Ron Said to me "Its been a while since you did a post mate". So I thought I would put a few words down about the last month. As I opened the Blogger App I noticed a Draft January and Draft February file that didn't get posted, so March has to be a doozy.
Developments
New trackage has been laid in Blue Lake with an extension of the K&S siding and moving the Goods Shed south so the old Goods Shed siding could become the Dairy Siding. Well The Blue Lake Yardmaster had different ideas and thought it would make a great little run-around track for his operations, bugger the new industry. Well we will see about that. However the new trackage seems to work well.
TrainController 11 Gold has been purchased to upgrade the 9 Silver so a good deal of work is being done to get that up and operating correctly. There is so much more to learn because of the extra option now at my fingertips, particularly around Schedules and block management.
On the 3D design and print side of things I have been drawing my version of the Bridgeport Hotel based on a 1970's picture I found on the net which is coming together slowly. I am also drawing the top building and ground infrastructure for the Wirrega Silos to the I can complete the scenery in that town.
I thought I would try my hand at decal printing so with so many RB Insulation Cars, OBf and Y open wagons printed and painted I thought I would give it a go. I think they came out pretty good. I did have one observer ask if they were Orient Express Models. I said you need glasses son.
Scenery wise I am trying to focus on Wirrega at the moment and needed some Mallee Trees. No one makes them for a reasonable price, so I thought I would make my own based on the tried and true wire armature covered in No More Gaps and covered with Woodland Scenics fluffy stuff. So far I have made four with two red gums in the making.
I continue to work on 520. It runs well but I still need to work on the raer trailing truck which hits a step on curves and derails.
Operations
Enough of the gloating lets talk about the Operating Session Friday AM run on the 15 April. The usual crew assembled for Helens Apple Cake at 10.30 for coffee. A quick brief of the changes to operations which included the addition of a Staging Yardmaster in the Wild Creek Model. Primarily to assist the operators to find and park their trains and take the pressure off the Dispatcher to work out what tracks are free etc. Yours Truly took on the role which seemed to work well. Dispatcher for the day was Geoff T, Operators Ray, Ron and David and Blue Lake Yardmaster and engine Hostler were Pi and Geoff M.
Ops ran pretty well, although commitment to the fast clock was absent in the odd operator. Unfortunately 254, the Adelaide bound Bluebird had a failure in Wirrega, so was hauled to the passing siding and a bus service using Wally Jackson's 1946 Austin Motor Bus was used to ferry passengers to Adelaide. He must get around to restoring that one day. Speaking of old vehicles I did buy a 3D print file of a Commer Knocker as I remember the old Commer tracks as a kid, but I digress.
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