silverking Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hey ba14eagle. You may well be right about the coaches from the new partwork mag but they are just the job for me to practice my weathering skills on (they don't exist at the moment) and when they are nipping along behind an A4, A3, V2 or some other suitable piece of motive power it will have the desired effect I think don't you? Any way I'm game for that. I'll do a couple and post pics of the result. Cheers Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Interesting approach on the gravel and scenics. When you first started everything looked so chaotic, and now it's all so tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Hi TGB, Thanks for the comments. The gravel is HORTICULTURAL GRIT. I used to use it as track ballast on my G-scale railway and it held the track rigid without any other fixing and was perfect scale,whilst it is to big for OO-scale Ithought I would lay it along the sides of the track base to see what it looked like and to me it looks ok, as for things being tidy I hope that will go with age and MOTHER NATURES help. Regards Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Not sure if you use this option, but I always go to the main page and click recent posts to see what is active. I assume you're on now, so if you do that you can see my recent train additions and some stuff about my good friend Larry. I like the grit. I am very envious of you garden level modelers, at least until I try to stoop and can feel the discs shifting out of alignment in my lower back; perhaps I need some of that horticultural grit in my spine to help keep things from shifting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hello All Work continues on the Whitewater but I've made time for a few pics for my album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 Hi One of the new part work coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 A rake of seven ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 And to move em....TORNADO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 A shot of the completed train......... but it ain't going far........YET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 7, 2013 Author Share Posted September 7, 2013 AND ONE TO KEEP THE KIDS AWAY FROM THE FIRE YOURS TRULY AND IT'S NOT GOING WELL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 HELP PLEASE I have started to lay track and am looking for some suitable ballast. I may need several cwt's or kilo's if you work in new money can anyone offer any suggestions please.Anything considered. Regards Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanR Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Just make sure that you get REAL ballast and not the artificial stuff that's made out of shells. I used Gaugemaster real granite ballast, a mix of OO and N gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossi Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I have used Budgie grit in some places. I found a really fine composite, although the three or four so yards have now been lifted, but it did look alright. It dis coloured after a while and did start to flake away,(maybe a year later) but I put that down to the holding agent which was a clear varnish I found on my paint shelf. Dabbled with foam underlay (see page 10 on my Rossi Railway In the Sun blog). At the moment (after a years running on it) it seems to not want to stay firm, unless really screwed down tightly. I'm about to redo all the station approach,(again) so I think the foam will be discarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traingeekboy Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Hey it's you! I always love the model railroader piccies. It's nice to know who we're speaking with. Best thing about garden railway modeling is we actually use shovels. ha ha Those coaches look good to my eyes. I don't know enough about your trains (Brits) to see a flaw here unless it's a missing logo. How do they run without the weight? seems to me added weight always helps things track better. RE: the picture provided. NO comment http://www.oogardenrailway.co.uk/download/file.php?id=1372" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Thanks IanR Your reply has given me a rather interesting idea. What if we as a group (THE FORUM ) could find a quarry and approach them with vie to buying some of their sweepings up. There must be tons of it doing nothing.Come on guys thinking heads on some body must know or live near said quarry. Ballasting is an ongoing job. Regards Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 HI TGB Thanks for your reply.The coaches don't look to bad do they? Look closer at the first door the step should be below it.I took the weights out to make em easier to pull,as I will have some interesting grades (American term?) The pic of YOURS TRULY is not one of my better ones. Hope it isn't to scary? Yours truly MICK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Is this stuff expensive? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Small-Granite-Chippings-Model-Railway-Warhammer-Modeling-/281163917187?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4176ace783" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; They offer three sizes or a mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 12, 2013 Author Share Posted September 12, 2013 Hi Roddy Thanks for your reply and the web site. I have been in touch with the firm and they are sending me a price per cwt. I will post info when I receive it. It may be of use to others in the forum or any other railwayer. Regards Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Hey TGB Have just seen a news bulletin from the States. Weather looks bloody rough near you. I hope you and yours are safe and well and that you have not suffered any major damage. Stay safe Regards Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverking Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Hi Roddy Have been in touch with supplier of ballast, to expensive to post to far to collect so I will just keep looking. Thanks again Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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