Garden Railway Forum

Looks like a good idea. Crossing in front of the window at cill level should look really good. Be careful not to cover the air brick though, or restrict the flow of air to it . I look forward to seeing the railway grow. Andrew That's a point I've already thought about, and a very good one!!! I'll b...

There is a slope which you cant really see in the pic, towards the house, so at the house its level with the cill, at the opposite end you may be able to see a red dot that shows the level on one of the blocks, about half way up one

1) Use liquid concrete (the runnier the better) 2) drop the filled moulds from a height of round about 1" onto a hard surface - this will help to dislodge the bubbles. Thanks for that, never tried step 2, so maybe thats where I am going wrong, tried paste, liquid, and mixing cement with equal ...

We don't use the French doors, the track bed will come in line with the Cill of the door, and ill put a couple of small flags in as a road for access to the door, the grey box will be moved out the way, I was just looking at where id be able to fit it in the yard while still having some room for the...

Not sure if these are what your after, but they are pretty cheap, and should paint easily

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/121279501008?_t ... 3641.l6368

I have a couple of moulds for jigstones, my problem is whenever I have tried to cast the blocks, I always have bubbles at the bottom, so there isn't as much detail as there should be, any tips??

I'm a fan of the smaller ones too, less effort to build, and can be made more detailed

Id appreciate some thoughts on a new railway I'm planning on building, (also a possible name for it), I'm looking to build it on bricks, with a simple loop, and a few sidings, (space restrictions doesn't leave much more room for anything else). Here's a couple of pics of the area and the proposed la...