Garden Railway Forum

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:20 pm

gilfachphil wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2024 1:32 pm A little later :-


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Yews/ewes in the way!

Shock! Horreur! Make sure your Ewes don't eat that Yew.

It's OK, they did not attempt to get down from their wagon and are now back safely in their shed

Lonsdaler wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 12:25 pm Civil engineering at its finest. There should be a grand opening ceremony when it's finished, with a suitable dignitary to cut the ribbon. Sir Peter Butler, perhaps?

Obviously wearing his top hat and tails

Phil

A little later :-

Yews/ewes in the way!

After a full day of faultlessly working the shunting puzzle Yr Hen Felin at the West Wales Model Railway show yesterday Porthmadog enjoys the sunshine with a mixed freight. She had enough battery life remaining to do some circuits of the outdoor layout. The fish van awaits iron work and lettering, t...

Progress on the Plateway Models Fish Van:- IMG_4217.jpeg I'm not entirely satisfied with the paint finish. It had several coats of grey primer followed by lots of coats of matt white. It has not filled all of the corners nor as much of the grain of the plywood as I would like. Maybe I should have do...

SimonWood wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 4:37 pm

Andrew wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 11:20 am Very nice - I like the gentle curves.

Me too. A useful and attractive addition to the line!

A bit more space if live steam locos visit!

The nearly completed guards van at the end of the new siding. It needs door knobs, and looking at the photo I will probably glue the roof down.


Phil

Thanks Andrew,

they are a little bit longer now and have hi-tech buffer stops as in between showers this afternoon I just tidied up the ends that don't show in the previous picture,

Phil

I finally bit the bullet and ordered another Cliff Barker point so I could connect up the two yard siding that was not connected to the rest of the system (it was the spare track I had left from the forty yards I bought). The point came yesterday afternoon so I went out in the garden and this:- IMG_...

Yr Hen Felin shunting puzzle will be at the West Wales Railway Modellers show next Saturday, June 1st from 10 am. It is in Bronwydd Arms Village Hall. Come and say hello if you are in the area,

Phil

It was visiting the Preseli Mountain Railway that inspired me to build my own permanent outdoor layout.

Good to see you posting here Chris,

Phil

Thanks Philip,

I can see the value of a handrail on the end post but had not considered adding one there. Drilling into thin MDF edgewise is worrying. I guess with the existing holes in the kit one can do as one wishes so a horizontal rail across the cab would be an option.

Phil

That’s not what I was referring to Philip,

if you look closely at the photo you can make out where I have filled holes, level with half way up the hand rails I have fitted, on the four vertical frame members,

Phil

Wheels added. I normally use crocodile clips to hold the axle boxes firmly to the frames when gluing but the wheels on this one turned more freely when the axle boxes were loose than when held in place with clips so I tried putting glue on the mating surfaces and just placing the wheels in their axl...

good to see you yesterday. I have a base layer of fascia board under the awkward plastic stuff, I had not realised you could paint fascia board. Further update on wagon building:- IMG_4204.jpeg The structure of the 16mills brakevan is more or less complete and it had had several coats of grey primer...

Phil, we are very civilised in our remote corner of West Wales, it's one of the joys that there are not many more people here. :D Had we been 230 Trevor would have to have rented a field and a bus for the Park and Ride and then we would have had difficulty negotiating running rights! I had to look t...

Two wagon kits bought at Stoneleigh taking shape.

Plateways Fish van and 16 Mills brakevan.

Phil

Hi Rod, Thanks for your suggestion. I think it would need a very special grade of plywood to survive outside in the climate of West Wales. I know that there is a totally waterproof form of MDF but it is very expensive. At the moment what I am doing seems to be OK. It has been hot and sunny today and...

I have family visiting at the moment. A running day was held in mostly sunshine today with much of my stock in action:- IMG_4188.jpeg Given a good ration of hot sun on the platform surface it was found that the 2mm gaps I had left for expansion were not enough so further thin slices were excised. Th...

Thanks Rod,

I thought the loco was not too dissimilar to Earl at a quick glance. She’ll certainly do for now.

Phil