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I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations. :scratch: I used that in my one and only bit of "driver's eye view" filming. Alas, the vehicle itself is not one of the most elegant ever to have graced these pages: https://gardenrails.org/forum/download/file.ph...

That looks great! I'm jealous though. I had a storage shed once (well, some sidings in the usual garden shed), but that was lost when we extended the house and I really miss it - setting up a run takes longer and stock gets damaged in the process. Good idea to standardise type and height of coupling...

Lovely! And plenty of BR Standard features, I reckon.

Lined black?

I had a few pages to catch up on here - what a fantastic beast that is! Congratulations Peter!

Looking forward to photos/video of it at the head of a long train come the spring...

FWLR wrote: ↑Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:58 am that little milk van looks perfect with them also.

I agree! The whole rake is lovely.

And well done for getting outside to play trains, despite the weather!

Interested to hear about the Kerr Stuart. I've requested the book about KS narrow gauge diesels as my birthday present and am planning to find something in it to go with a soundcard I bought off eBay. These days, my loco builds seem more related to what bargains I find on eBay. Ooh, I reckon a KS w...

Hello again! The Regner project made a decent step forward over the Christmas Holidays with the completion (well, nearly) of the lining: Lined Daisy 1.jpg Lined Daisy 2.jpg Lined Daisy 3.jpg It doesn't bear close inspection, but (to my eye anyway!) it looks very acceptable from a usual viewing dista...

Afternoon all! Firstly, apologies for my absence of late. Life's been busy, but the Christmas break has seen me find some time for my hobby - including my traditional New Year's Day run. I usually opt for steam power at New Year but, for various reasons, my little RH "Hercules" was the onl...

That's looking very good indeed! The stonework looks excellent.

I'll be watching the detail go on with interest. It might even inspire me to have a go - after 35 years of garden railway-ing my poor locos STILL can't get a drink...

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sorry, I've not been here much of late, lots going on, but I'm looking forward to catching up - and maybe getting some modelling done - over the next week or so...

I like that A LOT!

Love the chains in particular, and the grimy finish too...

I was thinking we hadn't heard much from Rod lately...

Thanks for letting us know Peter, and do pass on our best wishes if you get the chance.

Andrew

Beautiful work!

I think you might be over-estimating my expertise here chaps, but I'll gladly give it a try - as I say, it might take a few weeks... In the meantime, I got started using Ian Stock's article on the old Garden Railway Realism wiki:[http://gardenrailwayrealism.pbworks.com/w/page/13270143/Lining%20locom...

When I drew up this wagon for Andrew, he gave me the chassis dims, which from memory he measured from another wagon, so are probably not accurate for this particular vehicle. However the footprint of my wagon is 118 x 64mm ie 7ft4 1/2" x 4ft 0" My body measures at 32.55mm but I don't have...

Hi all, A little more progress on this project (if not the loco itself) in that I've been having some trial goes at lining on some off-cuts sprayed with the same paint - in the rain, as is evident from the white spots! Green 4.jpg Not perfect, but I got better each time, so I think - as longs as I'm...

I think those long straight handbrakes, and the boxy design give these wagons a surprisingly modern look. I ended up building three, because Philip sent me his prototype as well as the two wagons I'd planned - I don't know how many the FR had originally, but there are only two now! It's lovely to se...

Just catching up here - I'm very impressed by the lengths you're going to to get it right. The finished loco will look great...

I have never tried resin prints with heat, I guess it depends on how hot the boiler actually gets as resin to the best of my knowledge, once cured is pretty resistant to heat, from memory around 250 degrees, and then they burn more than melt. Ah, I never was much good at physics! I assumed the prop...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:51 pm If you offer the pipework for sale Steve, I will certainly be first in line!

It's lovely, isn't it - nice work Steve!

Alas, unlikely to survive contact with Daisy's boiler!