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Update re rolling stock...using various odds and ends including charity shop finds. The whisky is for sustenance of staff, and the tomato is transport for Ken Chups sauces. The buffers are golf tees or magnetic pin board pins. Chassis are either balsa wood or a Hornby Meccano base with Binnie plasti...

Quick update started on the rolling stock.....ketchup truck on scrap Hornby truck, Binnie wheels, and cheap magnetic notice board pins from Tescos, also start of the guards van

Hi the buffers are golf tees ...big bag from Tescos of varying sizes..rivets are stick on gems from a craft shop..as for colour...from what colour photos I have seen black or Crimson seem favoured colours....everything is from scrap ... I scrounge and save any pen and bottle tops, broken toys, card ...

Hi Annie......there was once a chap in the 16mm lot who used the caps from shotgun cartridges ...used of course

Loco is almost there and ready for priming and final fit...then on with rolling stock ./myff/1955298/image.jpeg 3/4 shot ./myff/1955300/image.jpeg Rear view ./myff/1955301/image.jpeg Cab area. Fortunately the Lima forward/reverse switch works so just need a big throttle leaver. Also need to fit dial...

My efforts to date....Lima chassis, jelly tots tube (big sort from Christmas great for 16mm G scale boiler), oval card box, mounting card, drink straws, pen top etc....all slots over the Lima chassis.

Looking at building a tribute loco to remember the late Bruce Bates of Bridwater and Raspberry railway fame...thought of something like this ./myff/1953724/image.jpeg For those who don't know...he is best remembered for producing kits of small locos and often in a whimsical style...recently passed a...

Hi Annie that French ww1 loco is the way I intend to go...I have two nova chassis but trying to decide if it is easier to run off one power pack and if that will last a while...or two , one feeding each chassis but can't work out a simple wiring and control circuit where I just use the one switch......

Try my http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/ftop ... ranked.php what I did this weekend Clockwork.

I tried this also as inspiration
http://www.oocities.org/clockworkpage@rogers.com/

Lots of excellent locks and information for you

Great to see the project still going. I remember some of the photos posted by Tony being posted on AWNUTS ages ago.....it looks great

Annie...great to see you back...how are the helpers?

Your Garrett inspired me to track down a Greendale loco but yet to do anything.
Love to see yours going, and once again Tony a master at conversions

Ok ok but what about my newly acquired 1990 ABi caravan, as my man cave for less than the price of a 3x6 shed.......ok not as stylish as your club project of which I have a little green envy

Further to the past postings, and I am sure some small comfort for his family, is the news that 2 have been charged with causing Davids death. (news item below) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-30508085 I also thought the obituary in Garden Rail was very nice Will be thinking of his fam...

I just hope the loco will have enough power to pull on the track Shouldn't think it will be a problem Dave, those Battery 4f's are quite powerful, the few I used to have could manage 3 mk1 coaches with no problem. Coach and loco look great. Yep it sure does Jim...great fun I've been playing trains ...

Work goes on ready for first public trials, with coaches fixed to the trucks, who now have my usual picture rings for couplings. The Guards van now has window boxes with flowers off small pegs froma craft shop...the pugs are being used by the family for other things. the is also a wood burner and ch...

A bit more done to 3rd class, with guttering and drain pipe made of paper straws and odd bits of wire...I went for black as the fancy stripes looked lost on the coach Also door handles made from rings from a jewellry shop and handles from cast off wire The roof was layered to give the dipped in the ...

Great job...thats great scratch building...tell your Dad well done
I think you will enjoy it and thier will be many admiring glances

Did a bit more work...not as neat as I would have liked...but the effect seems ok Cheap play beads and pins for the lamp boxes, and card / paper for the roof Figures hand drawn copied from Emett books and stuck inside (well whos going to look?) ./myff/1824266/Reece+Emett+18.JPG ./myff/1824267/Reece+...

3rd class with upsidedown blood and custard colouring, is the last vehicle for the moment

Excellant my kind of scratch building. I think the GVR loco is GREAT! and the cow catcher...your cheating like me...we should solder not glue Its hard sometimes to keep things on the boil..try simmering for a while...you still make progress...its not a race...its a past time and fun...hope to see mo...