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Cool. Looks like they misread your ruler.
Edit: Or I did.

My wild guess is Ernst Plank Spur 8 65mm, but I'm not a collector. It can also be what Carette and Bing called Spur III 67mm, which Schoenner called Spur IIa. At that time there was no common standards as today. And the guage was measured at the top of the round rails, not between as done today. You...

IMG_2316w.jpg I have bought some Faller e-train track for a new project. The short straight tracks (about 65 mm long) all have one rail cut and a strange coil. Is this a special track or are all short straight tracks like this? What is it for? I thought it might be used with the points, but the poi...

Cool! The old track gauge numbers are very confusing.
Just to be sure ... Can you measure it in mm? Or take a photo with a ruler?

Nice loco! What is the gauge? Do you have the burner and tender? Can you take photos showing the whole loco from the front and both sides?

Found some info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrainPorn/comments/bufo3n/egypt_railways_steam_locomotive_of_the_viceroy_of/ Three of these distinctive 2-2-4 locomotives were built in the late 1850s and early 1860s by Robert Stephenson & Co in Newcastle, each with a luxurious saloon mounted behin...

This is the vehicle I have wanted to build more than any other for many years but always chickened out!... This loco can be found at the Egyptian Railway Museum in Cairo. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3611/3513332700_6c53eccde2_b.jpg https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/324880/Egypt/Polit...

Very nice and compact layout. Thanks for sharing.

Piko G and Pola G have quite a lot to choose from in 1:22.5.

No news, just some photos...
The tunnel vegetation looks quite miserable after the winter.

Maybe this thread should be merged with this one http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about10329.html I had only a minor issue when renewing online. The 'House name/number' field doesn't suit Norwegian addresses where the house number is placed behind the street address. The field went from optional o...

Kickstarter is a good thing for those who need funding to get started. I wasn't aware that you were already in the business and well suited. A batch of 25 probably sold within two years should be quite ok to give it a try.

How many Victory kits were produced? 200 I think. (?) At NGRS 2014 it was possible to sign up for a new batch of Victory kits, but the interest turned out to be too low. Have you considered running your Cracker project as a kickstarter project? Or setting up your own website taking preorders and/or...

A bit late. I brought a folding ruler and found that it wouldn't fit in my suitcase, so no purchase. Thanks anyway.

I don't have any cost for rent, there are no rates to pay and I don't employ any staff so my own overhead is quite low. As long as I can meet the local minimum wage for my own time I'm happy (app. £13 per hour) I think the main thing you should think through is whether you want to do it as a hobby ...

Rumors I heard before the show said Roundhouse is way to busy making Garratts and that they where going to make a new model based on an already existing chassis and boiler to make it easy for themselves. Didn't see this coming though.

Ahh... It is Ozark. Made in the US. I knew I had seen it before.
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/ ... roduct=156

Does anyone have any knowledge of app. how many steam locos are sold in the UK per year? Interesting question. I wonder how Roundhouse are able to manage with quite a number of employees. The yearly production can't be that large. Salaries, which usually is the highest cost, are probably much lower...

Very nice photos again!

Where have you got the draisine? Is it a kit?