Dave

Lovely work, well done

Very tasty, lovely job on the weathering

Looks great Kieran, really starting to come to life

DCC is a modified DC supply to the track. Similar to AC except the sine wave is different. You only need boosters for very large layouts running a lot of locos at once. Just connect the controller to the track. But with DCC it needs clean connections to the track, preferably soldered.

Sounds like it was a great success George, I'm raging that I missed it. I'll be there next year.

Beautifully done, looks so natural. Well done

I'll try George, many thanks.

Thanks Rich:tumbsup:

Cheers Broithe, did you bake them yourself?

It is with great regret that I will not be able to attend the Cork model fair on Sunday due to ill health. Hope it goes well for you George.

Looking great Kieran

Thanks Eoin

Looks great Kieran, gives it real depth. Well done

Happy birthday Seamus, have a good one

No worries

It is. Need to figure some hardboard to form the curve behind it to mount to

3mm MDF will do the trick, the slotted stuff is 6mm thick and harder to blend into the wall at each end.

Sounds promising so far guys...

 

I'd be willing to put up 'sponsorship' on behalf of the Forum / Site for Dave to produce the base boards for those willing to engage, commit to posting their progress and who knows, perhaps some day in the future (soon) exhibiting the group effort as an IRM community layout?

Mighty generous Bosko! I will build a sample as Eoin said, I will have track on it and some scenery on it for Blackrock

That was a very lucky escape, but not from the law though.

Wow, very tasty Bos

David that is stunning, well done. Superb

Great pics and a well told story

Great find, good website.

Lovely work Eamonn, love those Bells

Hi Guys

 

I watched a couple of vids last night and came across one of a guy building modules and he had a good point to say about alignment dowels;- 'using the C-Clamps eliminates the need for dowels, which can cause trouble if a builder gets them slightly off line. The forces in the clamp hold the boards rigid with no movement, thus eliminating the dowels and makes life easier'

 

murrayec

The only problem wth that way Eoin its much more difficult to align the modules before clamping. I use a boring machine for drilling out the holes for alignment dowels which gives perfect alignment. If someone wants to use their own baseboard I could supply a plate to go on the end of their baseboard with pre fitted alignment dowels.

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I like that idea Eoin, what about this as a corner?

DCC is definitely the way to go, we could run a single line along the main line for analogue. It would be a nightmare to try run the two together. The big question is what DCC controller? If we have a long run train control will need to be handed over along the way. What about JMRI and a sprog? Any ideas?

Great marketing idea