An international forum for garden railway modellers in all scales and gauges. It is free to join and is funded through voluntary contributions by its members. Many thanks to all those who keep it going. https://gardenrails.org/forum/
Wow! That's what you call progress That looks lovely, the Cain Howley buildings are nice.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:03 pm
by tom_tom_go
Who's lurking under the railway in the first picture? Can't work out if it's a dog or a cat?
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:08 pm
by Peter Butler
She is one of a pair of Welsh Terriers, lovely, lively, friendly dogs with loads of energy. Railway installation consisted of fit one length of track, throw the ball... etc...
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:24 pm
by IanC
That's a very impressive railway and it's all come together nicely. It will give you many hours of pleasure and repay the effort many times over.
Ian
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:25 am
by FWLR
Love the buildings Julie and now it’s all systems go for running your own locos.
Maybe an extension is on the horizon….
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 8:05 am
by ge_rik
Lovely spot for the railway. Difficult to decide which background is real and which is photographic.
Rik
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 9:32 am
by Lonsdaler
That sloping site has given you the benefit of ground level and raised running. Enjoy adding detail to it, that's one of the better parts of this hobby, I feel.
Is the backdrop in the shed a picture of your local view, or a commercially available one? I quite fancy a photographic representation of my local view for just one part of my line.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:06 pm
by Just Julie
The picture in the shed was bought from the well known auction site. Type in Tuscany landscape mural wallpaper and you should be able to find it. It just resembled the view behind the shed, so I was very pleased.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:01 am
by Lonsdaler
Just Julie wrote: ↑Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:06 pm
The picture in the shed was bought from the well known auction site. Type in Tuscany landscape mural wallpaper and you should be able to find it. It just resembled the view behind the shed, so I was very pleased.
Indeed. It looked a bit Preseli to me, hence my question . Thanks for the info.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:07 pm
by Andrew
Great progress on what's going to be a really lovely line - congratulations!
Looking forward to seeing more progress soon,
Andrew.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:52 pm
by SimonWood
Just Julie wrote: ↑Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:54 pm
Line is now up and running. locos are Peter,s having the maiden run. Buildings are Cain Howleys purchased from a retired gentleman. The journey has started to the future, thinking cap is now in overdrive
Hurray! Looking terrific, how satisfying to have trains running.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:28 pm
by Just Julie
Met a friend the other day,, and he handed me a little package. Inside these beautiful turntable locking levers appeared. What a work of art. Amazing hand made. I haven’t fixed them to the turntable yet They were based on an American Narrow Gauge Railway.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:51 am
by FWLR
They are amazing Julie.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:12 am
by ge_rik
Beautiful pieces of miniature engineering.
Rik
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:32 am
by Big Jim
Splendid.
It is great to see another 16mm line in SW Wales.
Hopefully mine won't be too long in the starting.........
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:36 am
by Just Julie
In August the South West Wales 16mm Group meet was at the Merlins Castle Line. The project was to make a cliff out of concrete using wire, mesh, bedsheets hessian and cement etc. It now has to be continued around and more layers of concrete applied for it to be finished. The loco was owned by Simon Wood of this forum. A brilliant day, thank you all for coming.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:49 am
by bazzer42
I like it and love the garage (says a sucker for wrinkly metal)
If Simon left the loco behind and said if anybody wants it they can have it can I be FIRST in the queue?
Is that the beginning of an extension ?.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:59 am
by philipy
Keep us posted on the cliff, with plenty of pics at each stage please. Realistic rock faces are not that easy and I'd love to know how to do it satisfactorily.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 1:00 pm
by Andrew
philipy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:59 am
Keep us posted on the cliff, with plenty of pics at each stage please. Realistic rock faces are not that easy and I'd love to know how to do it satisfactorily.
Me too! And I'm second in line for Simon's loco...
The railway's looking great Julie, glad it's working out so well...
Andrew.
Re: Merlins Castle Line
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 1:40 pm
by SimonWood
Thanks for hosting us Julie! It was a great day.
P1260406.jpg (149.38 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
My loco running through the town
P1260413.jpg (119.26 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
Passing the crinkly-roofed garage
P1260432.jpg (130.11 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
The Angel of the West visiting Merlin's Castle (no doubt a tour to promote public access to artwork was a condition of funding from the sponsors of this fine piece of Peter Butler sculpture)
P1260436.jpg (138.72 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
The verdant green no doubt due to the rain every time we meet. If there's a dry spell and your garden starts to wilt, just get us to call a meeting of the South West Wales group!
P1260447.jpg (186.63 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
The sequel to Kitten Kong
P1260457.jpg (164.86 KiB) Viewed 7686 times
Luckily I did remember to bring my loco home! But thanks for the enthusiasm. I rather enjoy the slow running that the gearing allows...