Garden Railway Forum

I'm interested in their old, discontinued freight stock (four wheel) of the W&L. It need not be pristine but should be in good condition and run well, with chopper couplings and no missing bits. In an ideal world (!) I'd like 3/4 opens, 3/4 vans and 3/4 others, whether sheep/cattle, flats, bolst...

Thanks Rod & Phil.

Cloudier here than yesterday but dry so far, fingers crossed...

I'm muttering away to myself here because I had a good length of garden hose, inherited from my mother - and gave it away as I could see no practical use for it. Hindsight, ehh... [grumble, grumble...]

A way to get levels is to set a datum point (eg the highest point on the block or the side of the out building wall where the "cat flap" is going to be)and bang in a peg. Next get a length of clear plastic hose that will reach out to the maximum distance from the datum and fill it with wa...

Hi Simon, Great to hear from you. Where does one start on his /her journey into our garden railway hobby ;) ..... The main thing is to enjoy yourself and hopefully it will bring you so many rewards. and maybe lots of friends through this forum and when you meet other like minded garden railway enth...

That all sounds fantastic. Can't wait to see it underweigh. Thanks - hope it won't be too long, though plenty to do getting things ready for the line. I may break off from the groundworks stage occasionally for a brief excursion into 'fun' things, like building a wagon or a building... If it's shor...

Thanks for the replies - re stakes and painting, I was planning on using masking tape for marking out the divisions when painting, so I hope to get down to a fraction of an inch accuracy. Probably use black and white or black and yellow paint, we'll see what I have in the cupboard. Stock storage, ye...

Four coaches, if anyone wants all four, great, but I'm OK selling individually: Two Vale of Rheidol coaches, chocolate and cream livery with 'MLR' logos. One is an open saloon, fitted with a few passenger figures and lights (not tested), the other, back to back compartment seating without internal p...

G'day all. Following on from various preliminary posts, I felt it's time to get a move on with a few things. I'm not new to modelling but I am new to garden railways, hence the thread title. I've signed up to the 16mm association and done a lot of reading but think it's high time to get my hands dir...

ge_rik wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:24 pm Thanks folks.
Reassuring to think that quite a few people may have found my ramblings of interest.

Rik

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