Above: Selected model images - HOn30 to 'ride-on' scale, some shown larger than life size. Explore below to find the models and their builders.
Ron Aubrey's 1:48 Moreton Mill
cane bin; 1:24 scale Fairymead Mill
ComEng Loco; and Sugar Valley, Ron's On24 (aka On2) 1:48 scale layout based on Moreton Mill practice (photographed at the Brisbane Train Show 2009):
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Tim Boulton: 16 mm scale (1:19) EM Baldwin and Moreton Mill wholestick trucks; wholestick truck review (pdf file); 16 mm Clyde locomotives being constructed; 16mm Model of Mossman Mill's John Fowler 0-4-2T IVY; and 8 mm Decauville.
John Burgess: John authored a number of articles for Narrow Gauge Down Under magazine in its early days and scratchbuilt O-16.5 (7mm scale) models of Moreton Mill locomotives and rolling stock: Sandy (Malcolm Moore, now owned by Lynn Zelmer).
Building Paul Catchpole's quick Caribbean cane wagons in 009 (pdf file).
Bob Dow's 'Dowmont' layout/models (on CaneSIG) and his web site with photos and plans of Bundaberg-Jenbach 0-6-0 DL, cane truck, freelance workwagon and freelance 0-6-2T steam locomotive.
Lincoln Driver's HOn2.5 Wallaville exhibition layout (with some of Carl Millington's models).
Jim Fainges' O-16.5 (7mm) models from the 7th Narrow Gauge Convention, Albury 2005:
Babinda,
Marian,
Petrie,
Ruston;
locomotive
and wagon drawings; and drawings of Queensland buildings
(selection, 808 Kb pdf file;
full set, 6.3 Mb pdf file).
More recently Jim has modified an HO Bachmann Climax with a
commercial cab conversion kit to get a smooth operating On30 model.
Fabrice Fayolle's On30 Queensland sugar cane models in France: loco shed in progress 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Bachmann Gas Mechanical mechanism with a Backwoods Miniature superstructure kit, 3/4 view, side view with navvy flat, side view with RJ Models Moreton 4 ton cane bin and delightful palm trees (kits from Hart of the South Models, see Supplier page for contact link). Micro-layout update and Gn15 diorama.
Don Fraser's excellent results using Yarra Valley grass to model sugar cane fields. HOn30 etched brass cane bin survey.
Peter Grace's On30 model from the 7th Narrow Gauge Convention, Albury 2005: Petrie
Hans Hammarsten's Hn15 cane and peat models
Factory assembled prototype 1 and 2 for Hanovale Castings/Berg's Hobbies On30 Bundy Fowler 0-6-2T kit. Photos c Mar 03, kit delivered mid-2003. Delivered kit as professionally assembled from the kit by The Model Works Australia.
John Henshaw's Tooleybuc Sugar Tramway.
Gerry Hopkins' photo of a garden railway model of Moreton Mill's lift bridge and train, Narrow Gauge Convention 2003.
Jim Hutchinson: Loco shed model from his Handbook series
Steve King's 7/8" scale laser cut all steel wholestick cane truck as constructed, in-service, prototype photo (Java), and Innisfail Tramway guard's van photo, drawing.
Modelling Cuban sugar cane railways
(Claus Kleinhapl and Lazaro Garcia Driggs).
Steve Malone's 16mm scale Fowler 0-6-0T.
Typical small diesels hauling 4 ton cane bins and a cane harvestor at work on George Marsh's 009 Sunshine Sugar layout at the 1998 Modelling the Railways of Queensland Convention.
Ian McIntyre's review of the Model Company (New Zealand) 7mm Malcolm Moore kit (308 Kb pdf file).
Brian Millar's 16mm scale Queensland models: 1955 Comeng Model A, 0-6-0 with jackshaft drive (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11); QGR H wagon (1, 2 ); and wholestick cane trucks (wood, steel ).
Carl Millington's Queensland HOn2.5 models
Edward Millington's award winning 2.5"=1'
model of Bli-Bli, built in 2005 and shown here running on MELSA
Rockhampton's 5" gauge track, 7 June 2008. Apparently the
prototype Bli-Bli is now (2008) out-of-service and rusting away at
Bingera Sugar Mill.
