Probably my favourite little 16mm live steam loco. It’s compact, controllable, runs well and looks great. I fitted RC to the regulator on this one, there isn’t much space for all the electronic gear but it’s worked well so far. A great little loco
The front part (cleaning wheels) of my LGB cleaning locomotive sometimes shakes a lot. Even when the cleaning pads are new. A friend advised me to add some soft foam. Now it runs much smoother and it still can handle very tight curves. I hope this can be helpful for someone.
I would love to get a track running down the side of my garden. I'm new to all of this and would very much appreciate some help.
I have about 5 meters of length to work with in my garden. I'd love to get a simple oval loop going. I've been looking on eBay for track but finding myself more and more confused with each scroll and each type / brand of track.
I was wondering if there is anyone who could point me in the right direction. Is Flexi track a good starting point or should I just get some older kit and try with that? I'd likely be running a clockwork/battery powered train rather than electrifying the track as I think that would be a simpler starting point.
In terms of overall track length I'd take a guess at a maximum 10 meters plus curves, although I don't know how much curve I would need to make sure that the turn isn't too tight. If 5 meters each side would necessitate a wide curved then I'd drop down the track length. I'd perhaps like the distance between each side of the track not to exceed 2 metres.
I think I gauge would be the size I would be after. G scale seems too big and oo too small.
Any help from anyone with some experience would be gratefully appreciated.
So for the youth group of the model railway club I call home, the kids picked an F7 model off Thingiverse to print as our first 3D print locomotive project, but as I was tweaking minor details of the model for easier assembly and printing, I kept on running into aesthetic and constructional issues. No disrespect to the creator, but I got itchy fingers and saw that renovating the old model would be more fuss. So I did what I always do: Start from scratch! The screenshot is the result of about three hours of starting from a blank slate. In some spots it's not up to my standards yet, but it delights me to no end how far I've come in such a short time!
Like all of my creations, this will end up on Thingiverse for free and open source, because I'm just in it for the love of the game, and not for profit. Sharing my stuff for others to enjoy is half the fun, because a good thing shared is just at least 1.5 times better than keeping it to yourself, right?
Once I've finalised the proportions, the next step will be prepping the model for breaking it into sections so it can be printed without issue.
I'm probably going to go for 1:25 compromise scale, simply because of the megalomania of a huge model, but I'll see if I can make it easily adjustable for fully scale gauge 1 (1:32) and 1:29.
Unfortunately I was late and couldn't document everything running, but towards the end I set my Playmobil diesel loose to go a few rounds.
1:32 scale 3D prints, modified models from Dragon Railway running on custom track.
For those of you looking for something a little different to do in Jersey this weekend, we're holding our last Open Day of the summer. We do a handful each year with all proceeds going to local charities.
The railway is 138m/455ft of G Scale (1:22.5 scale) in a St. Mary back garden. It was built in 2021 and has been expanding/iterating slowly over that time.
Any questions - let me know below
When my train is not running in the garden I’d like to bring it inside to run around my office ceiling. I’m located in the Netherlands so the ceiling is concrete and plaster. Are there any mounting systems that you would recommend?