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And then there was more grass! The idea behind this is that the miniature is owned by a country house much in the same way that Blakesley Hall was set up and the house guests would disembark at the local Railway station and get on a 15" gauge railway to go up to the house, however the board is ...

Gas tank on the Darj D is in the rear bunker.

One thing you must do however is use a good quality hose / pipe to bridge the gap between loco and tender and make it so it doesn't come apart easily otherwise it will quite literally go up in flames.

Is this the one set up by Methssniffer and a few others?

And then there was more 00 track... This will have a shuttle function on it so I don't have to touch it when it's running.



The point has been locked off so little fingers can't mess with it with a track pin through the switch bar thing.

I have a plan B should finding one reasonably priced be a tall task... Anyway, Things are progressing at a considerable rate... ./myff/2015354/14489738_10155390691198902_948573775_o.jpg One side will effectively be a park with Miniature railway and the other will either be a loco shed and servicing ...

I did look at the Toy Story one but it lacks the rods from cylinder to lead driver and there's no tender. It's effectively a toy so it comes out much too big scale wise as well.

So after a long time of not being able to easily set a manual loco to plod around quite nicely I decided to take a sledge hammer to my track bed and level it... Seriously for those who are just starting to build their railways, get the track bed right the first time this is important or you'll end u...

There's not been a WW1 guide from the association and there isn't one planned unless someone wants to write it...
I can recommend WDLR Album for inspiration, its a great book filled with photographs.

In a Victory? They're not being produced anymore.

So the long awaited day has come at last... "The Spanish Acquisition" has under gone running in (still a bit more to do) and once a small track discrepancy had been altered I can now say it goes round really well. https://scontent-fra3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14265065_10155324561053902_608...

It's really not far off now... just a few more minor details like platform stuff and then it's pretty much done.

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I do like the miniature railway, although if anyone is going to be sitting astride the brake van, the chimney might give a nasty surprise :lol: That will be addressed in time... I'm looking for a cheap one of these: https://hattonsimages.blob.core.windows.net/products/54170-HD_3174795_Qty1_1.jpg so...

The sand is another work special... discarded sander sand from multiple units... The waste is in two piles outside the test bay.

A few pics of it outdoors. It's not a light module... it's bloomin heavy and that's with the sump empty. ./myff/2008572/14068070_10155287767538902_4265841656954646027_n.jpg ./myff/2008573/14102416_10155287767733902_724024759876235797_n.jpg ./myff/2008574/14102543_10155287767783902_386634600204513417...

I already had the baseboard but modified it to suit in an hour or two... on and off its taken about a month so far... roughly... got a few more bits to do yet.

If it's not raining I could do... means emptying the sump of water first otherwise its rather heavy.

It still needs grass of some sort and is still a WIP.

Peter Butler:119738 wrote:I am seriously impressed!  There is a lot of thought and experience involved in this and it has paid dividends. So far I haven't seen a modular layout assembled but looking forward to it.

I have literally been making it up as I go along! lol!
Thanks

I'm not really sure but in terms of scale it could be either for example: ./myff/2008414/DSC01025.JPG This is the Cagney... its really small on 15" gauge and would be quite happy on 12.5" or 10.25" gauges. It was also built to run on 16" gauge. Locos used on it will be of no part...

So for a few years now there has been a modular layout at the National Garden Railway show in Peterborough. I've always liked the idea of making my own module to go into the layout but my wood working skills aren't the best so making a module from scratch (for the time being) was out of the question...