Some Aussi links you may like to try

http://www.amra.asn.au/clubsite.htm The home pages for the Australian Model Railway Association.

www.playz.com.au is a web site dedicated to informing you what is happening around Albany.

www.stanbridgeshobbyshop.com.au a famous Western Australian hobby shop that caters to a wide range of hobby interests.

http://www.dccconcepts.com.au Richard's site is chock full of good ideas for DCC not to mention a great source of very good products.  Thoroughly recommended.

Modelling the NSWGR Main North mid 60s with DCC This as also a very good and useful site for DCC ideas. Want to build a DCC lighting unit for you passenger carriages?  You will find a simple circuit here and a whole heap more, Marcus has done excellent work here.

http://www.tomshobbies.com.au/index.php A great retail outlet specialising in models of Australian Locomotives and rolling stock and other countries as well.

http://www.krmodels.com.au/index.html  Kieran does fantastic Aussi models, and is especially famous for Australian grain silos.

http://www.hbmrc.net/index.html Another Aussi firm that sports a very interesting and colourful web page or two.

http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/index.html  James's famous Lambing Flat is a great web site of a model railway, inspirational stuff here.

http://www.users.bigpond.com/arkits/index2.htm  AR kits sell Australian rolling stock and locomotives.

http://www.sarmodelco.com/index.htm A South Australian company specialising in rolling stock based on South Australian practices.

http://www.ameng.com.au/main.htm The site for the magazine, "Australian Model Engineering" speaks for itself!

http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/nswmn/index.htm Marcus Ammann's Modelling NSWGR's "Main North" with DCC is an extremely useful site, especially on anything to do with DCC. It is a "Must Have" on your list and a "Go To" when you are having electrical challenges.

www.orientexpressmodels.com.au another South Australian dealer specialising in Australian and European model railway equipment.

Here are a few Overseas links

http://www.nwsl.com/ A US company that can supply almost anything to do with train parts etc, a little gold mine if ever there was one.

http://walthers.com/ Another US supplier that carries a huge range of modelling scales, they are great to deal with especially when it comes to mail orders.

http://www.kadee.com/ If you are modelling any scale of train, then Kadees are the way to go.  The best rolling stock coupling system bar none.

http://www.handlaidtrack.com  If you are interested in hand laying turnouts and track then this place is very good for supplies and ideas.

www.tonystrains.com well priced American Models and competitively priced.

 

Live Steam Sites

http://www.castledare.com.au/default.aspx If you like your trains on the chunky side then this is a good place to start!