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GardenRail 281 contents.indd 3 13/12/2017 08:36 WELCOME View from the end of the platform
The Editor’s refrain we aim to cover all the larger scales that worry that your English isn’t perfect, my can be found operating out of doors. job is to polish the words so you look That’s not to say we don’t come indoors your best on the page. 018 is starting well for Garden occasionally such as with Ffuglen station Photos can be a problem but Rail. People are enjoying the this month, but normally, GR prefers to generally, if they are taken outside you magazine in ever greater numbers be found outdoors. can’t go wrong. Working under lights 2and readers are saying nice things about Which brings me around to the can be trickier but we can do wonders us. Even our publisher has broken into traditional editor’s request – how about with photo software nowadays. Sadly, a smile. writing something yourself? if the thing we need to see if out of The people responsible for this are of I might have a reasonable stash focus, it’s harder to rescue the picture course those who have taken the time of articles to hand, but a few more but since photography is pretty much to put finger to keyboard and share wouldn’t go amiss. Surprisingly, we seem free nowadays and you see the results their models with us. When I sit down to be low on articles describing people’s instantly, play around with it. Again, to compile each issue of the magazine, layouts. I know there will be people advice and encouragement are available the old adage that “an editor can only reading this thinking that their efforts from my e-mail address. publish what they have been sent” wouldn’t be of interest to the wider So, as we enter the new year, how comes in to play. world but I can assure you that they are. about making a resolution to become To date, I’ve been very lucky. Garden If you have built a line and taken a few rich and famous* through writing for Rail contributors have been getting photos, then let us know. Garden Rail? in touch with a variety of articles, If you made lots of mistakes along from single pages to those of epic the way, we’ll be even more interested. *Please note, you will only become proportions. Each is carefully read and Model making isn’t the art of getting slightly famous and not at all rich, but then filed so I can come back to it later everything right first time, it’s the art at least it’s something to show off with when trying to produce a balanced of bodging your way out of trouble in front of your friends and family. n magazine for you to read. when things go wrong. How many My intention has always been to projects stall because of an unexpected showcase the full variety and vibrancy problem? If you found a way around of our hobby. Unlike society magazines, this, let me know. Chris MacKenzie bought himself a retirement present to run on Ffuglen Station. Prince is a Seeing your name in print isn’t manual controlled geared live steam production difficult. Simply drop me a line to the from Peter Angus. It might be pride of the line, contact details on page 3 with an idea but can be hard work on an end-to-end layout, and I’ll provide encouragement. Don’t you can read more on Page 6 of this issue.
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p005_GRJan18.indd 1 05/12/2017 11:21 LAYOUT FOCUS 1:19 Ffuglen Station on the Ffestiniog Railway If it’s too cold to go out in the garden, how about an indoor railway? Chris MacKenzie lays on 14 feet of action
The complete layout with the fiddle yard at the far end. Nearest the camera is the ‘Inglenook’ shunting puzzle. The foamboard sign started life as a genuine Ffestiniog Railway advertising board bought off ebay. However after the first exhibition where everyone thought we were volunteers promoting the real FR, we changed it to display the name of our layout.
he only trouble with building an and erected and by just one person (but additional board that would act as a roof exhibition layout in 16mm scale ideally two). A tall order! to this tower meant that it would still be is the size - and the weight. Another requirement was to make small enough to fit into my car or little TIt’s great fun running a large scenic the new layout primarily for battery camping trailer. layout, but there are always difficulties operated diesel loco’s rather than live Moving the stacked boards was storing the thing between exhibitions, steam. We didn’t want to rule out steam solved by having some large wheels, carrying it to a van, manhandling it powered, but unlike our other layouts it purloined from an old trolley, clip onto from a van into the exhibition hall wasn’t top of the essentials list. the bottom board. The other baseboards (inevitably up several flights of stairs) The answer was to create an end to could then slide off the tower in turn to name just a few issues. My large end layout with a large open storage area and clip into place with removable legs. exhibition layout Timpdon is therefore at one end so the public could still view I won’t detail the endless hours of not always the best option as none of us rolling stock waiting its turn to run. thinking and planning to make it all are getting any younger. A bit of head scratching revealed that work (and I definitely won’t tell you With this in mind we decided to build making three baseboards each 4’ x 2’6” that I made it two inches too wide to be a smaller layout that could be operated would allow them to stack on top of pushed through my workshop door) – and, more importantly, lifted into a hall each other. Making the fiddle yard an but we got there in the end. 6 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 LAYOUT FOCUS 1:19
The scratch built Conway Castle loco on a commercial Essel chassis pulls some homemade rolling stock. The fencing posts are used rocket firework sticks, collected by my dogs one November. The wire between is simply fuse wire. To the front right you can see one of the switches for the public to operate.
The shunting puzzle sidings. The yellow diesel is an Money was getting a bit short when Andel Models fitted with our Timpdon Electronics it came to buying all the Mamod radio control. The “shunt” straight track sections for the traverser option allows for very fiddle yard, but then we realised slow control. that as we weren’t putting electricity through the rails, we could simply nail wood mouldings 32mm apart onto the plywood floor. This confuses many a spectator at smaller scale shows. “How do you get electricity through the wood?” seems to be the most common question. On Saturday morning a full explanation is given, but by Sunday afternoon I’ve heard our operators answer with replies similar to “electroplated varnish”. Some heavy duty furniture glides allow the board to move up or down to the correct position. The size of the boards meant that operation had to be end-to-end. As we make an Autoshuttle device under our Timpdon Electronics brand, I set about converting my locomotives. This is a simple unit which allows tiny magnets at the side of the rail to control the locomotive – even slow it down and send it back along its path after a short wait. The locos were all given this facility (in addition to their normal controls) so that trains would continue to run up and down if the sole operator had to disappear from the layout for a few minutes. I didn’t want a fully scenic layout. I wanted to try and capture the
A Roundhouse live steam Charles being admired by Fred. Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 7 LAYOUT FOCUS 1:19
Criccieth Castle (again scratch built on an Essel chassis) leaves the fiddle yard. Harlech Castle awaits its turn. The slate fencing is carved pieces of plastic from a sign found in a skip, then painted in shades of grey. One of our operators worked the layout at two exhibitions before he realised that they weren’t real slate!
atmosphere of a railway, specifically the trying to model undulating hills in a many pleasurable head-scratching hours Ffestiniog Railway, thus leaving a lot to very small space. can be absorbed trying to complete the the viewer’s imagination. We therefore From the outset we wanted to include manoeuvres. decided to model just the area owned an ‘Inglenook’ type shunting puzzle. For To make this shunting puzzle section by the railway company; in other words the ones not in the know, this is three totally hands free, a lot of experiments the fence-line to fence-line. The other sidings and eight different, but identical were conducted with couplings. In the areas would be simply painted all black length, wagons. One siding can only fit end, we went with the tried and tested thus creating a meandering ribbon of five trucks and the other two can only Triang-Hornby type used extensively scenery along black baseboards. In my fit three in each. in HO/OO scales, but with a lifting opinion this has worked far better than I took photos of the eight trucks chopper bar at just one end of each and printed then onto separate cards. wagon. To make the coupling bar rise At the start of a ‘game’, these cards are and uncouple, traditional servo motors shuffled and you deal yourself were placed under the baseboard at the five. The order dealt is the beginning of each siding. At the press of order of the train you have to a button on a wireless control panel, the assemble. It sounds easy, but planked walkway across the rails lifts up about 10mm to uncouple the train. The Mamod points were also modified in the same way and servos added so that no hand from the sky would be needed. You’ve probably gathered by now that I like gadgets and little animated cameo scenes on a model railway.
Harlech Castle pulls the Gunpowder and Hearse wagon back to the sidings. Harlech Castle is a commercially available loco fitted with Timpdon Electronics controls. It’s an Essel production and must’ve done thousands of miles over the years, all without any wear or problems.
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A radio controlled servo motor is connected to the underside of each planked pedestrian walkway. This lifts the wooden section between the rails to raise the hook on the Triang-Hornby couplers. Simples!
A few enjoyable weeks in the shed produced:- l A man up a ladder sawing through a tree branch (on which his ladder is leaning…) l A trainspotter taking flash photographs l The toilet door opening and a man slowly pulling down his newspaper before quickly shutting the door l A model of my Labrador wagging her tail l A working Ffestiniog type disk signal
Drone view of the ‘Inglenook’ shunting puzzle section. The two nearest sidings can only hold three wagons, whilst the one next to the loco Charles can hold five. The taller scenic features such as trees, buildings, signal posts, etc. can all be removed and transported separately to enable the three layout boards to stack.
The big question was whether to have these working all the time or have them operator controlled. Then realisation dawned. Allow the viewing public to operate them. Large ‘omnibus’ type bell-push switches were designed and placed within easy reach of little hands. This
The infamous Minion train! The Fart-blaster gun on the wagon makes realistic sounds as it is pushed along the line (if you have to ask why, then you probably will never understand!) Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 9 LAYOUT FOCUS 1:19 has proved to be extremely popular fictional station on the line, one that to transport and erect. It promotes the with children (of all ages).Many more looked in the image of the FR but does larger scales and, more importantly, is animated scenarios are planned, so keep not really exist. The name therefore good fun to operate at exhibitions. It’s a look out. became obvious: Ffuglen Station also good fun to run at home when it’s I’ve already mentioned that we wanted (pronounce it “Feeg-Len”). A Welsh- too dark or to wet to play outside. to place the model on the Ffestiniog English dictionary should clarify. Thanks to Phil Parker for the Railway. The big problem was size. Ffuglen means “fictional; invented” as photographs. If you put the name of With an average FR train being over in “an imaginative creation or a pretence the layout into YouTube you can also 16’ long in this scale, you don’t need that does not represent actuality, but see movies of the trains, the animated a calculator to guess that we wouldn’t has been invented”. Perfect! scenes and the shunting puzzle in have room to model a real station. I already had quite a bit of FR rolling operation. n The only answer was to build a stock, so this layout became a good reason to build some more. At the push of a button, the dogs tail spins The layout appears to be well around. Another button starts the tree surgeon received by the paying sawing away at the branch. I’ve heard many a discussion amongst spectators how this Meet the Modeller public at exhibitions. was achieved. I’ll leave it to you to have It’ll never win a guess – but it was simpler than often Chris MacKenzie MBE awards, but it’s easy imagined.
Chris has always been into Narrow Gauge, starting with 009 in his teens. After a brief period of trying to be grown-up, he returned to modelling in his early thirties. It was whilst attending a mixed scale narrow gauge show some twenty plus years ago, he discovered 16mm scale. He says that’s when he found his true calling. Several 16mm scale layouts later (both inside and out), with only a slight deviation into 5” ground level, he now runs the successful Timpdon Electronics and the Timpdon Models businesses.
