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Slavek

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    Railway enthusiast and modeller. Originally from Poland. Has keen interest in Irish 00 gauge as well as Polish H0 scale

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  2. I love the rails incorporated into concrete yard. Beautiful job. Well done!
  3. Hi, I tried to contact Leslie by email and phone but unfortunatelly I was not successful. Are those wagons still for sale? I am also interested in corrugated and ballast flats. Anyone know how to contact PW? Thank you. Slavek
  4. Hi Eoin, I have looked through this thread back. Do I understand it right - the height from the floor to the top of the board is 1000mm or different? I just want to sing on from the same sheet when I start to build my modules so in the future they can be easily connected. In respect of scenery, I think winter, early spring time should be avoided, so summer/autumn season modelled to give an overall very good impression. Just my thought.
  5. And where is this layout based?
  6. Fair enough. I suppose the most important is the joy we would be having from modelling and operating on our model together. This is the idea of this hobby I think. So whatever is decided and promoted in Eire for all the future and current modellers, it should be a set of just some basic rules to stick to while building the layouts, eg. agree on particular height of track above the ground on end profiles, wiring. Those can be taken from Free-Mo or Fremo or OOFremo or any other, but the most important would be, I think, that every modeller at home/club who wish to build would know what is expected to connect their modules to other modules at meetings. Ireland is a small country and there is not too many modellers comparing to UK,Germany, France or even Poland. So it would be even highly desirable to join efforts to create some lovely composition of layouts under one roof and do some serious realistic operation... Just a thought
  7. Yes, I fully agree the end profiles (connection profiles of the modules) has to be 100%. I would suggest use end profiles according to Fremo, so everyone is clear how to build ends of their modules/scene to join with the others. The one standard should also be for wiring and height. I personally would not be building 2-track modules due to limited space but I could always build a 1-2 track interconnection in the future.
  8. According to OOFremo there is some landscaping standards set already, eg modelling summer/autumn season, leaving 1inch green on the ends of modules to keep the harmony, etc. Personally I don't like their idea that tracks are on 1300mm hight above the ground. I think it is quite high esp for children to look at. In H0 Fremo standard is 1000mm.
  9. And then we can add Attymon Junction and Loughrea on both sides and create a fully operational 'baronial' branch line
  10. Hi guys, thanks for reply. It might be a good idea to join the efforts in the future to build a decent point-to-point operation modular layout. I know guys from Poland would agree on particular modules that are needed to finish the scennery and they they will join in toghether and build a particular module, eg if the need a curve or say a track coming off the main line to the yard, etc. I think the most important would be to agree at least on end profiles of the modules. I would personally follow 00Fremo standards - those guys in Germany have been doing modular layout for the last 30 years at least!, they know what they are talking about and know what works. I know the cost might be a barrier for someone but, hey this is not cheap hobby after all and I dont personally think 1200mm x 610mm board is ideal from the practical reason - imagine to carry it or transport it! OOFremo standar is 500mm wide and it might be good idea to have it 900mm long as PECO flexi track is 914mm long (just to have something to cut/shapa at the end, etc). Personally, I am thinking to start of something not too much complicated, so was thinking of building Dunsandle station from the golden 70s and then maybe few modules. Scenery could be extremely variable and beautifull. I have already checked lots of www (Polish/German). I am going end of November to Poland for a exibition as well. I know by joint effort those guys have build and exhibit nearly 300 metres of modular layout... Just beautiful! Check with you guys later.
  11. Hello everyone, I'm Slavek, originally from Poland, have been living in Ireland since 2006 with my family. I am H0 (Polish State Railways - PKP) and 00 (CIE, IE, IR) enthusiast. Having been talked a lot with Polish guys building modular layouts according to FREMO. Have also found OOFremo standards and I am really interested in building some modules. As I am new on this forum, I would like to ask you how popular is modular layouts in Ireland. How popular would be here in Ireland to joint the efforts and build according to one standard to be able to do some real line operations, etc. Or maybe it is happening already and I missed something. And if someone is already building that modules, what track do you use, ready built or self-builds. THanks for info. Slavek
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