Dylanlewis2000
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Hello and welcome....
I have been in to G scale for most of my years, but due to other commitments what with School work, College and then University and also other hobbies G scale has taken a back seat, that was until the start of 2010, when i walked out to the garden and looked at a sorry looking single oval of G Scale track which has been buried from years and years of weathering.
It was a cold December weekend and I was looking for something to do. My trains which had laid dormant in the shed for the last few years were covered in cob webs and spiders (Of which I am petrified of). I decided to investigate what track I had left and found myself looking at piles of dirty track with rail joiners caked in dirt and grime, and so the big clean began.
Over the next few months I was the spend most of my free time in my shed, cleaning and sorting my track, assessing what could be kept and what should be thrown. After various methods of cleaning, I found the only one that worked for me was to use a good bit of sand paper and polishing block. Trying to clean rail joiners was a nightmare so in the end I have opted to replace all my rail joiners, not a cheap task but one that is worth it as I can guarantee electrical continuity. To date I have cleaned over 150 pieces of track.
With most of the track clean, the next thing was to look at the garden,
and here the story begins?.
The first job was to turn over the soil? I am not sure why I decided this was a good deal but at some point in the past something told me that this was the best thing to do.
We are also going to build a small veranda so I can overlook my completed railway.
Today the first pieces of track have been laid. This is all being laid on decking board, which was used as the base of the last railway.
As the decking is coming over the track I have had to dig down which in turn has created a lovely feature, Mountains. I have always wanted something where the trains can disappear in to and come out of, and I have inadvertently created it. One problem I have though is that once I cover the ?mountains? with stone, how will they keep their shape?
So there you have it. Tomorrow I will be taking the track down in preparation for the slate that will be delivered on Tuesday.
I have been in to G scale for most of my years, but due to other commitments what with School work, College and then University and also other hobbies G scale has taken a back seat, that was until the start of 2010, when i walked out to the garden and looked at a sorry looking single oval of G Scale track which has been buried from years and years of weathering.
It was a cold December weekend and I was looking for something to do. My trains which had laid dormant in the shed for the last few years were covered in cob webs and spiders (Of which I am petrified of). I decided to investigate what track I had left and found myself looking at piles of dirty track with rail joiners caked in dirt and grime, and so the big clean began.
Over the next few months I was the spend most of my free time in my shed, cleaning and sorting my track, assessing what could be kept and what should be thrown. After various methods of cleaning, I found the only one that worked for me was to use a good bit of sand paper and polishing block. Trying to clean rail joiners was a nightmare so in the end I have opted to replace all my rail joiners, not a cheap task but one that is worth it as I can guarantee electrical continuity. To date I have cleaned over 150 pieces of track.
With most of the track clean, the next thing was to look at the garden,
and here the story begins?.
The first job was to turn over the soil? I am not sure why I decided this was a good deal but at some point in the past something told me that this was the best thing to do.
We are also going to build a small veranda so I can overlook my completed railway.
Today the first pieces of track have been laid. This is all being laid on decking board, which was used as the base of the last railway.
As the decking is coming over the track I have had to dig down which in turn has created a lovely feature, Mountains. I have always wanted something where the trains can disappear in to and come out of, and I have inadvertently created it. One problem I have though is that once I cover the ?mountains? with stone, how will they keep their shape?
So there you have it. Tomorrow I will be taking the track down in preparation for the slate that will be delivered on Tuesday.
Getting rather annoyed now as i am going on holiday in a few days grrr
