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Confessional
I thought we might need a "Confessional" here on the Forum - you know, for those General Garden Railway dark thoughts or deeds that blight our consciences every now and again
Here's my opener;
I've been thinking for a long time about dismantling the W&LLR, selling off everything but the track and down-sizing but up-scaling to 7/8ths.
Things got worse when the Accucraft Hunslet appeared, and today I noticed the IP Ruston!
Here's my opener;
I've been thinking for a long time about dismantling the W&LLR, selling off everything but the track and down-sizing but up-scaling to 7/8ths.
Things got worse when the Accucraft Hunslet appeared, and today I noticed the IP Ruston!
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Ha ha glad it's not only me that is thinking about 7/8ths after seeing David's Hunslet running on my line on Sunday:
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I wish I had started 7/8ths in the first place now that I have little time due to new job, family life, etc as I am finding 16mm too fiddly.
But I guess I made the same mistake when I got back in OO years ago and then discovered DCC and so spent money on that as well
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I wish I had started 7/8ths in the first place now that I have little time due to new job, family life, etc as I am finding 16mm too fiddly.
But I guess I made the same mistake when I got back in OO years ago and then discovered DCC and so spent money on that as well
I sometimes wonder if I woushould be modelling the Lough Swilly in 15mm/ft. But I just did the sums, and Owencarrow viaduct would be around 17 metres long.
That's probably a bit much for our garden, especially as it would need really quite a bit of bleak heather scenery to give the context. We'll stick with Welsh slate railways.
That's probably a bit much for our garden, especially as it would need really quite a bit of bleak heather scenery to give the context. We'll stick with Welsh slate railways.
Richard Huss
in sunny Solihull
in sunny Solihull
I have to avoid looking at books about trams... I think I could get REALLY into them... A fleet of 4-wheeled single deckers or open-topped double-decked cars trundling round the garden in ornate liveries would be quite something... Plus the odd quirky service car... And a depot, with the cars all lined up at a traverser... Hmmm...
Yours guiltily,
Andrew.
Yours guiltily,
Andrew.
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Well, would have to say that 1/12th is the scale that would draw me away from 16mm, in fact if I ever somehow came into possession of the 1/12th scale live steam model of the R&ER's Northern Rock then I'm sure it would happen!!
However...
16mm has so much trade support that makes it all a lot easier and whilst 7/8ths is growing in popularity there would still have to be a LOT of stuff that would have to be scratchbuilt, so contrary to what tom tom go says I don't think it would be so good for someone who doesn't have a lot of spare time
The other confession of mine would be taking over the entire garden and/or house and going nuts with the amount of track, however I've got my parents to stop me first...!
However...
16mm has so much trade support that makes it all a lot easier and whilst 7/8ths is growing in popularity there would still have to be a LOT of stuff that would have to be scratchbuilt, so contrary to what tom tom go says I don't think it would be so good for someone who doesn't have a lot of spare time
The other confession of mine would be taking over the entire garden and/or house and going nuts with the amount of track, however I've got my parents to stop me first...!
"What the hell is that?"
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
"It's a model icebreaker sir."
"It's a bit big isn't it?"
"It's a full scale model sir....."
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Besides owning two mamods... (Not the only one!) I have grown to like the humble Binnie Tipper to the extent of having 9 and a brake wagon... I now have to stop myself from buying more...
That and before long I won't have any 00 gauge or N gauge as I keep selling it off to afford 16mm...
There have been musings of eventually building something in 16mm but that involves a workshop which seems to be becoming my bedroom slowly... wonder if my parents will let me use a lathe in my room???
That and before long I won't have any 00 gauge or N gauge as I keep selling it off to afford 16mm...
There have been musings of eventually building something in 16mm but that involves a workshop which seems to be becoming my bedroom slowly... wonder if my parents will let me use a lathe in my room???
No one expects the SPANISH ACQUISITION!!!
My one is that I was bitten by the 1/12th bug when I became a fireman at the SHR and considered selling my fowler and getting someone to build me Lydia or something for a 1/12th scale layout............ 2 months later and the fowler is still here............. with saving fund for a loco, boiler in design and the beginnings of a layout!!!!! The SHR in miniature!!!!
Well since receiving the Hunslet I am now looking at a couple of my locos in a different light. Chris Bird did Millie conversion to 7/8ths and there are some nice body kits out there from simply 7/8ths.
My real confession is that I have an embarrassingly large fleet of steamers for the time I've been in the hobby.
My wife thought I only had 4 but put a 1 infront of that and add a couple more. As she doesn't have a lot of interest I found if I bought green ones she didn't notice the difference
My real confession is that I have an embarrassingly large fleet of steamers for the time I've been in the hobby.
My wife thought I only had 4 but put a 1 infront of that and add a couple more. As she doesn't have a lot of interest I found if I bought green ones she didn't notice the difference
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Confessions....I said my loco was about 200 lower than it was so as not to shock the missus. I will have to confess as it bugs me when she admires it.....It is so hard when our toys cost so much not to fib..best come clean take the knock and feel better later...