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Jeff Mooney's 2.5"=1', 5" narrow gauge (ie 2' gauge) garden railway railway wholestick cane truck and Innisfail Shire brake van. Jeff is also building a cane locomotive to work with these models but it hasn't yet reached a point where he is willing for it to be on public view.
Rob Nesbitt's freelance 009 Fowler-type loco, 16mm Innisfail C van (from a Tootle Engineering kit, see Suppliers) and construction photos of On30 EM Baldwin DH15 'Bli Bli' (ex-Moreton Mill), from a Badger Bits kit (front and back views.
Jim Petropulos' Cuban garden railway.
A 3mm =1 ft South Pacific Island layout exhibited in the UK by the late Frank Saunders. Images downloaded from the Micro Layout Design Gallery (http://www.carendt.com/microplans Continuous/single level) 19/03/03.
Jim Russell of Columbus, Ohio has build several high-quality styrene mockups of EM Baldwin locos to help him decide what to build in 7/8 scale for his outdoor layout. They've been built from the CaneSIG drawings and the EM Baldwin book. Photos:
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His 7/8" scale model of Netherdale, an ex-NSW 73 Class loco, is now a Handbook
article.
Shannon Simpson: Western Australian scratchbuilding Queensland cane in HOn2.5 (using plastic card) and Tully Mill livery. Ten tonne bogie cane bin, Current loco fleet, Baldwin with brake wagon, Baldwin #6, Baldwin #7, Clyde with 6 wheel brake van.
Mike South's 1:32 scale Fowler-type (Hawaii) and Bagnall (1, 2) (Puerto Rico) locomotives.
Greg Stephenson: 009 cane and shire models with 009 wholestick truck modelling tips.
Haruhiko Suga's HOn2.5 Sugar Cane Line (Japan)
0-6-0 DH models at the Townsville Exhibition, c 1994. Photos
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by Peter Murray. Owner and builder unknown but it's quite possible
these were either 16mm or 'G' scale ready-to-run models from a
manufacturer that is now out of business.
Unknown modellers: Moreton Mill lift bridge on display at the 5th Narrow Gauge Convention, Melbourne 2001 (overall / detail); Narrow gauge locomotives models from the Buckwater Lumber, 'Class A' Critter, 'Fowler', and Hannibal, based on the On30 Bachmann Porter; Freelance cane diesel on an Athearn chassis with a modified Atlas body.
Koala Creek:
Dutch modeller, Jeroen van der Schaaf, experiments with the use of
rapid prototyping techniques to scratchbuild HOn30 wholestick cane trucks over a Roco HOe chassis. His
blog has details.
Dave Webb's 7.25 inch (184mm) gauge Boulder Creek Tramway. Currently operating with a Malcolm Moore loco as power, Dave has three Bundaberg Jenbach locos under construction: Chassis frames, chassis being welded up, production line of 3 chassis assemblies, chassis with axle box assemblies in place and Malcolm Moore loco with riding wagon in background to provide scale, horn guide and axle box assemblies, buffer in place. November 2009 construction update: cab assembly; Jenbach with Malcolm Moore and open wagon, Dave and Jenbach without drive, and 3/4 view.
Marc Witten's card models built from Jim Fainges free downloadable models
Lynn Zelmer:
On30 DM loco from a
Handbook article; comments and photos from the 2002
Brisbane Train Show;
Capricorn Sugar Rail Museum On30
micro-layout under construction; On30 Fiji
crew car; On30
tourist car; On30 Moreton Mill River Store
shed under construction.
Construction update, 21 March 2010: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7. At the Brisbane Train Show, 1-3 May 2010: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8. Getting Started with On30 Modelling A5 brochure (illustrated pdf file).
Lynn also promotes CaneSIG through displays at conventions, exhibitions, etc., including 2003 NMRA Convention, Toronto; 2007 History Expo, Rockhampton; 2007 Narrow Gauge Convention (A4 poster, pdf), 2009 & 2010 Brisbane Train Shows.
last updated: 7/06/10.