Garden Railway Forum

Hi Mitch. Loving to see how you get on with your Baldwin kit. It builds in to a lovely model. I bought mine at Christmas to go with a rake of slate wagons that i am also putting together. I only finished painting it at the weekend and ran it for the first time outside this morning after having run ...

the chassis is pretty easy to put together, just screws and washers mainly.

Hi grant, the chassis is made out of laser cut steel, the project is currently on hold waiting for new axle bushes to come and a few electrical bits too

Hi folks, i may have mentioned in my CCT thread that i was getting a baldwin kit in 45mm, well it showed up a month ago and here are some photos of it. 84656757_2682542255312424_8514885239707795456_n.jpg the mostly complete chassis 86970338_640693529807177_1037920632815222784_n.jpg mostly complete b...

Hi folks, a few bits and bobs have happened since i last posted!, #1 ive brought another Tipper , Found a bachmann tipper on ebay and i brought it and have converted it to centre buffer couplings, due to debut on Melbourne sparks eltham south electric tramway this coming weekend. #2 The baldwin has ...

Indeed it is grant! Took about 6 months to level it enough that manual locos can go through it ok, been a pain to get it working but that’s the fun of Garden railways !, working in real conditions.
Mitch

Hi Andrew yes I did , here are a few photos for you. Also was looking through old editions of SMT last night and saw your previous West Kent line in there! Lovely photos in said article too.

Thanks Grant, the climax is getting a new Cylinder wheel at the moment but all is going well, hopefully will order the Baldwin by the end of the week too.

Mitch

hey folks, been a while since i last updated on here but there is till things going on! #1 the extension has been opened since i last spoke and all went well we had about 9 locos attending! 80118172_851037575333729_2388181857310081024_o.jpg the yard at cockatoo. 79384691_851037488667071_806337417849...

Nice weathering Grant, How did you build the Hunslet?

Mitch

Seeing this making me even more Tempted to buy myself a Fowler i have ordered one from essel and is due in July/August Next year Hopefully.

Mitch

i was wondering what the Essel Fowlers are like hauling heavy loads? I have a Merlin Motor Mule which is the ancestor of the Essel Fowler, via the Friog Mini Mule. The drive arrangement is the same, with a Como geared motor and bevel final drive. Mine has a manual electronic speed control running o...

Hi Folks, i have been given a Bachmann Climax with DCC and Sound and would it be Possible to convert it over to Battery Power/Radio Control in the loco without a Trailing truck?

Mitch

Thanks Graeme , I will order a Fowler soon enough hopefully!.
How does manual control go on it?
Mitch

Hey folks, I have finally Started to look around for a diesel loco for my tramway and i was wondering what the Essel Fowlers are like hauling heavy loads?
Hopefully i can get one at some stage in the next few months.