Victorian Model Railway Society
These Models of Victorian Railways Lineside Structures were scratch built by Graham Fraser to represent some of the buildings on the Melbourne to Bendigo Railway Line. The models representing buildings at Castlemaine, Malmsbury, Elphinstone and Harcourt were built in HO Scale (3.5mm/ft) for his home layout. Most of the models were constructed from polyurethane resin …
All models are 1:48 (1/4 inch scale unless otherwise stated VR K class. Veteran Models kit. VR K class. Veteran Models kit. LNER A4 4-6-2 4491, 7mm scale. Purchased second hand and restored. E Class 0-6-0 scratch built. Veteran Models 6 wheel passenger cars and van Darjeeling and Himalaya Railway train. B Class 0-4-0 loco. …
These models are to 4mm scale and run on 20mm gauge track. They are all scratch built from brass, the only commercially produced components are the motors, gears, wheels and couplers. 720 Class 720 Class Coffee Pot Gd Class I Class L Class No. 1 O Class P Class Q Class Rx Class Sandfly X …
Models of South Australian Railways locomotives, built by the late Frank Kelly. Read More »
These models are built in 4mm scale, running on 20mm gauge track. 24 Q; Travelling store holder with pump house 27 Q Travelling store holder Pintsch Refuse Tank; carried sludge from the manufacturing process to the tip Shale Oil Container: Shale oil from NSW used when there was a shortage of petroleum during the Great …
Models of wagons associated with the production and transport of Pintsch gas on the VR Read More »
The VMRS’s previous exhibition layout is based on Korumburra. This layout is now on permanent display in our clubrooms. Korumburra is a small town in South Gippsland and the railway served a dairy farming and coal mining area. The track layout at the station was big enough and interesting enough on which to base a …
In the 1970s, members of the VMRS agreed to construct an exhibition layout on which could be displayed models built by members. The layout was to be of a Victorian Railways prototype. It would need to feature double track and the surrounding area should be of scenic interest. It was decided to base the layout …
In September 1954, to mark the centenary of the Victorian Railways, an exhibition of old and new motive power and rolling stock was held at Spencer Street station. This show was supported by an exhibition of models showing representative trains from a number of periods in the VR’s history. The model exhibition was held in …
Before World War II, during which a lot of leisure activities such as the model railway hobby were suspended, the VMRS had a layout called “Melton”. It was built to “O scale”, possibly 7mm to the foot and depicted a generic Victorian country station with buildings and scenery. It was one of the first layouts …
These models of Victorian Railways Narrow Gauge prototype are from Fraser Clayton, who also took the pictures. The wagon bodies are Ian Lindsay polyurethane castings and the underframes are various. Some are cast polyurethane and others fabricated from brass. The roofs are venetian blind slats cut to size with tissue stuck on to represent canvas …
Bowerville – Immersive Operation (Part Two) Advertising U Vans –An Addendum V Class Locomotives of the VR Constructing the HSM Etched Brass Signal Kit The Delivery is in the Detail QR Wagons — A Photographic Profile Converting the Mornington–Mount Martha MRC layout to DCC You Can Never Have Too Many Trees! Photograph Your Models Index of …