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Good luck Artizen, looking forward to seeing some photos of the boards

 

What are you planning on building? (Era, location etc.)

This week's plan is for a 7mm scale narrow gauge vaguely Welsh preserved steam railway. It will be a railway in a landscape as I find the scenery side more interesting than counting rivets, particularly as most of the rolling stock will be based on or sourced from 0n30 bases with suitably modified passenger coaches and diesel locos. For example I can buy the Bachmann 0-4-0 diesel critter with DCC for only $65 US and 3 sets of bogies and underframes for a further $41 which gives me the basis for a passenger train at minimal cost. The alternatives such as accurate steam locos for this model will come later when I have cut my teeth on modifying the Bachmann stuff. Looking at the modern preserved railway in the UK, the coaches appear to be individual designs so I can freelance happily and hopefully create something feasible even if it is not accurate. I am going to hand lay all the track using wooden sleepers (still waiting) and Kalgarin 82/7 rail with spikes from the US ($30 for 5,000). Should keep me busy for a few lunchtimes! At least it will be a place to show off my collection of Morris Minors and tractors (of the farming kind).