Good Morning Everyone
Having just joined the board I thought you might like to know a little about me.
I was up until quite recently modelling Swiss Narrow Gauge but having just moved to a smaller house and have a much smaller modelling footprint I have decided to model in 2mm fine scale.
Back in the 70s I was serving in the RAAF and was for a time-based in Butterworth Malaysia where a friend and I created an N Gauge layout. In those days a loco would run around the track for a couple of minutes and then expire. I venture on to OO but was only marginally better than N. Tried US for a short while, but it did little for me, so I wound up with Swiss Narrow Gauge.
In returning to N Gauge, I found the Peco track somewhat clunky. Now that is not to say that the product is not a good one, well, to be frank, it just annoyed me. I then stumbled across 2mmFS which was more to my liking.
It has been something of a trial. I have successfully built some wagons, but the track building has been my Achilles heel.
The problem area seems to be the common crossing jig. Probably, my soldering skills still need some honing. I am getting a lot "leakage" of solder into the "insider" surfaces of the track which then interferes with the smooth running of the rolling stock.
Recently, a milled common crossing has been available from the 2mm Society some I am trying those to see how I go. Hopefully, I will have my first crossing completed sometime today; I have been working on long enough.
Living in the Adelaide Hills is about as far from the UK one can get so focusing on a particular area is difficult relying on books and magazines for information. In my "informative period," my modelling interests were greatly influenced by the likes of David Jenkinson and the Settle and Carlisle although I have progressively moved southwards and have become centred around the SDJ.
On the other hand, I do have a 1:1 garden railway passing right by my model room window.
Kind regards
Geoff
Having just joined the board I thought you might like to know a little about me.
I was up until quite recently modelling Swiss Narrow Gauge but having just moved to a smaller house and have a much smaller modelling footprint I have decided to model in 2mm fine scale.
Back in the 70s I was serving in the RAAF and was for a time-based in Butterworth Malaysia where a friend and I created an N Gauge layout. In those days a loco would run around the track for a couple of minutes and then expire. I venture on to OO but was only marginally better than N. Tried US for a short while, but it did little for me, so I wound up with Swiss Narrow Gauge.
In returning to N Gauge, I found the Peco track somewhat clunky. Now that is not to say that the product is not a good one, well, to be frank, it just annoyed me. I then stumbled across 2mmFS which was more to my liking.
It has been something of a trial. I have successfully built some wagons, but the track building has been my Achilles heel.
The problem area seems to be the common crossing jig. Probably, my soldering skills still need some honing. I am getting a lot "leakage" of solder into the "insider" surfaces of the track which then interferes with the smooth running of the rolling stock.
Recently, a milled common crossing has been available from the 2mm Society some I am trying those to see how I go. Hopefully, I will have my first crossing completed sometime today; I have been working on long enough.
Living in the Adelaide Hills is about as far from the UK one can get so focusing on a particular area is difficult relying on books and magazines for information. In my "informative period," my modelling interests were greatly influenced by the likes of David Jenkinson and the Settle and Carlisle although I have progressively moved southwards and have become centred around the SDJ.
On the other hand, I do have a 1:1 garden railway passing right by my model room window.
Kind regards
Geoff