Jump to content

Galteemore

Members
  • Posts

    3,632
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    44

Everything posted by Galteemore

  1. Thanks JHB. Some lovely SLNC gems in last pic including ‘Pioneer’ I think?
  2. That has a really nice look to it, David. The inset track down the side of the distillery looks very effective
  3. Very neat work, Eoin. I like the removable brake gear
  4. JB - here’s someone in the UK who has had a go at a small South American NG system in On30...https://playingtrains.wordpress.com/mylayouts/fcpyf/ His subsequent work on the system is here...https://playingtrains.wordpress.com/a-tour-of-the-fcpyf-2-2-18/ and another one..https://m.facebook.com/puertoborrachorailway.
  5. Thankfully I had just enough wit to appreciate my school commuter provider
  6. Consistency is key. Try and keep the same tones across the layout, as JB hints above. The master modeller Giles Favell, who is a theatre consultant in real life, has techniques for this....
  7. Wonderful - you should write the Wild Swan book on Irish 7mm modelling! Can just imagine ‘Lark’ fussing with some canvas roofed wagons on the harbour line....
  8. Interesting stuff Angus. And thanks for the link to JJ Smith’s stuff. I had seen some of his post-closure shots before but not these!
  9. Great stuff! Walked past this several times a week in the early 2000s so it’s great to see this view.
  10. Yes, I have fallen foul of that GSS as a seller. Sold some of my son’s N gauge so he could start buying OO Irish stock. One item went to Australia via GSS. That’s where it broke down. The courier down under left a missed delivery note and the item vanished. Now clearly I had fulfilled my part of the deal - the item had reached Australia, as the buyer freely admitted. But it was a long drawn out process to clear it up!
  11. Nice work Angus. Track looks the business
  12. Yes, I saw one of those streaking up the West Coast Main Line today and wondered what it was!
  13. That’s looking good David, and some useful technique advice. Funnily enough, I tried my static grass machine for the first time tonight, so this was a timely post to show how it should be done!
  14. Always good to get a bulletin from Belmullet. Looks really well and avoids that sterile ‘shed planted on a siding’ one sometimes sees. Ground cover coming on really well!
  15. Great modelling. Tackling a real location is not easy but you have captured Omagh really well - the locos and stock are icing on the cake!
  16. The ‘human’ side is so important. Boyd, for one , was a man of strong convictions; a conscientious objector in WW2 (or ‘The Emergency’ depending which side of the Border one lived) who taught map reading to the Forces to do his bit. He was also an accomplished musician.
  17. Galteemore

    Help

    Ok. How are you doing the wiring? Keep it basic to begin with - and have a look here ...https://www.brian-lambert.co.uk/
  18. Galteemore

    Help

    What are you stuck with in particular ?
  19. Thanks David. A Boyd cine movie I saw years ago, of a Donegal 2-6-4T shunting at Stranorlar set to that music, has always lingered in my mind so it was fun to imitate! The loco is the first one I have ever built so it’s a bit of a learning curve. Getting the single wheel chassis to balance was especially ‘educational ‘. I did wonder if it was a little noisy. I shall apply a little lube and let her spin for a while.
  20. Thanks Angus. Wow - what a relic you have in your hands! Boyd was a really interesting character -with a wide portfolio of other achievements outside railways - who did much for Irish and UK NG railway scholarship. Perhaps having W H Auden as an English teacher at school set him on a literary path!
  21. A shameless pastiche of cine film the late JIC Boyd might have taken of shunting at Rosses Point - right down to the backing music he used! Early running trials and I decided to play with the camera. FullSizeRender.mov
  22. Nice work. I tend to maul Roger’s kits about so it’s nice to see some built as the maker intended!
  23. I think balance is the crucial word here. As long as the approach to the entire layout and scene is balanced it works. Planting a resin made building next to a card kit will almost always jar - consistency is key. As long as the same genre of materials and styles is used throughout, the scene is more likely to blend
  24. Thank you! Not sure if my work is up to public scrutiny yet. I have exhibited a previous layout and this one does implement several lessons learned. So you never know, if the right invite comes in!
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use