And 7/8ths Love the Hunslet wanted a finescale gave up after 4 years on the list! Brought Tom Rolt instead finding it hard to banish the want. I reckon we have to be thankful and cherish. A good loco is like a good lady. There is lots to admire even with the passage of time. The effort keeping it tip top is the fun and interest on-going. Too many is 'not to keep well' and becomes a material burden. Small can be good in scale a watch is a lovely thing..My locos need me...
And 7/8ths Love the Hunslet wanted a finescale gave up after 4 years on the list! Brought Tom Rolt instead finding it hard to banish the want. I reckon we have to be thankful and cherish. A good loco is like a good lady. There is lots to admire even with the passage of time. The effort keeping it tip top is the fun and interest on-going. Too many is 'not to keep well' and becomes a material burden. Small can be good in scale a watch is a lovely thing..My locos need me...
My confession is that I siphon a small amount of cash from the holiday budget each week to fund the railway expansion....
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
My line: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about7200.html
My line: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about7200.html
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I hear the fees and postage aswell....
If it can be made full scale it can be made 16mm
My line: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about7200.html
My line: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about7200.html
I have dark thoughts about selling all my 16mm and getting a 3" traction engine..........
Dan,
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I have to confess that I am, hopefully temporarily, finding the whole issue of garden railways in general a bit insipid. I'm still quite proud of my Roundhouse engine that I built from kits, and I like looking at it, but since I don't have a garden and my "railway" is hidden on an island it's a bit of a production to load the engine and wagons into boxes, take a boat to the island, repair whatever damage wind and rain and dogs have done to the tracks, and run the train round several times finding all the places where it will derail and fixing them, and only then am I able to run it. Last time I watched it going around and around and I thought to myself: This is stupid. Also my wagons all get damaged going to and from the railway in boxes and I'm lucky I haven't damaged my engine. Frankly I'm planning on taking the tracks apart and putting the whole works in storage, other than the engine, which will sit on a shelf. It's too much work just to watch a train toddle slowly around a circle in the dirt, getting bitten by bugs and not able to have a cup of tea. It's not an appropriate hobby for where I live.
I think the 7/8ths stuff is great. Rinky-dink little "tramway" type steam trains are why I was attracted to UK-style narrow gauge models in the first place. I love how the Hunslet looks too and can easily imagine weathering one and outfitting it with all kinds of details like buckets and chains and teapots to make it look like an unkempt industrial locomotive at the end of its working life. One thing though is that, if it looks like I am only going to have one live steam railway locomotive, which will be sitting on a shelf in my music room most of its life, I'd rather have an English one than a Chinese one. But that is just my own personal prejudice: I'd like a working model that is made in the sam country as the "prototype" was (even though there isn't really a prototype for my engine particularly)
Sorry if I sound defeatist; I'm just not having any fun with it, and frankly I think I would have to be living in England and be acquainted with you lot in order to have any sense of community in the hobby. I think I give up.
If anyone is interested, here is probably the last time I will be making a video of this train, at least in this location. I don't like it as much as the winter one I did. Although it looks like the train is running OK on these tracks, most of the wagons sustained some minor damage going to and from the location, and after the video it rained heavily and washed out most of the "ballast".
The last time I ran this train it was on the request of one of my friends so their children could see it run. After half an hour or so of watching the train derail, come uncoupled and nearly trampled by two small children chasing it 'round and trying to leap over it, I was getting visibly frustrated. Their mother said "See how much fun they're having? That's the important thing." ...and I thought to myself "No it bloody isn't. The important thing is that I'm standing here in the heat and insects watching a thousand pounds' worth of toys running through sand and getting mauled by small children". I think maybe it's time to pack it in.
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I think the 7/8ths stuff is great. Rinky-dink little "tramway" type steam trains are why I was attracted to UK-style narrow gauge models in the first place. I love how the Hunslet looks too and can easily imagine weathering one and outfitting it with all kinds of details like buckets and chains and teapots to make it look like an unkempt industrial locomotive at the end of its working life. One thing though is that, if it looks like I am only going to have one live steam railway locomotive, which will be sitting on a shelf in my music room most of its life, I'd rather have an English one than a Chinese one. But that is just my own personal prejudice: I'd like a working model that is made in the sam country as the "prototype" was (even though there isn't really a prototype for my engine particularly)
Sorry if I sound defeatist; I'm just not having any fun with it, and frankly I think I would have to be living in England and be acquainted with you lot in order to have any sense of community in the hobby. I think I give up.
If anyone is interested, here is probably the last time I will be making a video of this train, at least in this location. I don't like it as much as the winter one I did. Although it looks like the train is running OK on these tracks, most of the wagons sustained some minor damage going to and from the location, and after the video it rained heavily and washed out most of the "ballast".
The last time I ran this train it was on the request of one of my friends so their children could see it run. After half an hour or so of watching the train derail, come uncoupled and nearly trampled by two small children chasing it 'round and trying to leap over it, I was getting visibly frustrated. Their mother said "See how much fun they're having? That's the important thing." ...and I thought to myself "No it bloody isn't. The important thing is that I'm standing here in the heat and insects watching a thousand pounds' worth of toys running through sand and getting mauled by small children". I think maybe it's time to pack it in.
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