Garden Railway Forum

Thanks for the comments Gents. Nice busy yard area. You thought about how you are going to go about uncoupling and operating the run around loop at ground level? The loop is arm length from the edge of the line to the furthest loop. I'm not planning on doing any coupling/uncoupling there anyway! Tha...

Its happening! Work has started on the extension. Its broken into two phases to make it manageable. Phase one makes use of existing track and runs for 15ft down the garden installing a passing loop and three sidings. Phase 2 finishes off the running line and will either end in another runround loop ...

Looking good Jon! In the 7mm drawing book you should have a drawing of 122. As the F&WHR have said that it will now permanently live on the WHR, might be a good idea to do this one as well! Also, carriage 100 will be converted to a 3rd obs like carriage 123. Will there be an option for the 3rd ...

Announcement 5! Additional New FR Modern Corridor Coaches! BMF-006 to BMF-010 Ffestiniog Railway Modern Coaches https://i.ibb.co/6XxKX1b/DSC0128.jpg Yes, time to fill in the gap. We are pleased to reveal another 5 coaches for our FR range including a second Observation coach and the Prototype Tin C...

Annoucement Number 3 - SKLR Preservation Coaches https://i.ibb.co/tp0cCqy/IMG-0800-Copy.jpg After our very successful trip to the SKLR end of season gala, we are starting work on a set of SKLR Passenger Coaches. These will be modifications of our existing Bowaters Passenger Coaches into their curre...

Next Annoucement! BMF-011 to BMF-013 Ffestiniog Railway Tin Cars! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/FR_Carriage118.jpg Yes, that's right. We are covering the now withdrawn Tin Cars as well! These 3 kits will cover 117-121 in the condition they last operated(or in 120's case, is sti...

Looking good! Any particular reason why the obs aren't being produced? Technical reasons namely the curved end of the coach. It is doable but will mean it would be significantly more expensive coach than the rest.That said, if the demand is there, we can look to review the decision. At the moment, ...

Product Annoucement First of our announcements for Exeter. We will be doing 6 in total running up to the show! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Bodysgallen_south_of_Rhyd_Ddu.jpg/800px-Bodysgallen_south_of_Rhyd_Ddu.jpg To go alongside our range of FR Coaches, we will also be...

We’re proud to present the first item in our BME series of kits. The E standing for Engine! BME-004 Monson Railroad No.3. https://i.ibb.co/SwZNsrY/BME-004.jpg This will be a 3D printed 16mm kit running on a TBC chassis. It is designed for 32mm gauge track only at this stage but we are looking at the...

Have you thought about adding an inertia wagon Jon, it would make your trains run much slower and give longer run time (helps on little lines like ours). The thought does cross my mind from time to time. That said, I get fairly slow speeds with the engines as it is. Its just a case of choosing the ...

JMORG wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:54 am Already on your list Jon!
Quick question though, how do you paint your MDF panels?

Happy days! I tend to just prime them and paint normally. No need for special attention. Some people use wood sealer but I don't tend to bother.

Cheers,

Jon

Having got back from work eariler than planned, time to run a train. A rudy heavy one at that! Stock was my Welshpool set which although not very heavy, don't roll as nicely as they should (I really should Oil them at some point.......) plus Superior. A nice heavy loco to test it all properly (well,...

Anyone had any experience with these kits? Quite fancy a modern FR rake but the droplight windows on the obs look way too narrow? The others look great however! Just seen this :oops: They're based on what little information I could find for them as surprisingly, the FR didn't even answer my e-mails...

A train of five of them behind a steamer is going to look spectacular. You mean like this? http://www.bowatersmodels.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/DSC0049.jpg Leader and 5 FR coaches together. And who knows, that train might get even longer soon....... :D Back from work early and the weather is ...

Only one image from today. First test runs were done with my IPE Jessica and two FR coaches. Surprisingly level for something I've built! Not bad really. Need to get some heavier locos running over it to start fully bedding it in but I'm happy. That's for another day unless I get back early enough f...

Thanks for all the comments guys. It's so good to finally get something permanent down! Well done Jon, It looks great now you've got some ballast down. It's a nice, neat and tidy bit of work. Are you fixing the track down to anything or loose laying in the ballast? Andrew Track is being laid loose. ...

After a long discussion with the landlords, it's finally happened! A permanent line has appeared in my garden. Only about 22ft long at the moment but will grow to 30ft on Saturday with further growth potentially following in the new year if it beds in enough and the parents are still happy. http://i...

Fresh from the printers is the first official images of our upcoming Chattenden and Upnor Coaches in 16mm. The radically different bigger siblings to our existing 4mm coaches, they feature a return to the design style from our original Bowaters stock which has meant a pair of kits that literally fal...

Hi Jon, Saw your models on the stand at Peterborough, loved the Barn carriages. I know it's early days, but are you planning anymore FR carriages? The Super Barns would likely be the next logical step! Look forward to the SRRL stock Hi, I'm waiting for a reply from someone else before I comment on ...

A small update for those looking for our FR Coaches, I'm suitably happy with all 5 coaches so they're all released! You can buy either from myself via the website or via the Narrow Planet store. https://i.ibb.co/WB0v9KS/DSC0034.jpg All 5 Coaches together https://i.ibb.co/wKkGc37/DSC0032.jpg FR Coach...