Garden Railway Forum

Ive found a few hem or curtain weights improve their running characteristics

You and me both! They don't actually tip, sadly.

At 7.50 a pop you can't go wrong. He does some lovely side-tippers. and a huddy HUnslet (32 squid complete kit)

I've got a rake of these. Great little kits!

I've got two more to build to run with my Simplex.

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Whereabouts in Stockport are you Graham, I'm in Reddish.

Philipy - yes those ones on Ebay are good. I've got some. great little figures. And not cartoony charactures either.

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You should convert the Mss Saddle Tank to look like Tal y Llyn. If you made a kit I think it could be quite popular!

There's a Woody Bay and a Lynton goods shed....

I like having a train gently trundling around- I find it the most relaxing thing in the world. But I also want to build a railway, one with a purpose, which does something. Not just a "roundy roundy til we all get dizzy" Because that's not how real railways are - well, other than pleasure ...

So as the RVLR is developing, I'm starting to thinkg about buildings rather than track and plants.... My current station/yard area is modelled on Blythburgh on the Southwold (run round loop with two sidings). Now, due to mature planting, it's rather squeezed in with no place for a station building. ...

I might have a frame spacer.........

Duly located one pair of cylinders and a reverser block.

I've found one; the other has to be somewhere. Let me have a dig.....

Got cylinders you can have

This is true. The complicated shape of the roof terrifies me, however. I am thinking about scratchbuilding a goods shed from 15mm polystyrene sheeting and either finish it with textured sheet or cover it with waterproof tiling grout and then crave the finished texture........ I can't find any scale ...

Any further developments on these?

I am really tempted by one but I want to know that I'm spending my money well.

Would scratch building one be a better bet?

RVLR plus snow.

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That could be a sport!!!

nothing.

Well, that will keep future archaeologists confused!