wkennerley Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi All some in progress pics of my Rhodesia Railways layout and some of the scratchbuilt / kitbashed rolling stock Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Nice one – seems to be a big interest in N so far. Where did the interest in Rhodesian railways come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 nice garret !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Nice one – seems to be a big interest in N so far. Where did the interest in Rhodesian railways come from? I was born in Rhodesia hence the interest in Rhodesia Railways and the Rhodesian Air Force stuff elsewhere on Britmodeller nice garret !! Thanks it still needs finishing though, I have to sort out another chassis as one of the current ones is binding. IS to be powered by a caboose attached behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 there is a nice garret in the science and industry museum manchester ,,, as they were built in manchester ( gorton i think ) and shipped to rhodesia !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 nice garret !! Tornado, couldnt resist that, nice to see someone else appreciate a beautiful powerful loco Cant wait to see the rest of the layout either Bexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 At one time K-Kits used to do a very nice Garret in "OO" guage, sadly long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 At one time K-Kits used to do a very nice Garret in "OO" guage, sadly long gone. There is a company who does ready to run OO/HO Garratts but heck they are expensive. There is a company who make a cast body for a Garratt but its a British type not like the Rhodesian ones. Mine as incorrect wheel layout as I cannot get anything with the correct number of lead/trailing trucks, but most of my layout/stock will be built as 'looks like' rather than is 'exactly like', otherwise nothing would get built really. I started working on my station building again recently, its been a learning curve for me so some bits went awry and I got put off it, however I will look to having it done by the end of this year now. wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 The K-Kits Garret was a complete kit and it was on flat cards bubble wrapped in plastic, it seemed a funny way to get the kit like this, as most kits came in boxes, I built the Garret but I never put a motor in it so I never saw it running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Tango Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Just found this, scroll right down to the bottom of the page. Linkie Nice "N" gauge Garret Edited July 8, 2009 by T-Tango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Just found this, scroll right down to the bottom of the page.Linkie Nice "N" gauge Garret Yes thats the one I was thinking of above, the kit from fleetline is the body work only, you have to purchase two donor loco's for the running gear Wayne Edited July 8, 2009 by wkennerley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Two additional pics of the layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted July 10, 2009 Author Share Posted July 10, 2009 A photo of my kitbashd Rhodesia Railways DE4 loco in n gauge - needs some detail finishing Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'V' Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Interesting stuff - Rhodesian Railways a subject that I'd never even thought could be modelled- and particularly in 'N' It's also great to see someone else making a mess as they ballast their track - has to be done, but it took me almost every evening of January to fully ballast mine. 'V' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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