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- Sat May 11, 2024 2:52 pm
- Forum: Videos
- Topic: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
- Replies: 483
- Views: 186443
Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Attention to detail and consideration given to so many aspects of this (the railway, rolling stock, operations, video) is, of course, so impressive. Love the sheep audio! Sheep audio was something that stood out to me as well, as something I wouldn't have thought to add but that gives a lot of ambi...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 140
- Views: 34461
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Thanks Rod and Philip, I appreciate the encouragement! Really helps keep me going when things don't go as planned, or as quickly as planned... After a few rains, the ballast has settled in a bit and the track seems stable. I'm still trying to decide how best to pin it down to keep it from getting ri...
- Thu May 09, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 14
- Views: 498
Re: Quarry Hunslet
The "free" print time is one big selling point of a resin printer. (That and of course the detail!)
When I try printing a bunch of things at once in FDM, all I get is more points of failure.
When I try printing a bunch of things at once in FDM, all I get is more points of failure.
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: My Mamod Quarry - Update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 234
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:34 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: My Mamod Quarry - Update
- Replies: 5
- Views: 234
Re: My Mamod Quarry - Update
Very interesting, I had planned to fit a pair of traction tires to the drive wheels of the new larger diesel I've been working on, but decided to start with just one tire. Given the tight curves of my line, it seemed like two might cause skipping with a solid axle between them (no differential).
- Sat May 04, 2024 10:08 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: A Ruston-ish ....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1626
Re: A Ruston-ish ....
I think it is Phil... I spotted that little peek of the drive chain!
Keeping my eye on this one Rik. I used one of those geared motors on Thornas originally and really like the (quiet) sound and performance.
Keeping my eye on this one Rik. I used one of those geared motors on Thornas originally and really like the (quiet) sound and performance.
- Sat May 04, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Chassis thickness.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 165
Re: Chassis thickness.
Welcome to the forum! It sounds worrisome, but I'm more familiar with plastics and wood. What scale are you working with, and what kinds of loads/stresses will the locomotive be expected to handle?
- Thu May 02, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
- Replies: 140
- Views: 34461
Re: Nolwyn Valley Tramway
Experiments in tracklaying:
Roughly the same location as the first image in this thread. Finally feels like we're getting somewhere!- Wed May 01, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Worlds longest portable model railway record
- Replies: 2
- Views: 92
Re: Worlds longest portable model railway record
I'm a bit curious how they got so close to, but not quite 1km... Didn't anybody have 10cm of track handy to stick on the end?
Regardless, it's a massive achievement and I have to give them credit for it!
Regardless, it's a massive achievement and I have to give them credit for it!
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Quarry Hunslet
- Replies: 14
- Views: 498
Re: Quarry Hunslet
Looks great so far, will be following with interest! I had originally intended Thornas to be a quarry Hunslet so I can see some things I missed or oversimplified on my version of the frame already. (Out of curiosity, how does Luna compare in size to the Hunslet?)
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Time to build a railway...but where?
- Replies: 3391
- Views: 1112452
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Film photo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 83
Re: Film photo
Lovely! We collect film cameras (it just sort of happened) but haven't had much time for photography since the kiddos were born. (Aside from about 10,000 phone pictures of the kids, of course.) My favorite in operation is our Argus C3 rangefinder which was a wedding gift to my wife's grandparents an...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:14 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Little Engine
- Replies: 3
- Views: 920
Re: Little Engine
Makes sense, small hands for little engines!
I was trying to search for that brand, but it's difficult to find because ultimately, pretty much all rail modelers have little engines of some variety. Is it the same company that makes the ride-on ones?
I was trying to search for that brand, but it's difficult to find because ultimately, pretty much all rail modelers have little engines of some variety. Is it the same company that makes the ride-on ones?
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Merlin Midas MKIII
- Replies: 7
- Views: 633
Re: Merlin Midas MKIII
Welcome! We have an introduction section here: https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=32 Feel free to tell us a little about yourself, your rail interests, and your railway/aspirations over there! As for the Merlin, I'll have to defer to the live steam folks. It's very pretty, I think the red...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Animated Gif
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1147
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:28 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Animated Gif
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1147
Re: Animated Gif
Here's one from last fall, before the patio was complete and before the raised bed was started:
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:56 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Tytherington Light Railway
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1298
Re: Tytherington Light Railway
Looks amazing, love the trees! You really converted that all from 45mm to 32mm in the last few weeks? Wow! Something that caught my eye is the minimum-gauge mine railway up above...just watch for bears in that tunnel.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1297
Re: Haruka garden railway
I didn't notice, but I see him now! I love that idea and should try to copy it... We mostly have generic figures but my preschool son has had a lot of fun with cartoon characters, action figures, superheroes etc. riding on the line. Time to sneak in some fun learning as well!
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1297
Re: Haruka garden railway
On his way to Waterloo Station?mymodeltrain wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:57 pm Rik, that is Napoleon, indeed, as a friend of mine told me about that.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: Photographs
- Topic: Haruka garden railway
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1297
Re: Haruka garden railway
Very atmospheric, love the architecture showcased in this shot. Must be a popular railway, there's quite the crowd waiting for the next train!