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Its Just Playing Trains: February 2007
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Sunday, February 18, 2007. Learning about the Lathe - part 5 - Everyday - Turn, turn, turn. No apologies to The Byrds. At last we have a small pile of swarf. For a set of 6 cutting tools which arrived within days and are now being used. There's no point in my writing it all down about the tools - just go to Carter Tools. Otherwise t...
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Its Just Playing Trains: January 2007
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Friday, January 19, 2007. Its a frame up. No picture yet, but that abra file has worked wonders and I now have a set of what timber folk would call "rough hewn" frames for the deWinton - ans two end plates. More news and pictures soon. Posted by Folking About at 12:06 AM. Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Sell Abrafile - or radial - file "...
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Its Just Playing Trains: October 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Sunday, October 29, 2006. Locomotive #2 - Frames. The frames are being marked out ready for cutting. 1" x 1/16" mild steel. Posted by Folking About at 12:52 AM. Wednesday, October 25, 2006. Posted by Folking About at 12:47 AM. Tuesday, October 24, 2006. In the light of day. This is the (new) hole in the wall that provided. Work in p...
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Its Just Playing Trains: July 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Tuesday, July 25, 2006. Well isn't that what this is supposed to be all about? Having prepared the track for a visit on Sunday, today turned up a great chance to just play and take some pictures:. Here's Jesty leading the train. In the foreground is the edge of the scorched lawn. Posted by Folking About at 2:45 AM. This is the under...
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Its Just Playing Trains: August 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Friday, August 25, 2006. Rolling, rolling, rolling. I could do with one of these for P4, O, On2 and N too! Here's a couple of pictures of the unit anyway. Posted by Folking About at 11:35 PM. Tuesday, August 15, 2006. Just a favourite shot really. Posted by Folking About at 10:34 PM. Critters on the line! Cheshire, United Kingdom.
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Its Just Playing Trains: March 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. The other day it showed unusually heavily for around here, and it wasn't long before I was clearing the track in the garden and raising steam. The lamp seems to work well and the other one will be ordered soon, and the toolbox fitted over the switch. Posted by Folking About at 12:17 AM. Initial impressions...
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Its Just Playing Trains: June 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Thursday, June 15, 2006. Here is a picture of my most ambitious garden railway rolling stock project so far. Its a bogie brake and its roughly based on one from Ireland which was featured in a picture in the wonderful British Railways Bylines. Magazine a while back. The model is a real CHEAPSKATE PRODUCTIONS. The brake has now been ...
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Its Just Playing Trains: September 2006
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Monday, September 11, 2006. Here's a couple of pictures of the newly installed lamps on the brake - they are simply a couple of Brandbright white metal lamps drilled hollowed out with a dental burr for the lense and a side opening. A red LED in each, a small resistor and a battery - and soon there will be a switch too! For taking th...
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Its Just Playing Trains: May 2007
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Its Just Playing Trains. We love playing trains - I would like to think I'm a finescale modeller, Gilly prefers shoebox tunnels and going round in circles. This is our story. Thursday, May 17, 2007. NESS GARDEN RAILWAY - PRESS RELEASE - 17th May 2007. We are delighted to announce that after months of effort and hard work, the Ness Garden Railway will shortly be declared operational. Our stable of locomotives is growing and is listed below:. Rolling stock is provided by a small number of Perfect World ope...