As far as GSC goes 'outsiders' can only access certain parts, only members get the chance to see (nearly) everything.
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oh! - does that mean, that members are something like partially privileged non-members?
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Actually we would like you here, taking a look at what others have acheived or are in the middle of doing, either the railway itself or locos / rolling stock etc. I am sure you would love it here if you just give it a bit of time and take a look around.
GSC doesn't stop at the new members section, so go on and delve a little deeper into the forum. You will be pleasantly surprised.
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Hi Miles
You'll find that quite a few of us are members of more than one forum - you'll see us popping up all over the place.
As others have already said, if you ask a question, you'll get a range of replies - none of them will be absolutely correct and none of them will be absolutely wrong. For example, just ask something like - what's the best way to lay and ballast track and then stand well back
But , whatever you do, never ask if Newqida is better than LGB ....
Anyway, welcome. It's good to see youngsters such as yourself engaging with the hobby - most of us have been around the block more times than we care to mention - so it's good to hear from someone who is just starting out - not only with garden railway modelling but with life in general.
Rik
You'll find that quite a few of us are members of more than one forum - you'll see us popping up all over the place.
As others have already said, if you ask a question, you'll get a range of replies - none of them will be absolutely correct and none of them will be absolutely wrong. For example, just ask something like - what's the best way to lay and ballast track and then stand well back
But , whatever you do, never ask if Newqida is better than LGB ....Anyway, welcome. It's good to see youngsters such as yourself engaging with the hobby - most of us have been around the block more times than we care to mention - so it's good to hear from someone who is just starting out - not only with garden railway modelling but with life in general.
Rik
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Hi Dudeface,
My advice when starting a new LGB track would be:
1 stay at groundlevel so you still can let run your garden equipment and grand children over it!
2 use 5cm thick and about 0.25 and 1m long concrete slabs, laid in a 0.25 x 0.20 m. sand body with bricks alongside. When necessary, Level corrections can easy be made by pushing up the sand from the side using a shovel.
3 connect all your rails with Massoth screwed connectors and use prior to make each connection MOLYCOTE Copper grease mixed with terpentine so it gets fluid and creeps inside the connection.
4 use a Zimo digital control installation. They offer you by far the most features. Moreover a digital system gives you all along your track a steady 24 AC power for lights and switches etc. so wiring is no longer an issue.
Good luck !
My advice when starting a new LGB track would be:
1 stay at groundlevel so you still can let run your garden equipment and grand children over it!
2 use 5cm thick and about 0.25 and 1m long concrete slabs, laid in a 0.25 x 0.20 m. sand body with bricks alongside. When necessary, Level corrections can easy be made by pushing up the sand from the side using a shovel.
3 connect all your rails with Massoth screwed connectors and use prior to make each connection MOLYCOTE Copper grease mixed with terpentine so it gets fluid and creeps inside the connection.
4 use a Zimo digital control installation. They offer you by far the most features. Moreover a digital system gives you all along your track a steady 24 AC power for lights and switches etc. so wiring is no longer an issue.
Good luck !
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'Ah, cauliflower! I shall always think of Birmingham when I smell them'. Oscar Wilde, on being presented with said vegetable by the Mayor of Birmingham, who wished to humiliate him.
Welcome to the forum -I think!
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