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- Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: 2019 16mm Show
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12263
Re: 2019 16mm Show
This show is a first time for me. Four hours travelling each way makes a long day. Loads of detail on plenty of layouts. The only criticism is that you could not keep any of these layouts outdoors. The Roundhouse double Fairlie in steam was a treat to behold. It is also worthwhile to see in real lif...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 7:11 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Snow
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9726
Re: Snow
2018 Bournemouth
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:02 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Cleaning after using super glue
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7579
Re: Cleaning after using super glue
I don't normally have a problem with cheapo superglue tubes, but maybe that's because I'm not normal. I simply wipe the nozzle after every application, and then stand it vertically for a few minutes, to allow the glue to run back down into the tube, before replacing the cap. I rarely have to discard...
- Mon Jan 21, 2019 9:25 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Finished after eight years
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6782
Re: Finished after eight years.
What are you going to do now it's finished?
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:28 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: New Project - Can you guess what it is? [edit: Back to the Future project]
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14848
Re: New Project - Can you guess what it is? [edit: Back to the Future project]
Will you have flames shooting out of the chimney and steam hiss from the rivets? Incidentally, steam nor smoke could issue from the smoke box rivets since it is not under pressure.
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 4:16 pm
- Forum: Scenery
- Topic: Plants for Garden Railways
- Replies: 20
- Views: 36751
Re: Plants for Garden Railways
Surely bonsai trees would be ideal but I never heard of anyone using bonsai in a garden railway. Does anyone have any ideas on this?
Buildings
Having constructed several buildings in concrete I stumbled across a website 'Bromley Craft Products' which sells texture compounds for brick and stone finishes and various moulding stencils in scales from 1:12 to 1:48 including 1:19 and 1:24. I have not seen or used any of these and wondered if any...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:02 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Bournemouth Model Railway shop
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2322
Bournemouth Model Railway shop
Bournemouth Model Railway shop is due to close down due to retirement. Although offering little in the larger scales local model shops are very useful suppliers of materials and tools. This was the last one I know of apart from Moors Valley Railway. Even Maplin has met its end. Every item now can on...
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 7:22 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: North Avenue Line
- Replies: 159
- Views: 67717
Re: North Avenue Line
I really like your dented quarry skips and a realistic well - worn look. Take a look at my 'backscene on a fence' post. You have a lot of fence.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: New blog post - planning a garden railway
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10271
Re: New blog post - planning a garden railway
We rarely hear mention of a helical main line which passes over itself at one point and has the advantage of doubling the length of run in a small area, so long as there is enough space for easy gradients. Very good features described for modellers who are keen but not sure how to plan.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:59 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: What did your pets have for Christmas?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4964
Re: What did your pets have for Christmas?
We lost our dog a few months ago, but always got her one toy for Christmas which we wrapped in several layers of decorative paper. It was a delight to watch the process of the dog unwrapping the toy.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Animals on the line
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12378
Re: Animals on the line
Oh dear! Who would have thought that 'animals on the line' could turn into 'Morris dancing'? My apologies. The blackbird is back attacking my moss.
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:04 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: On yer bike!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5468
Re: On yer bike!
I too have just enjoyed a morning cycle to Hengistbury Head, and have driven all kinds of vehicles from motorcycles, cars with and without trailers or caravans, vans, trucks, steam engines and five years on coaches. Just as there are many inconsiderate drivers, so the same goes for cyclists. So many...
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 1:57 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Village church in stone effect concrete
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4341
Village church in stone effect concrete
Hopefully :thumbright: I can now show a sequence of pictures describing how I built a church which stands up to the weather and the animals, birds, squirrels, cats and a fox. First picture shows the first mould. grfch1.jpg The base is a piece of white melamine board with wooden edge battens screwed ...
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:31 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Bus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3003
Bus
grfbus1.jpg A bus is a useful feature on any roadway, but far too expensive to buy an accurate scale model and too time consuming to make by hand. I was at my local 'In Excess' and spotted a stack of ornamental double deckers for £14:95 each. The doorway height showed that it was a little under sca...
- Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:18 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Backscene on fence
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3317
Backscene on fence
Two opposite sides of my layout are bordered by wooden fences. I have allowed access space for maintenance to the fences and the railway, but fences do not provide a realistic backdrop to create the illusion of distance. I got permission the very supportive neighbour who owns one of the fences, and ...
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:39 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: My build thread of the Kerr Stuart Brazil my first real Loco
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21253
Re: My build thread of the Kerr Stuart Brazil my first real Loco
This is truly impressive, your work is an inspiration.
Re: Post box
wire bent and soft soldered. Very crude but animal-proof, may redesign.
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:45 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: Keeping track of battery charging
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10477
Re: Keeping track of battery charging
In reply to gregh regarding gas stove/blowlamp, at least you can see and hear what is happening. You cannot see inside a battery until damage becomes catastrophic. I have never been in favour of sensors on vehicle components and oil level to warn when attention is needed. They do save getting your f...
- Mon Dec 17, 2018 6:57 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Drilling holes in metal angle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 36321
Re: Drilling holes in metal angle
Sorry for the late reply but have just spotted this one. A useful little tool for scribing a line parallel to an edge is a pair of odd leg dividers, which has one leg with its end either curved or angled to run along the edge of the workpiece.