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Retired from street service but with some years left in her, and freshly repainted, the Kitson rattles past the platelayers hut with a short quarry working. The Busybodies driver doesn’t look too happy with his lot, probably because he was withdrawn from his normal turn of duty driving the Darj to drive the tram.
have always had a soft spot for the such an unusual and quirky prototype, tram locomotive in Christchurch, New British steam tram. A relatively and elated that I could add another Zealand, albeit this is one of the smaller short lived technology (circa 1880- steam tram to my 16mm scale narrow “4 panel” versions. I1905), steam trams appeared at the gauge roster. Garden railfarers tempted by this dawn of mass metropolitan transport Swift Sixteen do not claim the unusual offering may be wondering to feed the growing appetites of towns model to be of a specific prototype, how they plausibly fit a steam tram and industry for workers and shoppers. however perusal of the overwhelmingly into their scale world. Agreed, these Steam trams, usually a specialised tram comprehensive volumes by David were predominantly street vehicles locomotive hauling one or more trailers, Galdwin, “A History of the British in their heyday and may even have bridged the gap between horse drawn Steam Tram” (Vols 1-7, Adam Gordon, strayed into some rural landscape trams with limited capacity and the 2004-2010) reveals the model is a very in the farther flung reaches of their emergence and rapid domination of good likeness to the larger “5 panel” routes, however the most persuasive electric traction early in the twentieth tram locos manufactured by Kitson prototype application is their use after century. When Swift Sixteen announced of Leeds. Kitson produced 267 highly withdrawal for other purposes such as their 16mm scale etched brass kit for standardised horizontal boilered street shunting or construction work. I feel a typical Victorian steam tram for the tram locomotives of various sizes for an elderly steam tram hauling a couple Roundhouse Bertie chassis/boiler, I was British municipalities and for export. of spoil wagons from a quarry might both surprised and elated - surprised a There is what is claimed to be the sole be more easily accommodated into the manufacturer would produce a model of surviving operating example of a Kitson average garden railway scenario than Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 15 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 one hauling your typical two decker Close up of roof Bodybuilding Starbuck tram trailer loaded with brackets soldered to The process for construction of brass angle ready for commuters! There is also the matter of screwing to the front the brass body is well described in the gauge. I run on scale 2' gauge (32mm) of cab with 12BA instructions and their accompanying but the narrowest gauge I could find for screws. photographs and to a large extent I a Kitson tram was 3' (excluding a clutch followed that advice. The etched parts of unclad locomotive types for 2'6" fit together exactly and overall the kit is destined for Africa), so it may be said very well designed to make construction that 45mm gauge for this model would as intuitive and (almost) fool proof as be closer to prototypical. Of course, possible. There were a few points that those of us who “model” a preserved sufficient gap for the tram to ride up deserve some elaboration. I emphasise 16mm scale rail or tramway will just and over a limb or more. The emergence these were from my experience run what we like regardless. of widespread fitting of lifeguards only attempting the kit and I admit am not My first impression when the kit occurred after a number of horrible in the major league when it comes to arrived and was unpacked was “that’s accidents, many involving children. soldered construction. Those with more an awful lot of brass”. The completed Swift Sixteen have, very sensibly from experience in these things may have model is substantial, as would be a commercial perspective, designed tackled it differently and better. expected for a body designed to fit their tram body to be mated to a Bertie I obtained the Metalsmith rivet press on a Roundhouse Bertie live steam chassis/boiler combination to make (now sold by the Midland Railway powerplant. The dimensions of the a 32mm or 45mm gauge live steam Centre) as recommended in the completed model are 310mm over model. Ordinarily I would opt for live instructions because currency exchange buffers, 121mm across the beam, steam because, well, this is a model rates against our Australian dollar were and 177mm from rails to top of the of a steam tram. However, I have a attractive at that time. I’m glad I did as wonderfully intricate nickel silver reasonable number of live steam locos it is a useful addition to the workshop “fence” fret on the roof. My battery on the roster, in fact far more than I in its own right, and even though I version weighs in at a hefty 3kg need as I am frequently reminded, and generally prefer to fit real rivets as they including chassis; all in all this is these sadly are run very infrequently do look better, pressing has its place in an imposing piece of Victorian era (measured in decades in some cases). the balance between time and result. In machinery in 16mm scale. I do run battery electric diesels fairly the case of Swift Sixteen products, the I also ordered the optional wire or regularly to watch something go round half-etch rivet not only locates the rivets tray type lifeguards (‘cowcatchers’ to whilst we relax with an evening aperitif, correctly but also ensures formation catch people) as lifeguards in some form so I figured if I wanted this model to of a crisp rivet head. I replaced the are a characteristic feature of these trams enjoy some track time, electric power it punch provided with a home-made and the lost wax castings are unusual and had to be. one as it was a bit too sharp for the exquisite. Gladwin (2004) gruesomely With your indulgence, I will half-etches, and I see Swift Sixteen have documents that the skirts themselves relate some of my experiences from subsequently noted it may be necessary afforded ineffective protection to construction of this model, and how to round the tip of the supplied punch unfortunate souls struck by the tram as some of the variations to the standard before use. they were only required to cover down model were tackled (usual bodger There’s no escaping the substantial to 4" above the rails, this still being caveats apply…). amount of soldering needed to assemble a kit of this size. The instructions make it clear that use of a blowtorch is not recommended (emphasis on NOT, the instructions now say this twice). I totally understand caution on the part of the manufacturer, as the heat generated could end up creating all sorts of problems with warping and twisting or thin parts just simply melting away before your eyes. However as construction advances there is an awful lot of brass to conduct heat away from the locality being soldered and waiting to get the parts hot enough for solder to flow did become a challenge on occasions. Soldering up of roof In some instances I used two irons, fence prior to fitting the an old 80w iron with an untinned tip posts. The steel rulers as a “preheater” and my main 100w are to hold the sides or or 65w variable temperature iron to straight while corners are tacked. apply the solder. I used two temperature grades of solder. I like to use the wire 16 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
Underside of roof after soldering up fence and posts, showing the roof hatch modifications so it can slip into the two etched slots provided as cutting guides. In the live steam version the roof below the hatch is cut out between the slots. The little caps on top of the posts have yet to be added.
solders sold in Australia by DCC I could have simply deepened the etch brackets so they accept the 10BA screws Concepts on the narrow part with a “skrawker” to screw on the roof. At this stage the Sapphire brand 179 and 145 degree and soldered up the join after bending. kit instructions were resumed and solders and matching flux, and there The reason for needing to get these front the roof clamped back on the body are no doubt equivalents available in angles correct and consistent top to and the brackets soldered to the roof other countries. The 145 degree solder bottom is that any variation will result making sure not to get any flux onto the is useful for parts that don’t experience in roof not fitting and, as happened to screwed side of the bracket to draw the high structural load, as it requires less me, it all looked wonderful until time to solder where it isn’t wanted. Although it heating time to get it to flow. fit the roof cross members which were seems a lot of steps to describe now, it Clean up as you go (unless you are now too short! Even 1-2mm out is an didn’t take long really and now the roof very neat solderer, in which case you issue and it doesn’t look good if the sides can now be removed as often as needed. probably have it all sorted and don’t are forced to fit. Consequently to fix The 14 attachment points turned out to need to be reading this). Cleaning my mistake I added curved filler pieces be overkill and, in final assembly, I only usually involved scaping thicker to lengthen roof struts slightly whilst used 8. deposits off with the back of a hobby keeping the roof curvature the same. As always seems to be the case knife, rubbing down with emery, and with modifications, there was an polish with a rotary tool wire brush. Roof, fence and condenser unexpected complication in making Occasionally it was easier to use an old The instructions called for the pre- the roof removable. There are nice file. Soft solder does clog files terribly curved brass roof to be soldered to the etched decorative brackets on each roof and I have read that applying talc to sides; however as this tram was going to corner which, if following the standard the file acts as a release agent, but for be electric, and access through the roof construction, are soldered to both the most part I avoid using expensive could be very handy to aid assembly, the cab front panel and the underside files to clean up solder. One thing that paint and add details later on, I chose to of the roof creating a strong fixing. always dogs me when soldering larger make the roof removable. The plan was Unfortunately, this is not an option if models is my careless habit of dragging to solder 14 small brackets to the roof the roof it to be removed. Rather than the iron off the work across colder and screw the body sides to the roof just solder directly to the body with the metal, leaving a blob of solder. Note to brackets to hold the roof on. I made up risk of breakage later on, some small self: take more care to remove the iron 12 small brackets (six a side) from 1/16" brass angles were made up and the from the work cleanly. x ¼" brass sheet bent to match the roof decorative brackets soldered to these Construction followed the instructions angle with holes drilled on one face before screwing on via 12 BA tapped up to the point of adding the dummy which will be tapped 10BA later to take holes in the front panel. water tanks where I deviated by drilling the fixing screws. I also made 2 more The intricate fence around the roof, some ¼" holes in the floor underneath but at 90 degrees for the ends. presumably there for aesthetic reasons for drainage and drying, fearing if they The body was clamped/weighted down to hide the condenser from easily were not made 100% watertight water inverted on the roof as per instructions offended passers-by on the street, is a may be trapped for some time after as if it was to be soldered on and I then characteristic feature of some of the washing off flux. Besides aiding drying it temporarily fixed the undrilled side Kitson trams and Swift Sixteen have is good workshop practice to ensure all of the brackets to the roof with thick done a beautiful job of this in nickel potentially airtight vessels that are not superglue making sure they were snug silver. It requires careful and patient required to hold contents have air holes with the body sides. Once secured in work to adjust it so it sits right then and to avoid distortion or worse when heated. place, I could then safely mark through solder it up getting everything straight Take some extra care with bending the the bracket holes onto the body and and not bowed, I’m not sure I got this front panels to the exact shape, because after separating the roof, remove the part perfect, but as part of a finished as noted in instructions, the narrow brackets using acetone and a sharp knife model, it looks the part. I found the window frame verticals need bending (remembering to number them for little caps on the fence posts particularly longitudinally to the same profile as the replacement into the same spots). challenging as they are very thin & light panels. When I mentioned the difficulty The final steps involved drilling the and move without provocation when a I had with getting this right to an previously marked holes in the sides soldering iron is held to them. I confess experienced model maker, he suggested 10BA clearance and tapping the roof to tinning with a 145 solder and used Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 17 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
