Garden Railway Forum

Being new to 16mm i can see what most members are saying about the smaller scales, however has i have said in my introduction to the forum, i have nothing against other gauges one bit, i see it has everyone is running trains however they run them, wether that is live steam, battery or mains. Every s...

Thank you tom_tom_go i will keep the acrylics, i do use them on my N Gauge stuff. Can you recommend a decent rail bender. Congratulations on fixing the pick-up, it looks to be a very nice model. Your garden shows great potential for a railway. Your options about track height above the ground are int...

I have now repaired the Pick Up and it looks a lot better, DSCN2648.JPG DSCN2647.JPG DSCN2646.JPG DSCN2645.JPG That tram body looks very nice, hope you got it at a good price. If you really want to repair the wood-wood joints, I'd clean them back to bare wood ( both surfaces) and then use Evostick W...

Well i have made a start with the BCATRR and i received my new purchase’s, although i am happy with both of them, i really love the Pick Up and the Tram is growing on me, disaster when i opened the box although it was well wrapped (not in original box) some of the parts have broken off, although it ...

I will post photos Peter, i don’t think it will stop me, seeing how great most of the layouts are, i will try to achieve something that everyone will enjoy either running or seeing. I just love trains and layouts, my partner says i should of started years ago when i was a bit fitter lol :D :D Happy ...

Thanks for your reply Dunitrong and i really love those coaches, shame they are not available any more. Looks like i will be going down the MDF route myself. I am like a little kid reigning in my excitement, i can’t wait to get my track and loco and run something. Happy Modelling :thumbright: :thumb...

Well i have finally read all your thread Peter and it certainly is inspiring, trouble is i will have to start again to take in all the information you and others have given lol. Seriously brilliant layout and truly brilliant modelling, i don’t think i will show any of mine when i get round to buildi...

Hi, I love this trains of yours, do you recommend the PDF models like the EZ trains and IP, i think they are quite inexpensive and for some one like me who doesn’t have any lathes or drill stands or anything of that sort, would they be easy enough to do. I would like to have them r/c also, where wou...

Brilliant, why hasn’t it taken off. I know it is our lack of sun most of the time but that system which was shown on the youtube site had one that recharged the batteries.

" when it comes to model railways. 16mm works for me as I like the heft of the thing, and it is big enough that scratch building is not a microscope job. Sometimes I think it would be nice to model a large area in a smaller scale, but then I remember I am not that fond of building scenery. The...

I would like to answer your question if i may. I am new to this garden railway hobby and i think does it matter what gauge you run, it is all garden related or is it “only the big stuff” the proper gauge to run. It is like the smaller model gauges that i run, the OO boys some of them especially hate...