Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2023 i Garden Rail

ON MY WORKBECH Just occasionally, I get to indulge in a little modelling for myself, and recently, there ave been a couple oflarge-scale projects you might find interesting. The first, aGauge 1Slater’s kit for a Midland Railway lOT box van. Bought part-built, always aslightly risky venture, at the York model railway show, it was a bargain, as long as all the bits were in the box. Luckily, they were, and the build was an interesting exercise as I've assembled this model in both 4 and 7mm scales in the past. The biggest difference was with the etched brake gear, which includes prototypical double arms. On the 00 model, these are moulded in plastic as a single arm, but in 1:32, you get greater realism. Aside from a few issues trying…

Having built two IP Engineering Freelance Coaches, I thought of building a simple coach. This would follow the same construction methods as the IP ones. I was pleased with how the IP coaches had built up, as being laser-cut, this ensured squareness. I was given some off-cuts of3mm birch-faced plywood. A simple drawing was made and construction started. Using the IP coaches as a guide, a floor, sides, and ends were cut out using a Stanley knife. I only use simple hand tools, as my workbench is what was a breakfast bar in the kitchen extension, and my wife dearly wants it back. The sides were made in six pieces (see drawing) and glued together, making sure all was square. One side was assembled to the floor and ends, and…

Cracker is a very small 0-4-0 gauge 0 model live locomotive, designed in the Netherlands in 1996 by Ernest Glaser, and six free drawings are available on the internet at: home.iae.nl/users/summer/16mmngm/Articles_htms/Cracker.htm The design was based on a full-size locomotive made by the John F. Byer Machine Company, and a commercial model based on the Byer locomotive had been made by Michael O'Rourke in California. His company, Berkeley Locomotive Works, made about 130 of them from 1994 onwards, selling them worldwide. I started making a Cracker in 2008, after finding the drawings online. I was looking for a design ofa boiler and burner that I might copy that would be suitable for use on a very small 32mm gauge, 16mm scale model steam locomotive that I was building. What I couldn't…

ACCUCRAFT 1:20.3 scale Shay Accucraft has shared an image of a production sample of the forthcoming 13T Shay from the US, and is now taking pre-orders in anticipation that the batch will be delivered in the autumn. The model will be gauge-adjustable for 32mm and 45mm and will come with two types of stack, as typically supplied by Lima when built. Supplied in either black or green and now planished iron. Planished or 'Russian' iron was popular among 19th Century locomotive builders, particularly in the USA. The name is applied to sheet iron with a very highly polished or glazed surface, used for protecting the lagging of engines and boilers and for other uses where a non-corroding black iron finished surface is desired. Specifications: • 1:20.3 Scale - 45 mm…

Bottom Hill Light Railway lives in Norway. Locally, it is known as Kul-lebunden Hagejernbane, but I think you might find that tricky to pronounce, so we will stick with its English name. I bought my very first locomotive, a Silver Lady from Roundhouse and a coach from Brandbright, in 2011. These turned out to be very good choices. Since I didn't have my own line at the time, my first run was in a garden railway at one ofmy good friends. In 2013, I started to build my own garden railway. I had to do a lot ofheavy work, digging narrow ditches, 25cm deep and 25cm wide, then filled in up to 5cm with small stones. This proved to be a good and stable set of foundations, which would repay…

My decision to purchase a Regner 102 Tram ('Paul') kit early in 2021, was based both on its aesthetic appearance, it’s modelled on the Henschel & Sohn Tram Nr 102 from 1891, now stored in the Technoseum in Manheim, and because the photos on Regner’s website seemed to show they were using tried and tested parts from their Easyline range. However, when the kit arrived, I realised that, although the twin oscillating cyl-inders and the metal chassis frames were pretty standard, considerable changes had been made to the horizontal boiler. It was positioned nearer the rear of the loco, the smokebox was shorter by some 8mm, the air hole in the smokebox saddle had been omitted, and the steam pipe routed through the burner tube was a superheater. The smokebox…

We all like to run trains in the gardenand we all like the set up time to be quick and easy. What follows is a quick, easy way to do it with no tools being needed. I have a selection of track-powered locomotives and enjoy running them. For this article, I'll explain a simple system for supplying power to the track and running track powered locomotives. The basic requirement for running a track-powered locomotive is voltage on the track. The higher the track voltage, the faster the locomotive will run. The running direction is controlled by which rail is Positive (+V) and which is Negative (-V). When the +V is on the right side rail and -V on the left side rail, the locomotive will travel in one direction. Then,…

GAUGE QUESTION I have noted that the construction headers on each article show the scale that the items are built to, would it be possible to include the track gauge info with the scale as the gauge is occasionally not shown or hidden in the articles text? I use 45mm track and there are various scales that use this gauge i.e. Gauge 1, 7/8, 1:22.3, etc. Len Price Editor: Good point Len. We'll have a look and see if the gauge can be incorporated into the header. WANTED: AIRBRUSHING ARTICLE In your editorial for GR, you ask for suggestions for future articles. I'd like to see something on painting models - especially using an airbrush having recently invested in one and not yet plucking up the courage to give it…

We are very fortunate to be living in this day and age, where there are so many new tools and techniques to enhance our hobby. Back in the day, there were very few loco kits, and those that were around were often very rudimentary. Nowadays, wood laser cutting and 3D printing techniques easily allow you to produce components that have accurate dimensions, time after time. And this 'new tech' does not cost the earth either. I now have a print farm of four 3D printers, with the last two costing only £175 each! So, now what we are seeing are more manufacturers adopting these production processes. I mention this as this 32mm or 45mm gauge 2-4-0 loco (you select which gauge at point ofpurchase), 'Nancy', from Boot Lane Works, is…

Railways have always fascinated fillmmakers. Among the first dozen films ever shown in the Cinema was "L'arrivee d'un train en gare de La Ciotat" or in English "The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station". It was directed and produced by pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere. Its first public showing took place in January 1896. The film is associated with a well-known legend in the world of cinema. The story goes that, when the film was first shown, the audience was so frightened by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them that people screamed and ran to the back of the room. We all love our model railways and we also love and admire our friend’s railways. Nowadays, we have friends all over the world…

Having first reviewed GRS’s Quarry Hunslet, and then the Accucraft Cranmore Class 0-4-0ST Peckett, it is now time to complete my 'small live steam loco trilogy' with GRS’s new Jurassic Class Peckens. However, unlike the Jurassic World film trilogy, is part three as strong as the previous installments? Let’s find out … In 1903, Kaye & Co purchased a small 0-6-0ST for its Southam Cement Works railway, linking the chalk pits with the main works. Kaye was impressed with three similar Peckett & Sons locomotives that already worked at the neighbouring Nelson & Co. Ltd Works at Stockton near Rugby. The first loco to arrive at Southam was named 'Jurassic', and, due to its success, the company purchased five similar locomotives over the next 20 years. All the locomotives carried…