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MalOz_1957

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Hello,
Mal here from wet and windy Perth. New to garden railways but not really new to the model rail scene. Had a couple small OO layouts over the years but they didn't get finished as much as I had hoped. Life and family, the usual excuses. Have also been collecting static model steam for a number of years (Bowman, Wilesco etc) which I also fire up from time to time.

I retired in October last year (after 40 odd years in the Data Centre industry) and have always fancied scratch building stuff. Started playing around with ideas based on Meccano chassis etc

first wagon... not too bad... roughly (really roughly) 10mm=1 foot. Could do better...
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Then I needed something to pull it... so the wee Fowler on another meccano chassis turned up... well this was fun ... and runs well...
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I thought I could do better on the wagon, especially once i found tenmille on the web... wagon v2... really 10mm = 1foot full timber chassis working buffers etc
...its a scale 6" too short as I only found a full set of drawings AFTER I almost finished it...V3 will be perfect :-)

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So, ok. Decided I needed a loop to run my builds....this is where the garden railway connection begins.....

A basic 6m x 4m loop using 45mm track (LGB and LGB compatible). It will evolve I am sure, already have ideas for spurs, stations, buildings etc.

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Currently working on a chassis of a BR Class 06 shunter - this will be 10mm to the foot and will be using battery and R/C...
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Chassis is 3mm MDF, and all the detailing will be sytrene, timber etc. connecting rods were custom made for me. ...anyway will show more pics of this if anybody is interested.

So yeah here I am ready to learn from those who have been here before me.

Cheers,
Mal
 
Hi MalOz_1957 MalOz_1957
Welcome to the clan, so as to speak.
Looks like you are off to a great start, very impressed with what you have done so far.
You will be warned about the level of humour on the site, don't let that stop you though;)
carry on carrying on.
Cheers,
Ian
 
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MalOz_1957 said:
Hello,
Mal here from wet and windy Perth. New to garden railways but not really new to the model rail scene. Had a couple small OO layouts over the years but they didn't get finished as much as I had hoped. Life and family, the usual excuses. Have also been collecting static model steam for a number of years (Bowman, Wilesco etc) which I also fire up from time to time.

I retired in October last year (after 40 odd years in the Data Centre industry) and have always fancied scratch building stuff. Started playing around with ideas based on Meccano chassis etc

first wagon... not too bad... roughly (really roughly) 10mm=1 foot. Could do better...
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Then I needed something to pull it... so the wee Fowler on another meccano chassis turned up... well this was fun ... and runs well...
View attachment 331938

I thought I could do better on the wagon, especially once i found tenmille on the web... wagon v2... really 10mm = 1foot full timber chassis working buffers etc
...its a scale 6" too short as I only found a full set of drawings AFTER I almost finished it...V3 will be perfect :-)

View attachment 331939

So, ok. Decided I needed a loop to run my builds....this is where the garden railway connection begins.....

A basic 6m x 4m loop using 45mm track (LGB and LGB compatible). It will evolve I am sure, already have ideas for spurs, stations, buildings etc.

View attachment 331940

Currently working on a chassis of a BR Class 06 shunter - this will be 10mm to the foot and will be using battery and R/C...
View attachment 331941
Chassis is 3mm MDF, and all the detailing will be sytrene, timber etc. connecting rods were custom made for me. ...anyway will show more pics of this if anybody is interested.

So yeah here I am ready to learn from those who have been here before me.

Cheers,
Mal
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Aha using 8’s, great for garden lines, my pal uses them extensively but boy do they weigh? See your scale now did ask in your Workshop post.
 
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You've made a good start with you rolling stock, I like the Meccano chassis, it's robust enough for the rigours of the garden. How have you laid the blocks? Have you put anything under them or will the weight of them be sufficient?
 
Paul M said:
You've made a good start with you rolling stock, I like the Meccano chassis, it's robust enough for the rigours of the garden. How have you laid the blocks? Have you put anything under them or will the weight of them be sufficient?
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Hi Paul, the blocks are just sitting on the ground. There is a pea-gravel cover to that part of the garden so they are just nesting on that.
As i move towards the back fence those blocks may need to be bedded down a bit more into the gravel to maintain a level grade.

They weigh approximately 15kg each so I don’t expect they’ll move much.

Cheers
 
Welcome aboard, Mal. I really like your projects. Something a bit different.....:)
 
Welcome from North Yorkshire. I'm a member of the Hornby Railway Collector's Association (HRCA) - although my Hornby collecting is limited to three O gauge goods yard cranes which go quite well with G gauge - and I'm sure people woudl be interested to see your use of Meccano if you would agre to it. An appropriate recognition of source would be given.
 
MalOz_1957 said:
Hi Paul, the blocks are just sitting on the ground. There is a pea-gravel cover to that part of the garden so they are just nesting on that.
As i move towards the back fence those blocks may need to be bedded down a bit more into the gravel to maintain a level grade.

They weigh approximately 15kg each so I don’t expect they’ll move much.

Cheers
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Somewhere around 54 kg of concrete, unheaved so far :whew:. At t'other end of this board is a singleton deck block.
Beyond taking off the turf, I do not go into the ground. Hereabouts, you have to go down four feet to get below the frostline to avoid heave. :eek:
 
Welcome indeed, things are looking really great there, I expect we will see some cracking stock appear. We probably all love the predetermined landgrab if it can be got around the relevant authority or sneaked in.
Now you mentioned the Fowler but you did forget to say you already have a Harzkamel :D.

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Welcome aboard, Mal. I like your approach. Your techniques seem to be developing since that first wagon.

Rik
 
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