frames prior to sheeting. But the sheeting is here along with the air-cell insulation.

Not long to go now till we get to the pointy end of the job!