Setup for soldering up the condenser cross- “tubes” with the assembly held flat and square. This is different to the instructions which suggest a vertical setup for soldering these parts. A push-block was used to hold the cross-“tubes” firmly against the Peco SM32 rail spacers. A square was also used to check squareness of the cross-“tubes” periodically, as recommended. a small blowtorch to provide instant heat whilst holding in place with a bit of wire. Even though I didn’t need a removable hatch to access the boiler for servicing, I still wanted to have the option of should a conversion to live steam be contemplated at some point in the future. To do this I didn’t cut out the roof under the hatch as per the instructions but instead made the hatch to sit on the roof with locating pieces that make use of the existing lateral slots etched in the roof to guide cutting out. The locating pieces were made from two pieces of 1/16 brass shaped to roof profile and soldered to the hatch. Should the hatch be required, cutting out the roof material under the hatch between the etched slots will render it serviceable. I have heard mild criticism of this model for using flat etchings soldered to brass longitudinal tubes to represent the condenser cross tubes. Understandably, this is to some cheapo drills if you don’t have Underside of the roof parts prior to assembly. enable a model to be produced that SM32 track offcuts or prefer to stick The 4 holes in the roof for mounting the is within a reasonable cost and skill to the instructions. I also built the condenser unit are just visible, as are the 4 8BA studs soldered into the bottom of the longitudinal capability of your average modeller, condenser assembly flat, not vertically tubes. The nuts on these are not done up tightly your writer included. However, I as suggested, creating a temporary jig to when assembling, to avoid distorting the roof. gave consideration to replacing the keep it all square. The bell fixtures are bolted to the little brackets supplied etches with suitable tube. It In yet another departure from the live soldered to the roof using the bolts supplied with was sobering to calculate that I would steam version, I didn’t make the hatch the bell castings. need at least 18 meters of tube or rod and condenser into a single unit for which needing to be cut and bent to the removal, but the condenser assembly correct profile to produce the required is gently bolted from the underside of there is room at each end between the 172 tubes. Then there would be 344 the roof using 4 x 8ba studs soldered frames for a 7.2v AA battery pack (I holes to drill in precise locations in the into the longitudinal tubes, and once used 2x Strikalite part 631) wired in main longitudinal tubes to accept the the condenser is in place, the hatch is series to give 14.4v and fused with a cross tubes. Not to mention the weight prevented from falling out should the polyswitch. To hold the battery packs of all this. Swift Sixteen’s approach model be inverted. you will need to construct two trays using etches seems eminently sensible in and I did a belt and braces job by the circumstances. Under the Skirts suspending a tray folded from 0.6mm For spacers when soldering in the Chassis construction commenced brass from two new chassis spacers and crosstube etches, I used short offcuts with an Essel Engineering ‘005’ 12 to the chassis buffer blocks. Remember to of Peco SM32 rail (which is 5mm 24v dual gauge chassis kit. This was make a means to feed the wiring out of deep) as spacers instead of the 5mm constructed as per the instructions. the tray from the end if you don’t want drills suggested, not being overly keen Where practical, I wanted to keep the wires climbing over the top of your on mixing my expensive drills with chassis as a self-contained unit and with chassis and getting in the way. soldering flux and it had the additional nothing protruding above the frames so The radio receiver/motor speed advantage of enabling multiple etches the tram body and dummy steam plant controller used is the tiny 2.4GHz to be laid out to check spacing (I have could just be plonked on top. With this Deltang RX-65 rated 3A at 18v (range lots of rail offcuts). By all means buy 220mm version of the Essel 005 chassis, 3-18v) and eminently suitable for radio 18 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
The complete electrical gubbins are all fitted within the chassis except for the on/off/recharge and charger socket unit which is mounted in the cab and connected with a Futaba plug. The boiler floor unit screws on top of the chassis. The RCS version of the Deltang DSM2 transmitter is also shown.
I was fortunate in a friend offering me a failed copper shell of a boiler intended for a coal fired locomotive. I reduced the length of the boiler barrel to that more closely representing a coke burning tram boiler. For the interested reader Volume 3 of Gladwin (2007) informs us that a 5 panel Kitson tram #24 of the Birmingham and Aston system (Kitson T217), had a barrel only 4'5" long and 3’ diameter and a firebox 2'9" long. Unfortunately the smokebox length wasn’t provided, so I took a guess at the proportions using a photo of an undressed Kitson #7 at the Ferrymead Tramway in Christchurch, NZ taken control of battery locomotives in the be quickly detached from the chassis. during its restoration. garden scales. Despite its impressive The three wires are sufficient, the I needed to move the chimney hole rating, it only measures 13.4mm x charge socket and the switch share a in the roof 23mm closer to the centre 31.2mm. I sourced mine from Remote common positive connection to battery, of the roof to accommodate the shorter Control Systems (Australia) who also the remaining wires being for charger boiler. This meant blanking off the do a neat, palm-held DSM2 Spektrum negative to battery, and on switch original hole which was done by parting compatible transmitter with combined positive to the RX65. off a 1mm thick slice of 5/8" brass bar, rotary knob speed and direction control Whilst it is just about possible to annealing, curving to suit the roof, and based on Deltang components. The mount the body to the chassis by soldering in place from underneath. A basic wiring for the RX65 is very simple; bolting the floor onto the existing Essel new hole was chain drilled and the hole connect black and red leads to battery buffer blocks, the attachment points ground to size with a Dremel sanding via on-off switch and the two coloured would end up towards the middle of drum. I should point out here (in leads to the motor. All other connection the floor where the brass sheet would maybe a first) that I had this worked out sockets on the RX65 relate to auxiliary be furthest from the sides and weakest, before soldering up the condenser cross functions such as lights which I’m not so I played cautious and affixed a body tubes, so spacing was adjusted to suit using here. The Essel motor supplied width piece of ¼" x ¼" brass angle the new hole. in the kit had interference suppression to the chassis end blocks with 8BA The chimney has been made capacitors fitted so I didn’t need to screws, and attaching the body via 4 adjustable in height as the prototype add these. The RX65 is small enough x 6BA screws into tapped holes in the chimneys were quite tall and this to mount on top of the gearbox using angle, the removable roof allowing for would not necessarily suit my own double sided tape, and the tiny aerial is attachment from the top. and others railway clearances. Being poked up through the floor. adjustable, the chimney can be kept The only electrical items mounted Dummy Steam Plant & Cab as tall as track clearances will allow. above the chassis are the on-off switch Detail This was done by adding a set screw and the charge socket. I originally Without access to a preserved example, to the collar that retains the chimney thought I would hide these in one of the interior was the hardest part of pipe in the smokebox, and allows the the coal bunkers, but drilling the largish the model to envisage. Old photos of chimney to lower into the smokebox mounting holes with the body already Kitson steam trams in service show space. Scratching of paint is avoided built was too awkward. Had I planned little interior detail due to shadows, by ensuring that the hole in the roof far enough ahead to drill these before and although there are some works and smokebox are slightly larger than soldering up the body, it would have drawings reproduced in Gladwin’s required. been a doddle. Instead I used one of the volumes, these are very intricate and it’s The boiler was embellished with a etchings provided to create box spacers not easy to decide what features would dome, smokebox door, and various designed to fit to the Bertie chassis, be prominent to a casual observer. The dummy fittings gleaned from drawings and mounted the switch and socket on boiler was clearly the dominant feature and photographs of trams plus a fair bit this. It is screwed to the floor in the cab and with this as a starting point I added of poetic licence. This is mounted to a and the switch and socket are accessible some other details picking some features floor of brass sheet cut to fill the existing through a side window. A Futaba plug that I thought would add tram like cut-out in the base of the body with a and socket is used to allow the body to “character”. fabricated smokebox saddle soldered Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 19 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
The relocated chimney hole to accommodate the made up from brass strip with a handle closer to prototype length boiler is clearly visible created by dipping in epoxy resin and a is this construction photo. The closed hole is not second quadrant to a standard Talisman noticeable once painted and the condenser unit mounted on top. (Model Earth) cast reversing lever set. I didn’t attempt to model the complex linkages between the levers at each end and the gear itself as this would The Kitson style be mostly hidden. A Talisman bell was combined throttle/brake fitted to each end, mounted hanging and reverser quadrants from the roof on the cast bracket after painting prior to fitting to the cab floor. supplied. I’m not sure this location These are modified was prototypical of Kitson trams, but Talisman reversing bells feature in a number of photos of lever kits. steam trams in service so I imagine this practice depended on the municipality. To finish it off, coal was also added to the bunkers. Those with keen eyesight will have noticed I have not glazed any of the units are very tolerant of location, the windows. Whilst this may have been aerial probably could have just been left put down to understandable laziness on on, the boiler is held with a single screw under the floor. Additional floor filler my part, this was not totally the reason. through the chimney opening, and a pieces were added to cover the larger Perusal of many tram locomotive couple of tapped brass brackets to hold cut-outs at the firebox end intended photos showed that there were as the firebox end. to give clearance for the Bertie boiler many without any obvious glazing as The floor unit is screwed down onto fittings. In hindsight, these fillers would there were with some glazing visible. the chassis with four 8BA screws. A gap have best been incorporated in the Manufacturers such as Kitson may is left to feed the wires up to the switch shape of the boiler floor. well have supplied drop or similar and charge socket. Any other gaps are Other than the boiler, interior fittings window glazing as part of their standard a result of my incompetence in sawing are pretty minimal, and limited to product, but its use in service seems on the correct side of the line. A rubber what might be discernible through to be variable and may have depended grommet protects a hole for the tiny the windows when viewed from the on the time of the year the photo was aerial to poke up into the body cavity to side. Kitson’s combined brake/throttle taken as much as individual operator ensure a good signal. As these 2.4GHz and reversing gear quadrant was an preferences. Glazing windows on this interesting feature of their trams and kit wouldn’t be difficult, if that was two of these were made up (one for each what the builder preferred. cab) by adding a brake/throttle lever Bringing it all together The less said about painting the better, as paint and I don’t rub along. I followed the usual brass model approach of using a thin layer of etch primer followed by multiple light topcoats of acrylic spray. The body is in Humbrol British Racing Green (BRG) and I used a Humbrol Tank Grey for the roof and condensers, figuring in a grimy city they would be grey regardless of the original paint! I used Humbrol acrylic spray despite the expense as I couldn’t reliably source enough of a suitable colour in auto paint locally. There was some evidence of light orange peel effect on the gloss surfaces, All the modules ready for final assembly. suggesting possible incompatibility 20 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 between the etch primer and the paint. boiler is not difficult providing the we can squeeze much more into small This suspicion was reinforced when builder is patient, has soldering tackle spaces, leaving cabs and the like free of I applied Humbrol Maskol to help up to the job, and care is taken with the clutter. This is shown off to advantage mask out the green skirt hatches whilst folds, especially those at the cab front. in this tram locomotive model, with it’s I applied gloss back to the skirts. The All the hard work has been done for you many large windows that would have Maskol attacked the green paint (but by Swift Sixteen and the instructions made it harder to conceal gubbins in not the primer), and I will have to rub are comprehensive. Even the soldering the body. The only area where I feel down and reapply the green paint to the up of the rooftop condenser unit, whilst there hasn’t been the same advance in hatches. Hopefully these defects aren’t appearing laborious, is quickly done miniaturisation and “smarts” is in the too distracting in photos as I haven’t once you get cracking, and strangely ancillary electrical components; charger been able to source any more Humbrol satisfying. sockets and switches and the like. BRG at the time of writing, local Inevitably, deviating from the These still seem very clunky and “70’s” supplies being patchy. manufacturer’s plans made the compared to the rest of the system. Final assembly of this battery version building of the kit more challenging, All in all, it’s been an enjoyable build is straightforward due to the modular exacerbated by my design-as-you- with an interesting and unusual end approach of components. Step 1 go approach to modifications. The product. Modifying the kit to electric involves mounting the dummy boiler “butterfly effect” seems to come into provided plenty of opportunity to stray and floor unit onto the chassis with 4 play here - what you think is a small from the charted course and get into 8BA screws. In Step 2 the body shell modification leads to a whole host of trouble, and then bodge a way out. For complete with cab fittings is then placed unintended consequences that have to some of us in this broad church of a onto the chassis and screwed down via be worked through. Having said that, hobby, that makes it more fun. n 4 6BA screws. Step 3 is to plug in the I should point out that the use of this electric connection between the cab kit as the basis for an electric model mounted on/off/charge switch and can be executed much more simply Garden Rail Resource charger socket and the chassis. 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p023_GRJan18.indd 1 05/12/2017 11:32 EVENTS 1:19 & 1.22.5 Autumn Gold Douglas Roberts reports on a recent operating session at the Midland Railway Centre
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had the pleasure of travelling up to is dual gauge. It is usually courtesy to The BGRA is conveniently situated in Midland Railway Centre for a run allow 45mm gauge runners priority on the station yard at Butterley enabling us at one of my regular haunts, the this as it is the only 45mm track on the to view the full size trains as they steam IButterley Garden Railway Association, layout. on by up to Swanwick Junction and if on Sunday 8 October. We were blessed The layout has some great scenery timed right, a ‘little and large’ photo with dry weather with a few light cloud in the form of miniature trees and can be taken. The BGRA Butterley and some sunny spells, and it seemed that foliage which can make for some great yard is also home to the Star Tugs Trust a number of regulars thought the same, photographic opportunities. Throw in Exhibition Coach displaying actual leading to one of the busiest Sunday the fact that it can differ immensely tugboat props from the old children’s steamups the club has seen in a while. depending on the time of year - TV show ‘TUGS’ and is also well worth The layout has two circuits; the main scenery, several ‘sweet spots’ and the a look around. line weaves around and under the upper seasons enable a variety of shots and This session saw a plethora of engines line. 32mm only, it has some gradients running opportunities all year round. I and rolling stock used. From basic and a balloon loop, as well as access to have steamed there when it had snowed engines such as a modified and gas fired six of the nine preparation sidings. The — a sugar sprinkle in real life but in Mamod, to reliable little runners like upper line has three steamup bays and 16mm, very convincing! the pair of Roundhouse Berties and a
Bertie and Millie steam on with a rake of ‘Pairs’ bogie coaches.
