Wombat Creek is a H0 (1:87) scale model of a fictional town situated somewhere in the Victorian Goldfields, Australia.
The time is 1963. Geelong wins the VFL Championship against Hawthorn (109– 60). John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. ValentinaTeresjkova is the first woman in Space. The men behind The Great Train Robbery get £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train heading from Glasgow to London.
The town consists of several buildings. The “Wombat Creek Bank and Gold Exchange” is a prominent building in the town centre. You will also find several other commercial buildings; among them the daily newspaper“W.C. Chronicle”(colloquial known as the "Toilet Paper") and “Wombat Creek Brewing Company” (Famous for the “Wombat Bitter”). “The Big Nugget Gold Mine” is situated at the Western outskirts of town near the small Chinatown. The War Memorial is in a small park along East Street.
The town’s mayor Alfred Campbell together with his son David Campbell owns several businesses, including the bank, the pub and the newspaper. AC/DC basically run the town and make most decisions on behalf of the rest of Wombat Creek’s residents, who, on the other hand, are too busy with their own businesses.
The mayor’s latest initiative is Wombat Creek Tramways. Wombat Creek doesn’t really need a tram system, but AC reckons tramways will improve the town’s reputation. Partly because of limited funds the tramways' construction and rolling stock depend heavily on second-hand requirements from other Australian and overseas tramways.
Mr. James greets Mrs. Paterson tending to her roses. Though her garden is rather small Mrs. Paterson is a keen gardener and especially likes roses.
The 10 rose bushes are each made from six stems glued to a base. They are from a Busch kit with a total of 120 individual stems. It requires a very steady hand to glue the flowers to the stems. In an Australian fashion the flower bed is covered in mulch – tea leaves.
With only the ‘lace work’ under the eaves and under the front veranda missing the tenants have moved in. They are also waiting for the front fence to be installed.
Being a teacher of Mathematics I enjoyed the geometry of the roofs with all the trapeziums, triangles and parallelograms. What I didn’t enjoy was the time it took to put it all together!
The joiners from Ray Knott’s Joinery are packing up their VW after a job well done. 40 windows and 8 doors installed in one day!
A passer-by lifts his hat in awe of the new houses in the Golden Mile. The walls are up and we are waiting for the joiner to produce 40 windows and 8 doors. The New Year’s Eve approaching this will have to wait until next year.
Happy New Year!
This is the upcoming project. Four houses along the Golden Mile. If your are familiar with houses at Fishley Street in South Melbourne, you will see the resemblance. The actual build will wait until after Christmas.
The Regal theatre has been operating for some time. Among the staff has been a very nervous fire warden. Though the fire exit has been at the roof top for a while, it was leading to a very big drop to the ground below. Fortunately no fire occurred and yesterday the workmen finished the fire escape.
The stairs with their railings are from Plastruct. The platforms and their railings are hand cut from Evergreen styrene sheets.
The first tram has arrived at the new tram shelter. Mr and Mrs Patterson are too busy talking and will probably miss the tram.
