A bit more about RJR (newbie)

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More sense than money .. more stupidity than sense
It's looking more like Manchester city centre by the minute :rolf: :rolf: :rolf: :rolf: :rolf:

But seriously - your ingenuity is very inspiring. :clap: :clap: :clap:

Ade
 
Brilliant RJR , the work you do is always inspiring
 
Pure genius - the guy who designed the Playmobil turnouts, with only one moving blade.

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Wonder if there's a similar design full-size?

David
 
wow---

its interesting to see how a "cheap toy" grows up to something good looking step by step. I like the cover of the rails. looks good.

Frank
 
Loving it John

just a suggestion

how about painting the rail in the concrete section burnt umber for rust, would give a contrast to the concrete & the rationale is that the concrete keeps more water at rail head level so more rust, :bigsmile:
 
And thinking about it, I was even more cheapskate than that

the 4 tracks in this display board were not even wide strips of ply

they were mostly narrow strips just about rail width about 6mm wide ripped out of a ply sheet with my saw table, still wortks though

( for battery locos & static displays)


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Now that is a very neat idea RJR
 
Mate that railway is coming really well. I think that changes to the track and points have made a massive difference and had you not said what sort of track you had used i would of been hard pushed to name it.

Look forward to seeing some senic items being added to start bringing it to life as they say.

Jason.
 
This looking really nice - definitely shows what you do with cheap track and some thought..

Out of interest, what radii are the playmobile curves/points? They look tighter than R1, and I'm guessing that only shortwheelbase 4 wheel (or bogie) stock can really cope.

Jonathan
 
Someone's got to ask this, so it might as well be me............what ballast are you using? The size looks just right and it seems to be odd-sized rough chunks, too.

Like the vans, as well; they're nice space-savers and look Glyn Valley-ish. Home made, or kits?

Look forward to seeing this one develop further.
 
RJR said:
Believe it or not the ballast is designed for OO !!! Made by Jarvis (product ref JFGST)
The vans are home made plasticard bodies mounted on one double axle LGB bogie so I can make two vans for the price of 2 sheets of plasticard and one pair of bogies.
John
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OO ballast - oh dear, that would probably mean about two bucketfulls of small bags at a couple of ££ a go! Thanks for the van building details - I like your style!
 
Your doing a fantastic job there John, that track looks superb with the ballast.
The ducting looks so real too.
Please keep posting you pic's.

Regards

Bruce.
 
That lineside troughing looks too much like the real thing - watch out for those cable thieves. ;)
 
Thanks for the note on track radius. As an aside, I wonder if you could combine the playmobile track with the train-li plastic rails that have been mentioned elsewhere to get more choice in layout.. Obviously the train-li stuff wouldn't match the palymobile connectors, but if you're nailing up down, that should be a big issue.

This layout is looking better and better, really shows how some thought can give a real railway like atmosphere - the track section, point motors etc are probably quite a bit overscale, but together with all the other detailing, they LOOK right.

J.
 
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