A chat over an Accucraft Ragleth - steam and socialising.
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Millie. Larger still was the Accucraft 10 plus behind a single Beyer Peacock, Ragleth and my Isle of Man / Beyer so we coupled seven Pairs bogies and The Butterley Garden Peacock hybrid Roundhouse-based three 4-wheel coaches behind my Beyer engine. The ‘heritage’ flag was being Peacock ‘Vixen’. Railway Association flown by a Roundhouse Jack, and later a There was also some interesting Merlin Mayflower. To complete the fleet heritage rolling stock in the form of Meeting in the grounds of the were a variety of battery locos — an a small rake of Ron grant freelance Midland Railway Centre, Ripley, 0-6-0 not dissimilar to a ‘Danny’ and a coaches, all with individually sprung near Butterley Station - the extensive Lister courtesy of Brian Dominic which axleboxes and some War Department permanent tracks offer both 32 and did the honours while we re-gassed and wagons behind a Roundhouse WD-grey 45mm running. Members are drawn watered our steamers. ‘Alco’. from a wide range of backgrounds Rolling stock was an interesting It was possibly the busiest that and occupations, so there’s plenty of assembly on this day. With no less than the club has seen in a while and advice and experience on hand for three operators running Isle of Man importantly, it was a great day out both steam and modern electronics. stock, the temptation of running a both for steaming — and socialising, a An independent group affiliated prototypical IoMSR steam train from major aspect of our hobby. Long may to the Association of 16mm NG the 1950s was too great to pass up. In it continue — even into the dark of Modellers, the main interests are those days they would have had loaded winter! n live steam locomotives ranging from simple unmodified Mamods to big Ragleth and Russell -Ragleth is on the dual gauge upper loop while Below left: “Tilly” on trial: heavy Garratt locomotives. Members Russell pilots a train beneath on the main line. after a quick cleaning meet every Sunday and there are and servicing, “Tilly” put in a very serene additional midweek meetings on the performance on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, with branch. the East Midlands Group. and the 4th Wednesday of the month. For more Below: ‘Vixen’ basks in details visit: www.bgra.16mm.org.uk the autumn sun.
Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 25 EXHIBITION REPORT ALL SCALES Seen at the Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition 2017 The Editor believes it’s often worth looking at events related to our hobby. Model engineering shows are an obvious choice, so here’s a few photos from the recent Midlands exhibition that will be of interest to garden railway enthusiasts. A welcome feature of these shows is the extensive information each exhibitor provides for their models.
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1. Martin Shepherd flew the flag for 16mm scale, 4. Alan Larigo of the Bromsgrove MES showed this railcar by modifying an IP Engineering 32mm gauge, with Tyddyn Bach featuring a his scratchbuilt Simplex 40hp Railmotor in 16mm kits with a motorised front bogie. A 2 cell lipo steady stream of operating steam locomotives. scale. Powered by 10AA batteries, the Como battery provides power for both speed and the 2. Not the oldest loco in the hall (that honour motor with 30:1 reduction drives both sets of sound system. must go to some of the Bassett-Lowke models) wheels via a layshaft and then Delrin chain. Both 6. “Diana” is a freelance but Bagnall inspired but this Archangel “Sgt Murphy” was still running batteries and radio gear are squeezed into the 0-4-0. Gas fired with a single flue boiler, builder well during the day. cab. All the bodywork is brass apart from the David Holland claims to have deveoped the 3. “Little Giant” hauls some suitable Festiniog radiator find from guitar strings. valve gear with the aid of plywood and pins. Railway coaching stock. 5. David Holland of Northampton ME built Despite this, he reports it all works very well! 26 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 EXHIBITION REPORT THE MIDLANDS GARDEN RAILALL SCALES SHOW 7
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p030_GRJan18.indd 30 05/12/2017 12:06 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 Two more thoroughbreds Mark Thatcher builds Th’owd Barn and Blacksmith’s 16mm kits from Modeltown. A double-whammy review.
ormally, I confine my reviews to mouldings a single building but it makes are of such total sense to build and review a good fit, Nthese two kits from Modeltown together that this time I for a number of reasons. opted for a gap-filling Firstly, a smithy and stables, work Superglue, and that was undercoat together naturally as a pair. Secondly, all that was needed to get a would be needed in the real world, they may have been firm bond. It probably took ten here. This can be built that way at the same time, and in a minutes to assemble the walls of illustrated by looking at similar style, with similar colours. both buildings. I did not even glance the photos. For example, I Thirdly, as I build both kits at the instructions as both kits are used Valspar’s Dante’s Cardigan simultaneously, it is far quicker but I essentially a front and back wall, two Red over black for the roof, yet the very still have plenty of thinking time to side walls and two roof sections. The same colour over grey for the windows. make sure the two kits are finished in a only way the barn can be assembled For the lighter coloured sandstone way that they will look right as a pair. however is (from the front aspect), the brick effect on the barn, a grey primer The predominant difference in finishes stairs sit to the left side, and the first should be applied, as it will pop are that the barn is rendered in stone, floor door is at the left hand side of the through as a slightly darker colour for with a slate roof, whereas the smithy is building also. The right hand side of the mortar. For the smithy, I used a modelled in wood, with a tin roof. It is the building is a different mould with a black undercoat, as I will hand paint the also worth noting that both kits come small upper window added. faux wood effect later over this finish. with a nice flagstone floor base, which I also used a stone-effect sandstone- visually ties the two structures together. Choosing the colourways coloured spray paint for the inside of I opted to construct the carcasses of first the building to add a little texture, as both buildings first. Usually I would Before I start painting any building, I so much of the inside of the building reinforce the glued joints with Isopon already have in mind the finished colour can see seen through the open frontage. P38 resin, which, when cured, is scheme. Whatever top colour scheme I Whilst I was doing this, I could not actually stronger than the building sides opt for to highlight the brickwork, for help think that the smithy could easily and ends themselves. I might have also example, will affect the base coat each double up as a stable for a Christmas wished to fettle the joins, infilling where building gets. I decided the flagstone nativity scene. I mentioned this to the sides and ends meet. But this time floors should be sponged a mixture Lyn Hunter at Modeltown, and she there was no need to do either. The of dark and mid grey. So, a black immediately started thinking about Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 31 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 releasing a set of nativity-themed figures for Christmas! Before painting I always advise the builder to degrease all resin components thoroughly to remove any trace of mould release agent. I have had models in the dim and distant past where this has proved very challenging, and if you don’t get it right first time, the only way forward is to bring out the ‘big gun’ Nitromors paint stripper and start all over again. This is not and never has been the case with Modeltown. In fact I did not even wash these components at all. I sprayed them straight out of the bag. Above: The main 3D Surface structure of both Whilst I had the rattle cans out, I buildings built up straight, true and figured out a quick and easy way of strong. highlighting the 3D surface on the rather attractive tin roof on the smithy. First I used red primer, laid on quite thickly as a base coat, and then, whilst this layer was still wet, over-sprayed the roof again with a light dusting Right: The use of stone-effect textured of metallic silver. This really needs to paint helped add be done quickly and don’t over-think some dimension to the the process – the quicker, the better. interior The paints mix with each other to create a mottled rusty finish, which I you could just as easily use Humbrol think looks quite realistic. Next, both paints, if you prefer. buildings were sponge painted to bring A length of plastic angle is out the stone work, and tiles on the supplied to create ridge tiles for roof of the barn. Then the windows the barn. I just sawed these up were hand painted with weatherproof exterior grade emulsion, although
into 1.5cm lengths and added them individually to the apex of the roof. The same angle was also supplied with the smithy, but it did not seem right to have such a ridge adjoining corrugated iron sheet, so I used some real leading I had in stock, which I think looks more prototypical for this building. The wooden walls of the smithy were hand-painted with Humbrol paints. I like to mask off a plank at a time, moving from left to right across the building, as I am right-handed. I used a light brush of mid- brown Humbrol 113, as I wanted to leave some black undercoat showing through, then, again, whilst still when, added the merest hint of Humbrol
All the main components, apart from the bases, prepared and ready for sponge painting 32 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 cream 71, which mixes well with the brown to give a fair representation of real wood. You really need a light touch here and, as the technique’s name suggests, an almost dry brush. It is easier to add more paint later than take it off now! Once this was done the roof could be fitted. Before doing so, I could not help but notice the chimney at the back of the smithy looked a little thin. I happened to have some moulded brick- effect Plasticard in stock, so cut some small pieces to fit around the existing Metallic silver over red primer to create a rusty chimney, but doubled its width at the roof effect. sides, effectively making it square. The brickwork for the chimney was picked out with Crown’s Serrano Red emulsion – a new colour that I am trying out and rather like. Then using real lead again The same paint used for the windows that would be used on 1:1 scale roofs, frames and sponged on the roof – I finished around the join where the Dante’s Cardigan Red. chimney meets the roof. Of course, the larger chimney meant I could not use arrangement in the future, but for now smithy. Modeltown often have a habit the chimney stack provided in the kit. I dispensed with the door runners and of saving the best until last. In this bag, But I was lucky enough to have a larger Blu-tacked the door in place until I can not only do you get a lovely blacksmith chimney in stock so used that instead. make up my mind how I would like my figure, but a brazier, tools and interior Once the barn was complete, I took configuration to work. chimney flue. This is just brilliant as it a look at the main doors. Supplied in The only other modification I have lights up! the kit are two door runners, usefully made to this kit is scratch-building The arrangement is very clever, yet marked ‘top’ and ‘bottom’, to allow a bannister to go up the steps on so simple. The battery box has a pre- the door to be slid open from the right the outside of the barn. In the kit, a wired LED that flickers with a red flame to the left. Whilst this is a nice touch, moulding is present for this, but it looks effect. The box sits at the right on the my vision would be that behind the a little heavy to my eye – so I dispensed inside of the building, and the LED is doors would be two separate pens for with it and made my own out of some run up and into the base of the brazier/ the horses, so I think it would be more wood that I had in stock. I drilled into chimney assembly. The set of tools fixes natural for them to swing open. In any the inside of each upright stanchion, onto the top of the battery box, cleverly case, not only are the doors arched, and fitted in some brass rod, which disguising it. There are pre-drilled suggesting a forward opening, but allowed me to fix this to the top surface holes in the coals, which sit on the sliding the door to the left also pushes it of the steps, which I think looks better brazier, hiding the LED from sight, yet behind the ground floor window, which than the kit moulding, which is fitted to providing enough light to be emitted did not look quite right either. I will the side of the stairs. to reveal the flickering glow of the fire. probably look at modifying the door A real show-stopper for the smithy. Saving the best until last To hide the battery box completely, I Masking up various areas on the barn for The icing on the cake for me was the built a simple removable wooden box, highlights and dry-brushing. other goody bag that came with the painted in grey and black.
