Garden Railway Forum

Nice kits there Peter. Lucky you having a friend that gives you free stuff. I have known Brian for many years and tried to support him when constructing his garden railway and assisting with his stock collection and building. Unfortunately he is now in a position which prevents him form continuing ...

In answer to your questions Phil, 1. The lining isn't 'delicate' (see below) 2. It does need a good eye to place correctly (see 4) 3. It is self adhesive so is attached to a release backing sheet with a semi-opaque top sheet which assists positioning. Because it remains supported whilst fixing it do...

Another superb presentation Rik. The filming of lineside accessories is particularly good and shows the attention to detail you achieve. Excellent work as ever.

On the subject of vinyl lining, this scratch-built loco body, on another GRS chassis, is one I made some years ago, but never felt happy with the transfer lining I used. Such a shame to hide it away as it is a great runner, so I asked for more vinyl lining of the same colour as shown above, and here...

I'll open this one with my model of a 'Garden Railway in Bloom' ....

The RC included everything, battery pack, Deltang receiver etc. as it was already a fully operational loco, just not a pretty sight! Some modifications were necessary to make items fit and have accessible wiring, including plugs and sockets for removal if required.... 231_0004.JPG The cylinders had ...

This is to trace the re-build of the saddle tank loco, which was a GRS kit assembled by some unknown builder and handed down to me by my good friend Brian. As can be seen from the following picture, the foot-plate had been cut and dropped at the front of the cab.... very strange as the step wasn't i...

It does look to be a magnificent structure Trevor, a complicated item to build by any other means.

Absolutely stunning work and so well thought out.

Where does the time go?... the last entry on this thread was dated Feb 12th. and although I have been reading and posting elsewhere I haven't added anything here. I will try to catch-up with recent developments now. A number of things have been added to the BURPS collection during that time, includi...

You can rely on Jerry to supply jigs with his kits, nothing left to chance!
'Gold gilding cream' is new to me, unless it is similar to that used on picture frames.

I fear this kit wouldn't find its way in to my collection, but you have made an excellent job of its construction an it would certainly look well with others of its kind.

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Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:37 pm

I did this one in Lockdown II & III (or was it III & IV)

Cobbled together from some bits from an IP engineering chassis and a few other bits and bobs.

'Cobbled together' ??? I don't think so. If that was available in kit form I would be ordering one now!

Really effective paintwork Aaron, great job there!

Will also be interested to see how the bonding of print to aluminium, holds up.. Especially after a few heat-cold cycles? The modelling is brilliant, it is the resistance to the elements, that concerns me. Phil.P I have concerns about that to.... my only experience with Gorilla glue is when separat...