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Done! Very best of luck to you

Respray project No.2 of mk3 couches is in full swing and even tried my hand at weathering both the couches and the class 201 which will be hauling them.

Three down, four to go and first attempt at weathering a loco done.

The first three in the make shift spray booth i.e. cardboard box. Decals applied and first stage of weathering done. I know it's not for everyone but i personally think it adds to the detail. I'm going for a these couches are not far off needing to visit the wash look. Had some mix left over so thought i'd try a loco so since 210 is going to be hauling this rake i figured i'd give it ago. Thoughts and comments as always appreciated.

Have the weekend to myself so I'll be finishing the rest of my resprays, applying decals and some weathering to the frame. I'll post some pictures later of the completed work

thank you, you've been a great help

Brilliant video thank you. Gave me a nice look into line side details and positioning and running mixed freight trains. I'll definitely be watching more thank you for the photos. I trying to find better pictures of this type of crane that was in used when my layout is planned to be set

I've been trying in vain to find any photos for point of reference of the freight yard at Dundalk on the Ardee Rd and not the old barrack street one. If anyone has any pictures of the yard in operation and at the very least with the crane that use to be there could send them on i'd very much appreciate it. Thank you in advance

Just came across this post but thanks for the education. Never knew that existed in the town or how much has been lost. The railway is truly a shadow of its former self.

I used white primer for the lines, satin black and the orange is RAL2011. The decals are from railtec

I'm in the process of repainting Jouff mk3 coaches right now. Waiting finish painting them all before applying decals but like mentioned above the hornby rake i which were my first attempt at painting are noticeably shorter

Is it possible that damage could have been cause in transit? He did get back to me but I find it hard to believe that there wasn't any sound when he "tested" before posting

Well I've done the first but I hold no hope. I must admit I never would have thought of contacting Murphy's models. If marks models do repairs then I think it'll be the best port of call regardless

I got it on eBay. It's second hand, the seller needs to revisit how to write descriptions because it clearly dos not running well. Also had a cosmetic issue or two. If this is the issue how do you go about getting a replacement gear?

I'm no expert but to me my newly acquired enterprise liveried 201 dos not sound like everything is all right. Could anyone give me any insight into what the issue might be and how it can be sorted by someone with next to no knowledge of the internal working of a model train. As always I appreciated. 20190801_093236.mp4

First two finished with transfers applied

Cheers mate. There's a few areas on the lead couch to be addressed but overall I'm happy out. Only five more to go haha

Extremely please with how this turned out. With a bit more care and patience I think has paid off in a much better result and with a lot less bleed through of the paint

I think for now the Hornby ones will do as practise in respray. The restaurant couch is nearly ready for reassembling

They just arrived in the post. Fingers crossed as I've never done it before I've three jouef mk3s that are longer then the Hornby ones. Would they be closer to scale lengthy I wonder

First attempt at a respray using mk3 hst coach. Just waiting on transfers to arrive. I did encounter slight overspray in parts but I'll know in future and will take more care.

This might be of interest. Hattons have listed the class 121 on their website and appear to be taking pre orders . I dont know if its been mentioned already .

I'm along way off my vision and i'm sure there will plenty of fun and of course mistakes along the way. Thank you though, I've got plenty to think about.

The short bay into the station is a loco park area as seen in Dundalk station where i took the track plan from. The frieght yard due to room constraints had to be re positioned to work within the available space as the one in dundalk would have pushed the weight out by many feet. I know the sidings are very tight together in the plans but that would be address during the building. I understand where both yourself and Glenderg are coming from in terms of moving stock from the freight yard into storage or vice versa and even getting coach stock from the south bound line (The line at the bottom) into storage. Out of shot i've planned for a cross over set of points at each end of the station and in my mind the freight yard would function as the head shunt when not in use. As i plan on running a full length class 201 and passenger rack i can see from your comments i wont have enough length for that plan. Thanks for the comments though.

So thankfully after a few months away i'll be home in a few weeks and with plenty of time to myself for construction to begin. I've spent my time researching and buying bits and pieces to begin my layout starting with the station design shown. This will be my first time building a layout to my own design and am a self-pro calmed novice as i don't count the time spent building predesigned train sets when i was younger haha. My layout will be based on a fictional part of the north eastern rail network which will focus on freight with occasional passenger services. This is due in part to the expensive nature of passenger rolling stock. track is peco code 75 which will be pre-wired for later introduction of DCC. I would appreciate your thoughts, suggests and any helpful tips you might have.