Sherwood Oaks Light Railway

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:50 pm

It's just hit the East Midlands 16mm Web Site as a link, too!

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:42 pm

mhlr wrote:Nice website Matt, I've popped it onto my links page. :D

Will do the same here Matt, but not tonight (03:20 shift looming, need sleep

)

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:41 pm

Keith&Joanna wrote:
MDLR wrote:It's just hit the East Midlands 16mm Web Site as a link, too!
Do we all get on there ???

If you would like your line adding I'll be happy to do that - are you going to host a meeting there next year? I cam re-gauge at least 2 of my locos.................

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:55 pm

Well after months of the line being dormant I went out this afternoon. I had been looking at it a few weeks before and had realised the cuttings were way too wide so I went out to narrow them. I also found that the earth had setted too, so I dug a barrow full of earth from the soil pile and filled where necessary. I also took a few snaps of the small village all but the signal box have been out for a month or so now. At the moment the buildings are just sat on the soil but they are to have bases cut from scrap paving slabs in the spring.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:30 pm

That's starting to look something like - pleased to see that the "Wreck of the Mamod" has survived the move!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:08 pm

Certainly looking excellent.

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:41 pm

Nice to see a Mamod used as it was intended

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:12 pm

very nice railway love it

but i am afraid i am a member of A.M.C.S. (anti mamod cruelty society)
and you are in breach of garden railway law.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:03 pm

there are parts on an old maxwell hemmings ogwen there too :P

I hear they are going to take a gas axe to that mamod soon!

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:20 pm

Should the forum start a save the mamod petition now? the bits do add character to the railway and it is still being used I suppose.

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:43 pm

ME WANT OGWEN CAB

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:05 pm

Looking really good Matt, once you get some plants growing up in that slate it will be great. Also a big fan of the dumped mamod, wish I still had more bits of mamod left to scatter around my line.. However it was all sold off as salvagable..

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 10:19 pm

Matt were you not tempted to model a bit of the TR in there !! Dolgoch falls maybe.. it would be a great water feature.

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:44 pm

Had another brief spell in the garden again today in paint/glue drying time.
First a quick buffer stop, Greg will recognise the inspiration for this ( A GN15 layout at lincoln)

Then I needed to move or get rid of some old concrete buildings from the veg plot. I decided to build an embankment to put the a-top. this way as they are under scale they are less likely to look out of place!

and in relation to the line, the line will pass below them

Also at Lincoln I purchased 2 Tuxcraft buildings at the right price. I really do need to break that fence up so these will help and with some plants around them wont be too noticable.

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:33 pm

You could put a mirror behind each building to make it look a whole house than half a one

James-Buzz · Post by **James-Buzz** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:29 pm

where did the signal box come from?

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:55 pm

All resin buildings are from model town

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:07 pm

Nice one with the buffer stop Matt, it was "North Ings" wasn't it?? (I haven't had any joy with the JCB yet

)

It's all starting to look very nice already, I personally can't wait for the first video of action on the spiral!

As you know, I've used a couple of the "garden ornament" concrete buildings to force perspective - any ideas of a supplier? I could do with a couple more.
Also, you have a couple of short lengths of "slate" walling (between your new Tuxcraft buildings at right angles to the fence) - whered'ya get 'em?

Sir haydn · Post by **Sir haydn** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:10 pm

Thats a Cain Howley Coal stage ;)

and barton ings greg

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:53 pm

Ah Barton Ings, yet another senior moment!

(Well it is my birthday next monday!

)

I'll try googling again now, cheers Matt!

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