For what its worth though, and from a 6 year long and counting personal "garden railway journey" perspective, I have found that what started out as a pretty "general" theme has increasingly become specific and that the greatest (huge) pleasure is coming from the sense of recreation of time/place/train (outside) rather than just watching trains run.
Hi Simon,
I wasn't convinced by narrow gauge. I'm still not entirely, but it doesn't matter. Other people are,
Richard
But let's not get this out of perspective. My focus is on G1. All I am doing is laying one extra rail to allow for G3.
Richard
Oooh, that's a dangerous site to peruseHi,
I am sorry that I did not do a good job of the address of the article. At http://www.zelmeroz.com/canesig/resources/resource-02hbk.html appears the following where you will find 28 Modelling Netherdale:
Modelling Cane Railway Basics
By Lynn Zelmer et al: 01 Introduction; 02 Queensland's Sugar Industry; 03 Engineering and Operations; 04 Modelling; 05 Creating the ANGRMS Dioramas; 06 Modelling Sugar Cane Part 1; 07 Portable Cane Track; 08 Modelling the Bundaberg Jenbach 0-6-0 Diesel; 09 Modifying the Colonial Baldwin 0-4-0; 10 Wholestick Cane Truck; 11 Kitbashing Freelance Wagons/Bins; 12 Modelling Challenges; 13 Resources; 14 Scale/Gauge Choices; 15 Comeng 'G' Inspired On30 loco; 16 Modelling Sugar Cane Part 2; 17 Modelling Palm Trees; 18 4 Wheel Box Wagon; 19 Large Scale Cane Wagons; 20 Novice HO Cane Train; 21 On30 Diorama; 22 Navo (Fiji) Navvy Car; 23 HOn30 Wholestick Truck; 24 Laser Cutting Intro; 25 On30 Tourist Railway Carriage; 26 Working Cuban Cane Loader; 27 Modelling Sugar Cane (Couch Grass); 28 Modelling Netherdale; 29 3D Printing: HOn30 Cane Trucks; 30 Modelling a Mill Interior; 31 Card Modelling (and 2011 NG Convention modelling competition details); 32 Modelling Coolum (B-B DH) in 7mm; 33 Cuban Bogie Cane Wagons; 34 Queensland Cane Locos in HO; 35 Modelling the Caledonian Collieries Rail Tractor; 36 Sugar Cane using Wire Armatures; 37 Steve Pettit's On30 Lomo Lomo Fijian Cane Tramway;
Peter
I missed that - could you do the honours and provide the link please because I can't see it? We have visited the WHR on several occasions and it and the loco's are impressive.I was skip reading and my eye caught the text NGG16 and strangely just two days ago I was messing with scales and track to get something large that would work as a flight of fantasy project (a Backwoods On30 brass kit is also a consideration) and came up with 7/8" scale or Sm32 I do plan a trip to the Welsh highland for a photo shoot on one of these monsters
Adrian, I presume your talking about the NGG16 kit ? If so it's near the bottom of this pageI missed that - could you do the honours and provide the link please because I can't see it? We have visited the WHR on several occasions and it and the loco's are impressive.
Thanks
Peter,Hi Mickoo,
Do not overlook the Tasmanian Government Railways K1. If you are interesting in the original drawings, an index and sixty-nine drawings are available at http://www.naa.gov.au/
In the search box ( with the heading Explore: ) at the top right hand corner enter “Compound Tank”. If you use “Garratt” you will get other garratt locomotives.
The drawings are quite good resolution but require several clicks on the zoom icon.
Peter
Peter,
Thanks,
I'll keep it brief so as to not dilute Richards thread further LOL
That's OK; I'm discovering whole new worlds
now the AD60 is another story, I'd love a DJH one and having see a kit in the flesh am finding it hard to not succumb, but like above would like it in a larger scale.
That is a magnificent model is it not. Imagine it in G1....or larger. I wonder whether a scale model could be bashed using LGB Chassis?
In a vain attempt to get back on topic, it'd be nice to think that I might be able to run what ever 'big' engine I get at Richards as I don't have the space he does, providing it uses 32mm or 45mm track
Exactly, which is why I want to make provision for a number of options.
Yes yes yes, all very good, but where are the pictures of the Finescale Brass 4MT tank.!Hi,
Next on the agenda is the control system. For the electric stuff I have decided to go down the radio control route. I'm still toying with the idea of providing a track feed to the inside circuit, but most of my mates who have electric powered locos are veering towards R\C, so I might not bother. I don't know at the moment.
I know nothing about R\C, so I took myself off to the recent G1MRA event at Shepshed specifically to speak to Peter Spoerer. He was enormously helpful, answering all my newby questions, and I bought one of his kits, including sound, specifically for the Finescale Brass 4MT tank. That arrived a few days ago, and a few people have asked me what was provided in the R/C kit.
Battery Pack
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Receiver, speed controller, wiring loom with charging socket, on/off switch and fuse, sound card and speaker, aerial and false coal.
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Radio control handset.
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In addition, there were foam wedges to secure the batteries in the boiler, self adhesive pads and clips, a sound control handset (missing actually, awaiting delivery) and a simple and well-illustrated installation guide specific to the locomotive.
The handset and receiver have been 'bound' together and the whole system has been set up, checked and tested before despatch and the batteries come fully charged. I'm impressed. I was very nervous of putting together disparate components I was unfamiliar with, but all the hard work has been done and the instructions are really very clear. I reckon about an hour or so to install.
Richard