Railway Modellers' Club of Queensland

RMCQ Worksheets Index

1. Base Boards
1.1 Types of Layout Designs
1.2 So You Want a Model Railway? - not yet released

2. Track
2.1 Track Cleaning Wagon I
2.2 Laying and Ballasting Track
2.3 What Radius is That?
2.4 Super Detailing Track
2.5 Track Size
2.6 Wheel Standards
2.7 What Gradient is That?
2.8 Point Standards
2.9 Point Control Made Easy
2.10 Ballasting Track II
2.11 Scratch Building Points - not yet released
2.12 Determining Wagon Overhang and Structure Placement
2.13 Peco Turnout Dimensions - free download from RMCQ

3. Electrics
3.1 Soldering
3.2 Cab Control
3.3 Basic Electricity
3.4 Using LED's
3.5 DC Power Supply
3.6 Regulated DC Power Supply
3.7 Control of DC Power
3.8 Simple Level Crossing Detector and Flashing Unit
3.9 Diode Matrix Point Control
3.10 Soldering Tips
3.11 Capacitor Discharge Unit
3.12 Constant Brightness Lighting
3.13 End of Train Warning Flasher
3.14 Multi Throttle Operation
3.15 What is DCC? - not yet released
3.16 How to Use a Multimeter - not yet released
3.17 Basic NCE CAB Use

4. Structures
4.1 Simple Sheds (Part 1)
4.2 Simple Sheds (Part 2)
4.3 Scales, Ratios & Gauges
4.4 How to Detail Structures
4.5 Rescaling Drawings with Photocopiers
4.6 Building with Balsa
4.7 Trestle Bridges
4.8 'Based on' Models
4.9 Hip-Roofs
4.10 Bridges an Overview
4.10 Appendix - Bridges
4.11 Poor Man's Shipping Containers
4.12 Through Plate Girder Bridge in "HO"

5. Scenics
5.1 Trees
5.2 Beyond the Blue Horizon
5.3 Backscene Painting - not yet released
5.4 Glues and Adhesives
5.5 Budget Bottlebrush
5.6 Scenery
5.7 Realistic Rocks Made from Foam Rubber
5.8 Clouds, Mountains and Trees
5.9 Turning Trees into a Forest
5.10 How to Make Rock Faces
5.11 More Rock Faces, Using Plaster and Foil
5.12 Types of Fences
5.13 Scenery Tips
5.14 100 Trees in an Hour
5.15 Tissue Mountains
5.16 Realistic Roads
5.17 Traffic Engineering Practices
5.18 Making Palm Trees
5.19 Australian Trees

6. Locos and Rollingstock
6.1 Couplers
6.2 Rollingstock Weight Standard
6.3 Weathering Rollingstock
6.4 ABC's of Good Locomotive Running
6.5 MHG to EHG - A Conversion Project
6.6 How to Make Inspection Car - AK812
6.7 NSW Bogie Types
6.8 Stripping Paint
6.9 Tuning up your Locos
6.10 Cleaning Locos - not yet released
6.11 Storage Boxes
6.12 The $10 Ballast Wagon
6.13 Fitting KD's to the Austrains 421 Class Loco
6.14 Trouble Shooting and 100% Reliability
6.15 Track Cleaning Wagon II
6.16 Scratch Building the Ballast Plough
6.17 Building Ballast Wagons
6.18 Close Coupling for N Scale
6.19 Track Inspection Car
6.20 How to Tarp a Wagon
6.21 Poor Man's TrailerRail - not yet released

7.Communications
7.1 The Telegraph Pole
7.2 Telephones for the Layout

8. Special Effects
8.1 Scale Speed
8.2 Scale Distance
8.3 Fast Clock
8.4 Weathering
8.5 A Professional Approach to Modelling
8.6 Types of Paint - not yet released
8.7 Airbrushing
8.8 How to Apply Decals
8.9 Techniques for Masking Paintwork
8.10 Staining Balsa
8.11 Macro Photography with Model Trains
8.12 Building a Spray Booth
8.13 Sources for Realistic Signs
8.14 Weathering with Crayons and Coloured Pencils

9. Miscellaneous
9.1 Shunting Activity
9.2 RMCQ Colour Chart Register
9.3 Work Sheet Issue Register - withdrawn
9.4 Rules of Layout Operation
9.5 Layout Booking Sheet
9.6 The Internet
9.7 Drills and Screws
9.8 Clubroom Layout Operations Checklist
9.9 Railway Photography 12" = 1'0"
9.10 Planning Your Model Railway
9.11 A Styrene Cutting Board You can Make Yourself
9.12 Basic Tools
9.13 N Scale Exhibition Layout Operation Checklist
9.14 Drills Revisited
9.15 Magazine Storage Methods
9.16 Basic Consumables for the Tool Box
9.17 How to Use Vernier Calipers
9.18 Tools for Working with Styrene
9.19 How to Use a Dremel
9.20 A Pallet Load of Pallets
9.21 Building from Styrene

10. Society
10.1 Constitution
10.2 Member's Directory
10.3 Rules of Meetings
10.4 How to Run the Christmas Hamper
10.5 Buy and Sell Checklist
10.6 Bookkeeping for the Club Shop
10.7 How to use the Club Library
10.8 How to use the Club Photocopier - not yet released

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