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WAMCC Model and Toy Expo 2012
The West Australian Model Collectors Club (Inc.) are having a show in a few weeks time that may be of interest. Details below:
THE BIGGEST LITTLE MOTOR SHOW
IN AUSTRALIA
Sunday 27th May 2012
9:30am — 3:30pm
Cannington Agricultural Hall
Cnr Albany Highway & Station Street, Cannington
Refreshments Available — Free Competitions — Admission $5 Adults, Kids Free
Annual Model Railway Exhibition
The annual Model Railway Exhibition is coming up again on the long weekend in June. Full details are available in the flyer attached: 
Poster 2011 A4 Colour Version 1d
Image: AMRA’s Swan View layout
Albany Hobby Expo 2010
Our good friends, the Albany Model Railway Association are once again holding the bi-annual Albany Hobby Expo in the Albany Centennial Hall Pavilion (Lockyer Avenue, Albany), on the 9th and 10th of October 2010 (the last weekend of the school holidays). Opening times are 10am to 5pm on the Saturday and 9am to 4pm on the Sunday. [These dates were originally going to clash with RailFest, but RailFest has now been postponed to 31st October.]
For general enquires about the exhibition, please contact Peter Pocock on 0419 967 991 or Chris Winton on 9841 8136.
The Albany Hobby Expo is always an enjoyable, relaxed exhibition. Although the WAMRC has exhibited the past two times it has been held, this year we are unable to make it unfortunately.
Image: Cow reflected in a stream on the WAMRC N‑Scale exhibition layout at the Albany Hobby Expo 2008
Model Railway Exhibition — Pictures
We have been given kind permission to reproduce some photos of models on Arid Australia taken during the Model Railway Exhibition by a visitor. Click on the image above to go directly to the new gallery.
Image: Passenger carriages speed past while a double-stacked container train waits in the loop on Arid Australia
Model Railway Exhibition
The WAMRC will once again be helping the Arid Australia guys with their massive layout. See you there!
April AMRA Branchline
The April issue of the AMRA Branchline newsletter is now available: April AMRA Branchline
Also available is the poster for the upcoming Model Railway exhibition over the June long weekend: Exhibition 2010 A4 Poster
Great Railway Journeys of Australia
The Great Railway Journeys of Australia travelling exhibition is currently on display at Whiteman Park in Perth — until May 10, 2009.
The exhibition explores the development of Australia’s rail network and some of the most famous railway journeys in the country.
March 2 — May 10, 2009
Revolutions — Whiteman Park’s Transport Heritage Centre
10:00am — 4:00pm daily
Admission by donation. Telephone 9209 6040 email hidden; JavaScript is required www.whitemanpark.com.au
Albany Hobby Expo Pictures
As promised, lots of photos of Weepy Junction from the N‑Scale SIGs trip to the 2008 Albany Hobby Expo at the beginning of October are now available in the galleries page.
Image: Cars in the carpark of the new station terminus on “Weepy Junction”
RailFest this weekend
It was full steam ahead last night down at the club trying to get ready for RailFest this Sunday. With the N‑Scalers only just back from the Albany Hobby Expo, and the Arid Australia boys still making their way back from Sydney, we are not as prepared as we normally are.
All members are requested to come along on Sunday for as long as they can — not just the one or two hours you have put your name down for on the public layout roster. It appears likely we could be short of people!
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The picture above is from the N‑Scale layout whilst on display at Albany. It shows the brilliant effect that can be achieved by using “Glass Coat” 2‑part epoxy resin for simulating water. The picture is of a cow drinking from the river (complete with reflection) viewed under the bridge on the new terminus station module constructed specially for this exhibition. On the rails above, a German beer train is being shunted by a steam engine.
I’ll post some more pictures from the exhibition soon.