So, Wotcha Doin'?

Okay, I'm modelling the Victorian Railways in HO scale, in the second half of the 1960s (give or take a few decades).

Why VR? Because it's the local prototype and I'm familiar with it, because I think it has generally cool looking equipment.

Why the 60s? From a practical point of view, this was still the era of the four-wheel wagon and the lazy country branch line, far more sensible in the available space than a kilometre-long string of containers led by four locomotives. I'm also after something a bit more remote in time, after all the 1980s are just like yesterday, aren't they? Aren't they?
Back in the real world, I'm unlikely to religiously stick to this era, even aside from the plans for Project Stupid.

Why HO scale? I have put a lot of thought into this one.
I am tight for space and while the smaller N scale is much less developed commercially than HO, there is enough available from people like Aust-N-Rail to make it an entirely practical choice for my preferred subject. But for now I think I want the bigger models. I'm willing to accept the trade-off of shorter trains and less sweeping scenery (given that I don't have much rolling stock and aren't sure I actually want to make heaps of scenery, this may be a feature rather than a bug).
In the other direction, O scale (1/48 for Victorian models) is possible, but my size limits really start to bite here. And it's expensive.

Yeah, but what are you actually doing? Well, no layout yet. Plans are to build some sort of VR country station as a get-up-to-speed exercise. I am building kits: current works in progress being a couple of Steam Era Models louvre vans and a Blue and Gold Models C passenger brake van.