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Build a baggage cart in 1:29 scale
Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Please make sure […]
How to landscape around your buildings
What do your buildings have to say for themselves? Each structure evokes a feeling for its purpose, the folks who might live or work there, and a bit about the history that transpired on the premises, as shown in photo 1. How the structure was built and maintained is “written on the walls.” All of […]
Accucraft Whitcomb diesel electric locomotive
Marc Horovitz 1:20.3 scale, gauge 1, 45-ton diesel Accucraft Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Price: $995Website: http://accucraft.com 1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 model of 45-ton Whitcomb side-rod, diesel-electric locomotive; track powered; all metal construction; 0-24V DC operation; LED directional lighting; working knuckle couplers; two motors; all wheels powered. Dimensions: Length over end beams, 15″; width, 5 3/8″; […]
The Nepenthes, Gestalt, & Delirium Railway
Railway at a glance Name: Nepenthes, Gestalt, & Delirium Railway Size of railroad: 40′ x 25′ Scale: Individual trains to various scales Gauges: 45mm & 63.5mm Era: Today Theme: The garden, trains, and the gestalt that results Age: 9 years Motive power: On-board battery, diesel outline; live steam; a little clockwork Length of mainline: 96′ […]
Garden Railways, June 2013
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Railfanning on the Plattburgh & Poverty Railroad
Name: Perry Railroad Name: The Plattsburgh & Poverty Railroad Location: Champlain Valley – Northeast USA Scale: G, 1:29 Description: Here’s a quick peek at a small garden railroad in a back yard that I’ve built over the last number of years. It’s not much here in 2012 but its coming along. I hope you like […]
Build a small firehouse in 1:29 scale
This 150-year-old fire house is still standing today in Galena, Illinois. It was the home of the Galena Volunteer Fire Co., which was organized on February 1, 1830. Today it is not in use as a fire house but has been converted to a museum. Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is […]
How to use sedum in your railroad garden
Got a brown thumb? Need low, rugged groundcover? Here’s a botanical group of succulents with more than 400 varieties—sedums. Common names include “live forever” and “stonecrop” but most gardeners call them sedum (rhymes with “can’t beat ’em”). In this column you’ll see foliage colors that range like a rainbow, from red to purple and even […]
Accucraft live-steam 0-4-0T Emma
Marc Horovitz Gauge 1, 7/8″ scale, live-steam 0-4-0T Accucraft Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Price: $995Website: http://accucraft.com 1:13.7 scale, live-steam 0-4-0T; gas fired; reversing from the cab via simple eccentrics and reversing links between the frames; D-valves; displacement lubricator; water glass; safety valve; pressure gauge; throttle; superheater; 60 psi blowoff pressure; some tools and syringes […]
Railbed Systems metal subroadbed system
Kevin Strong Metal subroadbed systemRailbed Systems100 McIntosh LaneHampstead NH 03841Prices: See websiteWebsite: www.railbed.net Welded-steel subroadbed sections; matching pieces for common LGB track-sections; custom sections available on request Pros: Sturdy construction; easy to bolt sections together; can be used outdoors in the ground, suspended, or indoors held to the wall by brackets Cons: Metal plates used […]
Sundance Central Productions figures
Kevin Strong 1:20.3 scale figures Sundance Central Productions2654 Success Dr.Odessa FL 33556Price: $15 each (some sold in groups for a discount)Website: www.sundancecentral.org 1:20.3 scale, unpainted resin-figure kits; can be assembled in a variety of poses Pros: Well detailed, realistic features Cons: None Kevin Strong Kevin Strong If you’ve ever had the chance to see the […]
