Garden Railway Forum

Hello! I LOVE the K&ESR! I volunteered there as a teenager in the 90s and haven't been back in far too long. I think the countryside's great, a lovely combination of rolling hills and flood plains, and very rural - and you really get the sense of it being a true light railway, not just because of th...

The only problem is, a tender alone from RH costs £175+ so would push a 'Bertie' [£575] + specialist body making, into the 800+ range. :/ Yes, it would still be quite an expense, and perhaps hard to justify in difficult times. I do have a lot of sympathy for young modellers starting out - I began i...

I would have thought that whatever RH produce it will need to be commercial? With that yardstick they will look at the current economic climate and what people can afford, what they can build from existing parts and what loco's will be in the pubic eye over the next year. 1, The FR England's are be...

You fellows are going to think I'm nuts, but on my guard's van and an ashbury coach I am actually very carefully cutting out the clear plastic to fit exactly in the window openings. It's very time-consuming but it looks a lot better than sticking the plastic over the windows from behind if you want...

Very nice, I really like that. The roof looks great.

I don't know if I'd be able to resist the temptation to stick it on a well-wagon, Titfield Thunderbolt style!

Cheers,

Andrew.

It all depends on how fussy you want to be............... Or, in my case, how careful you can be with the glue. Which, I found, wasn't quite careful enough. I've actually lined IP coaches with thin ply, so you can't see the glazing. I do that too, if it's going to be a varnished interior, or use ca...

Hello, I haven't tried it yet (I will!) so I'm not writing from experience, but my plan for WHR-style corrugated shelters is to clad simple but well-preserved wooden structures with either real corrugated metal or a plastic substitute. On the bits where you can see the inside (the open shelter bits)...

That's looking good! Have you re-painted? I've got a mid-green one and although it looks fine I'd prefer a painted finish to the pre-coloured resin look. Not entirely sure the best way to go about it though - what paint would be best etc. It would be tricky to spray I think... Sorry, no particular t...

Hello! Personally I paint them matt black over a grey primer and then attack them with fine sandpaper - just a little, to represent some normal wear and tear, or harder, so that the bare wood shows through in places to represent heavier use or a longer period since overhaul/repaint. I like the way i...

I blame my late dad. Me too. My dad was an enthusiast and modeller and so I guess it was just in the blood. We visited preserved lines and had the full range of Thomas books - I quickly became obsessed. At about the age of 4 my railway interest waned briefly as I developed my Brittains farm (I reme...

Very nice! I particularly liked the view down the hill - and the beach huts...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Wow, I like that! Details of your weathering technique would be much appreciated...

Andrew

Hi all, Having finished Van 2 I fancied trying to complete my Ffestiniog rake - for now, that is, I've got plans for another couple of bugboxes, Van 4 or 5, etc etc. The original plan was to save for a Triassic kit for carriage 15/16, but running my WHR stock over the first section of my new garden ...

Prince has run with 2/3 heritage carriages, although Dr Ben Fishers site states that they "kept him within his limits to prevent the wear experienced on Mountaineer and Blanche". Hope this helps! :) The longest train I've seen behind an England loco in photos of the pre-preservation WHR (when they ...

For an unusual but very light railway feel you could use combined starter/home  signals on a single post at each end of your stations, like the KESR, Southwold (I think?) and others. They'd add character and I've never seen them modelled in 16mm. <snip> All the best, Andrew Took a shuffty at what y...