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- Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:54 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The Pine Hill Railway (PHRy) - a Norwegian Garden Railway
- Replies: 169
- Views: 107207
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:34 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Steam on Underground
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5585
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:43 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Joined up thinking
- Replies: 90
- Views: 36669
I think it would be a shame if an idea with such potential were to miss out on major exhibition invites etc because it developed a repution for being a bit of a visual hotch-potch... From my point of view, having a hotch-potch is part of the fun! You'll never build the same layout twice, and if f...
- Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:11 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: Joined up thinking
- Replies: 90
- Views: 36669
Hello all, It does sound like a really interesting idea - it's not something I could contribute to at the moment but one of the idea's strengths is that there's no hurry, sections can be added when they're ready. One thing that strikes me though is that whilst standards regarding baseboard depth, cl...
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:19 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Minimum radius thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9702
Wow, what a site! That's extreme garden railwaying... Open days are going to be fun... See what you mean about the difficulty of busting out of 8x6... And yep, I definitely reckon a Regner's the way to go if you want a steam engine. Sidings etc are going to be very tricky, but a Konrad or Vincent wo...
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:09 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Minimum radius thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9702
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 772
- Views: 335191
Hello again, A couple of cold wet weekends of work have seen the new line extended by about 20' or so round the patio. This section is on a timber structure designed to take up as little space as possible - come the spring I'll add pots etc underneath to try to make it all look a bit more natural. I...
- Mon Nov 19, 2012 10:46 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 772
- Views: 335191
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:05 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: track plan ideas?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3616
Hello Si, I like this sort of thing. My wife and I have noticed that when we visit friends' new houses she'll immediately start planning where they could extend, knock through and add en-suites wheras I'll head straight to the kitchen window to work out what radius of curves they can afford to use.....
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 10:37 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 772
- Views: 335191
Last weekend saw further progress on the new line, with construction moving to the section that will go round the patio. The trackbed will consist of modified bits of my old line together with a new curving section in front of the plum tree. My mate Mark kindly agreed to lend a hand and proved that ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:18 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Help with carriage painting.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7213
Hello again, You may well be right about the extra painting and sanding. On my Pickering brake the big swirly patterns in the grain were still very noticeable until I primed and sanded - after that you couldn't see them at all, just the odd tiny grain marking that I like because it shows that the th...
- Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:33 am
- Forum: Railways & Layouts
- Topic: The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
- Replies: 772
- Views: 335191
The (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland Railway
I thought I'd start a thread to record the progress of my new garden railway, the (Windmill Hill) Welsh Highland. The new line replaces my old West Kent Light Railway, a Colonel Stephens inspired line that was demolished to make way for a house extension in 2010. As the name suggests the new railway...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 2:17 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 366946
Glad you like it - just need to build some more track so I can give the thing a proper run now! WVLR - the roof's covered with an old cottom T-shirt, glued on with waterproof PVA, primed, and then painted with enamel. The painting has the curious effect of raising up lots of little bobbles in the fi...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:47 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: (WH)WHR Rolling Stock
- Replies: 939
- Views: 366946
(WH)WHR Rolling Stock
Hi all, I haven't shared my work on this forum before, but I always like to see other people's so thought I'd post mine. This is my latest carriage which I've just finished. It follows my usual plywood and wood strip technique and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - of course it helps that t...
- Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:40 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Help with carriage painting.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7213
Hi Steamcoaster! Glad you found the sealer, I reckon it should make a big difference - otherwise the grain will continue across the matchboarding and give the game away. It certainly worked for my Pickering brake which had a big swirly pattern from end to end until I sealed and primed it. Good luck ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:48 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Suggestions/input needed: Small-ish coaches in 16mm
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8008
That IS nice - a possible purchase for Flagg Fluorspar in the future?? Glad you like it Brian. Being Faller-made I guess these shouldn't have any trouble with FF's tight curves. This one will be for sale itself at some point soon-ish - I've been scratchbuilding WHR/FfR stock and need to get rid of ...
- Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:32 am
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: Suggestions/input needed: Small-ish coaches in 16mm
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8008
Hello! Have you considered the old Faller E train carriages? Still readily available via E Bay, particularly the German site. Here's a cruelly-enlarged photo of my one - first time I've added a photo, don't know how to make it smaller... I've added droplights , changed the interior, repainted and ad...
- Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:01 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Construction of platforms
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5416
Hi all, For those interested in such things the 1922 contact governing McAlpine's refurbishment of the NWNGR and creation of the new bits to form the Welsh Highland is available online - http://www.railchronology.free-online.co.uk/WHR-archives.htm The '23 working instructions and '34 FR lease are th...
- Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:55 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Construction of platforms
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5416
Hello Paul, That's a nice looking railway, congratulations on completing your circuit. I dismantled my last garden line two years ago because of building work on the house and have still only got a few feet relaid... I'm planning very low simple platforms for my new line. I've purchased some slate t...
- Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:57 pm
- Forum: Rolling Stock
- Topic: TVT Goods Trucks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6281
What lovely wagons, congratulations! Love the louvre and brake vans, and I always like to see unpainted interiors on opens too... I've been carriage-building for a while now but your photos might be the inspiration I need to get cracking on some wagons. Thanks for the photos of the brakes too, I was...