Garden Railway Forum

Preseli Chris wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 12:47 pm I managed to source some brick embossed plasticard sheets which are readily available for making dolls houses in i/12th and 1/24th scale I laminated them to the facia board carcasses to produce a presentable station building .

Very presentable!

Rik

He's happy to share them on the following conditions/ understandings The labelling is probably haphazard and the nomenclature may not be standard (E.g. The little round thing on top of the cylinder. ) I may have had to trim things to get them to fit. They undertake to make a non-trivial donation to ...

Neilos83 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 9:25 am What a wonderful model. I would definitely be Interested in the STL files if he is happy to share.

I'll ask him and let you know.

Rik

I would like to create something with the "flavour" of Duffws, the original terminus of the Festiniog railway. ............ I am contemplating a traverser to enable locomotives to run round trains standing in three of the the four roads. Totally un-prototypical but practical for a day lik...

Good progress being made there. Running the first train is always a welcomed milestone.

Will there be video?

Rik

Who in here didn't buy their house because they could get a railway in it.. Well, I must hold my hand up and say "I didn't". :lol: In 1997 when I bought this place, I was still firmly modelling in P4 ( 4mm finescale) with a 23ft x 23ft exhibition layout which had been under construction s...

Very enjoyable — and I imagine it must have taken ages to assemble and shoot. Quite a while, yes. But I was pleased to find that all but one loco worked first time straight off the shelf. Four have now ended up in the casualty bay as, although they worked, there were some issues which I want to rem...

Another little masterpiece in the making Andrew. Love the woodwork and, as others have said, full marks on the lining. I'd never be able to hold my breath long enough to manage even one line.

Rik

Good to see Zach at home in his natural environment....

Rik

Every piece of motive power currently in service is portrayed as we stroll Down the line in the latest video.



Rik

Rampant campanula was my problem this year.

Rik

LNR wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 6:38 am Hard to believe they're working locos, they are so clean. Look like they have just come out of a museum.
Grant.

I got the impression they oiled and polished the loco after each run.

Rik

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Now returned home from our brief travels. It's a while since I've ridden on the Talyllyn. I must say, the staff couldn't have been more helpful and obliging. I was waiting trackside to take some photos of Sir Haydn when the station master popped over and told me, as long I was careful, I could wande...

That's curious. By coincidence, I'm in the process of reading Boyd's Narrow Gauge Railways of Mid-Wales (picked up from a trader at Machynlleth market). I've just read the chapter on the Talyllyn and he describes that when the Preservation Society took over the railway they discovered the original s...

Had a great day on the Talyllyn. We travelled down from Abergynolwyn to Tywyn, had lunch, then took the train back. It bucketed down so that when pulling away from Rhydyronen the driver really had to nursemaid the loco with much wheel slip until we crossed the stream and rounded the bend and breaste...

BTW - cab detail from Sir Haydn. Might be useful when fitting out freelance locos
Rik

Disappointed that no one had a try for this. Ex-Corris ex-Falcon Foundry loco now named Sir Haydn. I really love those solid cast driving wheels. Very reminiscent of my early Triang locos and a great excuse for adding spokes to proprietary metal wheels for my latest 3D printed motor blocks. Sod's La...

Not sure why it would need a flexible length of pipe - something to do with a steam whistle?

Rik

Personally, I prefer the earlier "chunky" models. They lose a lot of their individuality when they become more streamlined.

Rik