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Hi all, work has progressed a little with the second table (where the station will be) being roof felted and the tunnel through the tree being fitted as well as a support post for the swing bridge. The aim now is to make a triangular wood section for near the tunnel for a curve to join the tunnel wi...

Hi, i may be intersted, have you got any idea on price? i know you said TBA but do you have a figure in mind?

JMORG i find that quite interesting about what you said about cheddar and forest classic, have you got any examples of locos using there components?
cheers
Joe

Thanks for the comments folks , I can't take all the credit though as a very kind friend built the swing bridge for me . The issue now is with all this track bed being built I now need to connect up the different parts and buy lots and lots of track

very nice once again Andrew

As i have now decided on a name for my railway i decided to start a new topic following on from previous discussions, http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/ftopic9640-0-asc-0.php Recent work has been the erection of a swing bridge to connect the lower station (which is raised) with the proposed route f...

Back to locos...... and although not what i am modeling i have always like the look of some of the snail beach railway locos such as this one: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snailbeach+railway+0-4-2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwim9bzll8DJAhUJrD4KHU5yAssQ_AUIBygB&biw=17...

Regarding prices, nowadays for an average 00 gauge loco your looking at paying around 120 pounds if recently released; so a new roundhouse bertie for example is only 5 times dearer than a standard 00 gauge model but yet a roundhouse model i am sure has far more craftsmen ship and time spent on it as...

yeah would be nice to see a video of her pulling a decent load int he future

thanks for that, looks quite a good looking loco and certainly a bargin!

Well said Steve, out of interest what does that merlin the name of which i cant spell!) look like?
cheers
Joe

Hi Andrew , thanks for that , no I'm sticking with my ddualt theme but I'm quite interested in the planned route that the NWNGR had as i believe it would have gone past a number of places I have fond memories of spending time in my childhood. I don't think it would hurt squeezing in the odd NWNGR th...

Hi, I am quite interested in the ideas originally had by the NWNGR to build a railway to corwen via betws y coes and pentrefoelas. I was wondering if anybody knew how far this plan got and wether any station plans or architecture plans were made as i think it would be nice to model one of those &quo...

just seen it, it looks like a LandB crossed with VOR , nice loco though

ouch, the tender looks alright though

all looks great, im particularly intersted in the slip eccentric project

Thank you everyone for your comments, i cant wait to see what it will look like in the spring, i must say a friend did help a lot with the track bed construction which i am very grateful of , 2 heads better than one and all that :D As ive now got a bottom loop operational the next aim is to make the...

Some recent shots of the developing scenery, i doubt i will do much more this year due to the shorter (and colder!) days so ive got plenty more to do next spring

Im getting there thanks to some sheets of ply? (not sure) that i had lying around and some coffee stirrers; its not the best wagon ever made and it isnt entirely measured accurately but i didn't really want it to be as most of these NCB wagons were twisted in various ways. Ive used swift 16 wheel se...

that isnt a bad idea Andrew however the like of books such as "steam trains in your garden" are quite good reading material for that but a more begginer friendly way of explaining things may be beneficial. Either way im sure the 16mm association will continue to produce very high quality m...