WestRiding
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Thanks. Its loosely anything European Narrow Gauge, but nothing that has a pantograph. Its DCC controlled track power using a Massoth setup.That looks an excellent little set up you have there @WestRiding . How is it powered? Is it German or Swiss-based? What rolling stock do you run?
Thanks. Its loosely anything European Narrow Gauge, but nothing that has a pantograph. Its DCC controlled track power using a Massoth setup.
Lovely - can I ask what came first out of curiosity? The landscaping or the railway?Bit of work in the garden yesterday.... G Scale running through the garden.
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The landscape. It was quite hard to thread it through an established garden.Lovely - can I ask what came first out of curiosity? The landscaping or the railway?
Just came on here to find something and noticed I hadn't responded to this - so I shall now! That does look brilliant - works very well with the landscaping. A garden railway is definitely something I'd like to make at some point; the idea of running a railway with more of the 'real' challenges such as adverse weather (well, in G scale I suppose 'adverse' would be a slight drizzle) or animals on the line.Bit of work in the garden yesterday.... G Scale running through the garden.
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Thanks. Ballast is the main problem with heavy thundery showers. It can be a washout nightmare.Just came on here to find something and noticed I hadn't responded to this - so I shall now! That does look brilliant - works very well with the landscaping. A garden railway is definitely something I'd like to make at some point; the idea of running a railway with more of the 'real' challenges such as adverse weather (well, in G scale I suppose 'adverse' would be a slight drizzle) or animals on the line.
-Peter
I can't imagine what a garden layout would look like after some of the weather we've had recently. I suppose a way of solving it would be to use larger stones of ballast, or to somehow glue them down - but neither of those ways seems particularly practical.Thanks. Ballast is the main problem with heavy thundery showers. It can be a washout nightmare.
I can't imagine what a garden layout would look like after some of the weather we've had recently. I suppose a way of solving it would be to use larger stones of ballast, or to somehow glue them down - but neither of those ways seems particularly practical.
-Peter
Well I never knew that. Thanks!Funnily enough the ballast shoulders on the Dawlish section are actually bonded together with something. Here’s a bird:
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Well I never knew that. Thanks!
Is this bird pivotal to the picture? Is it the bird which produces the, well, stuff which holds the ballast together?
-Peter
He does, to be fair...It’s possible. It does look quite relieved...
With the rust on the rails & lamination, that needs something to hold it together too!Funnily enough the ballast shoulders on the Dawlish section are actually bonded together with something. Here’s a bird:
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Sounds interesting - I'm firmly of the view that it's better to move the track around a hundred times, and then come up with something you really like, than go with the mindset that you can't keep changing things. Once the track is pinned/glued and then ballasted, then it's pretty permanent, though!I’ve done very little as things have been hectic the last few months. I’ve had another slight rearrange of track which solved some issues but also created a couple more. It has involved removing the bay platform and installing a carriage siding instead, which seemed to work better operationally.
I’m still working on the new platforms but I have no free time until after the 23rd of June .
These things do sound intriguing - at least you have the things to make them happen! My list of 'things I need to get' is far, far too long and given the price of Hornby's scenic items, I'll need to win the lottery in nigh on every country in Europe to buy them allIt sounds like it’s busy time for you guys as well as me.
I might have a bit of a railway session tomorrow night if I can. I’ve got a few ideas for things I want to do and I’ve got what I need for them.
I totally agree! Long story short is that while swapping the track around, I put a pair of self-isolating points where a non-self isolating points need to be, so I've accidentally isolated my engine shed area which I only discovered when having an operating session It is fairly easily solved however, but I'll need a tidy/shunting of rolling stock session before I can do it.Sounds interesting - I'm firmly of the view that it's better to move the track around a hundred times, and then come up with something you really like, than go with the mindset that you can't keep changing things. Once the track is pinned/glued and then ballasted, then it's pretty permanent, though!
That's no good it creating more issues - what kind of issues are they? Operational, or electrical? I often find the first kind always crops up on my layout.
