Dave Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Stunning Dave, just stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Dave It looks amazing, I like the car crusher and the man in the cab Eoin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks lads! Eoin, the driver in the cab had to loose his legs and an arm to fit. He was back to work in no time though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks lads! Eoin, the driver in the cab had to loose his legs and an arm to fit. He was back to work in no time though! A solicitor's/doctor's office is available in 00, depending upon which he needs first. http://pufferwillies.co.uk/uk2ecommerce/product/bachmann_scenecraft_44-223_oo_scale_low_relief_solicitors_doctors_office/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Thanks lads! Eoin, the driver in the cab had to loose his legs and an arm to fit. He was back to work in no time though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 That gate across the private siding half open , reminds me of of the west clare, " cause they were half expecting a train " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) Well it's taken quite some time but it's finished and was delivered this weekend. Customer is delighted and I don't think his wife will be seeing him any time soon! Edited July 5, 2016 by Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BosKonay Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Not enough superlatives available! A true example of professional work! Simply staggering! You've 'knocked out' the layout of a lifetime there Dave! The client must be beyond chuffed!!!! Just stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 That is absolutely outstanding! Customer's wife may have a very, very long wait....... understandable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-r Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Dave, That is truly outstanding, gifted would be an understatement. Safe to say that's the layout most of us dream off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 WOW that looks amazing and great photo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Not enough superlatives available! A true example of professional work! Simply staggering! You've 'knocked out' the layout of a lifetime there Dave! The client must be beyond chuffed!!!! Just stunning! Have to agree,beautiful job, Dave! Good it'll be hard to part with after all that! Incidentally, how big is it and how does it travel, in sections like beneath the bow there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Incredible achievement. Pure class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 One of the best layouts I have ever seen, A fantastic job well done Dave, Really like the container terminal-could easily be the IWT terminal at Northwall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwest141 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Fantastic work David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enniscorthyman Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 How do you put a price on building something like that...Wow!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 How do you put a price on building something like that...Wow!! You don't. 'Er indoors would divorce you on the spot Come teh mid-life crisis, this beats a Harley Ultra Glide hands down. Truly amazing piece of work...and TWO Heljians. Love the tire marks on the concrete apron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks lads, it's been a long build over a year and I can't see myself doing another one as a lot of orders backed up as the layout took over the workshop. I think the only way I would do it again would be another workshop and just spend one or two days a week on it. To answer some of your questions: It breaks down into 8 sections, 3 on each side then the viaduct and the lift up section on the other end. I transported it by trailer with a racking system in it. The cost was massive! That's all I'm saying! There are 3 Heljan cranes Weshty! 2 in the port and a non working one on the other side. I have some video showing the level crossing and faller truck in action as well as the ship smoke and sound! I'll try to get that uploaded later in the week. Thanks again for all your kind words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevrail Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tumbsup: Must be everyone on this forums dream. The ship is something else as well. How did you do that Dave??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tumbsup: Must be everyone on this forums dream. The ship is something else as well. How did you do that Dave??? The ship was a kit from Deans Marine, it's 1:76 scale MV Fairwind. But it's a crap kit badly marked out and was a nightmare to put together. I won't be doing another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave182 Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Fantastic! I'd be tempted to just switch off the phone for a few weeks and 'forget' to deliver it. Grab a few beers for yourself and just watch some trains go round! Well done, fantastic build and thanks for sharing. Owner will be very pleased! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Beautiful modelling. An inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Fantastic! I'd be tempted to just switch off the phone for a few weeks and 'forget' to deliver it. Grab a few beers for yourself and just watch some trains go round! Well done, fantastic build and thanks for sharing. Owner will be very pleased! I wish I could. This layout took over the workshop for the last 5 months as it was fully assembled which meant the workshop was out of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Excellent modelling definately inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 This layout is now for sale. It will be going up in detail on my website soon Anybody seriously interested give me a shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Outstanding! I'm sure it'll find a good home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 This layout is now sold and coming back to Ireland. Watch this space for further developments! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave182 Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 A quick lick of paint on the gantries and a whole pile of Bell containers... whip out the colour lights and replace with semaphores, weather the track some more and we've got a lovely Irish layout incorporating Belview terminal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 (edited) A quick lick of paint on the gantries and a whole pile of Bell containers... whip out the colour lights and replace with semaphores, weather the track some more and we've got a lovely Irish layout incorporating Belview terminal! I was thinking the same thing! I could never get the post-BR scene with the gaudy Disney-esque liveries and multiplicity of railway operators with "makey-up" names like Great Eastern this, or Great Western that...... Brunel would weep hysterically into his soup, and Gresley would suffer Multiple Conniptions of the Screaming Fits. And that's before they hear of "train stations", "train lines" and Colas Virgin Atoc Train Company and their class 67000898 broccoli-powered equality-compliant DMUs..... And Stanier! As for Stanier, he would walk up and down, mumbling and rocking side to side, and clutching his teddy bear firmly in his now-crooked fingers...... And Banksy would scribble all over all of'em, like he has scribbled over all of London. I was there last week; makes Broombridge look like a 3D Mona Lisa. Ye gods. A few dirty oul 141s pottering about with Bell boxes, and a 071 or two rattling past with a set of Mk. 2s or Cravens; perfect! If it was mine, being a fictitious layout, I would imagine it wasn't Waterford, but maybe a major container terminal at Mornington (Drogheda), Wicklow or Galway! Edited March 10, 2017 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 ?....gaudy Disney-esque liveries and multiplicity of railway operators with "makey-up" names like Great Eastern this, or Great Western that...... For a minute there , I thought you were referring to pre-grouping in the U.K. ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 A quick lick of paint on the gantries and a whole pile of Bell containers... whip out the colour lights and replace with semaphores, weather the track some more and we've got a lovely Irish layout incorporating Belview terminal! Sadly Bell never saw Bellview which is the new port , in Waterford Bell was always known as bell ferry , and it's jetties to the day they failed , were opposite Reginald's tower on the ferrybank side I had the pleasure as a kid , being taken up into the container crane cabin and watched them upload trains etc. ( the crane drivers, legend had it, were the highest paid men in Waterford ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted March 10, 2017 Share Posted March 10, 2017 If it was mine, being a fictitious layout, I would imagine it wasn't Waterford, but maybe a major container terminal at Mornington (Drogheda), Wicklow or Galway! Or perhaps greenore , where one could postulate the LNWR lived on, till dieselisation and had the LMS had its way , sure we would have had green and blue diesels running around the midlands !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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