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The modified chimney on the smithy The finished scratch-built hand rails.
characterful figures he in August and then passed them over has seen to date. He even to our editor to join the queue for has a chequered jumper publication. For me anyhow it has been and the coal-effect flicker worth the wait as I thoroughly enjoyed is enhanced by adding making these models. If you have a some thin red paper under space in a scenic break area of your the coal load in the brazier layout, I would thoroughly recommend that he also added. Thanks shoe-horning these beauties in there. n David! So there you have it. Two Knocking up a quick box to hide the battery box really straightforward for the brazier. buildings from Modeltown. They are very well made, superbly detailed and in my opinion, offer great value for money. The thick and The only flat, well-detailed mouldings problem is I can’t build up easily into bomb- paint detail like this to proof buildings. With details like save my life, particularly figures. the flickering brazier and lovely The eyes always get me, and they are blacksmith figure, what’s not to like? the first thing that people look at in I always say to anyone wanting a a figure. So I am afraid at this point I review written, please allow several chickened out and passed this whole months from delivery of the kit to assembly across to my very good friend, final publication, as I usually have David Wilcox, who offered to paint this a full production line. For example, up for me. I am sure you will agree, the I collected these samples at the end result is lovely. He did comment 16mm association’s April show in that the blacksmith was one of the most Peterborough, put fingers to keyboard Garden Rail Resource Modeltown The Odd House, 188 Todmorden Road, Bacup, Shaneyford, OL13 9UD www.modeltown.co.uk
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p035_GRJan18.indd 35 06/12/2017 08:42 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 Welsh Highland Toastrack Coach David Rhodes builds and modifies the Timpdon Models coach kit
eaders might know my main interest in the Welsh narrow gauge has majored on the RNorth Wales Narrow Gauge and it successor, the Welsh Highland Railway (WHR). When this kit was released it was something of a must have, to complement my existing WHR coaching stock. It is not my intention to go through a step by step of “how to build”, more to describe the little add-ons that I have included on the finished Toastrack. More than adequate Finished coach. illustrated step by step assembly guide is provided with the kit. Using a hand drill fitted with a 1mm determined, holes were then drilled It is worth mentioning in passing diameter bit each hole was drilled (5/64th’s) at 10mm each side of the that this kit has a number of very to a depth of approximately 3mm. centre line. This drill size allows 8BA fragile areas and that great care needs Pins were cut giving a 5mm length, bolts to tap into the wood therefore to be exercised during construction. inserted to each hole and finally negating the need for retaining This is reiterated on the construction tapped into place using a pin hammer. nuts. The coupling housings were sheet. No glue was used as at least 2mm of modified, the top lip being filed flat the pin shaft is embedded in the wood with the body. I prefer to allow the The prototype of the bogie. chopper couplings to be unrestricted Built by Robert Hudson Ltd of The bogies come with a coupling so dispensed with the coupling over Leeds. Both the Ffestiniog and WHR which requires a “U” shaped links centre spring . placed orders simultaneously, one to couple coaches together. As I use Bogie pivots are provided in the production run covering both orders. chopper couplings on all my stock shape of two M4 bolts (washers and They were delivered in primer in a the “as provided” couplings were cut nuts) which have a star type head and very short space of time during 1923. off. Accucraft round faced chopper a captive nut. These were discarded Payment was supposed to be made by couplings were mounted centrally at for two reasons, the first being the each of the railways, however, as the 24mm height above rail level. The head of the bolt protruded high above WHR was cash strapped it appears centre point of the bogie face was the coach floor and, to my eye, looked that the FR had foot the whole bill. wrong. Secondly the captive nuts are These coaches appear to have awkward to fit and tighten up. had relatively short operating Once the coach roof has been life which really is no surprise fitted it would be practically considering they were open to the impossible to remove the captive elements not affording passengers nut from the pivot bolt as there much protection against the Welsh weather. Coach bogies, the one on the right is how Bogies the bogie was designed to be constructed. As delivered, the bogie frames Method of coupling is an upturned ‘U’ link. have representations of rivet There is no provision for the use of three detail cut into the top section. link chain couplings, however it would be an easy job to add a hook. The left hand bogie Since these are laser cut it is has had the original coupling removed and relatively easy to drill these out to add replaced by a round faced chopper, mounted at rivets, in this case, dressmakers pins. 24mm above railhead height. 36 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
The body outer sides come with laser cut blind holes where bolts would have been on the real coach. There are twelve such holes per side, each one was drilled out with a 1mm dia drill, by hand. The pins represent bolts. The same method of fixing was used as for those on the bogies apart from the two at the bottom of the centre pillar. These were glued in place due to the lack depth of the wood.
Using external grade wood glue mixed with water layers of tissue paper are laid along the roof section. Three layers in total, each layer being allowed to dry before the next one is added. It is important that the width of the paper is wider than the roof, I allow in the region of 10mm either is no screwdriver access. Two new M4 much else is necessary, the ply being side. bolts with cheese heads were used relatively free of wood whiskers. The As each layer is added the side along with ordinary nuts. The heads process of fitting the side overlays overhang is eased downward along of the new bolts were painted satin is straightforward, however, a third the length of the roof. Allow the black, when fitted they resemble a hand would be an advantage. The end covering to fully dry then with the bearing top cover plate in the floor. panels neatly fit into pre-cut slots in coach resting on its roof commence The captive nuts provided certainly the side overlays. When the sides and tucking in the side sections so that it will not come loose in service, ends are all married up they form a adheres to the projecting underside however, by using two ordinary nuts, song and robust body. Detail overlays of the roof. I find the easiest way to one as a lock nut, they should be just simply glue into place, guide marks achieve this is by using a 6” steel rule, as secure. are laser cut to assist the builder. ensuring the tissue paper lays flat on the projecting underside of the roof. Body sides, ends and Coach roof When the paper has set after 24 overlays As delivered this has planking laser hours, the next job is to remove the As with the bogies rivet detail (blind cut lengthways with small retaining excess. For this a very sharp knife is holes) are cut into the sides overlays. tabs to hold the planks together. Due required. Do not be tempted to use The outer side overlays are rather to the laser cutting the roof is more the knife point as this has a tendency fragile due in the main to the creation pliable and curves to the roof outline to tear the paper. Trimming the sides of the curved rails. Some vary careful with ease. Many of my coaches have the steel rule was used as a guide for cleaning up is necessary to remove the simulated roof covers formed from the knife, laying it flat against the the remnants of the burning of the layers of tissue paper, this one follows coach side and butt up to the roof wood during the laser process. Not the same pattern. joint.
The roof section comes laser cut into planks with small retaining tabs between each plant. It lends itself to bending (no jig required). To aid the final fitting of the roof section it was place on the body and held in place with several plastic crocodile clips. Left in place for 48 hours, when removed the roof had taken on the required curvature. This is more of an aid than a necessity. Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 37 CONSTRUCTION 1:19
Having fitted he roof section I opted for a simulated outer covering, using tissue paper. Installing the tissue paper was done by painting a diluted PVA and water mix. The first layer the glue was painted onto the wood of the roof with the paper being carefully laid in place. The final two layers were fitted in exactly the same way, glue painted on top of the previous layer. As each layer was fitted the sides and ends were teased over the protruding roof sections while still wet.
The same tactic was used for removing the excesses on the ends, but this time using the rounded end of the ruler. Trimming the four corners of the roof is not straightforward, being very much trial and error. It is often necessary to repeat this procedure several times before the tissue paper grips the underside of the roof.
