Dempsey

9 minutes ago, MKrocker said:

Just right in my opinion. I have a black and tan to weather, so far, afraid to go near it!!!

I offer a service in that regard if you wish. 

Brilliant work

5 hours ago, popeye said:

They look soo good and the colour is just right. 

4 hours ago, PJR said:

The most realistic weathering of these models that  I have seen, well done sir.

3 hours ago, John-r said:

Absolutely fantastic, same sentiments as above most realistic yet, well done.

Very high praise thank you very much. 

4 hours ago, murphaph said:

Excellent. That's what you want, nice bit of caked on cement. Is it real cement?

It is real cement dust. I had some trouble with it initially as ot was my first time using it but I'm happy and more importantly the owner is happy with the results

Recently completed bubbles. 

Your thoughts as always are appreciated. 

Chris 

Need to up my game. Thats good work. 

Nicely done 

I'm looking forward to seeing this scene develop 

Layout update. 

Track has started to arrived with must of the points and the slight curved sections having been purchased. 

Having had the opportunity a few weeks ago thanks too @jhb171achill to meet various others from the hobby who were extremely helpful and more knowledgeable, the layout will be powered DCC wise by the NCE Powercab control system with points being operated by tortoise  point motors.

Also did a rough fit of the points leading into the yard. The unpowered scenic section leading off the board I decided to recycle some old hornby track and point I had has nothing will run on it and it doesn't need to be prefect. 

Or enterprise coach stock as the enterprise livery 201s much like the intercity have nothing to hual passenger wise. That being said, having returned to the hobby too late to pick up any of the originally produced mk3s I'm looking forward to their release. 

Suspended sentences only survive to undermine the legal system and enables those to continually break the law. 

13 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Dane,

You need a copy of "Across the lines" compiled by Charles Friel where a lot of Dundalk men talk of their railway experiences - a lot of them worked in Barrack Street Goods.

Good luck with the project - I see a few more kit sales to you ......

Thank you I'll definitely look at getting a hold of that. 

Spent the morning designing using peco set track. I had hoped to use my stock of code 75 trackage and points I had for my actual layout as a cost saving option but the available points would not have allowed me to use the space. The set track by peco that was suggested in earlier posts has given me more room and some longer sidings and run around tracks and I must admit it think it'll add more value running wise to the layout. Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm glad I went back and took the time to revise these plans.  

45 minutes ago, irishmail said:

If you are using set-track then the Peco track geometry is the same as Hornby. As previously mentioned, Peco much better quality track than Hornby.

41 minutes ago, Sean said:

The larger express type points are far more reliable than hornbys little points, they also plumb into set track geometry without issues. you cant do this with any of the larger peco points from what i have found however for smaller points peco ones are very reliable and hornby ones are the devil. 

 

I think the peco curved point may be the same as the hornby one but im not 100% sure, peco have a template you can print on their site. 

railmodeller express will allow you to plan the layout in peco.

I will look into it further, maybe down load some of those templates off peco. I do have peco track and some points I was collecting for when I build my actual layout but the way that is unfortunately a long way off. 

10 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

Ok, you may encounter derailments with the 001 class locomotives as I have found when traversing Hornby points.

Unfortunately it was a compromise I had to make with the space. Thank you though for your suggestion. 

7 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

I would suggest using PECO points as they are far more reliable than the Hornby rubbish.

I had originally set out with a view to using peco but my limited selection of their points on Any Rail didn't allow for the track plan within the available board space. 

Track plan printed out to use as a template 

With some time off work the baseboard for barracks street layout has been completed. 

Assembled, painted, transfers applied and weathered one CH-47D. 

Have to say I enjoyed doing this kit, the first in a very very long time. Not a big fan of Revell to be honest. A lot of panel gaps and rough edges but all in all a good kit to get back into it. 

Brilliant images

On 23/6/2022 at 10:47 PM, Georgeconna said:

Jeekers your ripping through that one!

 

Had a few days between doing some weathering jobs and my own backlog of projects it was a nice break 

1 hour ago, Galteemore said:

Hope you’re putting a sound chip in that !  Nothing like a bit of wokka blade slap 

 

If only, would love a spin in one. 

Painting completed and two good layers of gloss varnish applied. Leaving to set for a few days before beginning to apply the transfers followed by some weathering. 

Also dry fitted the rotor heads which will be glued in place along with the side guns once all other work is completed. 

Very happy with how the paint turned out. 

Rotor heads fitted in place along with the internal bay and cockpit. 

Both body sides glued together with engine exhausts and cockpit canopy fitted following painting. 

With installation of the larger extended range fuel tank complete next stage was a light grey primer coat followed by some pre shading along the moulded panel gaps. 

Next stage will be to fit the window "glass" before dry fitting followed by gluing the interior pictured aboveand both sides together. 

1 hour ago, Georgeconna said:

Yep, Lots of lads use it for Sculpting Figures.

I'd Fill a seam and then smooth off the water and my finger of some suitable tool

At all stages from initial mixing to final setting Milliput responds to the use of water. To aid manipulation and avoid sticking, fingers and tools should be kept moistened with water. There are certain instances when work may be carried out in a gentle stream of water under a tap. To obtain a smooth finish, mould or apply Milliput and then immediately wipe and smooth gently with wet finger or with a fine textured moist cloth.

 

 

Id

Brilliant, thank you 

48 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

All good, Running out of the Reliable Green Stuff so need to find something to replace it.

MIlliput is find you can smooth it down with some water and wipe the  excess away

Really?! I did not know that. Usually spend ages sanding