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Hello all ,
Hope this in the right section ,my names james king im new to garden railways ive built n gauge layouts and am part way throung a ww2 n gauge show layout (mothballed while my little girl grows up soon to be 2 girls:bigsmile:) my rc cars and tanks have been shelved aswell so i need somthing to keep my hand in so a g gauge garden or yard line in our case is full steam ahead (married the wife for a reason;))

So this is what ive got to build on
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and this is what ime going to be building with and running
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Picked the stainz up off evil bay and the track to day at grosmont railway shop on the NYMR

Il try and update this as much as i can ,im intending to build a shelf style layout round the wall of the back yard . its to be built on a budget but im hoping to have trains running soon (HOPING)

Thankd for looking Jim
 
Hi and welcome James. Looks like you have a good project on..:thumbup: If you need any advice just ask. Its great fun building railways outside (when the weathers nice.)
 
Gaugemaster: check
Stainz: check
LGB track: check
Daughter: check
This starts to sound familiar :bigsmile: , good start Jim and keep up the good work. :thumbup:
 
:wave:Hello and welcome.
 
Hi James,
Sounds like youve got your hands full..Good Luck with the starting of an extensive layout ????
You will have enough hands to assist you ?/
I only joined a short while ago and found them to be a Great bunch of lads n lasses ?..ask away as somebody will always give you an answer..
Good Luck
 
Hullo Jim and welcome to the forum.

it's surprising how much track you can get into a small space?

I have a large garden but only a small strip has been donated by the local garden authority, so I've squeezed as much track as I can in the small space to make it look busy!

MMTS has also made good use of the small back yard he has, so there are endless possibilities if you use your imagination....
 
hi amd welcome jim, i only have a small garden/yard, and we managed to getover 120feet of track in it. trevour at grosmont is a good supplyer as well.
hope all goes well for you. allan.:bigsmile:
 
Welcome Jim ,
Anyone who has a beer fridge that big in there garden will fit in well here.:thumbup::wave:
 
hi, and welcome to the madhouse...
 
Hello again well thanks for your suport and welcomes people , the fridge and old tv just out of picture are due to go to the tip when i figure out how to get them in this?
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Weathers crap today so not done much but have done somthing
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walls ready for a jetwash repoint and paint , then decking to suport and reboard in places new fence gate hung yada yada yada :confused: well get there

Jim PS allan nice to see some one from my neck of the woods you got any pics?
 
hi jim. go to youtube and check annieshalt. loads of stuff on there.
if you dont live too far from teesside then you may want to visit.
the kettel is always on and if i can help i will. allan:bigsmile::bigsmile:
 
Were in skelton so not to far away , may take you up on that cuppa some time , youve got a prity extensive line there its given me some ideas :D

Jim
 
Did a bit of repointing after work tonight its not perfect as i only had a spoon to do it with or my fingers:rolf: itl be reet once its painted , ran out of cement now so will have to finish it off tomorrow , im thinking of maby geting some scafolding boards (i know a scafolder ;)) cuting them down the middle and useing them as my shelf/track bed ,got to do some mesurement yet but thats what my minds working on .

Jim signing off
 
Little late but, Welcome to the forum.. :thumbup:
Plenty of advice and support on here.. Just post loads of photos keeps us happy.. :rolf::rolf:
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Phil
that loco shed is awsome:bigsmile:.....and the rack line...YES!!:bigsmile:
 
jublybug said:
Did a bit of repointing after work tonight its not perfect as i only had a spoon to do it with or my fingers:rolf: itl be reet once its painted , ran out of cement now so will have to finish it off tomorrow , im thinking of maby geting some scafolding boards (i know a scafolder ;)) cuting them down the middle and useing them as my shelf/track bed ,got to do some mesurement yet but thats what my minds working on .
Jim signing off
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Jim
I too had access to scaffold boards when i started, and
thought they would be ideal.
They are laid on a fairly hefty ladder style frame work of
6"x2" and 4"x2" and screwed down every 18" or so.

Even so i have found that as the boards dried out they
shrank by as much as 3/4" over their width, and have warped
quite badly, even pulling the head of the screws through 1/2
the thickness of the boards in places.

I have had to relay and cramp the boards up together and
re-screw them back down twice and they are starting to twist
again :impatient:

If i started again i would seriously consider using a dif timber
maybe exterior quality ply or treated decking planks.

I realise you are working on a budget, but it may not pay
to cut corners on the baseboards
In the pic below you can see where they have warped and split
when i had to clamp and re-screw them down.

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