NorthwestGarrattGuy
Some young foamer from seattle

thinking about trying to build scratch built 4 bay cylindrical grain hoppers as well
i wonder how i could adapt that chassis for Kadee couplers and to be a 4-bay cylinderical grain hopperI built my first boxcars and wagons out of mdf, strips of wood, balsa sheet, some steel for weight and styrene. Built out of necessity because of lack of cash and availability. Lot of my build materials come from my local hardware store.
Common chassis as the base
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Apply a little thought and imagination and you will have solved the puzzle. Think outside the box, look at things from a different angle and point of view.i wonder how i could adapt that chassis for Kadee couplers and to be a 4-bay cylinderical grain hopper
I was going to suggest Greg's bashThese may give some inspiration
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The Build Thread Of My Garrett
As I've fancied a Garrett and I can't afford the roundhouse live steam version I've decided to start building one myself. I'm going to use 2 stainz chassis as power and to provide some body parts. The first part was of obtaining 2 sensibly priced starter set locos. After this they were...www.gscalecentral.net
Garratts-Sandstone & Termite Railway
Main page for G gauge garden railway. Description of the construction of the line.www.trainweb.org
Comes up as private for me..VIDEO FOUND AT THIS LINK...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJD98IvYPII
hmmmm very similar to what i am trying to buildThis is a picture and video of an 'Annie' Garratt built by the late David Buckingham using a Bachmann Big Hauler Annie as the base.
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VIDEO FOUND AT THIS LINK...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJD98IvYPII
Link fixed...it should be good to go nowComes up as private for me..
I fixed Youtube vid link and it should be good to gohmmmm very similar to what i am trying to build
hey what are the dimensions for the wood pieces since i need to calculate the cost of buildig something like thisI built my first boxcars and wagons out of mdf, strips of wood, balsa sheet, some steel for weight and styrene. Built out of necessity because of lack of cash and availability. Lot of my build materials come from my local hardware store.
Common chassis as the base
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Can't you use scrap (free) wood? Usually available in a skip at your local building site.what are the dimensions for the wood pieces since i need to calculate the cost of buildig something like this
Looks very much like the preserved BaddesleyI had a go at printing a Boiler in 3D.
Costed a bit, but I like it.
It very much is that locomotive, except scaled a to suit the chassis used.Looks very much like the preserved Baddesley
colliery Garrett now at Bressingham Norfolk.
I m about to start building a model based on it using two Aristocraft 0-4-0 chassis from locos purchased secondhand.
Same place as you get the stuff for body I assumewell um how does one go about aqquiring the materials to build a boxcar chassis
I went to my local hardware warehouse (similar to Home Depot) and bought a sheet of MDF (Medium-density fibreboard - Wikipedia) and used that.well um how does one go about aqquiring the materials to build a boxcar chassis