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[railaddict]

I use Massoth DCC and Playmobil RC.

 

[Paul M]

Yes but most of them require assembly like Ikea furniture
We have to do so much of DIY that our hobby may be renamed as "Garden Railway Surgery"

Yes, but like IKEA, they're not that difficult to put together, no bending of metal etc, and in most cases, there's always someone at the end of a phone or email willing to help out. No meatballs though!

 

[PhilP]

Did someone say IKEA?



PhilP.

 

[Mobi]

Wish we could buy 45 mm gauge wooden tracks. With battery power they are usable and would have been cheaper than brass tracks.

 

[David1226]

I know I've posted this pic before when this topic has been run previously, but I still think my method is the most reliable and definitely the cheapest



David.

 

[PhilP]

Flying Scotsman?



PhilP.

 

[Paul M]

I know I've posted this pic before when this topic has been run previously, but I still think my method is the most reliable and definitely the cheapest

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David.

Until your hips go!

 

[RDFMTS2]

Wish we could buy 45 mm gauge wooden tracks. With battery power they are usable and would have been cheaper than brass tracks.

Wooden track in 45mm should not be hard to make for thopse inclined towards wood work. I have made lots of wooden track in the past when our children were little, and before we moved on to trains in the garden. We had thought about having some brio type track for the MES, but 45mm wooden track would take that idea up level. Maybe I will look at making some for open days at our model engineering club. The garden railway is always popular, and track that the younger ones can lay themselves would I think add to that. Thanks for the idea. David

 

[RDFMTS2]

Wooden track in 45mm should not be hard to make for those inclined towards wood work. I have made lots of wooden track in the past when our children were little, and before we moved on to trains in the garden. We had thought about having some brio type track for the MES, but 45mm wooden track would take that idea up level. Maybe I will look at making some for open days at our model engineering club. The garden railway is always popular, and track that the younger ones can lay themselves would I think add to that. Thanks for the idea. David

Ironically my first garden railway did have roughly 45mm gauge wooden track and trains, which my dad made. the trains were gravity powered. I.E. I put them on at the top of the garden and they ran down to the bottom. I had to push them back up, or carry them to the top. Happy memories .

 

[dunnyrail]

Wooden track in 45mm should not be hard to make for thopse inclined towards wood work. I have made lots of wooden track in the past when our children were little, and before we moved on to trains in the garden. We had thought about having some brio type track for the MES, but 45mm wooden track would take that idea up level. Maybe I will look at making some for open days at our model engineering club. The garden railway is always popular, and track that the younger ones can lay themselves would I think add to that. Thanks for the idea. David

Quite easy to route a couple of groves into wood to make track, straights much simpler but curves and points possible with some faffing. I have done exactly this with my stock shelves to locate trains and help keep the in the same place.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Yes, but like IKEA, they're not that difficult to put together, no bending of metal etc, and in most cases, there's always someone at the end of a phone or email willing to help out. No meatballs though!

With one exception - Worsley Works etched brass 'scatch aid' kits (if he's still in business) do require a little bending from time to time - but, they are as the label describes, intended for aiding a scratch builder rather than being a kit of parts.

 

[ge_rik]

Wooden track in 45mm should not be hard to make for thopse inclined towards wood work. I have made lots of wooden track in the past when our children were little, and before we moved on to trains in the garden. We had thought about having some brio type track for the MES, but 45mm wooden track would take that idea up level. Maybe I will look at making some for open days at our model engineering club. The garden railway is always popular, and track that the younger ones can lay themselves would I think add to that. Thanks for the idea. David

Did someone say wooden track? The storage roads in my garage.



Rik