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- Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:00 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 328401
Hello again, I'm pleased to report that, despite the short length of line currently available and a lack of facilities usually associated with steam locos (like run-round loops, or even stations), regular train services can return to my back garden following the introduction of specially designed Ra...
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:02 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Merlin Mayflower - Slate Quarry Train
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3377
Thanks guys - and I have two more films in the can from Friday for future release.... Bring on Spring indeed :D Cheers Chris I shouldn't worry too much about spring Chris, that film's got a wonderful wintery charm, fantastic stuff. Must've been a bit nippy for the poor quarrymen though... Cheers, ...
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:56 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Slaters Plastikard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8317
Hello again, The drawings I used are here: http://www.wdlr.org.uk/wdlr/drawings.htm Hope they're useful, they reproduce very nicely at 16mm scale. I originally purchased Andel WD bogies for a Hudson toastrack which I've still not finished three years later (nothing on your 25 though!) then decided t...
- Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:55 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Slaters Plastikard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8317
Hi Rupert, I've nearly finished a pair of D class wagons which combine scratchbuilt wooden bodies with Andel bogies and strapping etc - Andy provided me with those parts separately as a special order. On the whole I'm quite pleased with how they've come out, although I'm struggling with he finishing...
- Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:39 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Light Railway Signalling - UK
- Replies: 38
- Views: 21085
For an unusual but very light railway feel you could use combined starter/home signals on a single post at each end of your stations, like the KESR, Southwold (I think?) and others. They'd add character and I've never seen them modelled in 16mm. Back when my railway was intended to be a freelance Co...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:54 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway
- Replies: 169
- Views: 102171
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Steam on Underground
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5547
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Joined up thinking
- Replies: 90
- Views: 36346
I think it would be a shame if an idea with such potential were to miss out on major exhibition invites etc because it developed a repution for being a bit of a visual hotch-potch... From my point of view, having a hotch-potch is part of the fun! You'll never build the same layout twice, and if f...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:11 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Joined up thinking
- Replies: 90
- Views: 36346
Hello all, It does sound like a really interesting idea - it's not something I could contribute to at the moment but one of the idea's strengths is that there's no hurry, sections can be added when they're ready. One thing that strikes me though is that whilst standards regarding baseboard depth, cl...
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Minimum radius thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9610
Wow, what a site! That's extreme garden railwaying... Open days are going to be fun... See what you mean about the difficulty of busting out of 8x6... And yep, I definitely reckon a Regner's the way to go if you want a steam engine. Sidings etc are going to be very tricky, but a Konrad or Vincent wo...
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:09 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Minimum radius thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9610
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 328401
Hello again, A couple of cold wet weekends of work have seen the new line extended by about 20' or so round the patio. This section is on a timber structure designed to take up as little space as possible - come the spring I'll add pots etc underneath to try to make it all look a bit more natural. I...
- Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:46 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 328401
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:05 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: track plan ideas?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3604
Hello Si, I like this sort of thing. My wife and I have noticed that when we visit friends' new houses she'll immediately start planning where they could extend, knock through and add en-suites wheras I'll head straight to the kitchen window to work out what radius of curves they can afford to use.....
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:37 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 328401
Last weekend saw further progress on the new line, with construction moving to the section that will go round the patio. The trackbed will consist of modified bits of my old line together with a new curving section in front of the plum tree. My mate Mark kindly agreed to lend a hand and proved that ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:18 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Help with carriage painting.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7160
Hello again, You may well be right about the extra painting and sanding. On my Pickering brake the big swirly patterns in the grain were still very noticeable until I primed and sanded - after that you couldn't see them at all, just the odd tiny grain marking that I like because it shows that the th...
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:33 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 765
- Views: 328401
The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
I thought I'd start a thread to record the progress of my new garden railway, the (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland. The new line replaces my old West Kent Light Railway, a Colonel Stephens inspired line that was demolished to make way for a house extension in 2010. As the name suggests the new railway...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 356533
Glad you like it - just need to build some more track so I can give the thing a proper run now! WVLR - the roof's covered with an old cottom T-shirt, glued on with waterproof PVA, primed, and then painted with enamel. The painting has the curious effect of raising up lots of little bobbles in the fi...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:47 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 356533
(WH)WHR Rolling Stock
Hi all, I haven't shared my work on this forum before, but I always like to see other people's so thought I'd post mine. This is my latest carriage which I've just finished. It follows my usual plywood and wood strip technique and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - of course it helps that t...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:40 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Help with carriage painting.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7160
Hi Steamcoaster! Glad you found the sealer, I reckon it should make a big difference - otherwise the grain will continue across the matchboarding and give the game away. It certainly worked for my Pickering brake which had a big swirly pattern from end to end until I sealed and primed it. Good luck ...