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Ironic isn't it, just when I thought it was only me that had any interest in my line you all pour out support all in one go! I refer the right honourable gentleman to several earlier outpourings! Andrew, the railway will remain until you either pick up your loco or I test the Slomo out on your Russ...

philipy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:59 am Keep us posted on the cliff, with plenty of pics at each stage please. Realistic rock faces are not that easy and I'd love to know how to do it satisfactorily.

Me too! And I'm second in line for Simon's loco...

The railway's looking great Julie, glad it's working out so well...

Andrew.

Andrew, up until now the drainage system has seen no rain as I have had the entire area covered while the cement, then the SBR had time to dry out. As you can see from the above pictures, it is now exposed but so far, strangely, no rain! Keep us posted - I'm intrigued to see how it will all work...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 11:48 am Homepage..... www.modellbau-heyn.de
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Hope you can make use of them.

Thank you!

You might have noticed, I love to see a variety of buildings on garden railways and enjoy reading about construction materials. This will look good and cope with the weather conditions I'm sure. The Jackson's windows are used in most of my structures too and are fine. Also available are a selection...

Looking good so far Andrew. Interesting technique with the dovetail joints at the corners. I've not seen that done before, I just butt them up and put reinforcing fillets inside. I think "dovetail joints" may be a little grand for this hacked-together construction! Slot and tab? Anyway, b...

Congratulations, that looks fantastic, all the careful planning really payed off! The scene looking down towards the level crossing is particularly realistic...

Have you had any rain recently, to test your drainage system?

Cheers,

Andrew

Morning all! The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland currently has very few buildings - a station building recycled from my old line at Trefechan, a resin corrugated hut at Clarach, and a grounded coach body at Penlan. I thought it was about time that changed, so have started knocking together a station ...

SimonWood wrote: ↑Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:34 am Thanks for all the inspiration.

Good point! Yes, whatever happens next, thank you for sharing all your experience with the railway to date - it's been great...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Hello, Just back from a few days away to find closure notices posted on one of my favourite lines! I'm really sorry to hear your news and, like the others, really hope this isn't the end - perchance it is not dead but sleepeth? I know from my own garden railway-ing experience the impact of major set...

That's really looking very good - the paint wash has made the stone walling look very convincing...

I've taken a note of Stixall as well, sounds just the thing...

Cheers,

Andrew.

Hello! That's looking great, with a real sense of identity, thanks for the photos. I started in the garden at about the same age, although things paused for a while at about the age you are now when I found myself the father of twins. Somehow used it as a good excuse to buy a RH Bertie though... Any...

I have always had the philosophy of doing the worst or hardest jobs first and not leaving 'till last, after that everything seems easier. A good idea I reckon, and one I've been thinking about - I've vowed to myself to start with the droplights next time I build a carriage... That said, it's not al...

I picked up these tired coaches recently and I prefer the colour of them to my mint brake coach so I might try and replicate the colour or leave it outside as the previous owner of the newly acquired coaches did to achieve the faded look: Sorry, not much to add on the science of SBR, but those coac...

Glad you like it, I was pleased with the result... Peter, it's just Poundland primer (which comes out slightly darker than a usual grey primer finish), with certain slates (or the corrugations which represent them) picked out in lighter or darker shades using acrylic craft paint. The whole thing was...

Wonderful stuff, I love it!

Afternoon all! Following a conversation about wagon loads on the (WH)WHR thread on the layouts board, I spent this morning having a go at making a slate load for one of my new wagons. It uses 4mm (?) scale corrugated iron and plasticard "slates" over a foamboard shell - I think it looks OK...

I do wonder what will eventually happen to Axe and Issac when the 5 engines are recreated... Funny you should ask that - so do Steam Railway... L&B Chairman, Peter Miles, replies "Well, Axe is not really designed for a long, passenger-carrying railway. However, she may have a useful role t...

Thanks again for all the thoughts and advice on this - when I've got a suitable spot for it I'll give it a coat of red paint as suggested and it can take its place on the railway. In the meantime it's gained a new (temporary!) driver... Monkey.jpg Rod, the tractor is a fraction over 6" long... ...

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