JACK COOMER'S On30 SCALE RR

TRYFFYD These are On30 shots from my mate Jack Coomer in Queensland, Australia. He says he is probably the lone On30'er in the area. Most folks are US prototype in HO. Jack kitbashes most of his locos and scratch builds a lot of stuff. He does a bonzer job of it too, fair dinkum!! Photo 2 Jack's Joinery won him a trophy in a model contest. It was on a diarama at the time. He tells me he has been into trains since 1929! Photo 3 A nice night shot here. Those folks won't be there much longer. A passenger train is due in any moment. Eprapah Creek Jack's original Eprapah Creek was On2 1/2. The layout was featured in the Australian Model Railway Magazine in 1991. That has just been terminated to build 4, 2ft x 6ft modules for school tours. Jack keeps very busy between building railways and educating us Yanks on the lingo of Down-Under. Photo 5 Jack didn't tell me about this loco. But I like it. If I had to guess, I'd say it started out as a Kato RS3. It looks great in On30. Lots of activity here and a nice backdrop too. Victoria Point is where Jack calls home. And a bonzer home it is too. He sent me photos. Its beautiful! Right near the ocean. Number 2 was a Tyco 2-8-2 extended to On30. It is tender driven by what was a Bachmann 44 tonner. Jack shot all the photos and did the digital enhancements. Number 3 Was a Kato 4 axle RS-3. Jack built up the body to make this loco. Shrubs are made from plastic car wash material. He kitbashes his wagons from previous loved stuff. Porter This little guy is the popular Bachmann Porter with 3 Bachmann mining wagons. The coal is nobbly polystyrene painted black. Jack has painted the Porter up nicely. Module This is part of a module Jack is building. He is planning on touring the schools with it. The billboards are from magazines. Lots of detail here. Green Mike Started life as a Mantua model that Jack bashed into an On30 steamer. He upgraded the motor with a sagima can. If you'll notice, there are stars in the background. They are done with grain-of-wheat bulbs. Number 8 Was or is a Roundhouse Prairie Jack bashed. It has a can as well. He feels bashing locos is his strong point. I'd say it is just one of them. He does a great job of building two-colour LED signals from scratch too. He is doing his own web site. Perhaps he'll share those signals with you there. I won't show you the best train stopper. Designed with a couple of shielas doing the job. I'll link to Jack's site when its ready. Thanks for the photos Jack and keep up the good work. Oh, Jack just told me his old site is still around as of 5/1/03. Here's the link Jack's site.