glennofootscray Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 G'day All. The depot shed is pretty much completed, now for the overhead. There is not much on the blog at the moment as the bride has snaffled the good laptop for studies, so this post is courtesy of my sausage fingers on a smartphone. Enjoy the photos. Regards Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 G'day All, Finally the overhead has been installed on the newer modules of Victoria Street. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/the-wire-is-up.html Regards Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 G'day All, Just a link to the blog about dragging Victoria Street to the Sunshine MRC exhibition. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/the-sunshine-report.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 G'day All, An epic post to update the blog and the going ons of Victoria Street. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/there-is-always-something-on-go.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 There is a nice article featuring photos of Victoria Street taken at the Sunshine exhibition in the Model Bus Association of Australia's house journal, which just arrived in the post today.Brilliant work, Glenn. Keep the great photos coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Glenn that is great modelling I keep expecting to see Wclass 898 with a number 6 Glen Iris which I once upon a time caught home from School....you'll figure out which one if I said I looked like a Violet Crumble!!!! Always wanted to be heading home rather than Melb Uni which I later caught!! Brilliant modelling by the way.... I keep expecting to see a kid hanging on the running boards as well. No doubt you like the Film Malcolm. The funny thing is years later I did some work at the Preston Tram depot which had a heap of stored W class trams and some other odd balls which were interesting when I had a chance to bunk around in some of the other sheds! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 The "tram" from the film Malcolm is preserved at Bylands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malcolm_tram_at_TMSV-MTM_Bylands_27-1-2013.jpg Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 G'day All, Well it's that time of the year again, so Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Always look forward to updates and pictures. Do you have any exhibition plans for 2017 yet? Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 G'day All, What's the point of having a layout if you cannot have a little fun? Small scale remote warfare with a camera. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/something-different.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 What's the point of having a layout if you cannot have a little fun? Small scale remote warfare with a camera. You could always claim they were making a movie. Speaking of which, have you ever thought of building a model of this "tram"? Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dullsteamer Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Looks like good fun, Glenn - but what's the point of having a tank if you have to stop and wait for the gates at a level crossing? All the best, Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 I think it would have been better if it had been a centurion tank as there seems to be a large number around. I can recall them as a kid out in Rowville and I think these have been relocated to the "Carribbean gardens". Years later I was working with a guy who had sold 2 tanks both were centurion tanks in the same part of the Melbourne. I guess they were different ones! This begs the question who wants a centurion tank? But the bigger question is why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 Does anyone remember Michael Bentine's spoof advert on radio? Warning; it is politically incorrect now!FX: Rumbling and clanking sounds[bBC voice]: Yes, it's the new mark IX Centurian tank.[Different voice]: The vehicle designed by man with the woman driver in mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 G'day All, I have been having a play with the smartphone and a movie making app, as it has been quite a while since I have made a video. So sit back and enjoy the next 90 seconds. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IuZOmC2Xn6o Regards Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 G'day All, There is not much to report on the Melbourne tramway scene, but there is always something going on in Victoria Street. https://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/im-too-easily-distracted.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I'm very disappointed in this, Glenn. Where's your Moomba parade holding up the trams today?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Isn't it funny, I've never seen this thread before but saw Victoria Street in the title, so had to look. Some great stuff here Glen. Will you be taking it to Caulfield this year, or is it to early to know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted March 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 13, 2017 G'day All, What's the point of having a layout if you cannot have a little fun? Small scale remote warfare with a camera. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/something-different.html Regards Glenn. Get that overweight BMW off my MG please... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted April 12, 2017 Author Share Posted April 12, 2017 G'day All, More going ons in and around Victoria Street. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2017/04/some-more-distractions.html Regards Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 G'day All, When one has trams, you also have buses, this is their story. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2017/05/episodes-of-bustitution.html Regards Glenn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Glen, the video is great. The lights to the front of the tram and the tail lights seem overly bright from my memory. I always thought they were barely on! I still think your modelling is great. It is so evocative of Melbourne during the period from about 1970 through to 1995 or so. Makes me want to do some thing similar out of the Malvern depot. I knew the 3,72,67,8,7,6 64 etc routes at that time. And nothing like the Connie yelling "if your a student stand up. If there is a school bag in the way stand on it!" It was a bit sad to see all the w's end their long lives.... but now as a car driver they were slow, messy, antiquated and not friendly to any one who couldn't step up the almost 300mm onto the running board and then again 300mm step and pull them selves onto the floor of the tram. The new ones have no character and are too safe compared! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Glen, the video is great. The lights to the front of the tram and the tail lights seem overly bright from my memory. I always thought they were barely on! I still think your modelling is great. It is so evocative of Melbourne during the period from about 1970 through to 1995 or so. Makes me want to do some thing similar out of the Malvern depot. I knew the 3,72,67,8,7,6 64 etc routes at that time. And nothing like the Connie yelling "if your a student stand up. If there is a school bag in the way stand on it!" It was a bit sad to see all the w's end their long lives.... but now as a car driver they were slow, messy, antiquated and not friendly to any one who couldn't step up the almost 300mm onto the running board and then again 300mm step and pull them selves onto the floor of the tram. The new ones have no character and are too safe compared! Yes, I'm aware of the non prototypical brightness of the headlamps and tail lights, but as each end up in the Preston workshops that is the workbench I may introduce a larger resistor inline the entire light feed to knock it back a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted June 10, 2017 Author Share Posted June 10, 2017 G'day All, A timely and important announcement in regards to life on Victoria Street, refer to the blog. http://glennofootscray.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/moves-are-afoot.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennofootscray Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 G'day All, If you're one of those who follow the blog, the last twelve months have been rather tumultuous with the relocation of a family, home and the layout. I'm happy to say that services have return to Victoria Street. More on the Blog, that has photos https://glennofootscray.blogspot.com/2018/07/back-on-track.html Regards Glenn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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