Livery often are very different. To improve not immediately obvious unless you The WHR become well known for the riding quality and make them less are familiar with the original coach as its multi coloured coaching stock. I susceptible to cross winds I always add supplied by Hudson’s. n run examples of pink, blue and grey. a little ballast. In this case a section Grey was the choice for this coach as of roofing lead was cut to the same that was the colour they wore when width as the chassis and long enough Garden Rail Resource delivered in 1923. to fit between the bogies, allowing the Wilko grey primer on the coach bogies to swivel unrestricted, held in Anything Narrow Gauge sides and ends is a good match for the place using impact adhesive. 1 Market Arcade, The Square, prototype colour. Bogies were hand Holsworthy, Devon EX22 6DL painted using artists acrylic dull black Conclusion www.anythingnarrowgauge.co.uk paint. The roof was painted using A kit I enjoyed building and detailing, acrylic white with a smidgen of black a welcome member to my WHR fleet Timpdon Models added to give an overall light grey of carriages. The kit is so designed 2 Curzon Drive, Timperley, finish. The internal floor, underside of to cater for all the minor difference Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 7SY the roof, seats and seat backrests were in the Toastracks owned by the FR, www.timpdonmodels.co.uk treated to a couple of coats of gloss WHR and lately the new build coach Please mention Garden Rail varnish. on the WHHR. These differences are when contacting suppliers.
Detailing When delivered these coaches came with vacuum brakes. A pair of vacuum stands with flexible hoses (from the original Brandbright company catalogue but not available at present) were fitted centrally on the coach ends. Door safety chains are a bit of modellers license as in reality such chains were not fitted until later in the lives of these coaches. Two problems arose when I started looking for the necessary parts, the first was finding split pins with an OD of 1mm. Eventually, eBay came up trumps. The second was finding sufficient chain of the right size, not such large links as they looked like end of coach safety chains. As with all laser cut thin ply kits there is very little weight. For indoor Barbara Martin and exhibition running these kits perform well, however, when they take to the great outdoors things can and “I was saying I couldn’t get a signal.” 38 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 A simple pipe bridge John Rogers builds an unusual view blocker
art of the philosophy of the micro-layout is the scenic break to conceal the horror of the line curving round into the back scene. I hope the previous articles on my PLittle Big Railway have shown how we stop the viewer seeing round the buildings. This is an attempt to stop the viewer seeing over them. In the standard GWR branch layout, this scenic break is usually done with an overbridge or a tunnel. In industrial The bridge narrow gauge lines, both of these are exceeding rare; the in place and workforce steps over the railway and the line goes round the hill. painted. Note There’s always an exception, though. The first Narrow the hedgehog warning! Gauge line I ever visited (in 1983, would you believe?) was the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway. It’s still one of my favourites. This is as different from the Talyllyn and Ffestiniog as it could possibly be. It used to serve Bowater’s paper factory on Rogers Improved Engine Black (OK, satin matt black car spray) the Thames Estuary, and it still keeps its industrial look. and I think it doesn’t look too bad for a lash-up. One of its features is a number of bridges carrying pipework It does its job of restricting the sightlines, especially when over the line. Since they are heavily insulated, I suspect that sitting in the Fat Controller’s low chair. Incidentally, viewing they carried steam, but I’m happy to be corrected. Now this position is vital for micro layouts; the best example of this is in would be appropriate to a china clay works. One might imagine the lovely dioramas at the Bettws-y-Coed Railway Museum. n them carrying water for the settling tanks or china clay slurry. I searched for “pipe bridges” on the Internet, examined the photographs, and designed my own version. Recycled plastic sleepers The materials were pretty random: butchered metal coat Permanent, maintenance free and rot proof hanger covered with PVC tubing for the pipe, Peco 00 bridge sides for the girders, Foamex foam board for the other bits. Glue it all together with Stelmax 1985 – do read the warnings, it’s seriously nasty stuff! Add a couple of coats of
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3D printed samples shown Each locomotive will measure around 50cm in length and weigh in excess of 2kg.
Variations available to order
Class A3 4-6-2 - £750
H7-A3-001 2750 “Papyrus” in LNER Grass green H7-A3-002 4472 “Flying Scotsman” in LNER Grass green H7-A3-003 2745 “Captain Cuttle” in LNER black H7-A3-004 60072 “Sunstar” in BR Express blue H7-A3-005 60035 “Windsor Lad” in BR green with early crest H7-A3-006 60077 “The White Knight” in BR green with late crest H7-A3-007 60103 “Flying Scotsman” in BR green with late crest
Class A4 4-6-2 - £750
H7-A4-001 2509 “Silver Link” in LNER silver H7-A4-002 4468 “Mallard” in LNER Garter blue - Record Breaking condition H7-A4-003 4468 “Mallard” in LNER Garter blue - As Preserved H7-A4-004 4489 “Dominion of Canada” in LNER Garter blue H7-A4-005 4464 “Bittern” in LNER Garter blue H7-A4-006 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” in BR express blue H7-A4-007 60012 “Commonwealth of Australia” in BR green with early crest H7-A4-008 60009 “Union of South Africa” in BR green with late crest H7-A4-009 60008 “Dwight D Eisenhower” in BR green with late crest
For more information check out our website at: www.hattons.co.uk/recordbreakers
Hatton’s Model Railways, 17 Montague Road, Widnes, WA8 8FZ *Same day payments apply for collections received Monday to Friday before 2pm. Any collections received after 2pm will be paid on the next working day. Please note: In the unlikely event that we revise our offer price for your collection, you will be paid after responding to our offer. 0151 733 3655 www.hattons.co.uk [email protected] For full Terms and Conditions, visit hattons.co.uk/preownedterms hattons-preowned-A4-v09.indd 1 01/06/2017 09:49 2017HattonsPreOwned v2.indd 1 09/08/2017 17:04:36 GardenRailSep2017.indd 1 21/09/2017 09:27:50 p040_GRJan18.inddhattons-preowned-A4-v09.indd 40 1 05/12/201701/06/2017 12:2909:49 O Gauge Class A3 & A4 Locomotives
Hatton’s has teamed up with Heljan to produce O Gauge models of the Gresley Class A3 & A4 locomotives as well as accompanying Gresley Teak coaches in a variety of liveries.
We have been working in conjunction with the National Railway Museum to ensure that these iconic locomotives are brought to life in O Gauge so people can Trade in with Hatton’s for immediate payment on the day that we receive your goods!* have a piece of the National Collection in their own home.
3D printed samples shown Each locomotive will measure around 50cm in length and weigh in excess of 2kg.
Variations available to order
Class A3 4-6-2 - £750
H7-A3-001 2750 “Papyrus” in LNER Grass green H7-A3-002 4472 “Flying Scotsman” in LNER Grass green H7-A3-003 2745 “Captain Cuttle” in LNER black H7-A3-004 60072 “Sunstar” in BR Express blue H7-A3-005 60035 “Windsor Lad” in BR green with early crest H7-A3-006 60077 “The White Knight” in BR green with late crest H7-A3-007 60103 “Flying Scotsman” in BR green with late crest
Class A4 4-6-2 - £750
H7-A4-001 2509 “Silver Link” in LNER silver H7-A4-002 4468 “Mallard” in LNER Garter blue - Record Breaking condition H7-A4-003 4468 “Mallard” in LNER Garter blue - As Preserved H7-A4-004 4489 “Dominion of Canada” in LNER Garter blue H7-A4-005 4464 “Bittern” in LNER Garter blue H7-A4-006 60007 “Sir Nigel Gresley” in BR express blue H7-A4-007 60012 “Commonwealth of Australia” in BR green with early crest H7-A4-008 60009 “Union of South Africa” in BR green with late crest H7-A4-009 60008 “Dwight D Eisenhower” in BR green with late crest
For more information check out our website at: www.hattons.co.uk/recordbreakers
Hatton’s Model Railways, 17 Montague Road, Widnes, WA8 8FZ *Same day payments apply for collections received Monday to Friday before 2pm. Any collections received after 2pm will be paid on the next working day. Please note: In the unlikely event that we revise our offer price for your collection, you will be paid after responding to our offer. 0151 733 3655 www.hattons.co.uk [email protected] For full Terms and Conditions, visit hattons.co.uk/preownedterms hattons-preowned-A4-v09.indd 1 01/06/2017 09:49 2017HattonsPreOwned v2.indd 1 09/08/2017 17:04:36 GardenRailSep2017.indd 1 21/09/2017 09:27:50 hattons-preowned-A4-v09.indd 1 01/06/2017 09:49 p040_GRJan18.indd 41 05/12/2017 12:30 PREVIEW ALL SCALES
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p045_GRJan18.indd 45 06/12/2017 12:06 TECHNIQUE ALL SCALES An introduction to working styrene Anyone who has seen the Model Earth Design range knows Si Harris is a master model maker. Garden Rail has persuade him to let us in on some of his secrets in a new series
olystyrene is a useful medium for model construction, easy to TOOLS REQUIRED cut and work, and easy to bond Pusing a solvent to chemically bond components. Many will be familiar with polystyrene kits, it is also available in sheet form as well as a huge variety of extruded section. This article will focus on its use in creating the effect of wood. For those not familiar with its properties the two items shown here are created from scraps of styrene sheet so trying the techniques shown will not risk damaging a kit you have purchased. My day job involves creating master for resin and brass moulding, I prefer to use worked styrene to represent wood, as it is stable, grain free and easily bonded. The two pieces shown here are to 7/8ths scale, but the methods shown will apply to many scales, with due regard for the effects of scale. I have opted for a couple of simple projects to show the various techniques, with Left to right: Scalpel with 10A blade, minimal financial investment, I am sure razor saw, wire brush, brass brush, that you will be able to apply these to and nylon fleece. future projects for your own railways. n SIDING
For the scrap fragment of siding I have used an off cut of The planks have been separated by scribing and snapping, and 2mm sheet 16mm wide for the planks, and piece of extruded the basic shape of the rotten ends carved in with a scalpel, and rectangular section for the studding. the knot hole created by drilling at an angle.
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The basic grain added with the tip of a The grain is accentuated by scalpel, taking care to get the flow around the knothole. scraping with the razor saw to create the finer parallel graining.
To complete the graining effect a couple of passes with a brass brush will smooth out and add fine texture, and a couple of passes with the nylon fleece will remove any fuzz.
The grain is worked further with a couple of passes with the wire brush
Nail holes added with a fine drill bit, followed by priming with Games Workshop Rattle cans, first black overall, followed by light over-spray in white to define the shadows, this is known as Zenithal The components assembled with solvent. I prefer Slater’s Mek Pak priming. With any this translucent material this priming technique will for this job. prevent light passing through , and spoiling the finished effect.
Pallet
The Pallet is similarly composed of various thicknesses of sheet with the riser blocks again from extruded section. The components for this small pallet were worked in the same way as the siding, I created less wear on one of the planks to represent a The components more recent replacement. assembled with Mek Pak Nail holes added and the piece Zenithal primed as before.
