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Track ballasted to the station area. I traced the edges of the platform walls on the baseboard and then placed tape along the marked lines. This ensured that the areas under the platform positions were not ballasted. The tape is removed when the ballast glue (diluted pva) has partially set, leaving a neat edge. Cheers Darius

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The 3D printed Humber Pigs are from a seller on eBay. The RUC and Army Land rovers are modified (by me) Oxford Diecast. Cheers Darius

Up platform and station building footprints templated. I reduced the depth of the buildings to accommodate the “hidden” storage siding. Platform constructed using 2mm thick card stock. Cheers Darius

Some more progress on the station. Cheers Darius

Whiterock Station down platform built from 2mm card stock. I traced the edge profile using a pencil held against the centre of one of the CAF3000 coaches. Platform edging and paving added using photo paper strips cut to size - matt side up (mostly). Cheers Darius

Point rodding added to the down line. Cheers Darius

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Here you go. Cheers Darius

Added a couple of 3D printed Humber Pigs to the line-up. I remember queuing up with my Mum and sister to see the film Grease outside the Avenue Cinema in Belfast one evening in 1978, whilst these vehicles were preparing to go out on patrol in the Grand Central Hotel (requisitioned by the army) next door. That cinema was a real flea pit. My mum wouldn’t let us go to it again. It was knocked down in the late 1980s along with the hotel to make way for the Castle Court Shopping Centre. Cheers Darius

I used superglue and swearing. Cheers Darius

The point rodding is a prominent feature of the Magheramorne Loop so this was fitted using the Wills cosmetic point rodding kits. The Wills rodding is nicely detailed but difficult to fit together as it relies on butt joint gluing rod ends together. Much easier said than done… Cheers Darius

Make sure you proof read after cutting and pasting. Been there. Cheers Darius

Fantastic. 8 coach rake duly ordered Cheers Darius

Not that I am aware of. My father was Indian (Parsee religion) and my mother is English of Irish descent (Buckley and Duffy) so no royal blood. Cheers Darius

…look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Cheers Darius

NIR MPD No.63 enters Magheramorne Loop with a light goods working to Larne. A short time later, NIR 70 Class No. 71 “River Bush” passes en route to Belfast York Road. Cheers Darius

Actually no, just for fun. The railway modelling that is. As for being a King; I couldn’t possibly comment. Cheers Darius

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Running recommenced Cheers Darius

Still a bit too neat and tidy - needs some spoil spills, sleeper stacks, random bushes etc. Photos of the site show random concrete slabs, so I placed these over the omega loop pits of the point control system - to protect them. Cheers Darius

Ballast and static grass this weekend. Cheers Darius

Thanks Leslie - need to build some more Cheers Darius

Quarryside scenic background completed. Cheers Darius

There’s always an exception… MED 23 pulls away from Whitehead with a service to Belfast York Road. MED 19 sweeps through Trooperslane station with a York Road, Belfast - Whitehead local service. Cheers Darius