Garden Railway Forum

Looks good to me, Zach. You can't beat varnished teak (or its equivalent) .....

Rik

LNR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:14 am Thanks fella's
I've also managed to break the computer, trying to get back on air.
Grant.

I hope you didn't throw a tree at it ......

Rik

I used a couple on my Railcard build a few years ago - they even have a clear lens

Rik

If you want something off the shelf, Cambrian do a nifty little headlamp
https://www.cambrianmodelrail.co.uk/sto ... -p95168722

Rik

No idea. I've just done a search on t'internet, and found nothing definitive in terms of numbering systems for miniature screwdrivers. Flat bladed all seem to be measured in fractions of mm and mm (and are colour coded). Cross head are numbered but only go from 000 to 1. I did find this on numbering...

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:58 am Wonderful video Trevor, proper train in natural surroundings. I was a little anxious as it crossed the trestle, though.

Me too, it sounded quite blustery at that point- I was expecting any moment for the brake van to take a short-cut .....

Rik

Really interesting. A good train of wagons with inside frames for Gregh ......

Rik

I don't want to brag, but we've actually got sunshine here today.....
But more rain (and Storm Kathleen) is in the forecast

Rik

Could have been devastating by the looks of it. As Graeme says, the gods must have been watching over you. It would have been a tragedy if your lovely line had been destroyed.

Rik

HarryW wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:40 pm P.S. I am familiar with Rik's excellent railway and have 3 ex peckforton goods vans in my possession
Cheers,
Harry

Hi Harry

I wondered where they had ended up. ..
I hope they do the job.

Rik

Copied from the 16mm Assoc Facebook Page - posted on 1 April ...... Too late for this month's bulletin, but happy to announce the launch of a new 16mm Special Interest Group. As a long time naturist, I was pleased to discover a number of keen garden railwayers amoung the community, a few informal ch...

I might be wrong, but I think the red blobs and yellow smudge are actually in the background way behind the loco.

Rik

More seriously, what do you use to produce the lovely schematic diagrams like this one. It obviously doesn't take all that long to do, given the response time from my post to your reply. Just created a blog post explaining how I do it - https://riksrailway.blogspot.com/2024/04/how-i-create-my-picto...

Another possibility is that the 3' gauge railway is the 'mainline' and the 2' gauge railway is an 'Estate Railway' transporting goods and passengers from/to the mainline to/from a stately home.

Rik

They must have existed but not yet tracked one down.

Of course, the Peckforton Light Railway is a three-foot line with two two-foot feeders (copper mine and sand quarry) ....

Welcome to the forum BTW

Rik

Almost forgot. Some skip wagons have inside frames. You'd need to shorten the wheelbase, though.
Rik

The only inside framed wagons I can think of were early chaldron wagons. No doubt there were other styles.
Rik

Paint job looks fine to me, Steve. I'm never sure about having a high gloss finish on ng locos. I tend to dull mine down with a coat of satin lacquer anyway.

Rik

Rik, Even though the temp outside hasn't been that hot inside a shed the temp could be up to or greater than twice the outside temp. I had a opaque polycarbonate patio roof at a previous house and the temp under was far hotter than the air temp and it was open on 3 sides. Cars internal temp here ca...

I'm in favour of stakes to mark out the track-bed. I drove them into the ground, so their tops showed the intended track level around the garden (except where there was a below ground level cutting.... )

Rik