O gauge 7mm

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:32 pm

Anybody have an O gauge garden railway ie 7mm scale

pauly · Post by **pauly** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:34 pm

whats CAMRA?

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:46 pm

Although now living in West Wales I am still a member of Warley MRC based in the West Midlands. (Nearer to you than I am to them!)
Some of their members have 7mm standard gauge garden railways and hold open days, possibly for members only?
If you contact them, or better still, visit their exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham (details on the website), they will be delighted to assist you.

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 12:26 am

I was in GOG and Heathcote Society

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:53 am

METHSSNIFFER:89037 wrote:I was in GOG and Heathcote Society

'WAS'
How does that help you now?

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:43 pm

Ive moved on been their done it. It would be interesting to see some 7mm garden railways it surely isnt dominated by 16mm surely

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:39 pm

http://www.brambleton.org.uk/O_Gauge/O_Gauge.html
This is where I go to play... they have an extensive 0 gauge line... its out in the styx and isn't easy to get to unless you can drive

lukejpetch · Post by **lukejpetch** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:27 pm

Also Laurence, we tend to only run the O Gauge on the open days! As it's not quite as well tended to as out 16mm lines!

laurence703 · Post by **laurence703** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:29 pm

Very true... I guess 7mm is no where near as popular as 16mm but I could be mistaken.

lukejpetch · Post by **lukejpetch** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:38 pm

I think it's still popular, although - certainly from talking to the 'Old' brambles, I think it is much more popular indoors than out.

Though, I could be wrong too!

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:10 pm

It wasn't O gauge was the first to go outdoors or was it gauge 1!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsJ_P6d-zg

LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:11 pm

It was first outdoors... Pity you don't see it often now

METHSSNIFFER · Post by **METHSSNIFFER** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:19 pm

LnBmad:89163 wrote:It was first outdoors... Pity you don't see it often now

This looks good Gauge 1 though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMsJ_P6d-zg

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:39 pm

Luke, I can vouch for the popularity of the O gauge line at Brambleton. It did not get as much use as it should have done when I was involved in the club 20 years ago. This was mainly down to not having enough people at a running session to get all the stations open. But it was great fun when the whole circuit was running, I can still hear the block bells ringing now!

Also I was possibly responsible for getting the 16mm lines started as it was my mamod that used to burn the track on the mainline!

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:05 am

When I was a kid in the 1970s most outdoor layouts were 7mm scale Ga. O, with a few Ga. 1 coarse scale (i.e. 10mm scale) kicking around for variety. There was also this interesting upstart 'the Peco Paper' had dubbed SM32 which was popular with the real ale and folk music types. I think Archangel and Roundhouse have to take the blame for 16mm taking off, and blowing both Ga. 0 and Ga. 1 SG into the dust. Compared to Ga. 1 SG live steam it was relatively cheap and you had the added attraction of narrow gauge quirkiness.

In the 1970s the trade papers were dominated by EM and OO. N was becoming popular and Z was a novelty item from Germany that was just about to go mainstream. For comparison, Ga. 0 was about where Ga. 1 is now, and Ga.1 about where Ga.3 is in 2013. What has happened in the meantime is interesting. Ga.0 has tended to move indoors again. Ga. 1 is still outdoors but has gone finescale and is mainly the property of the electric rat fraternity and folks with very deep pockets. SM32 and SM45 and Fn3 have really taken off mainly because the average bloke can afford to do it.

If I was more of a model engineer I would probably be doing Ga. 3 SG light railways not 15mm scale on 45mm track, but I discovered the 15/45 combination before I had even heard of Ga.3. In addition I have a soft spot for 3' gauge which you can blame on a 'shut the kid up' expedition to Ballasalla to ride the steam train in TT week 1976. My first railway photo was of Loch in Ailsa Green with a closed dome at Port Erin shed!

Cheers,
Peter in AZ

bessytractor · Post by **bessytractor** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:48 pm

I've long harboured ambition to build one. Got loads of track and stock just no railway. Can never decide between O or 16mm

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