Hi from France

[Demiel1910]

Hi all, I am a returning member after a few years away from the hobby. I am resurrecting my line 'Tramway Demiel 1910' a metre gauge railway set in France 1910; The previous line was a circuit passing through a village featuring houses, a fairground, and a chateau. This time I am going for an end to end line but again passing through typical french scenery. Will post progress when time and subject permits

Mikeyh

 

[Deleted member 4232]

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[Demiel1910]

Hi John i live in the Dordogne, near to Riberac. Been here for 18 years
Mikeyh

 

[Henri]

Welcome!!! Love to see your works!

Started to love the French metre lines. Looking for a Billard railbus....

 

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[Demiel1910]

Thanks for the welcome Henri. A Billard railbus is a little before my time. I scratchbuild my locos and in 1910 railbuses were just being experimented with.
Mikeyh

 

[Demiel1910]

John, a few years ago most of us expats were on a forum 'Continental Garden Trains' A bril forum that sadly passed away.

Mikeyh

 

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[Demiel1910]

Looks interesting, thanks for the link
Mikeyh

 

[Henri]

The Billard will fit perfecly in my stable. I am a fanof the Dutch RTM Tramways and they had a few Billards. Hence my interest to get one of these someday.

 

[Demiel1910]

If I hear of one for sale I will let you know

mikeyh

 

[Gavin Sowry]

Just gotta work on getting rid of the spots......

 

[Zerogee]

Welcome to GSC, Mikeyh!
Looking forward to seeing some photos of your line, old or new....

Jon.

 

[Demiel1910]

Thanks for the wecome Jon, I'll put some old pics on

 

[Demiel1910]

Here's some older pics of Tramway Demiel 1910

 

[Demiel1910]

The first pic is an ongoing experiment of using fence support posts bolted to 45mm and sunk into the ground for straight stretches of track

mikeyh

 

[Henri]

Clever!!

 

[Paul M]

Welcome to the forum. You idea of fence posts is a new angle to the "what track to use" debate

 

[Demiel1910]

Yes, I used it quite successfully on my old line. I had to square the ends off to make a good connection but because i only use battery power; no problem. If you half bury them so only the top half of the 'rail' is showing they look quite authentic, and of course, a fraction of the price!!

mikeyh

 

[Paul M]

How do you curve them?