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Superb, I really like that stream

Also a 15" gauge mini ride on railway sounds pretty fun, and relatively easy to do

I look forward to seeing the modules increase

Would the mini ride on stuff not be 12.5" gauge?? That was always my thought

Great work Peter, I'm loving the distressed look of the wood and paint, was that done with a dry brush method or some other subtle way

Again not really, just time and patients, I built mine for the hunslet, using again plumbers 1.1/2" waste pipe for the boiler, then slicing two smaller pieces in half, to form a spacer for the smokebox and firebox. Then cup from thicker card the front and back shape of the firebox and smokebox,...

The pistons can be made from 20mm round plastic tube, plumbers poly pipe, or electrical conduit, cap the ends off with some thick plasticard, with a hole drilled in their centre for the piston rod, glue in some brass tube, and make a frame to support and attach to the chassis frames, rods are self e...

I saw a number of years ago someone made a representation of a 08 class as a narrow gauge loco, looked rather good with the lourves in the bonnet. Tram locos may be a way forward, unless you fancy building pistons and connecting rods, don't need much more than that really to make a good representati...

Nice cranes Peter, I like the bogie wagon with the hiab arm, would work well for laying the tracks on my new line

That's not a bad call on the Dave Watkins plans, as the arrangement inside the body wouldn't be dissimilar to the prototype

Boustrophedon:119689 wrote:A scale of let's see how big it is once I have crammed all the bits in.

My kinda scale

That's an interesting loco, I take it that this will be built to run on 45mm gauge, are you thinking narrow gauge scale or standard gauge scale??

That crane is amazing, for a days work on it where did you get the bolt detail from? Really adds to the realism

Bargain price, look forward to seeing what you do with it would scale up nicely with just a different chimney and larger cab

Some nice rolling stock, love the slatted seats, though would the bogies be better underneath the seats? To spread the load better, and make it more stable?

A novel concept, and a truely great looking coach/loco/thing

Yep ive got some of those, postage mark on the box is 2010 Has it really been that long since I was last doing railways

I have a ready supply of slate tiles from work, (work for a roofing company) so id rather have them free if possible and save what I can for a steam loco

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/images/products/hofta-divider-for-drawer-white__0300656_PE412883_S4.JPG Found an image of the stuff, and would make good fencing material :D Ah - that's better! I have no idea what it's intended use in............ .........draws, for women to separate their smalls. But we ...

I'm a bit hesitant about using brake fluid, especially as I mostly work inside the house, ive already got a large brasso stain on my carpet, (later found out it contains ammonium, and bleached the carpet) from polishing a mamod stationary boiler, I think brake fluid is asking for a disaster in my ho...

The e-mail was sent around a month after I bought them, a year or two ago :? Hence why it was shelved. A little more determined to get something running I looked for a replacement, and got building :D I must say despite me breaking a wheel I am quiet pleased with it, and its a shame he's stopped tra...

Ive been looking at what items ive got in boxes that I can use, so far ive found from modeltown, an area of figures, some painted some not, a signal box, coal hut, vertical boiler unit, and shop front/pub, also some creates, barrels, and wooden barrels. Various wagons from ip engineering, beenie, co...

I'll start gathering some waste slates from work and have a go spliting them

Nice locos what was the weathering done with, (ie rusting effect) was it real rust or just paint?