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July 2012

Incorporating GARDEN RAILWAY WORLD

Michael Watts Editor

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You can just plonk down some track on the grass, patio, or decking to run some trains. I would not discourage you, quite the contrary. Get your first taste of trains in the garden. You should encourage family, friends and colleagues to get involved; find an opportunity to show off your acquisitions. We all need the bit of stimulus that comes from running a loco on some track from time to time. But there is a bit more to modelling railways than the basic train set. As with most things, with a bit of thought and planning, the outcome can be a great achievement.

Planning is one of my things (yes, another one), and the convincing integration of a model railway into a garden can be a beautiful thing. This doesn’t have to be laborious, expensive, extensive, or an excuse to delay until retirement. But it does need some careful planning and deliberation. For those who are willing develop their skills and invest in their experience, the outcome can be quite something to behold, even when trains aren’t running.

There is something more than design, and practical interpretation, in the overall shape of a piece of work that becomes eminently successful. There is an appeal that is instantly recognisable, simplicity of understatement and an economy of presentation, the overall form that defies words of description, even genre categorisation. Aim for this and you will progress towards a fine outcome. Develop and refine you ideas and you will be satisfied. Further, you will be applauded by all those who see, and begin to understand. Proliferation, extreme extent of space, profligate expenditure are not the solutions. Thoughtfulness, care, and a focus on the essence of what you want to say will form the beginnings of joy, both for you and for others of a like mind.

This is all airy fairy nonsense I hear you say. Maybe, but look deeper in to those things that you each recognise as great examples of the form. What is it that you see, applaud, and wish that you could achieve too? You can do it, make it your own expression. You can achieve great things with very little. What is it that you want to do, to show others, to prove a point? Times may or may not be hard; acquiring a great deal of track and stock is probably not necessary. Focus on what you want to achieve and do it but, most of all, do it now.

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REFURBISHING LGB James Hilton MORE FOR YOUR MONEYPENNY Thomas Hussey WAGON TURNTABLE Paul Fletcher CLIMB EV’RY MOUNTAIN Tag Gorton THE HUMBLE MSS LOCOS Lloyd Edwards SCHULL & SKIBBEREEN INSPIRATION David Turner EVENING DAYDREAMS John Robinson WATERY MEDITATION Zach Bond CHINESE-HUNGARIAN REHASH Tac Foley TRY A TRIANG Mark Thatcher SECRETS OF CARRIAGE PAINTING David Turner PASSENGERS FOR THE K WAGON Barry Pulford WEATHER MAINTENANCE George Huxley CHEQUERPLATE – Tag Gorton TRADESMAN’S ROUND – Tag Gorton CLUB NEWS ON-LINE GR STOCKISTS & MARKET PLACE DIARY DATES

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Try A Triang _Page 32

COVER: ‘Mountaineer’ performed perfectly and, indeed, attracted a lot of interest at the South Devon Garden Railway Group’s tracks. Tag Gorton

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