KYR Ground up

jublybug said:
Is all g gauge track interchangable? from make to make? im buying lgb at the mo and what scale is lgb g gauge? so i can start with buildings , cars and people.

Got further round the wall pointed up today and maby a bit more painting if the weather holds out some more pics to follow :bigsmile:

Jim:thumbup:
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Ahhh the old scale question :rolf: Trying to keep it simple:

All g gauge track is interchangeable yes, pointwork and everything. Now you probably will anyway, but it's best to stick to the main suppliers i.e. LGB/Piko/Aristocraft so you keep the same rail profile which is 332. When you started mixing other makes of track (like Tenmille among others) there starts another rail profile of 250 which is a lot thinner and wouldn't stand up to walking on/constant moveing sections.

As for scale, LGB is a scale of 1:22.5. But G as a scale ranges from 1:19th to 1:29th. When your looking for figures, working around a scale of 1/24th is about right, or as was mentioned the other day, a figure should be just a little under the height of a bank card.
 
ntpntpntp said:
It's my impression that LGB tend to vary the scale so that overall most stuff looks ok when run together - in terms of height and width.
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That's another good point mentioned. With LGB, a lot of loco's/rolling stock they aren't actually true 1:22.5 scale models of the real thing, with LGB it's a case of it looking proportional as much as being accurate scale models.
 
:thumbup:I think the lgb scale question is a bit of a can of worms then:bigsmile: im only going to be running narrow gauge items anyways so a bit of artistic licence is going to be used .

thanks for the replys regarding the track Q , think its best sticking with lgb then it is nice and sturdy stuff

As promised some pics of todays workings
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Just need to point up this last bit then paint
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The wall in the last pic is now fully painted

Only the gate wall left to point and paint

Jimbo :thumbup:
 
jublybug said:
thanks for the replys regarding the track Q , think its best sticking with lgb then it is nice and sturdy stuff
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I think its best to say the LGB track we've had outside for the last few years definately holds up the best, seems to clean up easier than the Aristocraft too. Ofcourse don't limit yourself to just LGB, if you find some Piko/Aristocraft track at good second hand prices then it's all very good. Although if your buying new track then Aristocraft seems to have shot up in price over the last 6 months. It was cheaper than LGB at around £5 a foot but it appears to have jumped up to over £7 :confused:
 
Ive got new but ive just won some curves and stright, LGB for good prices on evil bay .
Also just been to the booty today and piced this little lot up for ......................
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£6 cant go wrong for that and they are in prity much new condition

Jim:bigsmile:
 
Good find the Garden Railway Manual is a good book lots of useful tips
 
Theres some more stright bits in the post ;) i love evilbay (dont tell the wife):thumbup: ........................................she knows realy:crying: and fingers crossed and weather permitting il be geting some from grosmont on the way to the ride on railway at sleights near whitby (useing any excuse to go over that way now )my little girls loveing it tho :bigsmile:

Jim
 
jublybug said:
Theres some more stright bits in the post ;) i love evilbay (dont tell the wife):thumbup: ........................................she knows realy:crying: and fingers crossed and weather permitting il be geting some from grosmont on the way to the ride on railway at sleights near whitby (useing any excuse to go over that way now )my little girls loveing it tho :bigsmile:
Jim
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Way to go Jim :thumbup:

They all ways do you know, their radar is better than any AWAC on the market

If you havn't already got one invest in an LGB track cleaning pad.
At this rate you are going to need it sooner than you think :clap::bigsmile:

Stick a things wanted on this forum as well, it's amazing what peeps
have just lazing around :rolf::rolf:
 
Well i just might do that , theres a few item that would be handy , tonys offerd me a 4amp controler cheep cheep that im gona get next as my little gaugemaster jobby isnt up to the job (robed from my n gauge layout) just wateing for paypal to build up again ,

Are them pads that fit under rolling stock anygood? need some rolling stock aswell:bigsmile:

Jim
 
jublybug said:
Are them pads that fit under rolling stock anygood? need some rolling stock aswell:bigsmile:

Jim
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No personal experience of them, but when you start using a track cleaning block you realise that you need to apply quite a bit of pressure to get the rails clean, so you would have to make a wagon extremely heavy to get the same result which wouldn't be such a good idea. Others may have a more positive review of them though?
 
I had a go at cleaning some second hand rail i got with a old peco track rubber and it took some cleaning . whts the lgb item made of?

Jim
 
jublybug said:
I had a go at cleaning some second hand rail i got with a old peco track rubber and it took some cleaning . whts the lgb item made of?
Jim
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I think its a hard rubber, impregnated with a grinding grit of some type, peeps
on here will have more info.
Bbut they are the best way of cleaning old track up by far, with out damaging it.
Do not be tempted to use any abrasive of any kind, even invisible scratches can
cause problems in the long run.
I have a number of the under wagon pad cleaners, a Stainz will just about pull a single well waited 4 wheel wagon on level track, couple of laps round is usefull for quick clean before each running session but does not clean dirty track.
(Except when you get called away and forget it is running 5hours later track was shiny bright)
I might have an old spare one some where you can have as a try out, but i don't think they will fit all LGB wagons.
I'll have a look tom and let you know.
 
Ok cool thak rob just need a wagon to fit it to and il be away . might see if theres any lgb rolling stock at grosmont and get one instead of track .

Jim
 
jublybug said:
Ok cool thak rob just need a wagon to fit it to and il be away . might see if theres any lgb rolling stock at grosmont and get one instead of track .
Jim
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Jim - the track cleaning pads are mounted on a base unit the fits
under certain LGB 4 wheel wagons. if memory serves i'm not sure if
Grosmont has much LGB stock, not any showing on their web site?
Might be worth looking out for a 2nd hand wagon for the track cleaner
as it would tend to be only used for that purpose to fiddly to keep
removing the unit as it screws on.
 
Il keep my eye out on evilbay for a wagon for cleaning dutys no lgb stock on grosmonts site so looks like il be just on track tomorrow

Jim
 
Well after a trip to grosmont again (steam gala weekend was a plesant suprise) ive got 2m of track to add, i can now get from one coner of the front room to the kitchen .Soon as i get a flat wagon il be bringing the tea in by train :thumbup: had a ride on the miniture steam railway at slights great little place and a nice tea rooms now aswell (well worth a visit) ,

Did a bit more pointing aswell but weve had enough pics of my walls :rolf:

Jim, also got some nice alpine plants from the garden centre at slights aswell and a mint plant that smells of chocolate after eights:bigsmile:

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Hi Jim, only just spotted this thread. I love your enthusiasim and am very excited to see the railway come to life. Keep it up. :bigsmile:l
 
hi jim , they have a nice ride on railway at preston park in stockton as well .

only open weekends , live steam and battery locos. allan.
 
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