Garden Railway Forum

I had a go at creating printable locomotive headboards in Tinkercad. The benefit of printing was being able to create headboards for any occasion without the time, expense and organisation needed to get an etch made.The downside was it actually still took ages to lay out the lettering in Tinkercad -...

It's already looking absolutely magnificent!

I meant to update this thread with progress on my headboard, but forgot to do so. I'd got to the point where I could generate a headboard but the letter spacing was causing me a headache: Even after fiddling the parameters you can see the letter spacing is a problem more generally - since really hav...

Here are the files for my 'lego wagon' which requires a lego plate, Binnie wheels and axles, and the sole bars from Rik's short wheelbase Southwold van to complete. Lego wagon compatible with Tesco 0 gauge train set by mrsimonwood is licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial...

I don't think I every shared the files for this. I've now put them on Thingiverse.

My good old HGLW LB1 loco, was my first and is still my most used loco. But when I got a little PS Models Hudson Hunslet I loved the multi-height couplings and ever since felt LB1's bumpers were inferior. So when my nephews knocked the LB1 of my bridge and the buffers were damaged, I took the opport...

I think badgers are the most likely culprits. They are quite active in my garden, and seem to dig at things without rhyme nor reason. I certainly avoid giving them reason - such as using the live yoghurt method for encouraging moss - especially as they are capable of quite impressive feats of destru...

Ooh, another 50HP Baldwin - we will be able to have a proper parade of these at a South West Wales group meeting, I think this will make a third - matching the number of Kerr Stuart 4415s in the group (at least once I finally finish painting my one!) Though we're probably a way off yet matching the ...

I'd have thought the obvious answer would be to build a small (5" or 7 1/4" gauge) railway between the two oil tanks, and then fabricate some suitable container wagons to form a tanker train... More seriously, in your position I'd be inclined to suggest the recipient pay an oil company to ...

And now I have a big grin on my face too! It really is just wonderful to see this beast running. Fabulous.

This is a theoretical problem so far. I haven't printed anything yet with my new resin printer, but that's partly because of a note that arrived inside it, to the effect that the optimal operating temperature was 20-40 deg C. My shed was at 14C when the printer arrived and with the change in the wea...

Love the ground frame. Also interesting to see the hedge 'naked' as it were, makes it so much easier to see what the route of the railway beyond this point is going to be, compared to when it is fully foliaged... Of course once the line is cut and then the leaves return in spring it will become a us...

This is really starting to evoke the sense of atmosphere you get from the old pictures of the original Tan-y-Grisiau. Interesting that the back isn't parallel with the front. Is that based on the real cottages? It's the station building that is that interesting wedge shape - it really was like that....

Very neat Trevor! Have I understood the orientation right - that the gas valve will be accessed from the cab opening (port side) and the gas filler vale will be accessed through the water filler chute to starboard?

Absolutely agree the weather is brilliant. Stunning job.

Lovely pics! The passengers are lucky the season extended long enough to enjoy this. even my wife commented on that yesterday, although she did resist my suggestion that we probably ought to buy another one... "Ought to" :lol: Well quite, it goes without saying. The logic is inescapable.

The penny finally dropped, 1:16 scale on 45mm track works out near enough to the weird 2' 8 1/2" gauge used by the VER that commercial wheels and track can be used for the models......... We measured the gauge on the models (they are not motorised and there is no track). The gauge of the wheel...

Well, this is bad timing. Last Saturday I was at the Brighton Model Railway Club exhibition (helping out - I'm still a member - I was born and brought up in Brighton). VERA was there. As was the model of the Daddy long-legs. And these incredible models. I got chatting to Ian Gledhill and asked what ...

I’ve ordered a Whale 2. As far as I can see 50 micron resolution is more than adequate for my needs, and the saving over the Photon M3 Plus will pay for a wash and cure station which I am sure will make a difference to my real life use! Many thanks Steve for putting me onto this deal. (I also redisc...

That is an incredible price for a printer of that size. I am now comparing it to the Anycubic Photon M3 Plus which is a comparable size, but more expensive. However there’s possibly one other advantage besides my preference for the make as mentioned above, and that is it has a higher resolution (6K ...