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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by ge_rik » Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:18 am

Peter Butler wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:07 pm The figures are excellent and the night-time lighting effect gives the scene a kind of 'Dutch Masters' painting appearance. Clever stuff!
By coincidence, I was thinking Van Goch - Potato Eaters

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:56 am

Thank you all for your nice comments!
daan wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:57 pm May be you can get Bonsai trees to go with them?
I was thinking about using bonsai. But they seemed too low compared to the G scale rolling stock.
ge_rik wrote: Thu Jun 07, 2018 9:16 pm Where did you get the chairs, btw?
The chairs and the table (as well as the playing cards, the beer bottles and some money) were in the set with figures from the Preiser.
Preiser offers these tables and chairs separately (art. 45219 - the chairs, art. 45220 - the tables).
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by daan » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:15 pm

Bonsais grow in any size. You are the one deciding the scale and height of the bonsai. My neighbour is a bonsai gardner and has a lot of very nice bonsai trees in his garden. Some are tiny, some are over a metre in height.

I have a few bonsai trees in my garden railway, they need trimming a few times a year, but definitely grow to any size you want. The best part is, that when kept small, their leaves are also smaller then normal and they get a very nice, big stem and root system, giving them the look and feel of a real big tree.

Your version with pots in the layout is ideal for bonsai, since the whole trick of keeping bonsai's small is to regulate their root system. A tree stopt growing when the root system stays small. My neighbour keeps all his bonsai in pots and trims the root system and the brenches alternately. When he trims the roots, he chooses a few healthy roots and cuts the smalles ones around them away. Then he carefully places the plant back in the pot with new soil and plantfood. Then keep moist and cut the branches.

In Switserland, a lot of trees are growing in rocky areas. They keep small because their roots have no place to grow. Bonsai are the same thing. Limit the root system and the tree stays small.
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:40 pm

Thank you for such a detailed information! I'll try to follow your advice.
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by markoteal » Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:22 pm

Great planting - really adds to things and I love the shed/hut/hideaway - a hand full of aces I bet!
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by ge_rik » Fri Jun 15, 2018 7:36 am

E.V. wrote: Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:56 am The chairs and the table (as well as the playing cards, the beer bottles and some money) were in the set with figures from the Preiser.
Preiser offers these tables and chairs separately (art. 45219 - the chairs, art. 45220 - the tables).
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by jim@NAL » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:20 pm

I love the signal with the ball and the night shots look brilliant

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:39 am

Some news on my railway.
After a long effort to select and prepare elements (facades, figures, etc.) I was able to create a town zone on my railway. I tried to reproduce the main street of a small American town, along which the railway passes. For easy installation of the figures I made the wooden pavement. Unfortunately, because of the low window sill, I could not make any high houses. Some photos:

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Recently I was able to please myself with a new steam locomotive. I got the Bowande Porter which is equipped with radio control, the new safety valve and some very useful things (the lubricator drain cock for example).

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The Porter with the maintenance-of-way train:

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by Peter Butler » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:52 am

Nice scene with the small town area and passengers waiting there. Wonderful figures well placed.
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by Andrew » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:55 am

I love that town scene, beautiful modelling - it looks just right despite the small space, I'm very impressed.

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by IanC » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:06 pm

Inspirational modelling and creative use of the available (small) space.
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by tom_tom_go » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:10 pm

It's amazing the enthusiasm you have for this railway given it's location, great looking loco as well.

Any videos of it running with the new station?

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:26 pm

Many thanks to all for the nice comments!
Any videos of it running with the new station?
Unfortunately I have not yet made the video. I hope I can make it next weekend.
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by invicta280 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:50 pm

The little Porter is a beauty and the perfect size for a layout of this type.
Where do you get all the handsome figures in period costume? They look very stylish! :)

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:32 pm

invicta280 wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:50 pm Where do you get all the handsome figures in period costume? They look very stylish! :)
Thank you!
This figures by the Preiser including those already discontinued. I spent many hours on the ebay-hunt for them :D
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by ge_rik » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:24 pm

Really like the way you have managed to pack a lot of detail and atmosphere into such a small space.

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by Keith S » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:42 am

The little Porter is a nice model. It seems to have a hig( level of detail, like full working Stevensons' valve-gear and braking details. The location of the pressure gauge is a little weird, though.

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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:45 am

ge_rik wrote: Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:24 pm Really like the way you have managed to pack a lot of detail and atmosphere into such a small space.
Thank you, Rik!
Keith S wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:42 am The little Porter is a nice model. It seems to have a hig( level of detail, like full working Stevensons' valve-gear and braking details. The location of the pressure gauge is a little weird, though.
Yes, I was pleasantly surprised by the good detail of the Porter (at a reasonable price). Already from the factory it was equipped with the Goodall valve, hidden in the filler neck of the water tank. The installation of the r/c system in such a small locomotive was a real challenge.
On the Falk locomotive the pressure gauge is installed exactly the same (it seems corporate identity of Bowande :) )
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by Lonsdaler » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:16 am

Lots of wonderful detail, and I particulary like your crane. Is that from a kit, or a scratch built item?
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Re: Small balcony garden railway

Post by E.V. » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:27 am

Lonsdaler wrote: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:16 am Lots of wonderful detail, and I particulary like your crane. Is that from a kit, or a scratch built item?
The crane is a scratch built. The flat car is AMS (Accucraft), the crane - USA trains, the footboards and the handles - Ozark Miniatures.
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