1930's Vickers Medium APC

[NARSES2]

This is coming along rather nicely sir   

Somehow my brain sees it with an open top and an interior full of radio equipment, operators and the odd general or two somewhere on Sailsbury Plain in the mid thirties 

[PR19_Kit]

Needs a few more rivets. 

[zenrat]

What are the rivets made of and where did you get them from please Brian.

[buzzbomb]

What are the rivets made of and where did you get them from please Brian.

Injected plastic, from Tichy Train group. Tichy Train Website
I got my last bundle from Casula Hobbies outside of Sydney, sadly they are no more.
However I did find this mob who appear to have them. Come in various sizes.
https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/search?q=tichy+train Of course available at various retailers around the planet.
There is also another producer called Grandt Line who have different stuff, but does have some rivets and bolt heads.
This is all Model Train stuff, some really great products in that space that is available for models of any genre

[zenrat]

What are the rivets made of and where did you get them from please Brian.

Injected plastic, from Tichy Train group. Tichy Train Website
I got my last bundle from Casula Hobbies outside of Sydney, sadly they are no more.
However I did find this mob who appear to have them. Come in various sizes.
https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/search?q=tichy+train Of course available at various retailers around the planet.
There is also another producer called Grandt Line who have different stuff, but does have some rivets and bolt heads.
This is all Model Train stuff, some really great products in that space that is available for models of any genre

Thanks Bri.   

[buzzbomb]

This is coming along rather nicely sir   

Somehow my brain sees it with an open top and an interior full of radio equipment, operators and the odd general or two somewhere on Sailsbury Plain in the mid thirties 

Oh they had one of those, the Medium Command Version

Needs a few more rivets. 

More on the way during the final build phases 

[PR19_Kit]

Grandt Line do pretty good stuff. I've used some of theirs on my American N Gauge layout, top quality. 

[Wardukw]

Grandt Line do pretty good stuff. I've used some of theirs on my American N Gauge layout, top quality. 

Ssame same ,,,i\ve use hundreds of their nuts and bolts over the yrs ,,used to able to buy them here with zero problems and then like a heap of things here ,,just vanished an never seen here again ....I bet if i looked i wouldn't find em ,,,Hell it' like the Meng sets of nuts and bolts sets...when we see em we scoop em up like their gold 

Brian matey that is gonna sweet ,,well more sweeter than it already does 

As for click together tracks ,,man it's so hit and miss with those even from the same manufactures ...there's like this hidden like trick to clicking them together which nobody talks about and  when you find it's a great thing ,,but finding it ,,thats then click together becomes indi links ,,,I've guled together more click together tracks than i've clicked 

[zenrat]

What are the rivets made of and where did you get them from please Brian.

Injected plastic, from Tichy Train group. Tichy Train Website
I got my last bundle from Casula Hobbies outside of Sydney, sadly they are no more.
However I did find this mob who appear to have them. Come in various sizes.
https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/search?q=tichy+train Of course available at various retailers around the planet.
There is also another producer called Grandt Line who have different stuff, but does have some rivets and bolt heads.
This is all Model Train stuff, some really great products in that space that is available for models of any genre

Thanks Bri.   

Australian Modeller have a minimum postage charge of $15.  Excessive for a $6 packet of tiny rivets so i'm giving then a miss as I don't want anything else.
I had a look and it struck me that trains as a hobby ain't cheap.

[PR19_Kit]

.........and it struck me that trains as a hobby ain't cheap.

They never were, if you actually wanted ones that ran OK, but these days it's getting REALLY silly! 

[zenrat]

.........and it struck me that trains as a hobby ain't cheap.

They never were, if you actually wanted ones that ran OK, but these days it's getting REALLY silly! 

I guess its a hobby for people who own property or can at least afford to hire a space to build their layout in.
I was very taken with an HO Plasser P&C Tamper with operating features and sound effects (my first job with BR was in the Civil Engineering Plant Section).  But $1000!!

[Gondor]

A few years ago I went to a railway model show in Scotland. The prices of even the second hand stuff was quite expensive, let alone the new stuff. I did buy things at the show, tools, they are great shows for that.

[NARSES2]

This is coming along rather nicely sir   

Somehow my brain sees it with an open top and an interior full of radio equipment, operators and the odd general or two somewhere on Sailsbury Plain in the mid thirties 

Oh they had one of those, the Medium Command Version

Ah, Great Minds, eh ?

No, seriously, thanks for that picture 

[zenrat]

This is coming along rather nicely sir   

Somehow my brain sees it with an open top and an interior full of radio equipment, operators and the odd general or two somewhere on Sailsbury Plain in the mid thirties 

Oh they had one of those, the Medium Command Version

Ah, Great Minds, eh ?

No, seriously, thanks for that picture 

That needs a General in a deckchair on the roof being served tiffin while watching exercises.

[PR19_Kit]

I guess its a hobby for people who own property or can at least afford to hire a space to build their layout in.

That's why I model in N Gauge, my layout's only 13'6" x 2' at most.