Crossing 1:1 scale paths and driveways.... Horticultural Grit, online garden grit, Buy garden gravels online, online grit suppliers - Gravel & Granite Chippings. Product SpecificationProduct: Horticultural Grit Size: 1-6mm Uses: Soil Improver, Landscaping, Aquatics, Ponds and Water features, Rockeries, Breaking up clay soils, Base for paving areas, Adding to compost, root cuttings, green house bases.
Colour: Brown, Pink Shape: Rounded, Angular Specification: BS EN 1260 Description and Application:Our Horticultural Grit is a beautiful gravel that will look stunning in any garden. This Horticultural Grit is extremely versatile and has a wide variety of uses including landscaping, garden rockeries and water features making it a fantastic decorative gravel. The grit can also be used as a soil improver, a greenhouse base and is ideal for adding to compost. The grit is perfect for landscapes with cacti or alpines. Horticultural Grit Colour and Shape:The Horticultural Grit is a naturally quarried product which may result in slight variations in formation, size, colour or shape. Track and ballast realism and compromise - Garden Railway Club. Collaborative page started by JSJ Please feel free to edit this page as we do with the daily page.
The purpose is to add pictures and discussion about the various options ofor track and ballast, our experiences, ideas and experiments, so we can learn from each other.Please therefore sign and date each new entry so we can watch the progress. (JSJ 06Oct10) OK, here's a starter for 10! (NHN, 6/10/10 in his coffee break!). This one will run and run! I use LGB track, but only because we already had some, from years ago, and it seemed sensible to continue with it (before the huge price hike!). I ballasted with BnQ chippings, I think its horticultural grit or something like that, which markedly improved the appearance. I really admire the appearance of finer track, be it Peco or something like Neil R has been posting elsewhere on the board, but I worry about the long term reliability of it? Making Broad Gauge Track I had no choice but to make my own track for 15mm scale Irish broad gauge. Beginners Section - Garden Railway Centres.
Making a StartBefore you start planning your railway there are several things you should consider.
Here are some of the questions you should ask yourself. Would you like to model a particular prototype and if so are the items either available or are you capable of making them. It is important that your aspirations match your budget. What’s your budget. It is possible to start a garden railway for a few hundred pounds. Choosing Equipment TrackFirstly you need to decide whether you want to use 32mm track if you are modelling a 2ft prototype as this is the correct measurement for the scale. Aristo-Craft – 45mm Brass Track with code 332 rail 45mm Stainless Steel Track with code 332 rail (not so readily available)AMS – 45mm Brass Track with code 332 rail 45mm Brass Track with code 250 railLGB – 45mm Brass Track with code 332 railPiko – 45mm Brass Track with code 332 railPeco – 32mm Nickel Silver Track with code 200 rail (SM32) 45mm Nickel Silver Track with code 250 rail (G45) Best track base? - page 1 - Track & Track Laying - Garden Railway Forum - G Scale Central.
16mm - Track Construction. Track Laying. AJ McCormack & Son - Paving and Drainage Advice - Home Page.