DavidinAus
Western Thunderer
I'd like to ask some advice, please.
I'm just in the process of building a new house in Glenbrook, NSW, where I will have a 50m x 20m block of land, big enough for a garden railway, and (more importantly) with permission from SWMBO to build a railway. Realistically it will be an end-to-end, and I'm torn between S7, where I have some experience (a little, but none outdoors), Gauge 3, or a compromise with 3/8" Gauge 1.
I'm going to keep my S7, so going to G1 is only a little step. If I go to G3 I could ultimately aim for coal-fired live steam, which I would really, really like to do. But having never built a boiler or used a lathe, I need to walk before I run.
G3 seems at present to be my favourite, but there are difficulties. There don't seem to be many, indeed any, other people in Aus. interested in G3; so if I import a locomotive with a boiler, how would I make sure it is safe; also if I start in G3, the scene is difficult to work out - what is the equivalent of S7 (I'm an obsessive person, and scale-to-gauge has to be right); can I buy a loco. kit to start with (to make a radio-controlled battery powered L&Y "pug" or a Peckett?); is Mike Williams the same as Mike Williams (Agenoria v. Williams Models)?
Am I crazy, to go with G3 in Australia? Wouldn't G1 be easier? Though I think if I don't go for G3, I'll have to give up the smell of coal and steam, and just go for S7 out of doors.
What do the experts think?
David
I'm just in the process of building a new house in Glenbrook, NSW, where I will have a 50m x 20m block of land, big enough for a garden railway, and (more importantly) with permission from SWMBO to build a railway. Realistically it will be an end-to-end, and I'm torn between S7, where I have some experience (a little, but none outdoors), Gauge 3, or a compromise with 3/8" Gauge 1.
I'm going to keep my S7, so going to G1 is only a little step. If I go to G3 I could ultimately aim for coal-fired live steam, which I would really, really like to do. But having never built a boiler or used a lathe, I need to walk before I run.
G3 seems at present to be my favourite, but there are difficulties. There don't seem to be many, indeed any, other people in Aus. interested in G3; so if I import a locomotive with a boiler, how would I make sure it is safe; also if I start in G3, the scene is difficult to work out - what is the equivalent of S7 (I'm an obsessive person, and scale-to-gauge has to be right); can I buy a loco. kit to start with (to make a radio-controlled battery powered L&Y "pug" or a Peckett?); is Mike Williams the same as Mike Williams (Agenoria v. Williams Models)?
Am I crazy, to go with G3 in Australia? Wouldn't G1 be easier? Though I think if I don't go for G3, I'll have to give up the smell of coal and steam, and just go for S7 out of doors.
What do the experts think?
David