A4mallard

I use wet wipe hand cleaners and just keep wiping it down.

any new engines wipe the wheels down before you run them (particularly Helgan)

Heirflick,

have faith

kirley,

very impressive, great shed, lovely woodwork.

I had huge problems in the beginning of my layout with gradients, at one stage it looked like I would have to take down at least 2 levels.

the problem for me turned out to be the peco track, brand new out of the box, there seemed to be an oil on the rail.

I was having problems running trains with 20 wagons(box vans). now i can run 85 plus, took a bit of cleaning with the track but i got there in the end.

regards

bren

kirley,

you hit the nail on the head, for me, it's all about the 'running of trains'.

thanks for the comments

bren

having trouble resizing images

kirley,

i'll take a few pictures and get fran to put them up,

I can't seem to get them to load.

regards

bren

The idea behind the multi levels was to have 3 levels of storage and the top 2 levels for scenery.

It means I can run 8 trains on each track, and I can stand in the scenery section and watch them go by.

Makes me feel like a trainspotter.

kirley,

since the hobo ride was taken i've put in 2 and a half levels above the starting point.

i'll try and do another one from the bottom right to the top, however it could be quite boring at 30 mins.

bren

Heirflick,

this is the censored message

" call me when your ready to start"

bren

boskoney

I airbrush after I ballast it tidys everything up,

I use 3 different colours, light tan, tan and a red brick red.

bren

Boskonay,

I use diluted glue in a large syringe with a needle. I apply the glue between sleepers one at a time then drop the ballast into place, then blow away the surplus. I do approx 6 inches of double track at a time....... it's up there with watching paint dry. This way it dries in about 4 hours and it's not as messy as the traditional way.

Thanks Fran,

Thanks for all your remarks, very much appreciated.

Fran should be down at the weekend so ill get him to post some videos.

regards

bren

Midlands Model Railway Club are hosting a one day exhibition in The Heritage Centre in Abbeyleix on Sunday 16th September.

All Welcome