Garden Railway Forum

As others have said Peter, fantastic modelling. The photography is good too.

SimonWood wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 8:55 am

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 10:31 am I've never been there but it looks wonderful.

It is! And not only is it full of sources of modelling inspiration, but they also share your admiration for the wonders of SBR so much they have dedicated many items of rolling stock to it :thumbleft

Lol.

Nice layout Tony. Good to watch trains running nicely with an interesting mix of stock.

That looks good Rik. I must get back to my modelling and in particular using foam board. I have a couple of buildings under construction that I've put away. FWIW I use the cheap superglue for foam board. I get the cheapest I can find from Range.

That's a great looking space. Looks like your team has done a first class job.

Great work George.

Steel boilers seem to be the thing now in larger scales... Yes, probably due to the cost of copper boilers. Steel boilers require more maintenance AFAIK. Not sure about steel boilers, but steel fireboxes are cheaper than copper fireboxes. I think, AFAIK, it is only in our small scales where copper ...

Coming together nicely. It looks superb.

Wonderful and nostalgic find Rik, Thanks for sharing it.

Wow..... That's very nice of you all, thanks folks. I have to admit, I hadn't intended simulating weathered wood - I was just weathering the grey painted wagons. A moral in there somewhere. This is the sort of standard I would love to reach, one day, in my imaginary future........ a bit of a journe...

It's a good start. I was thinking of using blocks for the permanent way, but by using similar method to you I may get something running much quicker.

The wood looks like wood and the wagons present a most realistic appearance. Well done Rik.

Personal experience of using SBR and a variety of ballast materials has given me an insight into what works and what is less likely to. My own first attempt was to use horticultural grit, which I took a long time to sieve out the larger lumps and only use the smaller. I quite liked the appearance o...

-steves- wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 9:47 pm .... sometimes i sit there and think, I wonder if anyone is actually reading this, let alone enjoying it, lol

Still with you. Reading it and enjoying it.

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 8:22 pm

IanC wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:29 am Brilliant. I'd love one for my grandson.

Sounds like a fair swap!

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2019 1:10 pm I think Rik has the winning shot already, brilliant photo!

I was thinking that too as soon as I saw it. It's certainly going to be difficult to beat.

Lovely.

No pictures, but my Lady Anne has had a badly bent buffer beam when it derailed and hit a very substantial bridge support. It also suffered a dent, since removed in the tank side when it fell from an elevated section of a friend's railway.

Brilliant. I'd love one for my grandson.