Greetings from Derbyshire

[Paul2727]

Hello...
I've recently got into garden railways after a chance find at a car boot sale. (A big boxful of unloved LGB including a little Otto, wagons track and some points for a tenner.) I set to repairing them, and once it was done, I was hooked.
A steam tram and a stainz soon turned up to keep otto company. The work will soon began to build them somewhere to stretch their legs.
I've had oo for decades but this is all still new to me, so expect plenty of daft questions. (Apologies in advance...)
Regards,
Paul.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Welcome - the only daft questions are the ones that don't get asked

And congratulations for venturing out into the garden

 

[Zerogee]

Welcome to GSC, Paul - ask anything you want, you'll usually get some sensible answers in between all the daft ones....

Your car-boot bargain sounds great - even if everything needed work, you've only paid out about the price of two feet of track!

Jon.

 

[Slawman]

Hi Paul, that's a great reason to go to garage sales.....what a deal. How much track did you score?

 

[FrenchChuffed]

Welcome to the mad house as someone said. its all fun. us old guys love answering questions and sometimes we agree on the answers..

 

[Paul M]

Welcome, hopefully some of your good luck will rub on to us!

 

[Henri]

Welcome!!

 

[mike]

Welcome to the madness

 

[PhilP]

Welcome to the mad house as someone said. its all fun. us old guys love answering questions and sometimes we agree on the answers..

All together now....
Oh no we don't!

Welcome Paul..
I am in the dangley bit of Staffordshire, so not that far away from you.. There are quite a few of us lurking around this part of the world, so you will not be 'playing' on your own for long.

 

[royale]

Welcome, Paul - Sounds like you got a good deal - I'm also in Derbyshire.

 

[Gizzy]

Welcome Paul....

 

[pugwash]

Greetings from an escapee from Derbyshire, bottom left between Derby and Burton - ah the smell of beer when the wind was blowing the right way.
It sounds like you got a good and easy start there, well done m'duck!

 

[korm kormsen]

welcome!

... and? where are the questions?

 

[Paul2727]

Welcome to GSC, Paul - ask anything you want, you'll usually get some sensible answers in between all the daft ones....

Your car-boot bargain sounds great - even if everything needed work, you've only paid out about the price of two feet of track!

Jon.

Hi Jon,
Yes it was an absolute steal... Only fully realised when I started checking out prices on flea-bay..!
It would appear that some doting father had bought a starter set, a couple of extra wagons and a siding set for his (Obviously less than careful,) offspring. It was in amongst a big pile of (Smashed and abused.) ride on electric jeeps, scooters and other expensive toys.
Anyhow along with some smaller parts poor little Otto had lost his headlight and someone had decided that twisting the wires together was a good idea. (Total short.) By his condition, and of pretty much of all the rolling stock, a pond, sandpit and brown playdough had also been introduced into their lives.
I bit the bullet and started stripping and reassembling them all. (Praying it was actually playdough and not something really horrid.)
Surprisingly all but one were salvageable and now run quite sweetly.
I must be a sucker for punishment as I've just acquired what may possibly the most over stressed stainz in britain. How much abuse does it take to turn the axle holes in the chassis L shaped and turn the motor bushes oval?
It's probably going to end up as the static centre piece of a workshop diorama I have in mind. Amazingly the light, sound and smoke all function, even though it does sound like someone sanding wood.
Watch this space for more tales of locomotive cruelty.
Regards,
Paul.

 

[Zerogee]

Hi Jon,
Yes it was an absolute steal... Only fully realised when I started checking out prices on flea-bay..!
It would appear that some doting father had bought a starter set, a couple of extra wagons and a siding set for his (Obviously less than careful,) offspring. It was in amongst a big pile of (Smashed and abused.) ride on electric jeeps, scooters and other expensive toys.
Anyhow along with some smaller parts poor little Otto had lost his headlight and someone had decided that twisting the wires together was a good idea. (Total short.) By his condition, and of pretty much of all the rolling stock, a pond, sandpit and brown playdough had also been introduced into their lives.
I bit the bullet and started stripping and reassembling them all. (Praying it was actually playdough and not something really horrid.)
Surprisingly all but one were salvageable and now run quite sweetly.
I must be a sucker for punishment as I've just acquired what may possibly the most over stressed stainz in britain. How much abuse does it take to turn the axle holes in the chassis L shaped and turn the motor bushes oval?
It's probably going to end up as the static centre piece of a workshop diorama I have in mind. Amazingly the light, sound and smoke all function, even though it does sound like someone sanding wood.
Watch this space for more tales of locomotive cruelty.
Regards,
Paul.

Some kids just don't deserve nice toys.....
Sounds like some over-indulged little **** who was never taught to treat their things with any respect.

Good for you, though - great to hear that most of it was salvageable, and it sounds like a great start to your own line - it will soon grow!

If you're making the Stainz into a workshop diorama piece, check out the HSB loco servicing figures from Prehm - about four different ones posed doing various work around a loco (and one sitting reading the paper while the rest get on with it....).

Jon.