A4mallard Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike258747 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I have been in Heuston Station many times but I never realised just how beautiful a building it is until I saw your model. It is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thanks Mike for the very nice comment, it's taken nearly two weeks to build those towers and there still not finished. regards bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Bren, you have truly excelled yourself. Words and superlatives every so slightly fail me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Suburb bit of craftsmanship.. well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Thanks for the comments, I'll leave it a couple a weeks before the next few photos,just looking back i dont't feel like enough has changed between the photos. I need to figure out how to do the balustrades, I was thinking of using beads or maybe small screws glued end to end. I don't want to get in to moulding them......any ideas lads? As always your comments are very much appreciated bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 That is absolutely astounding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just stunning Bren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Gobsmacking! Tell me it's the centerpiece of a layout!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Very professional, a real labour of love, its going to be some size when its finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Amazing Bren. I can imagine the nights of sore eyes, tiredness, to get to this level. Model buildings and structures to that level are one of the most trying aspects of the hobby to get right and takes ages of trial and error. You are at the top level Sir. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 Thanks Lads, BosKonay it could be the centerpiece of someones layout but it won't be mine. I have no Irish stock. I've just always wanted to have a go at building it. Regards Bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Well, Bren, it's a pity you're not going to model the rest of the station, as your work is absolutely terrific. Not many people attempt a major station front like this and you've done a terrific job. There are few comparative models around, but one I know is of the Anhalter station in Berlin, which is part of a model in the Technical Museum in that city. Your work is every bit as good. Don't forget to model Wayne Sleep climbing the front, as per his role in The First Great Train Robbery! Are you going to attempt the train shed? Congratulations Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Wayne Sleep? Did he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Blarney Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 In the Film, The First Great Train, there is a wee bit of film trickery. Some of the filming was at Kingsbridge Station and it is there that Wayne sleep is seen to be entering the Station from the roof. It is my understanding that the roof shots of Sleep were taken at The Broadstone Stations and not Kingsbridge. The Board of CIE should purchase this beautiful Model of Kingsbridge Station and then have it on displayed at Heuston Station. By doing so it may encourage the travelling public to go the outside the station and take a good look at its Architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I would like to think, Old Blarney, that they couldn't afford it! Truly a serious masterpiece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Thanks for your really really lovely comments. Leslie10646 I am going to finish it including the train shed and the buildings on the platform 1 side. It's going to take a bit of time, I plan to finish the main station building for the moment and I have a large scale Millennium Falcon I'm in the drawing up stages at the moment. I need to step back from it for a bit, I'm nearly sure i'm at it since April, I've taken the front off already and replaced it, the paint i used bubbled the cardboard, after a week of trying to sort it out i decided to take the front off and redo it. I would love to build it as a layout but i haven't got the room plus i already have a large layout. Check this guy out for a proper masterpiece http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28293-manchester-central-clc-gn-warehouses-castlefield-viaducts/ Thank you Bren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 A truely superb piece of model architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 A truely superb piece of model architecture. Says it all. Superbly rendered. I remember looking at modelling "how to do it" books for houses back in the 80's and they talked of building up the layers and getting all the detail right and it seemed so complicated for even the simplest structure. And then I see this representation of a highly complex structure which just blows all that out of the water and the cherry on the cake is that it's done in such a short time (respectively that is). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 Gingerbread of the highest quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) I'm in the first photo for scale, I didn't realise i'm going bald!!!! The last photo is for Westy. Bren Edited July 11, 2016 by A4mallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 You've weathered it! Swoon. Just cracking. Thanks Bren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 12, 2016 Author Share Posted July 12, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 [ATTACH=CONFIG]24580[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]24581[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]24582[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]24583[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]24584[/ATTACH] Cometh the hour, Cometh the Man, utterly, totally magnificent craftsmanship at its peak ! Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 21, 2016 Author Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Here's a few more pictures, that's it for a while. Thank you for all of your very very kind comments. regards Bren Edited July 21, 2016 by A4mallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 The knees of the bee, poodles privates and mutts nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Absolutely superb Bren. It's truly stunning. What scale is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 The knees of the bee, poodles privates and mutts nuts! Perhaps we need to start a thread for your interesting recipe ideas..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A4mallard Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi Dave,I wish it was G scale.......but it's OO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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