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Trade information on new products for the garden railway modeller... If you are a trader with any new product, From the then contact [email protected] Please mention Garden Rail Works when contacting suppliers
ANYTHING NARROW GAUGE / GARDEN RAILWAY SPECIALISTS 1:19 scale K1 Tasmanian Garratt Tag Gorton writes: The new K1 Tasmanian Garratt should be available as you read these words – although I have to say the larger proportion of the batch are already spoken for. Available in either lined grey or black livery, I think the paint finish looks superb and I particularly like the way that the cylinder end caps both front and rear are properly painted. This Garden Railway Specialists Ltd. does provide for a very sophisticated Station Studio, 6 Summerleys Road, appearance, I am not a fan of toy-like Princes Risborough, HP27 9DT. shiny brass everywhere – this does not www.grsuk.com happen on the real thing now does it? The model is provided with two different tender tops depending on era. The level of detail is very high but, at the moment, I can only suggest that you inspect the pictures closely. I am pleased to tell you that the first full review of this locomotive will be in GardenRail in the New Year. Prices have yet to be confirmed at time of writing, but do contact the suppliers as above if further information is required.
Anything Narrow Gauge 1 Market Arcade, The Square, Holsworthy. Devon EX22 6DL www.anythingnarrowgauge.co.uk 48 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018 PRODUCT NEWS
Locoworks Roundhouse “Bertie” detailing parts Locoworks have provided some images of a Roundhouse super detailed ‘Bertie’ locomotive. This must be the most detailed example there is! It carries all of the the firms detail parts for this engine, including new rear bunker, dumb buffers, cab steps, cast springs, R/C fitted for regulator and DJB whistle, and many more items. Customers can order the locomotive through Locoworks and have as many detailing items as they wish added. They also provide a full lining service too as pictured.
Correction: In last December GR, there is an error on the pricing of the D class Garratt oil boxes. This should read £26.99 and not the £6.99 as printed.
Locoworks 5 Bowburn Close, Wardley, Gateshead, NE10 8UG www.locoworks.co.uk
The Airbrush Company Ltd and Iwata water filer (sold separately) The glass jar is protected by a Iwata airbrush accessories if you use one. removable plastic cover that will Two new tools for airbrush users have The clamp will fit on anything up also stop it skidding around the arrived from Iwata. to 7cm in depth and the underside is workbench. The lid The first is a universal airbrush padded so it won’t scratch the top of contains an inlet for the holder. A the table. A really nicely made device. airbrush and the filtered heavy duty Price £29.95 vent system. An airbrush metal clamp holder clips in the front. The fixes the device to Cleaning an airbrush after unit can be fitted the airbrush the edge of a table or use is an essential part of any holder to create a complete workbench. On top spraying session and rather workstation. are a pair of plastic than blasting Two spare filters and a spare plastic covered holders thinners inlet are included. which should around the Price £29.95 accept any make spray booth, of airbush, Iwata make The Airbrush Company Ltd holding them a “Spray 79 Marlborough Road (East), securely so they can’t be Out Pot” to Lancing Business Park, Lancing, pulled off by accident. contain the West Sussex BN15 8UF On the front, is is an mess and www.airbrushes.com optional bracket to support vapours.
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Garden Railway Specialists Gauge 3 coaches – Roof, aluminium extrusion with channel profile for side GWR Corridor coaches - Large window ’Sunshine’ types location introduced in the 1930’s by C. B. Collett. – Interior Interlocking bulkheads, 2.0mm plastic glazing As they were 8’ 11” wide ‘Yellow Disc’ they could work – Body Rigidity Roof and sides with glazing, lock in to form widely across the country and lasted well into the B.R. period. a rigid structure Great care has been taken with design and manufacture of – Underframe Brass angle trussing with cast battery boxes, these coaches in the UK, with particular reference to the ease vacuum cylinders and dynamo of building, to keep the labour costs low. – Buffingear G Sprung steel/brass buffers, nickel silver GRS will be introducing three types initially; - couplings Third Class Corridor DIAG C77 1938, 1940. 60’ 11 ¼” – Pressed Steel 9’ Bogies Laser cut steel frame with white Brake Composite Corridor DIAG E159 1938, 1941. 60’ 11 ¼” metal side frame castings Corridor Composite DIAG E158 1938, 1940. 59’ 10” – Slaters Coach Wheels Insulated steel with plastic centre Customers wishing to buy a rake of these coaches will – Livery GWR Chocolate & Cream (totem and post-war need to order all of them in advance to guarantee their available) and BR early period requirements can be met. £1299.00 per coach (£650.00 – Weight 4Kg deposit required), £50.00 discount per coach on orders of – Length Brake & Third 872mm, Comp. 858mm four or more coaches. Garden Railway Specialists Ltd Specification: Station Studio, 6 Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, – Laser cut aluminium, chromate primed coach body Buckinghamshire HP27 9DT – Floor, Solebars machined from aluminium www.grsuk.com
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Bowaters Models The range is designed to be easy to assemble while still More Ffestiniog Railway coaches producing a scale model for operation with the various 16mm Bowaters Models have announced their first expansion to the Live Steam and Battery Electric Ffestiniog Railway items of Ffestiniog Railway Corridor Stock Range of kits for 16mm Motive Power. scale Garden Railways. The Coaches are designed to run on both 32mm and The expansion consists of 5 coaches all covering 5 members 45mm track with a minimum radius of 5ft although the of the Ffestiniog Railway Operational Fleet circa 2016. The bogies can be moved outwards towards the ends of the Range includes a range of coaches allowing anything from a coaches to decrease the minimum radius significantly. 2 to 12 coach train to be created using the range as its basis. The entire range now completes complete with Bogies in The 5 kits include a Non Corridor Coach, 2 addition Barns, a the gauge of the builders choice in 32mm or 45mm gauge enhanced third and the first of the Tin Cars. and Accucraft Chopper couplings. The entire range is representative of the Coaches as they All 5 Coaches are available for ordering now. were operating during 2016 on the Ffestiniog and Welsh The Expansion consists of the following kits:- Highland Railways. As part of the expansion, they have BMF-006 Ffestiniog Railway All 3rd Coach No.22/26 - £82.50 modified Coach 106 (BMF-005) to have the correct interior BMF-007 Ffestiniog Railway Composite Coach No.104 - £82.50 and as such is no longer based on the prototype coach. BMF-008 Ffestiniog Railway Enhanced All 3rd Coach No.116 - £82.50 BMF-009 Ffestiniog Railway All 3rd Observation Coach No.123 - £95 BMF-010 Ffestiniog Railway All 3rd Coach No.110 - £110
Bowaters Models 12 St Gabriel’s Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex RH14 9TX www.bowatersmodels.co.uk
Castle Steam modify any currently available design. Castle Steam Model Boilermakers Boiler design and building They are currently working on a range 14 Cott Road, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, Castle Steam is run by two brothers, of support items such as condensers, PL22 OEU Steve and Mike. Steve handles water tanks, electric feed pumps, and www.castleinstruments.co.uk manufacturing, fabrication, and silver steam feed pumps. Custom castings are soldering. Mike is CAD, design, and produced using rapid prototyping and manufacturing files. lost-wax casting techniques. Covering any gauge from Gauge If the end result is a product that can O to 5” gauge, they make all their be added to the range of boilers or kits, own tooling and formers and produce there is no charge for CAD services. Just advanced fully machined kits for give them a ring and ask what they can locomotive and traction engine boilers do. leaving the builder nothing to do but Castle Steam are CE registered and solder the kit together. only use fully traceable materials to Steve and Mike can design and build build to pressure vessel commercial any boiler from scratch or custom standards. Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 51 PRODUCT NEWS
Accucraft UK 1:20.3 scale C-25 locomotive The D&RG purchased this AL87-121C – C-25 2-8-0 #375 Black Now in stock at Accucraft, the coal or locomotive from the Crystal River in Flying Rio Grande – Coal Fired, butane fired, 1:20.3 scale C-25. This 1916, numbered it #432, this number Live Steam locomotive, a 2-8-0 or Consolidation subsequently being changed in 1924 AL87-122C – C-25 2-8-0 #375 Green type, originally existed as #103 of the to #375. The C-25 was affectionately Moffat Logo – Coal Fired, Live Crystal River Railroad, a narrow gauge known as the ‘Baby Mudhen’ because Steam line located in the Elk Mountains its pulling power was close to that AL87-121B – C-25 2-8-0 #375 Black of central Colorado. It was built in of the K-27 class, those engines Flying Rio Grande – Butane Fired, 1903 as C/N 21757 of the Baldwin being known as ‘Mudhens’. Sadly, Live Steam Locomotive Works, had 33” drivers, on June 21, 1949 the one and only AL87-122B – C-25 2-8-0 #375 Green 18×20” cylinders, and a tractive C-25 on the D&RGW was scrapped Moffat Logo – Butane Fired, Live effort just short of 25,000 pounds. at Alamosa, Colorado. The model’s Steam It was a standard Baldwin design, specifications are available on the and other narrow gauge locos of this Accucraft (US) website. The UK RRP Accucraft UK Ltd size and type were built for railroads is £5,250.00 including VAT, P&P and Unit 4, Long Meadow Industrial throughout the world. UK warranty. Estate, Pontrilas, Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 0UA Tel: 01981 241380 www.accucraft.uk.com
Sixteen Mills such a way that they invisible when pipes couplings and buffers from one of Great Central Railway 5 Ton Fish Van assembled. They are a close press fit the usual Gauge One suppliers. The latest Gauge One (10mm scale) that only requires a touch of white Despite its appearance it is not wagon from Dave Mills at ‘Sixteen PVA glue. When completed its a difficult build as the floor has a Mills’ is this handsome well detailed, yet recommended to seal it with Rustins collection of slots for the solebars, relatively simple to assemble fish van. MDF sealer before priming and colour running gear, brake parts etc. It comprises three highly detailed laser coating. A rake of fish vans would make a fine cut 2mm MDF sheets, a plywood, brass The dummy brake gear is laser cut looking and unusual train. and steel wire and illustrated stage by with eight brake shoes and vacuum stage assembly instructions. cylinder. Sixteen Mills The parts are tabbed and slotted in As the original van was fitted with 3'- 45 Millbank, Llandegfan, Anglesey, 71/2" Mansell coach wheels the builder LL59 5RD will need to buy a set from Slaters www.sixteenmills.co.uk Plastikard code S9118 and a set of vac
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Diary Dates Date: Friday 19th January to Sunday 21st January 2018 Event: London Model Engineering Exhibition Venue: Alexandra Palace, London N22 7AY Organiser: Meridienne Exhibitions Web: www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk Date: 10th February 2018 Event: West Midlands G Scale Society exhibition Venue: St. Mary’s Church Hall, Hobs Meadow, Solihull. B92 8PN Organiser: West Midlands group of the G Scale Society Web: www.gscalesociety.com/westmidlands/ Times: 10.00 to 16.00 Admission: Adults £3.00. Children £1.00 (under 5’s free). Exhibitors: G Scale indoors for the day plus guest layouts in other scales over two halls and with trade support. All events are published in good faith. Please check with the organisers before travelling a significant distance as Garden Rail can’t be responsible for changes or cancellations. To submit and event for publication, please e-mail phil.parker@warnersgroup. co.uk Submission Notes Garden Rail welcomes articles submitted via posted disc, e-mail, Dropbox (or other large file sending system on-line). Please ensure that your name, e-mail address, telephone number and postal address for payment on publication are included. Send to [email protected] or to the contact address on the Contents page. Articles should be submitted in MS Word or other word processing format. Please do not use fancy formatting or embed photos in the piece, these should be sent separately at the highest resolution possible and in JPEG format. Printed photos of a historic nature will be accepted. Captions for all photos should be included as part of the submission. You must own copyright to any material submitted. Garden-Rail.co.uk | 281 January 2018 53 CONSTRUCTION 1:19 The Fosdyke 4wGVBSTBT Adrian Foster gives no quarter in this build of an 0-4-0 with an “interesting” history.
