Garden Rail

FOR THE LOVE OF OSCILLATORS, NEW PRODUCTS AND MUCH MORE

LINESIDE PLANTING, A SIMPLE SLATE WAGON, AND MUCH MORE…

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In this issue, we dispel the myth that you need vast acres of garden to enjoy modelling in the larger scales. To start with, Mark Sayer builds a railway that is chock full of atmosphere, in a space 100 by 60cm (3 by 2ft in old money). While this means...

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Someone does read these pages! Last month, I mentioned the building system JigStones in Mailbox, wondering if anyone had used it. In this issue, none other than the inventor of the system, Pete Chandler, shows us how it can be used to make some...

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As I type these words, the sun is shining, and it has been for several days. Newspapers are sending staff out to photograph eggs being fried on pavements, and water companies are doubtless mulling hosepipe bans. It is the perfect weather for running a...

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There’s a lot of technology in this issue. We see laser cutting in both Ben and Amy Buki’s WHR coach build and Alistair Snook’s steam tram. Then, I’m building a 3D-printed W&LR van, followed by Mark Thatcher taking on a Ruston build that includes a lot...

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When Dave Pinniger told me he would be covering some Merlin steam locos in his latest look at visitors to the Ambledown Valley Railway, I looked forward to the article even more than normal. My Merlin Mayflower was picked up cheaply a few years ago and...

LGB’s Mallet

Harz Narrow Gauge Railways locomotive reviewed

MIDLANDS GARDEN RAIL SHOW GUIDE INSIDE

TALLYLYN VIADUCT, ‘BIG-BIG’ CONVERSION AND MORE…

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The issue of your favourite magazine you are holding will seem a little fatter than usual. Meeting our publishers a couple of months ago, they agreed that as the magazine was doing well (we are bucking the sales trends for paper magazines), my request...

BUILDING WAGON KITS FROM TIMPDON MODELS, AND MUCH MORE…

Battery power for your Big Hauler

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One of the rules we have to abide by when publishing Garden Rail is that when we use a photo of a minor, their parent, or guardian has to complete a form to say they are happy for the image to be used. For the first time ever, I’ve had to get two of...

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I’ve recently dug into the editorial piggy bank, and become the owner of my first Roundhouse locomotive. Bought secondhand as part of an estate sale, it occurred to me that the price wasn’t far short of that paid for my first car in the late...

BUILDING A WITTENBERG SCHAFER LOCO AND MUCH MORE…