Garden Railway Forum

Jim and myself spent a day with the CMES on one of their open days and a very friendly lot they are too! The 16mm railway is well laid out and we made full use of it whilst there. I think Jim will soon be a regular user when living so close to such a facility, especially the library and workshop, an...

Yet another realistically constructed scene... just beautiful to see.

Well done Andrew for making progress despite the weather. It is certainly moving forward now and soon there will be track in place to show the results of your meticulous planning.

Another superb set-piece with amazing detail. Wonderful.

Brilliant..... two issues resolved!!! Moving on, I have at last managed to finish the rope-work on my tarp. covered wagon. I managed to buy some cleats from a model ship suppliers and they look just right. The 'rope' is some twine which looks scale size and which I sewed in with a curved needle. ./m...

Update.... sorry Philip, but I have not followed your advice to the letter but began with a coloured background which I can add to with some sort of shrubbery(?) later. Whilst looking through my, 'I'm sure that will be useful one-day' collection I came across some exhibition carpeting which is textu...

Bazzer, many thanks for the reply, you may well be right in that the signal arm could possibly have been removed. I don't know these things as my knowledge of railway operation is zero! In my simple mind I think I would prefer to leave it there as, without it, my 'average' visitor might see it as an...

Thanks for the positive comments guys, I am grateful someone is out there watching. One of the tasks which has been postponed for far too long has been to finish off the dead end of the indoor part of the layout. Having originally been a circuit and modified to fit inside my shed, the track suddenly...

Thanks Jim, I thought the loco shed needed something extra to give it more of a working environment appearance. I think it works.

jim@NAL:118946 wrote:this is ace cant wait too see more

I agree Jim, this is what I need to inspire me to build an exhibition layout in 16mm. Perhaps when (if) the garden railway gets anywhere near completion?

[quote="Big Jim:118941"] Do you realise that your thread is approaching 50 pages?  I have a sneaking suspicion it is now one of the longest on the forum. quote] Oh dear!  I do hope that doesn't mean you are tiring of my ramblings? I just pass on what I'm up to as there are so few local vis...

Unfortunately, not all is well at the B.U.R.P.S.... the MD managed to get himself a prolapsed disc in early March and, despite the time lapse, it continues to slow down production.  Heavy duty civil engineering projects have either been simplified or cancelled awaiting a medical miracle! Work has co...

Between showers, very short periods here in Wales, I have continued with the stone work to create background to the railway. This is the final corner to receive this treatment and will also be the site for my third station. ./myff/1997151/IMG_3775.JPG ./myff/1997152/IMG_3779.JPG The concrete base fo...

Dwayne, that is just brilliant! I think the plan is interesting enough to attract a lot of attention at shows with plenty of scope to make attractive and functional structures. I have been tempted myself to make a small layout to show small stock, but that would mean building everything myself and t...

Whilst I have a great affection for steam and a huge respect for everyone connected with their restoration and running, I have little personal interest in seeing or using them. This is probably odd to some but my main interest is model making of something resembling them. I have said in previous pos...

I fitted mine as shown in the pictures below... ./myff/1995630/IMG_1055.JPG ./myff/1995631/IMG_1057.JPG It is pushed forward of the shed side to prevent water seeping in through the top and sides and has a hinged flap which is held open by a chain. The bottom edge of the flap has a door draught excl...

Unfortunately, there are still some taken in by an offer they can't refuse.
Despite the 'too good to be true' warning,' people are gullible enough to fall for such scams. The only way to deal with this individual is through the process of law, but only if enough evidence is available to prove it!

Well, the sewing was done, and very well too... but I wasn't satisfied with the look of the out-of-scale stitches, so another piece of material has been cut and this time the edges were stuck together with Evo-stik. The whole sheet is attached to the wagon with the same adhesive so it doesn't bleed ...

More progress today.... despite the weekly shopping! The two sections have now been painted, the top has been lettered and both have been weathered. I have marked out the tarpaulin in the hope that my wife will break out the sewing machine to assist in making its seams. (she is usually helpful if I ...

Isn't it strange when two completely unrelated ideas come together to form one solution? Recently I was given a small piece of material which I planned to use as a tarpaulin sheet on a wagon. I had no immediate use for this so put it to one side. Another task was to convert some scratch-built locos,...