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Basil Faulty


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SWMBO has given approval in principal for the construction of a Garden Tramway in G scale around the ornamental pond (that I'm going to put my inlaws into excavating while they stay with us - it may be too hard for them and they may go home early). Soooooo anyone got any good clues for this scale, who sells the cheapest track and what do I lay the track on? concrete? treated pine?
I will be making the poles and the overhead fittings. Surprisingly I can buy ready made tramcars of Australian type but at a considerable cost, so maybe I'll make my own.
Any of you able to assist/ into garden railways etc

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Can't help much Basil, other than I have seen other outdoor rails and they were always mounted on treated pine.

Top project........I would like to see the end result.

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Yes I did think of treated pine but the bridge would have to be something else as you wouldn't want the pine to leech into the pond and kill the carp. I'm thinking of abandoning the Quorn tool and cutter grinder and buy a centrifugal casting set up instead.

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You have room for something of this size?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oKdPRQg78
Pretty impressive

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Basil.......we had a bridge running across our pond and it was made of treated pine. Never hurt the gold fish we had in there. As long as you make sure that the timber is dry before you build it..........then it should be no problem. There shouldn't be any leeching!!

The bridge is still standing but we closed the pond over.



-- Edited by Disco Duck on Sunday 13th of December 2009 04:55:02 PM

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Gary and Kerry wrote:

You have room for something of this size?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6oKdPRQg78
Pretty impressive


Surprisingly though I only have a small space I will be able to fit a decent layout in.I was thinking along these lines but space would be the killer;
T36308NSFEDGEWORTH.jpg

 So along these lines I can fit in heaps;
Southampton_12_and_Sunderland.jpg



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oh mate!!!!! would i like to be in on some of that!

I would go treated pine over gravel even over the fishy pond, the treatment has not been allowed to "leech" since the late 80's so entirely safe

if it was me I would go with the second scale, much easier to build more and more and more in the workshop

I dont know where you would get the rails or ties or joiners but a short search over the net would soon find it!

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It's a gonna keep you busy basil, don't forget you alfoil beanie.biggrinbiggrinbiggrin

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What a great plan! Obviously with the "live-in help" it will be much easier, but you will all be able to share the joy of the project.
Looks like a lot of hard work on the way to a lot of fun.
The neighbourhood kids will probably be regular visitors.


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JRH wrote:

It's a gonna keep you busy basil, don't forget you alfoil beanie.biggrinbiggrinbiggrin



 But of course I'll work in my alfoil helmet.... I twill keep the neighbourhood kids away as their very staid parents will assume I'm a total nutter and keep them indoors allowing the work to progress without interuption.



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dave06 wrote:

I dont know where you would get the rails or ties or joiners but a short search over the net would soon find it!
Yep I can get track etc easily enough, I have feelers out for drawings and I have heaps of old pictures. Should give "Chinky" the little chinese mill a run for its money....

 



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Good thinking Basil, them there kids can bring so much joy but also so much agro when they try.

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This is sort of what I have in mind:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HoxhQqgjCA&NR=1

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Go for it Basil. I have had a layout on the back burner for a few years. Mostly Hornby HO. Have an old table tennis table to use as the main base. Just waiting for the moment to arrive when I will have time to get it up and running.

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why do they always speed up the trains, if they slowed them to a "scale" speed it would look much better

Terro, there are always good H.O. scale layouts for sale on ebay, some are pretty damn good and go cheap compared to building new

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Basil do they still have the little railway at Covington Cottage,I think that is how Covington is spelt.I don't know what gauge it was but it was very impressive.Cheers.Ibbo.Complete name stuff up.The name of the model village is,now wait for it.C>O>C>Kington Green.Just goes to show even I can make amistake.Just for badness I will repeat the name ****ington Green.furiousnowink

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That is true Dave. I think I would like to attempt to build the layout myself. Nothing spectacular with mountains or anything. Really all I want to do is "play trains". I agree with the scale speed and I believe there are computer programs that allow this.

Terro.

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yep absolutely but there are some good parts on there to help you do it economically,

my uncle had a monster in his 45' x 30' shed, half a dozen controllers (all computerised and synced) four lines or tracks, sidings, loading bays, roundhouses, quarrys, all to scale including bulldozers and trucks, steam trains and the ghan with camels on the side of the tracks

he gave up counting the cost after $10,000, my lovely aunt would have had three kinds of kittens if she knew!

mind you it was spread over something like 15 years, but hell it was a goodun!

after he died I think she sold it for $500, I had no room for it!

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Ibbo are you thinking of C.O.C.K.ington Green just near Canberra, ACT? If so I'm pretty sure the model village is still there along with the English pub and the maze.

Terro.

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I like to listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?=w4MjC1Ywofg D6500 Cold start after piston change. enjoy Daryl

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Basil do they still have the little railway at Covington Cottage,I think that is how Covington is spelt.I don't know what gauge it was but it was very impressive.Cheers.Ibbo.Complete name stuff up.The name of the model village is,now wait for it.C>O>C>Kington Green.Just goes to show even I can make amistake.Just for badness I will repeat the name ****ington Green.furiousnowink

-- Edited by ibbo on Monday 14th of December 2009 10:03:37 AM


yes it's 12" gauge....Was there a few weeks ago with Grandson

 



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Yep Basil,I noticed on their advertisment that they said that they had a G Gauge model runnuing around.That place must give you stacks of ideas for layouts etc.Yiu must be aptient man .Cheers.Ibbo.

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we were in cantberry a couple of years ago and never knew of this place

http://www.****ingtongreen.com.au/index.html

shame, I reckon it would be a good spot to revisit a lost youth!.................... TOOT!! TOOT!!!

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