Garden Railway Forum

Thank you all for your kind comments. The wheel was made from flat sheets of plasticard it did take me a while about 2 evenings

ok I think iv found some vehicles for the railway being 7/8ths there a bit hard to find but found some rc car shells that people use for banger/stockcar raceing .with the bloke who is 12th scale they look about right would like to know what everyone thinks

As you say Jim - looks about right. Some potential with that van moulding!

I'd be happy with that scale too Jim, quite a bit of work to do but worth the effort.

started painting the van tonight

looks quite shiny in the pics but its not sprayed it last night and started to weather it tonight

the water pump is now finished apart from the roof im still undecided what to use on the roof.

I may use some slate on the roof or find some tin sheet to put on that will rust

now back to the minor van had some progress over the last few evenings its been sprayed .iv also started to weather the van and added a roof rack made from strips of wood burn on the gas hob to make them look old.

one more evening painting the van and it should be finished. The ladder is made from plastcard and the wire was left over from lights I was fitting at work.i would like the van to have some worn sign whiting on the side but not to sure how to do this without painting it on myself.

Looking good, just the right amount of sheen without being glossy

You have made a good job of both of those projects Jim. The pump look great but I am particularly impressed with the work on the van.

Thank you for you comnents.I'm chuffed with the van painted a bit more tonight so it's just about finished just need the sign whiteing on the side.the company who make the shell make lots of different cars and vans so that's sorted all the cars etc I will need.being 7/8th there are is not a lot of off the shelf stuff to buy so having to cheat a bit by using 12th scale bits but I think it will work