Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters)

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Old Tom
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Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 08:59 PM
It's now called 'Crawley Down Light Railway' (for want of a better title Real Big Smile ) and it's got a station at long last!
 
 Also a few characters have turned up (I won't call them 'figures' because they are not that accurate but do add a lot of charm to the railway).
 
And loads of greengrocer stuff!  
 







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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:04 PM
what a SWEET LAYOUT...nice details..loves it...well done...loves tht gravels...what is called mate?

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:04 PM
one word - cute!

nice work...

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:14 PM
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what a SWEET LAYOUT...nice details..loves it...well done...loves tht gravels...what is called mate?

 
Thanks Steven.  It's 'Wessex 6mm Coarse Gravel' and sells for £3.45 a bag from our local nursery. It scales up rather well, doesn't it? 

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:15 PM
wonderfull, full of charm...Thumbs Up
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:18 PM
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steven large


what a SWEET LAYOUT...nice details..loves it...well done...loves tht gravels...what is called mate?

 
Thanks Steven.  It's 'Wessex 6mm Coarse Gravel' and sells for £3.45 a bag from our local nursery. It scales up rather well, doesn't it? 

ah...thks u tom... i will go and see them tmw in my area......cheers.......tht gravel is fit nicely!!!!!!..
 
im will use it for my 4th projects.......

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:20 PM
Brilliant work Tom, Station is a credit to all your hard work Thumbs Up
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 09:40 PM
That's a nice railway you have Tom,most interesting.Sure like that station and figures.....Thumbs Up
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 10:09 PM

Very nicely done.

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 10:13 PM
Thumbs UpVery nice like the miniature trees
 
 

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 11:03 PM
Very nice, Tom.  Is the loco a Sgt Murphy?

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 28/07/10 11:24 PM
What a lovely railway,so full of charm,got a real feel to it,well done that man.Real Big Smile
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 29/07/10 05:58 AM
Tom, A great set of pictures. So full of atmosphere.
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 29/07/10 07:18 AM
Tom you've come a long way since you first put that oblong of track in your garden!! and in such a short time less than six months I should think. Welcome to the nut house your well and truly hooked now!!!!!
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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 29/07/10 01:47 PM
Looks good.  I like those figures.  Who makes them? 

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 29/07/10 02:37 PM
nice oneThumbs Up

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Re:Second Garden Railway of Tom (aged 58 and three quarters) - 29/07/10 05:56 PM
Shawn


Looks good.  I like those figures.  Who makes them? 

 Hi Shawn, they are made by Model Town. Good value and easy to paint with acrylics if you spray them with grey primer first.
 
Link to Model Town; http://www.ayanami.co.uk/test/catalog/index.php
 
Thanks for the comments everyone - my next project is to 'anglicise' a Bachmann Gas Mechanical 0-4-0 Real Big Smile 
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