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Or just close the curtains like the prototype… Cheers Darius

This is a model of the family home in Belfast that I made in the early 1980s. It’s been bubble wrapped for over 40 years and was in the loft(s) of my parents houses for many years. It’s just now been unwrapped. Its interesting to compare with the real house as it is now on Streetview. The plan is to separate the model house from its surrounding, repair/refurbish it and transplant it onto my Whiterock layout. Cheers Darius

A lone photographer above Whiterock Tunnel captures a UTA MED unit heading towards Belfast. Cheers Darius

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Other side of shed (low level) baseboards completed. 3mm cork layer applied. Cheers Darius

Some floral work at the station. Used white flock, brush applied pva, and a home made stencil. Cheers Darius

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It is - based on a c1900s photo I found on the web rather than today’s building converted into flats. Cheers Darius

Building completed. Cheers Darius

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Post & Wire fencing installed. Cheers Darius

Lower level baseboard construction moves to the other side of the shed. This will accommodate larger through storage sidings with a return loop connecting to the helix that links to the upper scenic levels. Cheers Darius

Some more progress. Cheers Darius

New building under construction. Cheers Darius

The trick is to apply varied colours of flock to the shrubbery using hairspray to fix it in place. This gives it a variegated colour rather than the solid green of the base shrubbery. It also makes the layout room quite fragrant for an hour or so. Cheers Darius

A shrubbery… Cheers Darius

More static grass applied. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cheers Darius

Grassed. Cheers Darius

Further progress. Cheers Darius

I have found the best way to embed videos is to have a (free) Youtube account. You upload the video to YouTube and then post a link on IRM, which embeds the video. Cheers Darius

Beach Road base installed. Cheers Darius

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CMAC CAF 3000 model out for a spin today. Cheers Darius

Whiterock Head removed for track cleaning. CAF 3000 out for a spin. Granted that the CAFs never went through the tunnel as the line was singled in 1994 but, in the world of Whiterock, that never happened. Cheers Darius