Kirley

Again breath taking modelling, its great to see what can be done with card, plastic & nickel silver. You forgot to mention model making skill.

There are still some at Kirley Junction see item 8: http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/78-Kirley-s-Projects?p=941&highlight=spoil+wagons#post941

Disappointed that Provincial Models are not attending but according to Leslie he was not invited?

I had to look twice to make sure it was a model, well done. Looking forward to hearing your construction method.

I have read of people getting car stripe tape in Halfords and using that but I have never tried it myself. If you search on the net for 'making a model train control panel' you will probably find some suggestions there.

Wow this is my first venture into the bus world in this forum and I did not realise the stir I created when I said I got one ebay for £20. I did get one, a Corgi Bus Eireann, Cork but not the right one. Sorry to disappoint everyone but it was a Corgi OOC 42703 Van Hool Alizee Bus which meets my needs for my Clonmel based Station. So no you did not miss a bargain -I think I'll stay from this bus world in the future, I'm all for peace and calm at my stage of life.

Work continues on the Goods Shed. I have completed the arches, sills and chimney stack and now have moved onto the roof. My architectural advisor recommended I use 4 x 2 mm balsa for the roof structures but I could only source locally 6 x3 mm strips. It's my first time working with balsa and like everything else in modelling there are techniques special to each material and the only way to pick them up is by practice and error. My end results are a bit agriculture looking so I hit on the idea of splitting the 6 mm in half which is not as easy as it sounds. I will use them for the purlins running length wise and will redo the trusses. In the last photograph you can see the trusses crossing the window opening which in a real building would not happen. Not sure of any way round this for me at this stage of the build so I'll just have to live with it.

Thanks John, must look that up.

Don't forget your shovel if you want to go to work- found a Dapol kit of a JCB on the Web so I got it to replace the one that came with the Airfix kit (low loader & JCB) many many moons ago.

Thanks Guys for all your help, picked one up on ebay last night for £20 inc post.

[quote=flange lubricator;33912 Having not done any modelmaking for over 30 years here's a backmann bsk I converted to a GSV . Welcome to the site and your first posting, a very impressive start

Thanks Kevin, do you have a maker and model name please?

Is this bus currently available as a model?

Superb John, and such attention to detail.

Thanks Lima that link to a replacement motor from the Hollywood Foundry, it looks very interesting. http://www.hollywoodfoundry.com/triang%20bogie.htm?id=95

Had a look at your flickr site, some great photographs especially of York Road Depot

Hi Tom, you can get foam board in any good stationery shop, I know Eason's stock them.

Thanks Dave, it was worth spending the time and money installing good insulation sheets on the shed walls which holds the heat in winter and keeping it cool in summer, well I’ve only this summer to go by for heat. Would I do anything different – O yes I would plan out the layout in advance but unfortunately that is an ability that has passed me by. So I don’t have a track plan other than starting with a double loop of track close to the walls. I have a second double loop which crosses onto the centre section and a single track which operates on a lower level to the rest of the layout. All five tracks are connected via points (a lot of points) back to the helix which leads down to the storage section about 9” underneath the layout. If you trawl through this thread you will see how the layout has evolved and it was a case of seeing what fitted in the space I had available rather than any master plan. BosKonay’s layout for one, is a good example of what you can do with good planning.

Pop fasteners - what a novel idea, I take it this fastening stands up to the rigors of track running and keeps stability over curves and points? Do you run DC or DCC (wondering about converting the Tri-ang motor to take a decoder)? Sorry about all the questions but I’m just building up a knowledge base for when I get around to making one.

Work continues on a slow but steady pace on the Goods Shed with plenty of advice from Glenderg. The foam board has been given an outer skin of Wills Rough Stone Sheets and an inner skin of 1.5mm card. The quoins were 'fun' to do and my big concern was would the corners be square but it seems to have worked out alright. The quoins I used were from the Wills range but I'll have to cut out ones from plasticard for the top of the arches and window sills. After that I'll be tackling the roof, again with plenty of advice from Richie.

Got the Ballast Wagons to this stage. Waiting until Gareth returns from his Hols to find out where to put all the fiddly bits.

Thanks Eamonn for posting and please thank your mystery friends for a view of his layout. At this level of standard he should be posting himself and giving us the benefit of his modelling skills.

Hopefully it will be in the early part of 2014

Well done Owen, when you compare the first prototype to this it’s just a world of difference and now hits the high standard of professionally made models.

Thanks Lima, an MPD is on my (long) list of things to do and I am delighted with your very helpful build description and pictures. Looking forward to the next instalment.