Proudly promoting the hobby in South Australia since 1957 We welcome all levels of interests, abilities and ages in our club.
SARMA is proud to promote Railway Modelling as a hobby in South Australia, and have done so since 1957! As part of this interest, the club constructs and operates layouts in multiple scales for use at exhibitions, and fosters the building of modelling skills among our membership. Primarily we operate South Australian HO and N Scale at exhibitions although we have many members who model OO, O, G an
01/06/2026
We are excited to welcome you all to our page! Its just about time for the Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition to return and we can't wait to see you all there. CTC are a founding member of the organising committee for the Exhibition which is celebrating not only its 34th show but also a return to the Royal Adelaide Showground for the first time in nearly 30 years!
27/05/2026
Tonight we setup the 'Wilkins' layout in full to make sure its all shipshape ready for next weeks' Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition ! We are pleased to say it performed admirably so fingers crossed it will do the same next week...
Just over a month now and we couldnt be more excited to be displaying at the Adelaide Model Railway Exhibition in its return to Wayville Showground! Come see our HO scale layout 'Wilkins' and say hello.
24/04/2026
Another fantastic 'Thomas and Friends' HOn30 (HO scale running on N scale tracks) release from Bachmann Trains USA, Sir Handel, not only a great looking model but a terrific runner too! Here it's gracing the SARMA layout with a touch of Sodor. For those of you who don't do trains with faces (you are missing out!), don't worry because a prototype livery version of the real loco 'Sir Haydn' will be following in the future.
Tonights road test, the wonderful new DP1 Deltic Prototype in OO scale from Hornby- what a cracking runner and hauled 15 coaches at one point around out layout!
14/03/2026
Swapmeet setup almost complete and ready to delight the punters at 10am! Hope to see you all there.
11/03/2026
Only a few more sleeps till the Swapmeet! We are fortunate in having among our members the talented modeller who has built the fabulous 'West Croydon' HO scale layout. Tonight he displayed a suburban South Australian Railways set featuring a F class steam engine and some 860 class coaches. You too can model this! The F class is available ready to run from our friends at Orient Express and the 860s are available as kits from Junction Models.
If anyone is interested in having a trading table at our swapmeet on March 15th, we have a couple of tables free thanks to cancellations. Please contact [email protected] as soon as possible to secure your spot!
24/12/2025
We would like to wish all our members and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your families, have a safe and fun break! Hopefully a few of you are finding some familiar coloured boxes under the tree....
09/12/2025
Congratulations to our friends at SteamRanger Heritage Railway, South Australia for the introduction of their lovely H class passenger cars! Who'll be the first to have a set in HO on their layout? For those who want to experience the South Coast in airconditioned comfort why not pay a visit these school Holidays?
| Tuesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 7pm - 10:30pm |