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Darius43

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  1. Quarry road bridge constructed using hardboard, plywood offcuts and card stock. Cheers Darius
  2. Come on IRM - where are those Jeeps? Cheers Darius
  3. Water tank made from card and plasticard. Cheers Darius
  4. CAF 3000 unit now running. The unit was made using CMAC 3D printed body shells on modified Bachmann Class 170 chassis. Cheers Darius
  5. Spoil loading bank painted and weathered. Cheers Darius
  6. Spoil loading dock constructed using 2mm card stock. The dock structure has now been coated with diluted pva prior to painting. Cheers Darius
  7. MED now running nicely. Added pickups to the trailing bogie of the power car to improve things. Cheers Darius
  8. Modified another OD Land Rover. Cheers Darius
  9. Modified Oxford Diecast Land Rover using thin plasticard. Still need to add outer mesh screen to windscreen and touch in head and tail lamps - plus number plates. Cheers Darius
  10. Some 1960s NIR stock on the move. Cheers Darius
  11. UTA trains in action. A Larne boat train and post war Railcars 6 and 7. Cheers Darius
  12. And the 80 Class is now operational. Cheers Darius
  13. Dusted down the 70 Class for a run. I added pick ups to the trailing bogie of the power car to prevent gapping at the insulated frogs. Cheers Darius
  14. My first and only main line steam trip in Ireland was from York Road to Whitehead and back in 1978, hauled by one of those two locos - not sure which but I recall it was green. Cheers Darius
  15. Power bus installed below the baseboards with feeds to each length of flexitrack soldered to the undersides of the rails. Found one short due to one of the turnout frog rails not having an insulated joiner - fixed. Running fine on DCC. Cheers Darius
  16. Planning to use the same technique to build the station buildings and canopy for “Whiterock”. Cheers Darius
  17. Hi Leslie, I used 2mm and 1mm thick card stock for the main structure and roof along with thinner card (photo print paper). For the cabin glazing I used clear acetate sheet (Ratio kit packaging). I used Ratio windows to make the large glazed units to the frame room. Cheers Darius
  18. First running Cheers Darius
  19. It’s a duck under access scenario. Power bus installation tomorrow. Cheers Darius
  20. Double track circuit completed. o Cheers Darius
  21. This popped up on my YouTube feed - nome nice UTA railcard footage at the start. Cheers Darius
  22. Track laying continues. Cheers Darius
  23. More wire in tube turnout controls added. Cheers Darius
  24. Hi Patrick, It’s called an “omega loop” and prevents the pull or push of the wire from breaking the point by absorbing excess movement. Cheers Darius
  25. Track laying commenced. Point control by wire in tube. Cheers Darius
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