Anybody else want to admit to having a model railway?

Sounds like my attic - started out with OO and ventured into N gauge.

Suitcases full of cars, lorries, planes, Airfix D-Day sets.

Favourite with my eldest two was the Hornby Dino Safari set.

 

Pictures or it never happened





Early days of mine - must take some up to date pics.

Stirlingmoz

 

They are all in the model pub .

 

I've got a mountain of old Scalextric, including a TR4/5 like yours, I went through a phase of going to jumble sales (before car boot sales killed them off) and grabbing everything I could. Most of mine is 60's, some 70's and a couple of 80's cars. problem is most of the track is pretty hopeless and nearly all the cars need tyres/brushes/pickups replacing etc. I really should get it all out and see what I can do with it.

 

Ooh mines nothing like that. It's just track laid on the floor.

 

Story of my life, bullied by the (much) older boys

 

Cheek

 

I've been building Stamford bridge ground model for 10 years!

 

Now you're talking Andy

 

@Barry Haynes its blooming hard work!

Specially making tiny prawns with scarfs drinking fullers beer!

Thanks pet.

 

Trying to build a 0-16.5 model railway (narrow gauge based on 00 track) in between other hobbies. Did a steam engine driving course on the Peak Railway at Rowsley.

 

I've got a model HS2 running round my garden, had to fell a bit of ancient woodland and kick a crested newt in the nuts, but its quite snazzy.

 

Don't build an Eastern leg! !!

 

Did it cost a fortune, and you never use it?

Did you to struggle to turn it off, only to realise it was not designed to stop anywhere near where you live?

 

The father in law bought my son a set that was the easy bit. It has DCC but I have only got as far as building the base board, other things such as games consoles seem to be more in favour. Perhaps next month when I'm unemployed I'll take a look and see if I can start putting some of it together; have some layout plans and under track stuff plus the special glue (why does every hobby purport to need a special glue).

 

Mine's held together with UHU and a fair splash of PVA , as a point of order it's a "model railway" and not a "train set"

 

I used to make model monkeys

@Pickles use Mitre bond glue on one finger spray activator on the other count to 10! as see if it work's

 

OK ... I'll get the hang of the special language too.

@Geordie no chance ... think I'm stupid.

 

Brilliant stuff.
Just see what happens when you get it on your fingers!