Garden Railway Forum

dgt:105382 wrote:Try again...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8516647@N02/

Dave

Dave
Works fine now. What a great looking railway in a really attractive garden.

Any chance you could add a few captions to the photos. Would love to know more about your rolling stock and layout.

Rik

Cracking good job. Looks stunning - and it works!

Rik

Thanks again Graeme That RDG website looks very useful - and the airbrush you've suggested looks just the business. Getting the hang of it now. I think a single-action sounds more in my line - I'd imagine a double-action would take quite a while to master and would prove difficult to get an even spr...

Neither of those links work for me... Ditto. Looks like they both take us to our own accounts. It took me a couple of seconds to realise that all the picture on the Google page were actually of my own railway. For a moment I thought, Wow! This chap's built a railway just like mine (or vice versa) Rik

Thanks Graeme Wow - a far more comprehensive answer than I deserve - but illuminating - thanks. Just a couple of questions (hopefully not too naive). 1. When you say the Chinese one's piston rings have worn out after a couple of years - how much use has it had? I don't envisage doing an enormous amo...

I do like the idea of raising the roof on your Bachmann coaches Rik.  I must admit I hadn't thought of that! Equally, I am impressed by your orderly storage on the workbench. How anyone works with clutter all around them and tools misplaced is a mystery to me.  Organised and tidy workspace is the w...

Thanks folks. Useful information. I'll pick up a copy of Model Rail next time I'm in Smiths. Any advice gratefully received

Rik

I have just acquired an ip Jessica kit. It is lacking it's motor and wheels. I see ip still do a motor and gearbox set but I am rather tempted to go down the route of bevel gears and an elliptical gear box and motor combo. What are peoples thoughts on the matter before I spend the wife's housekeepi...

I'm just flogging off some of my redundant DCC gear as I've now converted to battery power and radio control. With the proceeds I thought I'd invest in an airbrush. Up to now I've just used rattle-cans but I realise that an airbrush would offer more flexibility. I just wondered if these cheapo kits ...

Thanks Peter The Cambrian bolt heads are so fiddly to deal with, especially as they are cone shaped and can't be picked up with tweezers.  I cut a few off the sprue and place the right way up on a piece of paper.  The solvent used shouldn't make much difference as they work in similar ways but my me...

Peter Just read through your entire thread and found it enormously interesting and full of useful stuff. I'm in envy of the quality of your modelling. I'm more of a bodgeller but have picked up some useful ideas - hope you don't mind if I pinch a few. eg I'm just in the midst of bashing some Bachman...

Why not drop Greg Hunter a line via his website - http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/satr/gLinks.htm

He's just spent a couple of weeks over here enjoying the railways of Wales and playing trains with me. I'm sure he'd be delighted to advise. He lives near Sydney

Rik

Did a bit of surfing and came across this beauty from the Festiniog and Blaenau Railway. Not seen an original photo but this model (in 014) looks brilliant



Again similar but not the same

Rik

Cracking looking model of one of my favourite engines. I have an almost completed O gauge one hidden away somewhere, I must get it out and finish it. I know there were 3ft versions of them, were the any 2ft ones. Similar but not quite the same ..... http://www.ngrm.org.uk/Collections/IndustrialRail...

tom_tom_go:105095 wrote:I think that's why I like NG because you don't have to model everything perfectly.  Things can be dented, rusted, chipped, etc and you can get away with it

Couldn't have put it better myself!

Rik

You're one of the single most talented "bodgellers" I think I've ever seen Aw, Chris, that's nice, thanks. I don't think it's talent, I think it's more persistence. I maybe keep going when others may want to give up. On this build for example, when the tank, smokebox and bunker all starte...

What a nice smooth runner and very powerful by the looks of it. I like the look of your rolling stock as well, more pics please :) Hi I've a stocklist showing the rolling stock on the line here: http://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2011/07/stock-list.html It's about a year old and so I need to do a bit ...

Recently put the finishing (is a project ever really finished??) touches to my latest loco build. Based (loosely) on the Manning Wardle 0-6-0 saddle tanks which operated on the Davington Light Railway, she's based on the Piko 0-6-0 motor block. Plasticard body, brass motion (with copper pipe fitting...

kandnwlr:105062 wrote:I liked that. After the summer that vegetation looks very authentic (if perhaps a little NZ-ish). Excellent night-time scene  8)

Merci Monsieur
As you can see - I'm now back up and running on this forum. Hooray!!
Rik

Hi folks It's been quite a while since I've posted here but my log-in has just been re-energised so I thought I'd post the latest event on the Peckforton Light Railway. We've just played host to a visitation from Australia by Greg Hunter of the Sandstone and Termite Railway who brought along one of ...