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

On 21/09/2022 at 14:00, Savoyard said:

One of the projects that I have been working on is a design of magnetic coupling that looks like a three link and not a big lump of plastic between the wagons.

 

I did this video to demonstrate the work so far, it also shows how the layout looked before the visit of the model railway inspectorate! :)

 

O gauge Magnetic Couplings

 

I will cover the work on this project at a later date.

 

hi peter, how do the mag couplers un couple ?

8x2 peco setrack points

i have a invertrain built goods shed and a started engine shed available if interested. let me know if you want pics.

my points are about 3 yrs or so old.  my terriers and ixion hudswell clarke run fine thru them

my Dapol pannier doesnt run thru setrack points very well

have a look thru this topic, there may be another one as well

17 hours ago, meatloaf said:

Does the Dapol pannier run ok thru these points?

not really

ixion hudswell clarks are ok as is the fowler

hi, my layout is based on wantage and uses setrak points and is 8x2

On 25/11/2020 at 17:27, James7 said:

Those wagons look great. Are you using castings and drawings from black gates for those?

 

Cheers,

James

no james the wheels and axleboxes are cast ally but no longer available, drawings enlarged from existing talyllyn drawings various sources.

27 minutes ago, jonny777 said:

 

And G Gauge certainly hits the spot. 

 

 

is this the G thread ?

home made pal. take it easy after your treatment.

3 more talyllyn steel wagons on the go

talking about rivets OB there are 197 in this nearly finished 5" gauge talyllyn gunpowder van

i have SM32 and 5" in my garden

making some slate wagons. loop finished

is the kit 7mm or did you enlarge it ?

2 hours ago, Bob Bullock said:

I have some reasonable quality video taken during the Autumn 1993 Heywood Society meeting in North Wales. Let me know if you would like a copy.

 

Bob Bullock. 

yes please bob

a couple of pics for comparison of less is more.

better not look at mine then, i have 7 points and a "fiddle yard" on a 8ft x 2ft 

On 13/02/2020 at 10:13, Owd Bob said:

Hoping to be making a visit to see you this spring Ozzy, have the recent storms been bad on the garden or the railways? Your garden and its 5" gauge is what set me off onto the bigger stuff, you should never have given me free reign to ride on it   It just show what can be achieved in a average semi detached sized garden. 

no problem as long as the garden has dried out a bit by the. some parts of the track ended up under water, its never done that before.

1 hour ago, Hando said:

Have you set up the Five Inch Narrow Gauge Association? I remember reading the article on your railway in Miniature Railways Magazine a while ago...

no never happened, but there are facebook groups for 5" narrow gauge ground level railways.

hi all. i have decided to have my 5" garden railway in its own topic. some pics are already in my sm32 garden railway.

i will post some pics soon.

the railway was described in miniature railway  number 31.

pics are pre-sm32 layout

plus one after adding sm32

1989 video

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

hi mark,  only just found this topic. nice to see you out in the garden again looks like you are having fun. i done nowt in the garden for ages apart from making a siding a passing loop. its all too boggy outside yet.