These things do sound intriguing - at least you have the things to make them happen! My list of 'things I need to get' is far, far too long and given the price of Hornby's scenic items, I'll need to win the lottery in nigh on every country in Europe to buy them all
The main issue on my layout has been the track: I've mentioned the track-cleaning wagon I bought a few months ago, but it still hasn't arrived, and cleaning the track with a normal rubber is a pain in the proverbial. Does anyone on here clean their model railway track when the layout's going through periods of not being used? I certainly haven't and it's turned into quite the project which I might try this evening...
-Peter
That’s excellentOther than this lighthouse making it's way onto the layout nothing really scenery wise.
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Oh dear - a bit of an issue for operating, but easily solved, as you say. Have you used Hornby's point clips? They detract from the realism of the points a bit, but they're one (very expensive, now I've looked into it) way of making insulfrog points into electrofrog ones: https://uk.hornby.com/products/netw...ach-new-measurement-train-977995-era-11-r8232I totally agree! Long story short is that while swapping the track around, I put a pair of self-isolating points where a non-self isolating points need to be, so I've accidentally isolated my engine shed area which I only discovered when having an operating session It is fairly easily solved however, but I'll need a tidy/shunting of rolling stock session before I can do it.
Now this is where not having any sort of interest in football pays off - but only when I'm not trying to watch telly at the same time as model workMost of my spare time recently has been spent watching the Euro's, so I suspect I will make more progress when that's over with
That's a very nice little model. I had a lighthouse on my layout at one point - it came from a holiday down in Cornwall a few years ago and was quite nice. Yours looks much more prototypical and to-scaleOther than this lighthouse making it's way onto the layout nothing really scenery wise.
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HahaMaking up lists of things I need to start up in OO and then crossing much of the stuff off when I realise that, even though I am buying (fingers crossed) a larger house so I will have room for both a layout and my books, if I buy everything on the list I won’t have room for the layout. Also finding that, having bought a couple of Grampus kits, that I have already got several stored in a box.
Use the bits of BR Blue generation N-gauge I have (too many locos, too little stock) to get something running, but with the minimum of extra purchases. The plans are vaguely 1970s, just north of Inverness, but it will be a bit of a minimal project so I don’t get bogged down. The intention is then to move up to OO with a small project in the same area and era, and possibly a second set in Devon, with (if practicable) a shared circuit or fiddleyard.Sorry @reddragon - completely missed that one. Just responded now
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I have a habit of going through sites like Hattons, Rails of Sheffield, and eBay of an evening, and bookmarking all of the items I like the look of (and sort them by date found, which may seem rather sad but is actually quite useful). One day I managed to bookmark getting on for a hundred items! What kind of ideas have you got for your layout? Apologies if you've already mentioned this before
-Peter
All sounds very interesting. I suppose it's better to have too many engines than too many coaches/wagons (that's the way I'd look at it anyway )? Scottish layouts seem to be getting more popular over the past few years and it's cool to see the different ways people can model the various branches and stations which are just so evocative of that kind of location and era.Use the bits of BR Blue generation N-gauge I have (too many locos, too little stock) to get something running, but with the minimum of extra purchases. The plans are vaguely 1970s, just north of Inverness, but it will be a bit of a minimal project so I don’t get bogged down. The intention is then to move up to OO with a small project in the same area and era, and possibly a second set in Devon, with (if practicable) a shared circuit or fiddleyard.
Not only do I have plenty of books, but I worked on BR in Devon in the Blue days.All sounds very interesting. I suppose it's better to have too many engines than too many coaches/wagons (that's the way I'd look at it anyway )? Scottish layouts seem to be getting more popular over the past few years and it's cool to see the different ways people can model the various branches and stations which are just so evocative of that kind of location and era.
Planning to move from one scale to another from the beginning isn't something I've seen before but if it's going to work then that's brilliant. I expect @Cowley will be able to advise on modelling BR Blue Devon, should you ever need any help
-Peter