Garden Railway Forum

Another wagon from Jerry Irwin, this time his Tool Wagon, again with steel wheels and ball bearings on the axles. The way these kits are cut means they fit together perfectly and although I enjoy scratch-building I am more than happy to have these vehicles on my line. The pictures below show some of...

Whilst out walking the dogs, I couldn't help thinking about your current progress in railway construction.... here in West Wales we are in gentle breezes and light rain (I don't like to exaggerate!) courtesy of 'Dennis', whilst I picture you outside in shorts and sandals, with transmitter in one han...

I have some experience of these kits, one which I built for a friend and another I was asked to finish by fitting RC gear etc. (I sent that one back to its owner!) In both cases I wasn't impressed with the kits, not that they are poorly designed and printed, rather that they are made of flimsy, ligh...

Excellent work, all looks nice and square and well thought out. There's something about making your own structures which kit building just can't match.
'Bambi' looks impressed too!

This is garden railway modelling by stealth! Just a few square feet at a time.... she will hardly notice.

Good work Rik, nothing like that would be possible in this area with the current weather conditions.

I have very mixed feelings about this one Rod, certainly it is in a garden but how can it be described as a railway? Yes, it has track and a locomotive but no real railway could possibly be constructed in this way. It is more like a theme park ride. It could be described as a garden feature, sculptu...

I'm watching too Tom, although I can't contribute to the thread I read each and every entry every day.... 'We are all different'..... (Life of Brian!)

They do look good together and are a beautiful bit of modelling Peter. Can't say I'm enamoured of that shade of green myself, but your railway your rules! I appreciate your comments Philip and expected some reaction about the colour scheme.... I said in an earlier post that It wasn't to everyone's ...

Wonderful job Rik, I'm sure your creative skills will soon make the site a useful addition to the timetable with related stock shunted into the various sidings there.
Unless I'm mistaken, Summer seems to have arrived early in Cheshire!

As promised, here are pictures of the completed second carriage along with its sister. I am well pleased with them as a pair and I'm thinking of adding another to create a reasonable train of matching stock.......

Rod, I ordered the kits with metal wheel sets and with the overlays separate for me to attach myself, other than that I left it to Jerry as he prefers to construct the complex chassis himself. By his own admission he went overboard with the build as they arrived with all the basic structure made up ...

A wonderful cutting in job there Peter, a very steady hand indeed. Grant. Thanks Grant, unfortunately I must confess to cheating as I spray the overlays separately and attach them afterwards. I have discovered 'Canopy adhesive' which is a flexible bond designed to stick styrene to practically anyth...

Hi Peter, What a wonderful little coach! I love the detail.............. and the livery. Do you have right and left handed dragons for the opposites sides or do they always face to the right? The roller bearings sound very handy. It will be interesting to hear the benefits you get from them. All th...

One of the two Jerry Irwin carriages, mentioned above, is now complete and here it is..... IMG_6976.JPG IMG_6977.JPG IMG_6978.JPG I'm quite pleased with the end result and look forward to seeing the two together. The second is a third/guard's carriage, complete with duckets. This is now well advance...