Paddy O'Flaherty

Paddy O'Flaherty passed away on the 13 June. Paddy who had been fighting ill health for a very long time was a great detail modeller and a true gentleman. I visited Paddy many times at his house, mingled with him at MRS, RMIG meetings and at the convention. Above is a picture (Paddy in the centre, the chap sitting down) of what Paddy loved to do most, mix with people and share his passion for railways, especially show off all the SA related items he made.

My condolences to his wife Dinah and family.

RIP old mate.

Craig

CMD Collection v Hobby Line

This shows the difference between the Hobby line and the Collection range. The collection range also comes with vacuum pipes, shunters step and coupler detail which is not shown in the picture. This pictures shows the B-2 open wagon in SAR livery.

B-2 detail

Some detail from the CMD Models Collection B-2. Detail parts need to be fitted by the modeller.

B-2 from the CMD Models Collection

Some pictures of the B-2 wagon from the CMD Collection. Minus the shunter step, brake wheels and vacuum brake hoses. These need to be fitted by the modeller.

Working on your orders

As you can see, we have been very busy getting orders ready.

Dream Trains - FZJ-6 grain wagon HOBBY LINE

Dream trains has exclusive rights for the launch of the new FZJ-6 HOBBY LINE grain wagon. The model is available as an individual wagon or as a double pack. The Pack contains two wagons and fully sprung bogies. The single wagons do not include fully sprung bogies.

See Dream Trains for further details.

http://www.dreamtrains.co.za/

Please note that HOBBY LINE models are not available from CMD Models directly. CMD models only sell the kits and the CMD Models Collection range, these are the more expensive and detailed .

2009 Convention

Later this year is Model Railway Convention time in Gauteng. Details can be found on their webpage.
http://www.2009gauteng.hot.co.za

Please support the convention.

Hobby Line - Freight wagon pack

From time to time CMD models will release limited editions. This new B-2 Hobby line pack includes a free HO scale car and a handy plastic box with lid for storing them when not in use.

Hobby Line are budget models from CMD in RTR form.

February News

Not much to report at the moment. Will post some pictures of the finished B-2 and FZJ-6 soon. Will also have some news from the CMD Hobby Line.

The 60th Toy Fair in Nuremberg / Spielwarenmesse in Nürnberg has come and gone. Lots of interesting models but nothing for the South African scene directly.

New Models

With orders of the B-2 / FZJ-6 wagons in full flow.

Customers have been asking what new models CMD is planning. There are a number of projects in various phases of planning and design.

Bogies (trucks):
New plastic bogies will happen with the Spoorbarber and SARCAST bogies. Hopefully these will be ready later this year. They will be plastic and hopefully be better than the original. The only dilemma at the moment is what wheels to use for the 16.5mm and 12mm versions.

Freight wagons:
The classic design of the FZJ-7 grain wagon is going to happen, as previously announced. This design is truly wonderful and will fill many eras from the 50's to present day. The model will be very similar in design detail to the FZJ-6 but will have a few improvements in the brake detail and body end design, which has been discussed with the toolmaker.

Tanker:
Have been discussing various options for a tanker wagon. Cement wagon would be nice but still weighing up the options.

Locomotive:
Design on two locomotives using injected technology is well advanced the aim is to get our first RTR locomotive ready for the 2nd half of 2009. CMD is only looking at doing Diesels and Electrics for the foreseeable future and leaving steam to others.

There will be one or two surprises coming in plastic but will give no clues as some surprises keep the hobby interesting!

SA Rail News blog

Have started a blog which is aimed at the modern railway scene of South Africa.

http://sa-railnews.blogspot.com/