Another Railway! The WR, now the MGR

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:24 am

No white roof? how will we know who built it?

Well done it looks great.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:07 pm

And now what you've been waiting for. Me doing another silly pose/face whilst sitting in the (nearly) complete carriage.
It really is very comfortable!

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:14 pm

I like that, nice tidy job, well done.

Pretoria · Post by **Pretoria** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:59 am

Ay oop arr kid -- wharrs tha railwaay gorn ???

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:18 am

Its just stacked in the corner of the garden... there's no permenant arrangement yet as to track!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:08 pm

Took Madge out for a steam on the club track the other day, couldn't resist a few photos...

Then the next day it was back into dad's garden and she was coupled the carriage with body and all...

Gives a good idea of the scales of things, Madge is here a 1/3rd scale model of a roughly 1/4 scale model of a standard gauge tank engine, running with a 1/3 scale model of a miniature railway carriage...

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:44 pm

Have you thought about trying to make a complete circuit running around the back or through the shed / tunnel?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:45 pm

well, the garden is 20ft wide. Madge, being an 0-6-0, will take a minimum of probably about 15 feet which means that I can't possibly fit a circuit in which is a shame. Also a problem is that round the back of the shed is someone else's garden! What I'll probably do is once this track has a proper bed is introduce some points and build a few wagons and have a micro layout...

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 9:37 pm

Deep blue, white roof is just fine thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZe9s-xE ... e=youtu.be
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DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:01 pm

I agree with Kieth

and at the same time paint it all black, including the roof

Pendo Pilot · Post by **Pendo Pilot** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:53 pm

Lovely video Mr Bond. Nice to see Madge in action.

TheChestnutLine · Post by **TheChestnutLine** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:41 am

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:64878 wrote:What I'll probably do is once this track has a proper bed is introduce some points and build a few wagons and have a micro layout...

If you decide to go down this route, here is an iteresting website with many micro layout track plan ideas and the like http://www.carendt.com/index.html

TheChestnutLine · Post by **TheChestnutLine** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:43 am

If you go to the Micro Layout Design Gallery tab that should be useful.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:54 pm

Thank you for that interesting link. I'm definitely having a think on putting in some points for shunting...
Bought a few bits at ally pally...

Mainly stuff for an injector. And I finally found some O rings of the right size so I can finally have a whistle valve which doesn't constantly leak!
This caught my eye at ally pally...

Apparently its for a portable railway in east anglia...
Anyway, back to dad's garden where I realised with a slight gradient the railway could go up and out of the garden and then along the side of the house...

Then round the corner, through the neighbours' front gardens, along the A 14.....

invicta280 · Post by **invicta280** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:24 pm

Haha! That's the spirit.

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:28 am

Thats a Majestic railway.keep building Mr Bond

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:24 pm

Been doing a bit of work on the loco recently including repacking the pistons and glands, I'll repaint the boiler lagging soon. The carriage is coming along well. Work this weekend included boxing in the lower foot-well area, attaching buffers to the other end (Yes! Buffers at Both ends!!) and lining the carriage sides with acrylic gold paint.

And the other side...

Now debating weather or not to buy an ROR riding truck chassis, They seem good value for money and ride very well. Certainly better than what I could possibly build.

DWR · Post by **DWR** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:48 pm

looks really good :0 any chance of seeing them at the joys of life?

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:36 pm

I'll be taking Madge and my soon to be built driving truck to the Joys of Life but won't be able to take the carriage!

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:10 pm

Only a little progress today: A rustic buffer stop was made up, it is now painted.

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