Garden Railway Forum

Work with me on this one..... we are all garden railway modellers so reality is what we want it to be. This evening my wife and I enjoyed a trip of a lifetime (Saturday) with a gourmet meal (fish and chips) with silver service (plastic) cutlery served by specially trained waiters (volunteer staff) a...

Well...... pause for breath.....that's looking just brilliant!
Running into the shed at that level make everything so convenient. It looks to be about the same as mine and it is a very comfortable working and viewing height.
Everything is coming together nicely, top marks for a great job.

Are you playing 'The crazy world of Arthur Brown's, Fire'?

That's a seriously impressive structure! Well thought out and executed. It really enhances your garden and doesn't seem to overpower the space.
I will be watching to see further progress..
The waterfall idea and location is just great.

Peter do you cut that into to individual slate or mount in rows? Hi Maple, for a full description and photographs of the process go to my thread here in 'Railways an Layouts, ' select... 'Time to build a railway....' and go to page 32. It's all there and shows how simple but effective it can be. Yo...

Maple, I really like your stonework..... looks like Das or similar air clay? As for the slate roof, I used High Impact Polystyrene from Homecrafts.co.uk (just enter that and it should show up). I buy all of my sheet material from them as it is much cheaper in large sheets, 915x610mm, and available i...

Phil, lets gee um sum toime ta baffle it aart. Its onnie roite ta lettum so so we cun avva loff learta. Bostin fun ay it?

If I say 'I don't want one' frequently enough I might actually convince myself........ nope, that doesn't work!

When my colleagues and I were building the 16mm exhibition layout, but before it went out on the circuit, somehow the local press got to hear about it and sent their 'roving reporter'. His name was Harry Harrison, and a very nice old boy he was too! His regular piece in the 'Black Country Bugle' was...

Super job Rik, I can feel my confidence building already!

I sent off an article to Gareth for SMT yesterday about it as I felt (hoped) it might complement your article. He'd added an invitation for more articles on battery power - Rik YES!!!!!!! But I just can't wait until the next publication... Perhaps a Q&A opportunity on-line will get me through m...

I come originally from the black country where a 'special' version of English is spoken, aye it?  : Ditto!!!! The Black Country may as well be an island as it does have a unique version of English which can be totally baffling to some outsiders. I think it is becoming watered down with time and wil...

Thanks guys, already I feel I might get up and running. I have a number of locos which I think would benefit from a single control unit for many reasons..... cost, storage and easier to use. I look forward to your descriptions BaBBLR.

Yes Rik...... simples!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrghhhhh!!!!!!!! Is it just me or are others completely out of their depth when it come to electronics? I would love to be able to find a straight-forward way to operate my locos just like Rik does but haven't a clue where to begin. Can I (we) have a tutoria...

It was a good afternoon, both for the weather and the company. It is a shame there are no other SM32'ers nearby, all would be welcome!
Jims photographs seem to show off the railway much better than the ones I capture. Now there's a reason to repeat the exercise, as if we needed one!

Wonderful.... great to see progress and how it's coming forward in stages.
Photographs mean so much more than words on their own can describe and even if they do require a little physical activity to view they are well worth the effort.
Thanks.

andymctractor:112835 wrote: I wore a face mask and rubber cloves and an old glass bowl.

Oh, how I would love to see those photo's.....

Have you tried a little liquid poly or similar? You know what happens when you try to repair a broken kit.... the paint always comes off!

That's a lovely loco Stewart, you're a luck guy having such a nice model.... where do you run it? Is there a track near to where you are?

Superb Rik! Nicely thought out with plenty of travel options. It is quite a long run and fits in well with the garden layout and planting.
I am impressed with your control system too. Please let me (us) have details of components and suppliers.
I did PM but it seems to have got lost in the post!