7mm Watery Lane

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Hi Ian, thanks for the info. Sounds just right :thumbs: . If you go over the top with the railway theme then it ends up causing arguments with the wife :headbang: So thats the way i had approached the garden railway. Luckily she was ok with my plans :cool: . Please keep the pics coming, i look forward to the next installment :thumbs: :drool:
Rob :wave:
 

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

We have planning permission for a new kitchen on the back of the house and it will cover the living room french doors these I hope will aquired for the shed and used in place of the rotten double doors.

I know its more expense but have you ever entertained the idea of a brick built railway building mate instead of the shed?

regards,

Mark
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Brick building a shed is a thought that I have contemplated but its also something that is on hold at the moment as it requires alot of ime and energy with a miniture her indoors running round loose it aint possible at the mo :headbang:

Ian
 

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

with a miniture her indoors running round loose it aint possible at the mo

Its not illegal to tie 'em up if its for their own safety you know :shock: :twisted: :lol:
 

28ten

Guv'nor
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

marsa69 said:
with a miniture her indoors running round loose it aint possible at the mo

Its not illegal to tie 'em up if its for their own safety you know :shock: :twisted: :lol:
Tried that, it doesnt work, he pulled the pole out of the ground :laugh: :laugh:
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Hi Ian, what sort of board did you use ? is it chipboard ?. Have you just nailed the roofing felt on to the boards or did you stick it on as well with the bitumin stuff ?. The reason for all the stupid questions is i hope to get some board fitted onto some of the posts soon and want to get it right as i,ve never built a garden railway before. Then i hope to lay a little track so i can get a little bit of theropy of playing trains :drool: Even though it will only be a straight line of about 20'. Still its progress :thumbs:
Toodle pip, Rob :wave:
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Sorry the reply is late I decided early on that the structure was going to be very strong and constructed or should I say over engineered. The pillers are mostly constucted of 12" square brick construction with the void filled with cement as bricks and mortar are good in compression (load bearing) but do not like any kind of tension(twisting or pulling) forces at all. The boards are designed to take alot weight i.e me(the fat one in the pictures) there was a danger they may break if the weight was not distributed well. The boards themselves sit on 2"x2" runners which in turn sit on 2"x2" bearers secured to the top of the pillers at the end of the bearers there are supports running to mid way up the pillers to support the overhang. The boards themselves are 3/4 external chip board coated in tar with roofing felt on top when we construct the next lot of boards I will post some pictures.

The whole railway has been designed with ease or maintainance and my old age in mind I aint got to bend down

Ian
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Hi Ian, thanks for the info, that has given me lots to think about :thumbs: . When it comes to bending i'm with you on that one, the body just shouts out "bend i dont think so" :lol: so i too have opted for height of 4' in the shed and 3' around the garden ( this is because the land slopes down from the house to the shed :thumbs:
I look forward to the next pics :thumbs:
Rob :wave:
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Well there isn't alot to tell of late as i am waiting for the steel for the new lift out section but there is news on the digger front ITS BOOKED yes the lazy man has arranged the digger for the 29th-29th of May to dig out the final section and Roberto has finished the platforms at tipton so hopefully we will resume normal service as soon as possible

Ian
 

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marsa69

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

It's a scene from that new film - 'Saving Private Ploffy' :laugh:

And I suppose I'm to blame for you now building a brick train shed instead of the original wooden one? :shock:
 

lancer1027

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Hi Ian :wave: there doesnt seem to be many windows in that block of flats in the first picture :lol:
 

Simon

Flying Squad
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

lancer1027 said:
Hi Ian :wave: there doesnt seem to be many windows in that block of flats in the first picture :lol:

Very good :lol:

Looks like the remains of WMPTE's future development department to me :(
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Simon said:
[quote=""lancer1027"":1dh0pmex]Hi Ian :wave: there doesnt seem to be many windows in that block of flats in the first picture :lol:

Very good :lol:

Looks like the remains of WMPTE's future development department to me :([/quote:1dh0pmex]
The seasoned skip scratter in me thought "I could make good use of that filing cabinet" :oops: :laugh:

Phill :wave:
 

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Do you know it just reminds me of .......... Oh hell, I haven't the heart to make another hydraulic gag :wave:
 

28ten

Guv'nor
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Nice diorama :thumbs: tell me more about your technique for simulating rust....
 

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

well today was the day and didn't we do well (ok it was a digger) managed to pour the footings for a 9" wall and dug out over 30 tons of soil more to follow tomorrow

Ian
 

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28ten

Guv'nor
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Thats not the foundations for the shed is it? :laugh:
 

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Tipton and Dudley port in the garden

Looking at that first photo thats one hell of an incline he's building :shock: It'll make the Lickey Bank look tame :lol:
 
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