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Hi On the John Ahern's books- Diarmuid Byrne (Weir Books) has a paperback copy of 'Miniature Locomotive Construction' . I saw it on his stand at the Clarion Hotel show last Sunday. murrayec

Hi I'm up to my eyes working on DART orders- I have had to take a rest from everything else. Hopefully soon I will be back to the modular idea, also I believe Dave is up to his eyes in Christmas baseboard orders! murrayec

Hi All Don't want to step on toes! but we can talk about greens that were on this and that and how it looks at a distance on a grey day or in full sun light.... References is the man! preferably in BS, RAL or other standard systems. References give a standard starting point and then the modeller can adjust to his/her preferences. Here are some I worked out; Poot's light green = (BS4800) - 12-D-53 (Known as 'Linden' in the Dulux range) - Green undercoat IR light green = (BS4800) - 12-D-43 - Green undercoat Poot's dark green = (BS4800) - 12-D-45 (Known as 'Sherwood' in the Dulux range) Green undercoat If anyone can add to this list of references we would then have a starting point for painting models and a standard could be kept. murrayec

Hi I'd take a tin or two, from Hawkins st murrayec

Hi I've been playing with tinted varnish to scale the colours A very small drop of matt black or a matt dark brown into the final varnish coat, after everything is complete- decals, rails, wipers..etc; One can progressively tint the whole model in several goes until the desired finish is achieved and it cuts out messing around with getting correct scale colours. murrayec

Hi I'm quite fond of Iain Rice's model books At the Bray show last weekend I got a copy of Rice's new book from Diarmuid Byrne's stand - 'Steam Locomotives' Realistic Railway Modelling. Haynes. There is a wealth of information in this book for the modelling beginner and for the experienced. A lot of the stuff I read before in his previous publications but this new book updates the info with the added features- typical of Haynes, excellent introduction to everything, loads of clear photos and loads of tips & techniques. I bet Diarmuid will be at Parks Hotel, Stillorgan, next weekend You must take a look murrayec

Hi B It looks like a Christmas toy thingie- Santa and all is going http://www.rds.ie/cat_exhibition_detail.jsp?itemID=1100212 murrayec

Hi George Good luck with the show today Looking forward to seeing some photos later murrayec

Hi A couple of things came up in discussing the Modular Layout Drawings at the BR show last week and I thought of posting them up for all to see; Board Size. The drawings indicate a standard size of 1200x610mm- but the board can be any length the modeller desires as long as its connection plates conform to the standard. Though 1200x6100mm boards are easy to transport! 610mm width is the standard, but some modellers may require wider boards to complete a layout with side tracks. This can be done as one board to whatever size is required or by adding 610mm width boards on the sides- as drawn and indicated in a previous post above. The modellers should stay within 600mm or 1200mm lengths when calculating out their board length. I reckon sizes outside these lengths will cause problems when setting up a loop layout! Though if someone insists on another size outside of the module standard, the can make a insert board to make up the difference elsewhere in the loop. Note; In a loop layout an equivalent length of track is required as per the modellers layout- this can be achieved with other modellers creations or community track. If there is not enough boards to create a loop the layout can be run end to end. Track Curve & Corner Boards. On the above drawings I have indicated the minimum size corner board using standard curves- radius 2 & 3. If a modeller decides to build a corner layout the board and track curve can be any size they desire, with the provision of connecting plates conforming to the standard. The same note as above applies regarding equivalent track. Transition Boards. The transition board I have indicated on the above drawings is 1200mm long- a transition board can be smaller if the modeller wants as long as the track curves work and does not cause problems with the running of trains through these curves and again the board conforms to the standard- as in connecting plate and track location. Also As discussed with Jack last week, we should set a standard for the track scenery;- width and type of track ballast, a standard colour or type of grass finish adjacent the track and the season the overall layout is in. I suggest summer, when the trees are green! Scenery away from the track is up to the modeller's desires. murrayec

Hi Here Dave, these guys might help. You will have to bring your own sandwiches! murrayec

Hi NIRCLASS80 Excellent work going on here, the weathering is great, which gives the models real scale! I see you are also into - Landrovers, buses, bikes, tractors, boats and cake! deadly! murrayec

Hi Dave Talk to Waffels he took a rake of them on his phone murrayec

Hi I picked up one at the BR show;- murrayec

.....part 2 ?? murrayec

Hi All Here are some more photos taken this morning;-

Sorry about that, would have been great to meet you there. Hopefully next time murrayec

Hi All Now back to DARTS Great to meet all who came to our table at the BR show, the complimentary comments about the windowed DART have humbled me! If one can say that and not sound to soppy! Brilliant to discuss the building of it, and amazingly to talk about the story of it documented on this thread- everyone knows about it. Check out What's On thread to see some photos of the show. also... For the forum boys- I have now taken 3 orders directly related to this thread, deadly! murrayec

...and I could not resist, I got myself a truck! murrayec

Hi I second that, looking good, Looking great murrayec

Hi All Got a chance to take a few photos today, this is under 50% or so of what's there! Just did not get a chance to photo all;- murrayec I'll get some more tomorrow

Hi Tony Thanks for comments and it was great to meet yesterday thanks murrayec

Hi All Just to let you know the 8 coach DART will not be making an apperance- still working on them and still waiting for parts! Look foward to seeing you over the weekend murrayec

Hi All Here is a revised drawing showing the skyboard on the table plan;- And a PDF format drawing;- Modular OO Revised Table Layout - Sep 22 2013.pdf Walter The idea of the insulated fishplates is to allow individual layouts to run separately if required- we could have all layouts connected as one or a number of layouts running. This is done by just disconnecting the mainline leads and isolating the layouts. murrayec

Hi all Another item;- Each individual layout whether one board or several, would have connection wires for a power booster and controller for the main line use only. murrayec

Thanks for comment murrayec