Unfortunate loss of the T-Gauge.net forum and the new Facebook replacement

I found out recently that the forum on t-gauge.net had closed due to problems with some disagreeable behaviour. I was quite sad when I found this out. I had visited the forum regularly and it was probably the best source of news and best place of discussion for the various people's projects and hard to find products. I rarely posted but I read what I could, it helped me find the stuff on Shapeways, which helped a lot as there aren't many British style buildings available.

Now, the good people from TGauge.com (the best supplier of T Gauge related products), have created a Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TalkingTGauge/. The group started literally in the last few hours so there aren't many posts yet, but I'm hoping this turns into the new home of the T Gauge Community.

Long Live T Gauge!

1:450 scale fencing is REALLY SMALL!

I've managed to source some 1:450 scale fence, in the form of 1:450 scale japanese ship railing. Its not easy to get hold of though. The manufacturers website says that its on order. I managed to find this sheet of fence on eBay in Australia... took about 2 weeks to get here. It was made in Czech and sold in Australia to be sent to me in the UK..... all for a little sheet of etched metal.

That's 3.4km of fence!

I've got some of it painted and attached to the layout to see how it looks.

Buildings, signal box and crossing gates.

More progress

It's amazing how fast you can get things moving when you get motivated.

The 0-4-0 is part of another project to come. A 009 model of the Darjeeling Himalayan railway!

Random pic of random progress

Tiny tiny bridge painted

I painted my little brass footbridge today. It was only the 2nd time I've used my airbrush. Unfortunately some of the paint flaked off after spraying, I probably should have done 2 coats but I was worried about ruining it with too much paint. After a highlight and painting the steps and walkway it looks quite nice.

 

Just some random bits and bobs put together to see what it would be like.

Progress at last. Track laid.

I've laid all the track at last! Woo! Its all been glued down and some of the scenery level stuff has been put in too. Now I'm just using filler to mess with the edges of the track to make it look less like plasticy set track and more natural. The track is going to be painted anyway, so hopefully it won't look as hideous as it does now with bright white filler everywhere. 

I'm going to have to make a device to clean the track in the tunnels :S

One thing I'm struggling with at the moment and will have to fix somehow is the guitar case keeps flexing and warping. I'll have to put in cross beams or something. Its really awkward trying to get the baseboard of the layout.

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