Model Railways

[classic33]

You want hills, consider the trough or flower pot approach.
Waste paper screwed up into loose balls & placed inside. Leaving a space for your hill. Line with plastic & fill with plaster. Allow time to dry, lift the plastic sheet out and repeat. No two will be the same.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I've got loads of N Gauge kit, locos, rolling stock and track. I must get round to a layout one day.

 

[classic33]

I've got loads of N Gauge kit, locos, rolling stock and track. I must get round to a layout one day.

End to end layout, down one wall?

 

[Smokin Joe]

End to end layout, down one wall?

Possible.

I wish now I'd gone to Z Gauge, much more scope for a decent layout in limited space. Pricey stuff though.

 

[classic33]

N isn't that far behind 00 price wise. Spec wise its matching in parts.

However if you're stuck for space http://www.tgauge.com/

 

[Smokin Joe]

T Gauge looks great, but isn't it a problem getting the locos to run at slow speed because of the tiny motors?

 

[classic33]

T Gauge looks great, but isn't it a problem getting the locos to run at slow speed because of the tiny motors?

There's a way round that

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw8SCKRFH_U

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/26063-rtr-hst-in-t-gauge/

 

[Smokin Joe]

For some inspiration try these -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7I_z6k-MOY



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s

 

[classic33]

For some inspiration try these -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7I_z6k-MOY



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y64_s

That second one is something to build up to. A day every 20 minutes there.

 

[classic33]

Of those who said they were going to start on their layout, who has?

 

[EltonFrog]

Of those who said they were going to start on their layout, who has?

Nope, it's still propped up in the garage where it was two years ago. This year....maybe.

 

[PeteXXX]

Bumping an old thread here, to save starting a new one..
I visited the old Hornby and Triang factory t'other week on a sentimental journey, with MrsPete, as she used to work there many moons ago.
£5 for the two of us to pop into the museum for an hour.

 

[EltonFrog]

Bumping an old thread here, to save starting a new one..
I visited the old Hornby and Triang factory t'other week on a sentimental journey, with MrsPete, as she used to work there many moons ago.
£5 for the two of us to pop into the museum for an hour.

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Was that in Kent? Margate or somewhere near?

 

[PeteXXX]

Was that in Kent? Margate or somewhere near?

Westwood, Margate, on the Isle of Thanet.
~ linkie ~

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Has anyone seen the new (February) edition of Railway Modeller yet??

I'm quite taken with the 00 Stanley Station...……… as I grew up In the village, & still pass the site on a regular basis
The site is on the A642 'Aberford Road', a mile south-west of jct 30/M62

https://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Stanley-Station.html


View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217028339012942&set=a.10216837124112689&type=3&theater



This sheltered housing/OAP bungalow complex is built on the site of the station; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/966649

The Zion chapel on the model still exists; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/250416