Mrs Ferrysteam builds a railway.

[Ferrysteam]

I have always been interested in steam engines but never thought I could have a steam railway of my own.At the front of our bungalows it is open plan so I could not build one there and at the back there is just a yard.I have been very lucky as my friends Annieshalt and Pauly have asked me down to run my engines on their layouts.
But all that was to change when I bought my wife an LGB Corpet for her birthday this year,she enjoyed running her engine at Annieshalt so much she wanted a little railway of her own and when a woman wants something she usually gets it.
So the shed was moved and the building began.

WELCOME TO THE FROG AND FERRET RAILWAY..... all built by herself.....

 

[Gizzy]

Well done Helen!

If only I could persuade Mizzy Gizzy to take a similar level of interest in my hobby. Then again, maybe not!

What are the 'tables' used for the 'baseboard' please Allan?

 

[Ferrysteam]

Well done Helen!

If only I could persuade Mizzy Gizzy to take a similar level of interest in my hobby. Then again, maybe not!

What are the 'tables' used for the 'baseboard' please Allan?

They are made from heavy duty shelf units that we used to use in our shop,which were made redundant on our retirement,these were then covered with decking board.

 

[Pauly]

cant wait to visit mate!

so its your wifes railway
good plan like, dont want to spend money on a layout just get the wife interested and shel do it!

though I think the area around the bridge could do with a little work :impatient:

 

[Gizzy]

Well done Helen!

If only I could persuade Mizzy Gizzy to take a similar level of interest in my hobby. Then again, maybe not!

What are the 'tables' used for the 'baseboard' please Allan?

They are made from heavy duty shelf units that we used to use in our shop,which were made redundent on our retirement,these were then covered with decking board.

A clever bit of recycling there....

 

[brianthesnail96]

Clever stuff that- really like the use of those shelving units. How stable are they? Would be ideal for easy to store smaller scale layouts too (stop giving me ideas...)

 

[Steve]

Like it brilliant use of material , and a master stroke getting SWMBO to build it .

We all look up to you Allen you are now know as the Master

P.S.

Brillaint work Hellen :wave:

 

[yb281]

That's excellent. Nice work Helen .

 

[Zerogee]

Brilliant use of the shelving units - I've bought loads of them in the past to rack-out my workshop, you can get them from most DIY stores and each 5-shelf set would yield 4 sections with legs to use as layout benches. If you are using the heavy-duty ones rather than the cheap domestic type, then I'd think they'd be pretty stable, especially if strapped together with cable ties round the legs.

 

[Ferrysteam]

I weigh [STRIKE]16st 7lb[/STRIKE] 10st 4lb and it holds my weight ok.All the legs are tied togeather with wire locking tabs and it makes a very strong job.

 

[Ferrysteam]

Like it brilliant use of material , and a master stroke getting SWMBO to build it .

We all look up to you Allen you are now know as the Master

P.S.

Brillaint work Hellen :wave:

Don't forget to screw your cap when you speak to me.....

 

[brianthesnail96]

Thanks Alan- need to look into getting myself a few of those methinks.

 

[Ferrysteam]

Brilliant use of the shelving units - I've bought loads of them in the past to rack-out my workshop, you can get them from most DIY stores and each 5-shelf set would yield 4 sections with legs to use as layout benches. If you are using the heavy-duty ones rather than the cheap domestic type, then I'd think they'd be pretty stable, especially if strapped together with cable ties round the legs.

Helen was able to use all 5 shelves as the legs are 1.5"diameter this is the same diameter as kitchen wastepipe,so we bought some lengths of this and cut it to size.If you look on the picture,all the white legs are waste pipe.

 

[annieshalt]

all hail aunty helen.

if all g scalers wifes were
as good as you what a wonderfull


world this would be. all our reguards allan & anne annieshalt. ps got any switches spare???.

 

[Philbahn]

all hail aunty helen.

if all g scalers wifes were
as good as you what a wonderfull


world this would be. [size=16pt]all our reguards allan & anne annieshalt. ps got any switches spare???.

[/size]

Should put a warning on pictures like that



Well done Helen

 

[annieshalt]

all hail aunty helen.

if all g scalers wifes were
as good as you what a wonderfull


world this would be. all our reguards allan & anne annieshalt. ps got any switches spare???.

Should put a warning on pictures like that



Well done Helen

watch out phil one could be heading your way............

 

[pugwash]

Looks good to me, I use that shelving (as shelving) too and it's as solid as can be, but well I don't want to be Mr doom'n'gloom but you've been sold short. That ain't a Corpet

 

[Ferrysteam]

Looks good to me, I use that shelving (as shelving) too and it's as solid as can be, but well I don't want to be Mr doom'n'gloom but you've been sold short. That ain't a Corpet

This is my Corpet.....Helen.

 

[Old Tom]

Don't you just hate it when....

You've just built a ground level layout because you couldn't think of a cost-effective way to have it at waist height......

and then someone goes and posts a thread showing an amazing solution!

Just brilliant. Well done to both of you.

[Adds this thread to favourites for future reference ]

 

[pugwash]

Looks good to me, I use that shelving (as shelving) too and it's as solid as can be, but well I don't want to be Mr doom'n'gloom but you've been sold short. That ain't a Corpet

This is my Corpet.

Thought you said you bought it for the Mrs? Not that anyone else here would buy something for family/kids/friends/the labrador and then [strike]play[/strike] test it themselves. Oh no we wouldn't
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