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I must admit how the rendition of the tarps came out on the ball Clay option is truly wonderful. Really great model. just wow!

Looks Great! nice and warm...ish!! have a lovely Christmas down there!

2nd update dropped 5 days ago, Enjoy the Airship tour! the skills this lad has are amazing. The cobbles, The ballast...the everything!!

Lucky to Visit this Railway in the 2000's, Sad to see the coal going but sit back, chuck it on the BIG Screen, Crank up the Volume and enjoy the sights. Happy Christmas lads.

Nice job on the Beluga. Those panel lines are well trenched for that scale!!

Try turning down the Sound volume, I have had that on a previous loco where the sound caused the issue. I think it was a Bachmann class 47 , CV63. try dropping it down to a low value and then if it is ok raise it back in increments.

Where bouts are you lad? Perhaps someone can help out locally?

bit light on the info on those, any Box? have the Ran? extra bits in the box including the ol wobble reducer.

Hi lads, Just a shout out to this crowd, They are not in the supplier list but have a wide range of modelling tools, Paints and LED light of one I got for the missus along with a few jars of leaves for myself. they had a stand at the IPMS show in November last showing some nice modelling ranges. Ordered yesterday and arrived today. Great service. EireHobbies - Ireland's premier hobby and model store!

Mad, Good choice, I See the white outline too now in that picture, Never seen that before!. Probably will be a Blue job with the Chevrons. made a good few of those kits .

Nice, Never noticed the white outline chevrons before. MIR never had them on their decals, the ones I did anyhow. Looks really smart. Just what to choose is the problem.

New or 2nd hand? As Bos says, Check the wheels, track and pick ups if you can see them for dirt and maybe use a bit of wihte spirits and a cotton bud to clean them up. Maybe stick a vid up here too. Nice loco BTW to have.

I know you lads have it earlier that us but thats hit well early!! Lovely loco Jack, Some nice bargains popping up HO wise I have noticed as well. I do find it strange the some of the valve gear on the continental models is plastic. The UK stuff seems to be all metal. I came across a vid about the red painted frames and wheels on you tube and it was the ideal colour to detect cracks apparently and not for Atheistic reasons!

Bit of a play at lunchtime to make sure all is in order after some bsllasting. Also realised the diesel has 29 functions. I had only set up 5!! 20241213_141247.mp4

Tipping away on the scenery. Using some foam Iinsulatipn boards and plaster bandages that I got from Cork Art Supplies Web page. Good price too. Ballasting has Been moving along too but taking ages to dry. Need to think about the OHLE now and the tunnels as I need to work out the madt spacings and sum form of guide to bring the pantos down to the right height when leaving the fiddle yard. I dint fancy having OHLE in the fiddle yard. The final large building, a hostel is in progress also. Keeping it to less is more thinking.

Nice one, I get out of bed so!

Off for the week and a sunny day so wood cutting was the order of the day in between entertaining the mutt. Land scaping next.

China.

Had the last week off but got zero done due to a near fatal dose of Man flu but before that took over I laid the platforms down using air dry clay and a bit of pollyfilla. Small bit of ballasting too which I thought looked crap but look fine now when the pollyfilla was laid up next to it. Couple of test runs through those are OK but I will need to reduce the height a tad. 20241118_202453.mp4 20241118_201232.mp4

Bit or track weathering over the weekend..

Wow just pops outa nowwhere!! Class stuff. Few vids next

Interesting thing came up last night. Bro in law came in a snipped off a bit of the throw arm as it was catching the bogies. Afterwards when I switched the point it shorted. Strange as it was running fine previously. Turned out the point motor was not really set right and the blades were not in the middle of the point when installed. As a result it did not have time to clear the stock rail before the polarity changed causing a short. Certainly a head scratching moment Anyhow re aligned the motor and it now works fine. OO gauge is a lot more forgiving as more space to play with! Just for anyone that might come across the same problem.

Completed the track now snd all point motored up. Next is track weathering. 20241030_201356.mp4

If I known you were building this big I would of bought shares in Peco and Gaugemaster!

nice interview too on the Donegal Dad Channel.