8 x 2 light railway somewhere down south west

[hartleymartin]

Just a thought - check that your access to the couplings are not obstructed by the tram-shed, or perhaps think about making it hinged or removable for easier access.

 

Also, if you want to have some tram-car coaches, take a look at the Bachmann On30 streetcar. If you use inside bearings, it is possible to put them on slaters wheels with the axle ends trimmed down.

[hartleymartin]

If you feel like some miniature tram engine building, I fancy this Hughes unit might be a fun little project:

 

 

You can get a suitable motor bogie from Steam Era Models in Australia with a 28mm wheelbase and 32mm gauge, though the wheels are HO profile. The axles are 2mm diameter, so you can slip those wheels right off and put slater's wagon wheel sets on.

[Simon Moore]

Stuart this is looking really good. Another very useful use of a small space. I've always fancied doing a china clay dry although with warships & westerns.

 

Look forward to seeing more

[ossygobbin]

been doing a bit more on the layout.

picked the station building up on ebay, wrong name but you cant see it normally. only doing a based on wantage layout.

3d printed some concrete "footings" for the canopy supports, just need a clean up and painting. all wiring done and working need to get some more buildings sorted.

 

dont know why the building is wrong angle its right way on computer lol

Edited January 16, 2020 by ossygobbin

[NeilHB]

Looks very good.

 

I think the Maidstone Tramway Company was one of David Holman’s layouts - Loose End. It was in Railway Modeller in March 1998. Having just checked the article looks like the building was off that layout. 

[ossygobbin]

havnt been on here for ages (too many other things to do) when did all the pictures disappear ?

[Ray H]

The server crashed over a year ago - maybe more than that - and whilst the text could be saved many of the images were lost.