Peckforton Light Railway

This Blog describes the ongoing development of a 16mm scale 45mm gauge garden railway situated in the North West of England, UK from 2004 to the present day.

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Monday, October 21, 2013

How I shorten bolts and screws

Inevitably, I find that while I have a bolt or screw of the right diameter for a job, it is seldom the right length and so I often end-up h...

How I add weight to my locomotives

Adding weight to large scale locomotives is important as it greatly improves their adhesion to the track and hence their pulling power. As ...

How I form plasticard into tubes

So far, I have used this technique for making the boiler of a locomotive and the spectacle rings for a loco cab but it could be used for an...

Saturday, October 19, 2013

How I emboss rivets in plasticard

Firstly, I take no credit for this technique. I adopted the idea from Rod Hayward which he shared on the G Scale Central Forum . The sec...

Progress Report 49

This year has so far been quite eventful on the Peckforton Light Railway. I have spent a fair bit of time and money exploring the feasibili...

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