Garden Railway Forum

I suppose when I became interested in 16mm garden railways it was almose inevitable that my main interest would be the Lynton and Barnstaple. It was a natural progression from my time in 4mm modelling where my interest was, and still is, the south western section of the Southern Railway. This intere...

That's a nice looking van. Love the colour, it just looks right. Thought you might be interested in one I did a few months back. The only thing I did different from the instructions was to fit the doors to represent outside sliding doors with the addition of some lengths of plastic angle. Just thoug...

Agree with the above. I have a couple which I am very pleased with. The seem to be very solidly built and well engineered from brass and stainless steel. Mine haven't covered a huge mileage so I can't comment on long term reliability but they run very sweetly. No problems at all.

Brian

Never heard that before but it's true. Apparently tests were suspended in 1956 during the Suez crisis so that examiners could help administer fuel rationing and learners were allowed to drive alone

Retired for the past 18 months, before that more than 35 years as an air traffic controller at Southend Airport. More a way of life than just a job, something most of us would have done for nothing. Mostly enjoyable, always satisfying and a lot of fun in the old days. All got very serious and politi...