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Victorian Railways B74 in Teacup livery demonstrating the sound project
Buckambool Model Trains specialise in DCC solutions for N scale locomotives of all kinds, Australian locomotives in particular, being the official DCC installer for Gopher Models. We are the exclusive Australian dealer for ZIMO, retailing both their N & HO sound and non-sound decoders, speakers and other accessories. In addition to this, we are leading the way with specialist sound projects for Australian N scale.
Access our online store, browse through videos of various locomotives fitted with DCC and sound, and explore the latest ideas in miniaturisation of DCC products!
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Latest News
- October 2024 Update
2025 indicative exhibition schedule:
March 29 – 30 Canberra Model Railway Club Expo UC High School Kaleen (Canberra, ACT) May 31 – June 1 Hills Model Railway Exhibition Hawkesbury Race Club, Clarendon (Sydney, NSW) July 19 – 20 NSRMA’s 52nd Exhibition PCYC Dee Why (Sydney, NSW) Date TBC AMRA VIC Model Train Show Melbourne Showgrounds (Melbourne, VIC) Date TBC Goulburn Model Expo Veolia Stadium (Goulburn, NSW) October 25 – 26 The Great Train Show Grand Pavilion Rosehill Gardens Racecourse (Sydney, NSW) We have had a fantastic year so far, having attended exhibitions in Canberra, Forestville (north Sydney), Rosehill, the National N Scale Convention (in VIC), Melbourne and Goulburn. The most we have ever attended in a year. Next year looks set to be another great year with the return of another Sydney based show, and the Goulburn Model Expo continuing after a very successful first exhibition!
The arrival of the factory sound Gopher Models N scale 38’s has been extremely exciting. This has been a very long term project that we have poured many hours of research and development into. Thank you to all of our customers for their support of this project, we value every purchase!
We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Gopher Models N scale XPT in 2025, which we will also exclusively offer with factory fitted sound.Since our last update our product line has continued to expand, with us now carrying brands such as SPROG from the UK, and Millennium Engineering, an Australian based company offering several DCC-EX products. We have also added many new products from ZIMO and ESU, and continued to offer the ever expanding line of N scale locomotives, and now rolling-stock, from Gopher Models!
About Us
G’day and thanks for visiting my website! My name is Jarryd Langford and I love modelling the steam/diesel transition era of the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR), and am dabbling a little in modelling some of the modern day operations of Southern Shorthaul Railroad (SSR) here in NSW! All in N scale of course! I am an active member of the Sydney N Scale Model Railway Club and also support the New South Wales N Scale Collective and Victorian N Scale Collective in membership. I have a passion for providing DCC and/or sound for N scale locomotives, and love to push the boundaries using new DCC technology! This passion has now grown into a fully fledged business!
Buckambool Model Trains is my home-based business located in south Sydney, Australia, that aims to provide DCC solutions for N scale locomotives of all kinds, Australian locomotives in particular. To provide this I am partnered with Gopher Models to provide DCC and sound where possible for their ready to run models, as well as their kits released under the arm of BadgerBits. I also offer a custom DCC installation service for all other kinds of N scale locomotives, where I am frequently tasked with highly complicated jobs, I quite enjoy the challenge! Alongside this I sell an ever-growing range of decoders, speakers, stay alives and other accessories to cater for (hopefully!) all your DCC N scale needs! My other passion is to exhibit my trade stand at local and interstate model railway exhibitions, where I have met many of my customers, and have been able to introduce many others to some of the more innovative and latest DCC products!
A short history of Buckambool Model Trains…
Buckambool Model Trains began in 2017 to supply Gopher Models N scale locomotives pre-installed with DCC, and to provide customers with an option to upgrade their existing Gopher locos to DCC. This quickly grew into an N scale specific DCC installation and decoder retail business, which saw us beginning to retail CT Elektronik decoders. With the release of the Gopher S, B, GM and 42 locos at the start of 2018, we began to supply a large number of these locomotives DCC pre-installed, and saw us exhibit at our first exhibition in Melbourne, the Sandown Train & Hobby Show. Early 2019 saw the release of our debut sound project, designed for the Gopher Models S, B, GM and 42 class locomotives. This was released mid-2019 at the Caulfield exhibition in Melbourne. Late 2019 saw the launch of this website and our online shop where customers can purchase decoders, DCC installation packages for locomotives, DCC fitted locomotives and accessories such as stay alive components. 2020 saw us shift away from CT Elektronik due to supply issues, moving instead to Zimo, allowing a re-engineered sound project for the Gopher Models S, B, GM and 42 class locomotives, and consistent supply of N scale appropriate decoders and sound decoders. Late 2020 saw us commence stocking our budget range of decoders, a popular option for not only N scale modellers but HO also. This gave way to vastly expanding our product range of Zimo decoders, speakers, stay alive and accessories into 2021, as well as stocking a range of ESU sound decoders. In late 2021 just over 100 products were available to purchase from the online shop, and a range of Australian sound projects developed by us were made available to view.