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- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Hattons closing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1019
Re: Hattons closing
Astonishing, isn't it? Sad too. I haven't used them in decades, since moving out into the garden, but I used to order my indoor supplies from them, following in my Dad's footsteps - he showed me how to write rather formal letters to order things, always beginning "Dear Sirs"... and promisi...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower - Finished ( I think!)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12482
Re: Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower - Finished ( I think!)
Absolutely lovely! Such a great finish...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4653
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thank you both! The traverser idea sounds intriguing, but this will be on a scenic (ish!) part of the layout, so probably not what I'm after. Thank you though! It does make me wonder whether there would be just enough room to have just one entrance (reducing point costs and curvature issues) by putt...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Sandstone & Termite
- Replies: 110
- Views: 75198
Re: Sandstone & Termite
Lovely stuff, thankyou - it's always a pleasure to see operations on your line...
Andrew.
Andrew.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:13 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4653
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thanks chaps, I'll give it some more thought... Do either of you recall roughly how far from the bottom of the until the floor sits? And yes, I'd be propelling whole trains in there, already coupled. I need to think about pointwork - if I have to buy new that will significantly add to the cost, and ...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4653
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
Thanks for the video! All this has got me thinking... Over the coming months, we need to repair/replace the deck which stands above Penlan station on my line. While we're at it, we'll probably remove the wood store - we live in a built up area, so barely light the stove these days due to the growing...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Camera Vehicle
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3074
Re: Camera Vehicle
I wonder if a bit of soft (spongy foam) padding might absorb the vibrations. :scratch: I used that in my one and only bit of "driver's eye view" filming. Alas, the vehicle itself is not one of the most elegant ever to have graced these pages: https://gardenrails.org/forum/download/file.ph...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4653
Re: Wallingford Industrial Railway Ltd - 4 January 2024 - Inside storage shed
That looks great! I'm jealous though. I had a storage shed once (well, some sidings in the usual garden shed), but that was lost when we extended the house and I really miss it - setting up a run takes longer and stock gets damaged in the process. Good idea to standardise type and height of coupling...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
- Replies: 280
- Views: 131163
Re: Semi-scale BR: The Modernisation Plan
Lovely! And plenty of BR Standard features, I reckon.
Lined black?
Lined black?
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3388
- Views: 1109939
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
I had a few pages to catch up on here - what a fantastic beast that is! Congratulations Peter!
Looking forward to photos/video of it at the head of a long train come the spring...
Looking forward to photos/video of it at the head of a long train come the spring...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Yr Hen Felin & Yr Orsaf Newydd
- Replies: 300
- Views: 57397
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:08 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 333757
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Interested to hear about the Kerr Stuart. I've requested the book about KS narrow gauge diesels as my birthday present and am planning to find something in it to go with a soundcard I bought off eBay. These days, my loco builds seem more related to what bargains I find on eBay. Ooh, I reckon a KS w...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Daisy, Daisy...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13459
Re: Daisy, Daisy...
Hello again! The Regner project made a decent step forward over the Christmas Holidays with the completion (well, nearly) of the lining: Lined Daisy 1.jpg Lined Daisy 2.jpg Lined Daisy 3.jpg It doesn't bear close inspection, but (to my eye anyway!) it looks very acceptable from a usual viewing dista...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 333757
Re: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
Afternoon all! Firstly, apologies for my absence of late. Life's been busy, but the Christmas break has seen me find some time for my hobby - including my traditional New Year's Day run. I usually opt for steam power at New Year but, for various reasons, my little RH "Hercules" was the onl...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 5:28 pm
- Forum: 3D Printing
- Topic: Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower - Finished ( I think!)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12482
Re: Building Tan-y-Bwlch Water Tower
That's looking very good indeed! The stonework looks excellent.
I'll be watching the detail go on with interest. It might even inspire me to have a go - after 35 years of garden railway-ing my poor locos STILL can't get a drink...
I'll be watching the detail go on with interest. It might even inspire me to have a go - after 35 years of garden railway-ing my poor locos STILL can't get a drink...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:26 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2324
Re: Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everyone!
Sorry, I've not been here much of late, lots going on, but I'm looking forward to catching up - and maybe getting some modelling done - over the next week or so...
Sorry, I've not been here much of late, lots going on, but I'm looking forward to catching up - and maybe getting some modelling done - over the next week or so...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3388
- Views: 1109939
Re: Time to build a railway...but where?
I like that A LOT!
Love the chains in particular, and the grimy finish too...
Love the chains in particular, and the grimy finish too...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: A note from Anne (FWLR)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5894
Re: A note from Anne (FWLR)
I was thinking we hadn't heard much from Rod lately...
Thanks for letting us know Peter, and do pass on our best wishes if you get the chance.
Andrew
Thanks for letting us know Peter, and do pass on our best wishes if you get the chance.
Andrew
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:32 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
- Replies: 47
- Views: 18635
Re: N&BLR Ongoing Projects thread
Beautiful work!
- Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Daisy, Daisy...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13459
Re: Daisy, Daisy...
I think you might be over-estimating my expertise here chaps, but I'll gladly give it a try - as I say, it might take a few weeks... In the meantime, I got started using Ian Stock's article on the old Garden Railway Realism wiki:[http://gardenrailwayrealism.pbworks.com/w/page/13270143/Lining%20locom...