The back story... On the Fosdyke Albert Fosdyke was a great admirer of Brewery Tramway with Sir William A Stanier of the LMR, as a beer wagon. was apparent at his home: his study had a model of a Black Five and there was a huge portrait of the Coronation Class locomotive named after the great man above his fireplace! He was intrigued by Stanier’s experimentation with steam turbine locomotives so Albert decided to have a go himself. As was usual with Albert’s experiments the locomotive was cobbled together from existing parts “stored” in the workshops of the Rossington Sand & Gravel Company or “acquired” from various sources. The four wheel chassis had been made a few years ago by the little known Bugwold Engine Company in a failed attempt to build a diesel version of a Beyer Garrett. Albert had picked up the chassis at auction and it had been lying around ever since. From the start Albert had tried to build his own coupling rod system but the complex three eighths positioning wouldn’t work – note this chassis Albert built a steel box around didn’t. A couple of Swift Sixteen tank is more sophisticated than quartering – it all which contained the water tanks. filler caps plus a couple of 50mm so he went back to what he knew and The resulting locomotive Albert classed diameter MDF circles with an Essel fitted outside gearing on one side of the as a 4wGVBSTBT, four wheel geared chimney gave the top of the vertical driving wheels. This also eliminated the vertical boilered steam turbine box tank. boiler. severe hammer blow for which turbine The locomotive was soon snaffled The result is this little chunky locomotives were apparently notorious. by the Fosdyke Brewery Company locomotive a bit reminiscent of the Through certain contacts Albert had Tramway, Albert of course being the narrow gauge Guinness locos in Dublin. at the RAF he managed to obtain a manager, and was put to work in the It has a reasonable turn of speed with stripped down turbofan from a Harrier yard of the brewery with occasional the single Fosdyke Brewery beer wagon jump jet which when connected to a forays along the Rossington Estate in tow although a few wagons would steam supply worked amazingly well. Railway to deliver barrels of beer to slow it down a bit – my reputation of It also had a tendency to try and take various outlets. having some of the slowest locomotives off vertically until Albert redirected in our 16mm Group is rapidly the exhaust along with spare steam In reality crumbling! n up the chimney. In order to fit the This is a Phil harplesS locomotive kit – turbofan, plus a vertical boiler that just for thirty eight quid you get everything happened to fit and all the Fosdyke to build the loco except a little patience, Garden Rail Resource Patented gubbins onto the 4 wheel glue and paint, although Albert’s loco is not exactly built as per instructions! Phil Sharples Everything went together well to start Search eBay for vwmonkeyblue off with and then I just couldn’t get the e-mail: [email protected] rods to work, the quartering looked OK but I kept getting a tight spot. So, Swift Sixteen do away with the rods completely, add 10 Waun Road, St Dials, Cwmbran, a couple of cogs and delrin chain and, Gwent, NP44 7JN there you go, outside chain drive. www.swiftsixteen.co.uk The rest more or less then followed Please mention Garden Rail when contacting suppliers. The model as it is supposed to be built. the instructions but the boiler top 54 Garden Rail 281 | January 2018
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7/8ths Bagnall 0-4-0ST In Brown, L & B Grey No12 or Stock. Man. £1250, R/C £1550 No13 & Grey Data Only livery, Mallard A4 4-6-2, Booking now all in stock…………………£80 for stock due Jan 2018 or later, manual. All types………..£3750
Beddgelert 0-6-4ST March ‘18 NEW! IOM ‘E’ Van in maroon & Gauge 1 Ready To Run Stock Manual £1795, R/C £2005 cream or green & cream livery, Jan CLEARANCE SALE 2018 or later, pre-order now…..£80
NEW! Exe, Taw or Yeo, live L&B Open wagons, SR brown, steam, Jan 2017 or later, L&B grey, grey data only, SR manual £1850, R/C £2150, brown data only ...... …£55 electric £1550 Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co Ltd ONLY………….£50 Lady Anne 0-6-0T Mar 2018 Manual £1325, R/C £1503 W&L Brake Vans, W&L grey livery, light or GW Grey data only Apr 18 or later booking now, ………….£75
L&B Box vans, SR brown, L&B Electric Baguley 0-6-0D all grey, grey data only, SR colours due Feb 2018 or later brown data only from ….…£54 Fowler 0-6-2 tender, April 2018 £350, battery R/C £650, Power 7 plank RCH wagon, LNER Manual £1555, R/C £1775 Unit £250 ONLY…………….……...£63.74 Leek & Manifold 2-6-4T Apr IOM ‘G’ Van, early or late livery, or 2018 Manual £1723, R/C £1935 data only, available with or without Russell 2-6-2T, Jun 2018, Man. portholes. Jun 2018 or later, pre- £1625, R/C £1797 order now……………….……….£80 Bulldog 0-4-0D June 2018 R/C Battery electric £613 Darjeeling 0-4-0ST July 2018 Cattle wagons, W&L Grey or NEW! IOM Mona 2-4-0T, Ailsa 7 plank RCH wagon, LMS Manual £1865, R/C £2075 GW Grey data only .……. £70 Green or Indian Red, Apr 2018 Silver Lady 0-6-0T July 2018 or later. Manual £1550, R/C ONLY…………….……...£63.74 Manual £1622, R/C £1818 £1850. Electric £1325 Harlech Castle 0-6-0D July BR Mark I Coaches 2018 R/C Battery electric £888, with sound £1019, FR yellow band additional £40 0-4-0D R/C Battery Little John W&L Goods van, GW Dark electric, Jul 2018, £582 NEW! L&B ‘Howard’ van, July 2018, IOM Railcar #20, May 2018 or Grey ...……………………..£65 SR Brown 4 numbers, L&B Grey Darjeeling Garratt with 2.4GHz W&L Flat wagon, GW grey or later. Track powered £995, data only, ………………………£100 R/C, July 2018, £3700 grey data only…...... £50 battery powered with R/C Bundaberg 0-6-2T Aug 2018 W&L Open wagon, W&L & £1295 (Standby slots only) Peco SM32, G45 & G1 Track Man £1578, R/C £1745 GW grey, or grey data SM32 Buffer stop kit……….…£5.00 Katie 0-4-0ST Sept 2018 only…..……...………….….£55 Manual £1275, R/C £1503 SM32 1 x 3’ flexi track…….….£8.60 SM32 12 x 3’ flexi track …….…£96 SM32 6 x 30”radius curves…….£54 SM32 6 x 38” radius curves..£46.51
IOM coach, compo only, £150 SM32 60” rad points L,R,Y ...£44.50 SM32 38” rad points L&R ….£42.00 G-45 1 x 3’ flexi track ……….£13.32 NEW! 7/8ths Polar Bear & G-45 6 x 3’ flexible track …...£79.93 Brown Bear, 45mm gauge G-45 6 x 2’ radius curves …..£41.80 June 2018 or later. Lilla 0-4-0ST Sep/Oct 2018 G-45 6 x 300mm straights …£41.80 Manual £1295, R/C £1595 Manual £1510, R/C £1725 L&B coaches, 4 types….£150 G-45 48” radius points L&R..£56.95 Darjeeling NDM6, 0-4-0D, Oct Gauge 1 1 x 3’ flexi track….....£9.96 2018, R/C battery electric Thomas & Friends Gauge 1 12 x 3’ flex track …...£112 £1210, sound £1310 Gauge 1 points L or R …..…£81.38 WD Alco 2-6-2T Nov 2018, Clearance Sale! Manual £1800, R/C £2020 Don’t forget to check our AMS Clearance Sale – Bargains! Karen 0-4-2T Nov 2018 website for industry AMS Code 332 G scale track SK, BSK, SO & FK, all available Manual £1595, R/C £1792 leading prices on G NEW! WD Hunslet 4-6-0T in Maroon, Carmine & Cream, Basic Series – Bertie, Millie & 6 x 2’ radius curves…....….. .£37.50 45mm or 32mm gauge, Aug Green, Chocolate & Cream, Sammie, all £628, built to order, Scale Thomas & Friends 6 x 6’3’’ radius curves…...... £110 2018 or later, Manual £1950, pre-order now for Mar 18...£250 please allow 4-6 weeks for Up to £123 off list price! Points L & R………………….….£60 R/C £2250. delivery.
FREE UK DELIVERY on all orders over £100. Smaller orders no more than £4 per shipment. For quality customer service and delivery, ring Jane or Neil on
0330 0885759 (UK local rate) or shop at www.track-shack.com Whilst we carry good levels of stock many locos sell out before they arrive, to avoid
missing out we recommend you pre-order, no deposit required. Prices as of going to press, include 20% VAT. E&OE. TrackShack Ltd, Unit 4 Olive Court,
Ramsey Road, Peel, Isle of Man, IM5 1RH. Tel: 0330 0885759 (UK local rate) Mon-Friday 0900-1630. www.track-shack.com
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Garden Railway Specialists
Offer only on items in stock on the specified dates. Orders can be placed by phone, email, or in-person only, and will be treated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. (Excludes Live steam and commission sales)
Offer only on items in stock on the specified dates. Orders can be placed by phone, email, or in-person only, and will be treated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. (Excludes Live steam and commission sales)
The wait is over - In stock now!
Manual Grey or Black (TASM GR or B) - £3895.00 Radio Controlled Grey or Black (TASRC GR or B) - £4195.00
We have an exciting raffle promotion running from October 1st, 2017 to March 31st, 2018. Each time you visit the shop and make a purchase you will be given a ticket and will be entered into our prize draw. Each winner will This important meeting is filling up receive £100 in vouchers from Garden Railway Specialists. fast, so if you would like to join us to There are five prizes in total and you can win more than once discuss LGB products for 2018, please contact us very soon, places are limited. Garden Railway Specialists Ltd Station Studio, 6 Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, Bucks, HP27 9DT E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.grsuk.com Tel: 01844 - 345158 Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:30hrs Saturday 10:00 - 16:00hrs
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