Prototype Modellers Forum 2025
Presented by
Victorian Model Railway Society A20968K
Sunday 9 November 2025
Principal Sponsor
The Prototype Modellers Forum is an annual gathering of railway modellers who share their interests and experiences. There is an emphasis on scale modelling. People of all skill levels, experience and modelling scales are welcome to join us.
At the heart of the Forum are the models that participants bring along for display during the day. We provide a supervised display room for viewing the models and discussions with their builders.
To help make the day a success, bring something for other participants to see – locos, rolling stock, structures and dioramas. They may be complete, under construction or in the planning stages.
We will be holding clinics and presentations covering both prototype and modelling techniques on the day. You will be able to attend six of the nine presentations during the day and will receive a set of notes covering the topics chosen.
Specialist traders will also attend with an appropriate range of tools and modelling materials for sale on the day.
Registration includes a light lunch. Please advise if you require a vegetarian meal. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available throughout the day.
So be sure to take this opportunity to spend a day meeting with your fellow prototype modellers. Complete and return your registration form today.
The venue will be open for check in and setting up model displays from 9.00am. The first sessions commence promptly at 9.30am, so early arrival is strongly recommended.
Normal Registration: $85
Papers Only: $60
2025 Topics:
This year we have 9 topics on offer, of which 6 can be attended by each member. When registering, please number the options from 1 – 9 in order of your preference.
- Phil Jeffery shows how incorporating prototypical Victorian Railways advertising could improve your
layout - David Foulkes demonstrates the use of lower melting point solders to assemble small parts on brass
locomotives and rolling stock kits. - Lance Cross covers the early sleeping cars on the Victorian Railways
- Matt Winzenried tells how he scratch built a 1/48 scale VR loco in styrene using a proprietary chassis
- Fraser Brown traces the development of open wagon design and construction in Victoria from 1855
to 1905 - Peter McLeod uses step-by-step pictures to enhance the instructions for the SEM X class loco tender
- Matt Turner covers aspects of safety in our railway modelling
- David Powell shares some ideas about layout design, especially from a viewer’s perspective
- Phil Dunn will cover the genesis, design and operation of the Victorian Railways D3 Class 4-6-0
locomotive.