johnteal Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Thats part of the fun of a garden line ? the chance to do "real" maintenance ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 It seems an age since trains ran properly on the EJ&KLR, but today the sun shone, the bitter shandy flowed and trains rolled round. Alex my 1 year old enjoyed eating the controller (Helmsman quality!) and running his green Stainz in between Daddy's Blauturm Lxd2. When I download the photos from my good camera I'll share a few more and who knows, I may even get a little more running in tomorrow morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted June 2, 2013 Author Share Posted June 2, 2013 These are off my decent camera from yesterday. I never really got any good photos of the Faur before, so excuse the rather excessive quantity! The Faur is a kit built model from www.blauturm.de whereas the railbus is a Piko VT98 modified with centre buffers and repainted. The stake wagons are standard LGB but relettered for the EJ&KLR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 I've been running the garden railway again - you might recognise the little 0-4-0 diesel I featured on here in some of the shots. This weekend the line has had more of an Austrian theme... well apart from the Shay today... Enjoy - there are quite a few! Elly's repainted Stainz also saw action with her bar/dining car... Next up a comparison of the two EJ&KLR diesels... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Then the LGB/Liliput diesel bash was put into action with various short freights... (note the EJ&KLR on the back of the drivers jacket!) The 2095 was also on the new 2-axle coaches... Finally (for today) I ran my Frank S tank conversion on various passenger and freight turns using the newly repainted coaches and open wagon... Then Sunday and the first up is the Rugens on a passenger turn with the EJ&KLR two axle stock... Then the U-class... Next VL10 on a 1960s era freight of older wooden stock... Finally for today, the Shay got a run out... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Those of you with a July 2013 Continental Modeller may have spotted that the line will feature in NEXT months edition, I can't wait! The photos are quite old now, so it's lovely to see how the garden has matured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon020 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'll look out for that one James... we'll both be published next month then... Great! It all looks lovely and I can't help but think how much fun it must be to just sit in the sunshine and watch "your own" trains go by. Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 When I acquired an LGB 2095 OBB diesel in 2011 I always promised myself I'd keep it un-molested...Well that resolve lasted two years but I've been itching to lift the finish like I have done with my steam locomotives for some time. The most exciting thing to report is the weathered exhaust port on the roof. This started by adding straight matt black to the inset grooves. I then added some dark brown to the black to soften the colour a little, and then airbrushed carefully, building up over a few minutes, the exhaust staining to the roof. Next I have repainted the cranks in satin red, and covered the screws and crank pins in paint as well. Less obvious is the fact the wheel rims have been painted satin black. This greatly lifts the appearance of LGB models in my opinion and I've slowly been doing it to all my LGB steam engines. Finally I painted the vacuum hoses on each end, the pipe out of the body is red, then gunmetal on the hose and satin black on the pin that links to the buffer beam. And an overview shot - there are a few more things I'd like to add in the coming weeks - these include a cable to the socket on the left of each end and paint the hooks and horns on the roof in cream. I can't wait to get the engine back out on the line this autumn... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBasten Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Wow, James, I just discovered your great work! Congratulations also from Italy! Antonio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thanks Antonio, I'd love to have used the railway more this year but alas it has seem little use... There is always next year though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Bathurst Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Hi james Any updates on the garden railway for this year yet? scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hi Scott - it's been dormant since Christmas... However, with a splash of sunshine the EJ&KLR runs again! After an indoor performance at the Macclesfield Model Railway exhibition last month I brought the trains back over to Chester and gave the line a much needed tidy up this weekend. Mum had been weeding and pruning trees but the track needed cleaning and the ballast needed tidying up. We ran a few trains and Alex was absolutely transfixed by them! What a lovely relaxing way to spend an afternoon... Unfortunately I didn't have the good camera but I snapped these on my (aging) iPhone... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Bathurst Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Looking good. Pictures turned out well. I just finally put my track down 2 weeks ago but it needs a good cleaning. Hopefully my layout will look as good as yours soon scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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