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#hobbyStreak 116. Adjusted the brakes on the coal car #modelRailway #modelRailroad

OnShape screenshot showing the coal car frame with a long live brake lever that is now angled so the truck top rod is even with the bolster.

#hobbyStreak 115. Finished painting my friend’s backdrop. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

Model railway with a representation of industrial buildings and bush on the backdrop.

Pannier. #ModelRailway

#hobbyStreak 114. An assembly jig and a bushing turned for Percy. #modelRailway #modelrailroad

An aluminum cylinder 6mm in diameter with a flange at one end and a shoulder at the other, and a brass cylinder 6mm long.

#hobbyStreak 113 printed some new wheel centres for Percy. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

Four new wheel centres in black Abs-like resin on my cutting mat.

#hobbyStreak 112. Added all the brake levers and rods while waiting for a flight. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

Underside of the coal car’s frame showing the B-end brake lever

That's the fiddle yard laid and glued down. Join me* on some unspecified future date for a demonstration of upwards soldering as I tie 30+ dropper wires into the main bus without dripping solder in my eye.

*it would be lovely to meet you in person, but if you think I'm going to broadcast this like some sort of "influencer", think again.

#ModelRailway

#hobbyStreak 111 Today was a travel day, but I managed to get a few more brake details in. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

View from above the coal car’s brake platform showing the new ratchet and pawl, and the support for the top of the brake staff

A while back, I drove over to Melbourne for the FreeMOO9 meetup/convetion.

Will James put together a summary FreeMOO9 and the Feburary 2026 event.

"FreeM009 Meet Recap – Where the Project Is Headed Next"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKo-SX91KM

#freemoo9 #modelrailway

So repaired model is great. Apart from something has gone missing and isn’t in the box now… #ModelRailway

Close up of a maroon Pannier tank engine model. The smoke box door is missing, showing the internal circuitry.

#hobbyStreak 110 Drew in the brake platform and the end of the brake staff. #modelRailway #modelRailroad

The end of the coal car 3D model with brake platform and bottom end of the staff added.

I doubt many other railways have to deal with a cat digging up the ballast and leaving a big stone on the line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ59rBwutXk

#ModelRailway #catsofmastodon

I love this cat and his garden railway so much https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9vcgN3SSwhY

#ModelRailway #catsofmastodon

#hobbyStreak 109 Plumbed in the brake cylinder. Someone needs to draw an inertial air filter! #modelRailway #modelRailroad

Screenshot of 3D model focused on the triple valve and its connection to the train line. Adding elbows and T junctions to pipes is easy at this stage!

#hobbyStreak 108 Positioning the brake cylinder assembly required a redesign of the queen posts #modelRailway #modelRailroad

The brake cylinder hangs below the side beam, and so the queen posts had to get slender.

Time to get the fiddly canopies into the station buildings. And they are fiddly. Lot of measuring.

#ModelRailway #Metcalfe #StationCanopy #OOScale #Progress

Four canopy sections go in front of the booking hall. The rightmost and second from the left both have a lamp underneath. Masking tape actors the front keeps everything together at this point.

A side view of the partly assembled canopies in place on the platform.

In this different angle you can clearly see the masking tape holding everything in place.

This lunchtime I’ve spent some time working on incorporating hanging lights into the Metcalfe platform canopies. It’s going quite well so far. Taken my time to work out exactly how to get the lamps where I want.

#ModelRailway #Metcalfe #PlatformCanopy #Lighting #OOScale