Garden Railway Forum

Thanks for the answer. Best get some ordered in

For my winter project i'm wanting to mess with the body of my roundhouse Katie, having mastered a lot of new materials and methods so far model engineering metal work is the next new area for me. Having had a good read through lots of good advice for when i get to soldering, cleaning and painting th...

It was just the way my weekend went this on, I was off and the boss was at work so I got plenty of time on my own to get on with bits. I blame this site for giving me too many ideas. I got the wood wagons of into the homemade spray booth and gave the a weathering. I was already really happy how they...

Well another weekend lost to foamex, lost but not wasted. completed one hopper wagon and added a pair of stake wagons as well to the WLR inventory. even remembered to take a few pics as I went along. 20200607_113716.jpg 20200607_113728.jpg 20200608_152220.jpg 20200608_152248.jpg 20200614_124900.jpg ...

And no we are finally up to date. I hope semi regular updates as bits get done. So following on from all the advice on building with foamex, I have very nearly completed the Jackson's miniatures signal box. 20200602_121930.jpg A few little bits to finish up for phase 1, porch ridge tiles, chimney to...

There was also the post Christmas overtime payment that was spent on a second hand kit built roundhouse Katie. I knew part of the reason I wanted a garden railway was for the sound and feel of steam power. I didn't plan on buying a steam loco this soon, but my over time came into the same value, so ...

should have said, I have not gone for the premix stone material, I used a bit of gray primer and the stencil to set my pattern then had at it with the scriber, very therapeutic.

Well I bit the bullet, I bought some doors and windows from Jackson Miniatures, well a fair few (plenty of other building planned). I tagged on one of there "Llanvi" signal box kits as a easier starting place (already neatly cut out) I also went mad and bought a couple of stencils to help ...

The PDF kits are very impressive, I seem slightly addicted to them, the Baldwin was a little bit of a pain until I learnt of ways to over come the print lines. The plastic is very robust and trying to take It straight on with sanding paper was hard work. However the next PDF project (which as you wi...

Thanks Peter that confirmed my concerns. Philipy that does look really good. Hopefully I can some thing like that will break out some scraps of foamex and have an experiment. And SVLR I would have to concur with your views there. A few brews were had watching Stephen's videos. Not only does it give ...

That does look good. I might have to try the textured paint with the use of a stencil. My brain works well with structured elements so I could sit happy and scribe bricks. But I have no artistic streak so randomising stone would be a nightmare.

So having seen a large number of members making some truly amazing creations out of the wonder material foamex I started the mind running and thinking about the possibilities for my slowly forming railway. Brick built structures seem viable using the score techniques, but not really that in keeping ...

Next was a bored wet weekend off work (and the first recent project i've actually completed) Its an IP Engineering wagon, and one of the very few private wagons the WLR has. With Express Dairies being up at Appleby I thought they would have been supportive of the railway, bringing milk churns to the...

The next project, but as you guessed not finished (there is definitely a reoccurring theme developing) was the replacement guards van, this time I went in passenger livery not freight grey, I thought until some form of more advanced train breaking was brought in on the railway a guard operated break...

The railways first piece of motive stock has also progressed, it would have been motoring along on it own power however when I did the fit of the rctrains receiver, the running gear was slightly out of time and bound up, I decided in the best traditions of British engineering the solution would only...

Thank you all for the kind words. I really enjoyed getting back into modeling. The way the coach turned out spurred me onto more. The next project was inspired by the trip to the snow. A swift16 plow was bought. The guards wagon I had built ended up with a chassis warp and just to finish things I kn...

Apologies all for being useless at chronicling my garden railway adventures, cant believe it been a year since I last posted. Lots of planning has gone into the outdoor element but no ground works yet, still had to keep the boss happy with DIY projects, so the bathroom was completed and two redecora...

Coach works have continued on the WLR. I cannot remember who and post and whos suggestion it was to use aero modelers canopy glue but it fixed the overlay very neatly. I've taken a few pics test fitting the interior, along with some half painted passengers.

And finally the WLR itself, the Balwin loco has been mothballed slightly due to the delay in motive control arriving from RCtrians (I've seen posts of kits coming out now so it looks like supply lines have been re-established, fingers crossed I can get things moving soon) After everyone's comments o...

Next up, a weeks skiing. How does that involve trains you ask. Well that because it was Switzerland and the Jungfrau area. Home to the Wengernalpbahn and Berner Oberland-Bahn, narrow gauge cog mountain railways (for some reason I cant help but think the WLR may make it as far as Ambleside now, with ...