ThomasI
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To prevent the train from falling several feet into the depths in the event of a derailment like last year, I have started to build protective walls in the exposed areas.
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You get better with time. In the beginning, I made mistakes, too, working with cheap speaker cables, for example. They crumbled. I had to rework and replace a lot of them. Today, I only use high-quality cables from industrial (automotive) and landscaping suppliers. In fact, this is one of the few areas where, in my opinion, the choice of material is more important than one's own skills.
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I still think this is truly remarkable for an outdoor station. The overall impression is spot on, right down to the smallest detail, and as I said: I know plenty of indoor layouts that can't compete with this! High praise for you.
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More Pics.
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So, thanks to the warm weather, work on the cutoff and the new bridges is progressing quickly.
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Well, that's really great! It even puts many train stations on large indoor layouts to shame.
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And some more progress.
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First days of spring and I made some progress with the cutoff.
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This is a very fascinating topic. When you consider how electrified passenger transport in the USA once was. It's sad... ...but of course great for model making. Just like your pictures.
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So, despite the fall, I've made a little more progress with the new cutoff. Since my Korean KTX wants a minimum radius of 730mm, I had to build a bypass around the only curve <730mm. The removable part of the bridge is held in position by the four specially made catenary poles.
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Your station is very impressive and looks extremely successful from every perspective. It's a real masterpiece.
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Glen Dollar Garden Railway
ThomasI replied to Clay Mills Junction's topic in Members Garden Railways
Interesting approach. May I ask what kind of glue you used? -
One more video from my American friend Nate: https://youtu.be/WJSAfuFXII4?si=tWLI_5NExFp6_w43
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Glen Dollar Garden Railway
ThomasI replied to Clay Mills Junction's topic in Members Garden Railways
Please take a few pictures so that you can get a better idea. -
I replaced two bridges on my high speed line against more modern ones. (And because the older ones had a problem with rust). And I created a new background on the fence. That pink plate is to protect the ballast glue against rain until it has dryed. Tomorrow I will make pictures without that.
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Ballasting the Italian bridge.
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Video made by my friend Nate.
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To bo honest, my friend Nate from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania visited me and made them.
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With the garden railroad in H0, there is no getting around artificial landscapes. The techniques used "indoors" also work outdoors.
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A few more pictures.
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A few more pictures of test drives with different trains.
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First test drives with more demanding vehicles. Going better than feared.
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In any case, a new start has the advantage that you can do everything better than before because you can now incorporate all your previous experience.
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Created a little landscape with artificial moss from the film supplies and moss mats from the aquarium supplies.
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Now that the Italian bridge has been installed, the last gaps in the garden have been closed. Now it just needs to be wired and finished with the ballast.
