Yes he's a nice chapThanks! I searched for him last night, and ordered a figure on eBay. It took some fumbling around between the british and dutch eBay sites, but he was very helpful, and now I have a painted 7/8" driver coming.
New beginnings
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Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
Twice now have I laid an oval of track on the garden tiles, just to be able to run Brammert. This has worked well in rekindling my delight in this quirky locomotive, but it isn't a long term solution. So I have faced the facts: I want to run Brammert on my layout, so I'll have to change the layout.
So I've begun to make changes. There will now be a new circuit with a minimum radius of R2 (775mm). I will also pay better attention to loading gauge: Brammert is 130mm wide if you include the handrails. That's wider than LGB's standard width. So I'm making sure to provide clearance for that.
There will also be a few other changes: to make things easier for myself I will remove the overhead on the hard-to-reach route behind the Hazel tree. I'm also removing the 64mm track. This may return in a later incarnation of the layout, but it's not a priority now.
Something that will remain is the small circuit under the pergola with its peculiar intimate atmosphere. I don't want to lose that!
Changing the track geometry.
It's beginning to take shape.
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
More track changes! I'm building an extra track at the spot that's nearest the house:
This will fulfill an old wish of mine, creating the look of a double track tramway:
This is the idea:
Putting all the flowers back in place, now marginally closer to the house:
This will fulfill an old wish of mine, creating the look of a double track tramway:
This is the idea:
Putting all the flowers back in place, now marginally closer to the house:
Gerard
Co-Author " Our Model Garden Railway" on Amazon
Hello Jasper,
Looks great! Especially the lady Zoe looks great!
I have three tips:
1 You put the vertical wooden pole in a vary nice and sturdy iron square foundation element. However, be carefull to not let water accumulate in the iron box, cause it will finally damage your wooden pole. Remedy: Drill a hole in the bottom so the rain water can flow out.
2 Use coppergrease in your rail connections. It saves you a lot of trouble caused by oxidising the brass of the rails leading to electric connection delays.
3 Finally: Look into our new over 500 E-pages E-book "Our Model Garden Railway". Its full of usefull tips. May be they can be of any help for you!
Gerard (Bart)
Looks great! Especially the lady Zoe looks great!
I have three tips:
1 You put the vertical wooden pole in a vary nice and sturdy iron square foundation element. However, be carefull to not let water accumulate in the iron box, cause it will finally damage your wooden pole. Remedy: Drill a hole in the bottom so the rain water can flow out.
2 Use coppergrease in your rail connections. It saves you a lot of trouble caused by oxidising the brass of the rails leading to electric connection delays.
3 Finally: Look into our new over 500 E-pages E-book "Our Model Garden Railway". Its full of usefull tips. May be they can be of any help for you!
Gerard (Bart)
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
Thanks, Gerard.
The iron foundations already have drainage holes. They are made that way. Some of them have been in place for almost twenty years now, without problems.
The coppergrease has been mentioned before in this thread. So far it hasn't been necessary, but I'll do it when needed. That is if I haven't switched to battery by then.
The iron foundations already have drainage holes. They are made that way. Some of them have been in place for almost twenty years now, without problems.
The coppergrease has been mentioned before in this thread. So far it hasn't been necessary, but I'll do it when needed. That is if I haven't switched to battery by then.
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
The latest addition to the roster is this wagon, built from a kit by Regner. It belongs to their Easy Line. I am not sure what the scale is supposed to be, and whether it will look better among my G scale stock or my new 7/8" venture. Not a problem, it'll figure itself out in due course.
I found the kit rather easy to build, it mostly just falls into place. The construction seemed a bit flimsy to me, so I added some reinforcement on the inside. You can see this in the next photo. Since this doesn't look too realistic, I guess I'll only ever run it loaded.
I still need to decide what to do in the way of painting and weathering. So, still in bare wood look:
I found the kit rather easy to build, it mostly just falls into place. The construction seemed a bit flimsy to me, so I added some reinforcement on the inside. You can see this in the next photo. Since this doesn't look too realistic, I guess I'll only ever run it loaded.
I still need to decide what to do in the way of painting and weathering. So, still in bare wood look:
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
No it isn't. The kit comes with a different coupler, as you can see in this photo from the Regner webshop. This coupler attaches to the hook of an LGB (or Playmobil) coupler, and you can add a hook that will couple to the loop of the LGB coupler.
This I found rather course looking. So instead, I attached a chain link coupler from Heyn. (The Heyn coupler comes with a different chain link that's a bit smaller and copper coloured. I found that chain too toylike, it reminded me of preteen jewellery. So I added a different chain I buy by the metre from a hardware store.)
This I found rather course looking. So instead, I attached a chain link coupler from Heyn. (The Heyn coupler comes with a different chain link that's a bit smaller and copper coloured. I found that chain too toylike, it reminded me of preteen jewellery. So I added a different chain I buy by the metre from a hardware store.)
Clock chain is my choice too
Gerard
Co-Author " Our Model Garden Railway" on Amazon
Jasper,
Your wooden wagons look great!
It brings me to show two wooden wagons in here, made from two simple small wine crates that have a perfect size for a G-scale wagon. The one with the open sawed windows (and with a lot of Playmobil figures inside) was made by my 8 year old grandson last year as a Santa Claus gift to me. May be a good idea for you guys to ask for a bottle of wine in a wine crate next time!
I put two double wheel sets under each wagon to make them ready for running.
The CROFT Port Wagon is loaded with a filled bottle making the wagon run very smoothly as long as its filled!
Your wooden wagons look great!
It brings me to show two wooden wagons in here, made from two simple small wine crates that have a perfect size for a G-scale wagon. The one with the open sawed windows (and with a lot of Playmobil figures inside) was made by my 8 year old grandson last year as a Santa Claus gift to me. May be a good idea for you guys to ask for a bottle of wine in a wine crate next time!
I put two double wheel sets under each wagon to make them ready for running.
The CROFT Port Wagon is loaded with a filled bottle making the wagon run very smoothly as long as its filled!
Chris Vernell
Three score and nineteen
With my luck, they'd be non-magnetic tweezersYou need a magnet on a stick!
PhilP.
In which case...With my luck, they'd be non-magnetic tweezers
"Go to the Stores, and ask for a brass magnet.."
PhilP.
Jasper
Hey, I'm only being creative here!
Brass magnet? That reminds me, when I was younger I briefly worked in a nursing home. One day during my first week, I was sent to the other side of the building to borrow the plintenladder (skirting board ladder). When I got there, the person asked which one I needed, for there were two and they had different properties. So back I went, etc.
I didn't perceive what was going on, but I remained completely helpful and serious, so no one got the satisfaction of seeing me either angry or desperate.
I didn't perceive what was going on, but I remained completely helpful and serious, so no one got the satisfaction of seeing me either angry or desperate.
Madman
Registered
In which case...
"Go to the Stores, and ask for a brass magnet.."
PhilP.
Would that be the same store my uncle sent me to for a bottle of steam.....
