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Next week I will be picking up my newest acquisition, a live steam Hornby G100 The Rocket. It's a gas fired 3.5" model

Thank you both for the great ideas

What are your plans for the chassis?  :D A small block of wood with a slot in it for the wheels that I will turn on a lathe  :) Lol I just love this simplicity  in your previous answer Lol  :lol: Thanks for the insight keep it going :) Steph  :D :lol: thanks, I started on the roof and also started ...

JCSteam:123754 wrote:What are your plans for the chassis?  :D

A small block of wood with a slot in it for the wheels that I will turn on a lathe

Hi Chris are you using lolly sticks or cutting your own timber and are you free lancing the design? Looks a sweet design and layout Steph   :) Thank you Steph :), I'm using lolly sticks :lol:, the design was first made on a blueprint but during the build I went my own way :P. Looks a nice balcony c...

More progress made

Little update!  :D
I started work on some inexpensive rolling stock.

I also ran in the garden which was a disaster , because most of my rails where bend and it derailed most of the time.

I want one for Xmas :reindeer: provided it could climb 3% w. a couple of wagons.   Now you need coaling stages/towers and water towers at each end of your line. Sylvian shows a handsome coaling platform he built: http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/ftopic10621-0-asc-30.php In a separate thread I wil...

Piotr Bein:121138 wrote:Your Baby ))
Looks and sounds great, runs (in air) better than it looks.
How much are they, will they go up 3% grade?
Easy to fire?

Thanks , I payed £180 for mine and I think they will make a 3% grade but I'm not sure , mine uses solid fuel to run and newer mamods use butane gas or spirits.

First steam test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g3M0w0v4ZA

This came into my mail today
Had to put the chimney back on and tested her on air.

That's a really nice garden/railway you've got there Rik, would love to have such a big garden. :D My tracks arrived saturday and my SL1 will arive friday :) . Is this good or compatible with my 0 gauge? http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Hudson-tipper-wagon-Binnie-engineering-32mm-gauge-SM32-garden-railway-16m...

Hi Chris, If you want to play around with track plans check out www.anyrail.com You can download a free version that is limited to 50 pieces of track but should be enough for you to have a play around with ideas. Thanks, it's a really usefull program I only have 49 pieces of track at home so the tr...

Chris: how do you pick up the last piece of track? :) Inexpensive rolling stock: https://piotrbein.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/rrrailways-on-a-budget-sourcing-of-materials/ If you think mom is an obstacle to your empire, wait till you are married LOL Tell your mom that nice guys like myself :P on this...

LNR:120975 wrote:Good that your making a start Chris, things can always develop later on.
Grant.

Yup, and with prices of old tracks being really low I can always expand it.
Is there a place where I can get 0 gauge wagons that aren't too expensive.

Hi everyone :D , I'm just getting into garden railways but there's one problem, my mom doesn't like gardening and she probably won't appreciate a railway in her garden :P. So here's my solution, build a field railway 8) , So I can lay down track how I want and remove it when I'm done steaming :P . I...