Hi

[Great Western]

Hi sr4501,

 Welcome to the Forum.

  In the two years I have been into garden railroading I have found that in order to not lose heart you need to keep everything simple.  No complicated trackwork, avoid to many electronic devices, only use smoke and other ancilliaries if you feel you need to and just let things run their course and above all have fun.

My railroad is a small one by many standards but I run as often as I can.  I don't get too involved with some of the things that often cause issues.  I am no scratchbuiler but I have managed to make a couple of bridges and the repainting of plastic barns and other buildings.  I have also repainted a couple of boxcars as that did not require the use of hand tools: I am awkward as well.

Anyway good luck enjoy our hobby. 

[hoofe116]

 

 I'll probably scartch build a building, but I'm a bit worried about chopping up trains.

You can try what I did: pick up some el cheapo SciFi, Echo, or New Blight pieces off Evilbay and have at 'em. You didn't say what scale you're running (or brand) but if it's anywhere near 1:29 (?) the boxcars will look okay. If you try an Echo gondola, for instance, a paint job and some new couplers to match your existing stuff, some dry transfer letters, and you're there.

Since (I figured) every steam era RR needs a powerplant, I got an old Echo floor engine and am turning it into a steam generating plant with lineshafting and an air compressor. The 'pressor will be made from parts of these R/C cars, also gotten at garage sales.

I'm investigating how well one of those big wheels off an RC Jeep will look, after running it through my lathe and giving it a coat of paint; seems like it'll make a good static pulley for, if nothing else, a flatcar load. You don't need a lathe, either: just patience, a coping saw (or hacksaw) a vise of somekind (cheap is great) some sandpaper to smooth things out, and paint.

Or, run your train and have fun.

Les

[Ray Dunakin]

Howdy, and welcome aboard!

[Anonymous]

If you want just share some pixs.

Toad

[sr4501]

Hisr4501

I saw your comment on building I am not going to show you what my first efforts where like I was about your age at the time.

The more practice you get the better you become and start simple.

I see your age so get Dad to help you with a couple of nice simple projects if you can.

You need at least one thing you made your self to give your railway the point of difference from every one elses.

Sooner or later you will have to make something yourself because you want it and no one manufactures it

Look forward to seeing further posts from you.

regards John Busby

 I'll probably scartch build a building, but I'm a bit worried about chopping up trains.

Update:no work due to rain, kinda pointless to clean track when it's just going to dirty up again 

[ttrigg]

Matthew

First to the forum.  As you can see, many of us like to post pix of what we do, scratch built, kit bash, or just plain build the kit as it was designed.  Others of us like to post the "backstory" of our railroad, a fictional history or current event on our line, (see: Derailment on the C.J and M. a few lines down from this post for an example) na couiple of years back, I posted a story line (while my line was still under primary construction along with the Koi pond it is built around) where SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed, my wife, or as in your case, your Mother, if you learn notheing else in life Moms and Wives MUST always be obeyed.) had a tomato plant and I was not allowed to remove it.  Anyway I ran a story line where some of my rail gang were killed when giant tomatoes fell on the work party.  A little "history" is just another way of personalizing your GRR.

Now after listening to this old man blabber along, get outside and play in the dirt, and have fun.

[John Busby]

Hisr4501

I saw your comment on building I am not going to show you what my first efforts where like I was about your age at the time.

The more practice you get the better you become and start simple.

I see your age so get Dad to help you with a couple of nice simple projects if you can.

You need at least one thing you made your self to give your railway the point of difference from every one elses.

Sooner or later you will have to make something yourself because you want it and no one manufactures it

Look forward to seeing further posts from you.

regards John Busby

[sr4501]

Glad to have you aboard! This is a friendly board. Are you planning to stay with RTR, or will you be doing and kit or scratchbuilding? What brand of RR are you reviving? Will you run indoors? Outdoors? Tell us a bit about yourself and your plans if you feel like it.

Les W.

thanks, no I plan to stay with RTR, I'm too clumsy for building

It's an outdoor G-guage, with no particular theme, scale, or rules, except having a good time, it's been sitting out there six moths without much activity

I've been a railfan sice the age of 2,and the reailroad has been with me since 05  and until last August was heavily into it (despite conductvity problems which I hope to remedy), then my OCD got me caught into guitar, which I'm still in to, however my inner railfan is coming out, so I decided to dust off the trains, hopefully things will start up tommarrow. I hope to get things running first (shouldn't take too long) and then expand if I have the dough (really need a new amp right now)

[hoofe116]

Glad to have you aboard! This is a friendly board. Are you planning to stay with RTR, or will you be doing and kit or scratchbuilding? What brand of RR are you reviving? Will you run indoors? Outdoors? Tell us a bit about yourself and your plans if you feel like it.

Les W.

[Mike Dorsch CJ&M r.r.]

hello

[sr4501]

Hi i'm sr4501, a 14 year old railfan, about to revive my Garden Railroad, you might see me post here sometimes, so I just wanted to say Hi