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Great photos - love ‘em

Yep - nice to be back! Been catching on you BIG loco - looks impressive!

Hi everyone - firstly apologies for my silence - continued delayed house moves and of course now Covid chaos have interrupted my involvement with Garden railways (ie I still don't have one :( )- however I have said I will take my turn of hosting the inspector and have dropped Phillip a line to say t...

If I had a 'Bucket List' this would be one of the first items on it....... one of our esteemed colleagues on the Forum, Rik, very kindly offered to visit the B&UR and shoot some video film. This has now been done in Rik's highly professional style and the finished film is now available on YouTu...

Great pictures Peter- setting the standard we all aspire to!

Very impressive Rod - well done!

That's looking very good - could that wall on the right be a quarry face?! Like the slate wagons too - Lineside Hut? My dad had a layout in the loft when I was young, with old doors as baseboards, resting on tea chests, all pretty rickety I think. We didn't use it very often, but I still remember t...

Hi everyone- just a quick update - now renting a house in Yorkshire- no garden but after going to the 16mm Yorkshire Show I have rediscovered my mojo - so I have a few kits to wok on and i’ve Unpacked my track and i’m In the process of laying out a loop and sidings in the loft space - no live steam ...

Yes - great selection!

Brilliant gents - thanks

Just a quick query - conscious when I was fettling with the rc linkage on the reg at the weekend that if I loose any of the nuts/bolts screws that I have on the loco, I don't have any spares.

Where is a good source to buy a selection of very small nuts/bolts /screws to get some spares to hand

Looks brilliant, Philip! Once the moss and groundcover takes a hold, it will tone down the starknss of the concrete. Your sump cover does look a whole lot more subtle than my upturned dustbin lid and will probably be a lot more efficient. I think this project is worthy of an article in Garden Rail....

Indoor shunting layout required for that loco :thumbup: Using Deltang that could run R/C as well. Yes - its funny you should say that! If we end up renting, that's the route I'm going down as a temp measure - Tony Hill's (now sold ) Melin Llechi is an inspiration - I have wondered about starting so...

Thanks for all your replies - had a steam up at the weekend and managed to adjust the linkage length - the linkage has a screw end at the bottom which in effect tightens it up - this allowed me to put the reg at a closed position and get the grub screw through the hole and re attach the linkage. Chr...

Yes - I thought that too!

With no line to run, my stock building is key focus - I should really be just building wagons to build up the number I have BUT I do like a loco - so I’ve had a go at a Phil Sharples mini Jack kit - it just needs the electrics fitting and ready to go - including real crushed coal! B9FBF821-36FA-4C76...

That's going to be fun! The option for indoor running seems like a good one, and I love the siding that runs into "the works", ie the workbench. It will be so satisfying to trundle a finish project off the bench and onto the rest of the line for a test run... That idea's not possible with...

Brill Rik - I thought i’d covered all the angles with my design but that’s a great addition -
Thanks

Cheers Tom - I’ll have a run ( on blocks tomorrow and will video it - hopefully!!!!!) - will be in touch

Stunning Rik - very impressive - you are the home of hopper loaders - I remember you built one a while ago based on a kit (Piko?) that featured on your blog and was the basis for one I built - how you have moved on now though!