Well i work on the railways, building them, so I get to 'play' with all the cool machines rather than trains themselves, other than engineering trains. My dad collects trains and is about to have an extension built to house his collection.
Can't wait for my kids to be old enough to get back into it, its just Brio at the moment, but that is still good when the layout fills the living room.
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@warboys, do you work for network rail then? some my family also work on the railway and thats were ill be going once i get to old to work in the leisure industry.
micared i was using it to prise the old track and boards apart its a multi tool for everything mate
and its also for that stu said.
yesterday started on the second board.
first off made a new frame for the board to sit on and screewed it together

then layed down the gravel sheet and put track on including making up the shunting yard


i have cut off the excess and taped it down and last night started pinning the track down
and this is a long process making sure its all straight and connected tight.
ill put some more pics up later.
micared i was using it to prise the old track and boards apart its a multi tool for everything mate
yesterday started on the second board.
first off made a new frame for the board to sit on and screewed it together

then layed down the gravel sheet and put track on including making up the shunting yard


i have cut off the excess and taped it down and last night started pinning the track down
and this is a long process making sure its all straight and connected tight.
ill put some more pics up later.
started off this mornning cuttinoff the excess track that was over hanging the board


then started on the 3rd board and buil;t the frame for it

then i layed the gravel sheet over and cut it to size, after that i lay the
track back onto the board and started the long process of pinning it down

then added some of the grass areas with some trees as well




then started on the 3rd board and buil;t the frame for it

then i layed the gravel sheet over and cut it to size, after that i lay the
track back onto the board and started the long process of pinning it down

then added some of the grass areas with some trees as well


I dunno, doing the dashboard in that brickwork stuff would look quite differentRob S wrote:Good skills Bart.
Pablo, if you see him heading towards the TA car with gravel effect fabric, hide the keys!

Good update Bart.
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Gareth
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that is a ace find mate was good to watch, the detailing in that is emence
you have to have patiance to do that.
done some more this week, fitted the last bits of track to create
the loops round.


today ive started on the inside of the layout with some grass area and
polystirine creating parking area and place for the pub, well needs must haha.
