Kirley

We all know how much you enjoy it and with only another 6 years to go with Murphy's would you consider doing a run on the MIR range? Lots more boxes to open!

Thanks Dave, keep it going

So that’s why you portray this false cantankerous image.

At last I finally finished the scenics round the outside of the layout with the main aim to merge the layout with the backdrop to create an illusion of distance. But first some photos of Kirley junction Station with the front canopy attached (courtesy of Glenderg). This image shows the rear of the station with another of Glenderg’s canopies. Now we come to the top right hand corner of the layout. I raised the level to give more prominence to this corner scene. It’s an unpainted Hornby bungalow with a Hornby Gospel Hall opposite. It was a windy day and the lady of the house was pleased to see the sheets on the cloth line dried so quickly. The members of the Gospel Hall made sure a sign spreading the “Good Word” was visible to all rail passengers. The stone walls are from Jarvis. Not quite a “Little House on the Prairie”, but there is a little house there for convenience purposes. The wire fence comes from Ten Commandments, the wire is .025 fishing line and is the devil to thread the five strands. The final corner was filled with models from an American Card book of an Irish Village. I made this last year and wanted to squeeze it in somehow. It’s known as Castleton Corner and was doing well with tourists before the recession hit. Not too many people about it today! There’s Eamonn on his way into town, hoping to get a cup of tea at the local hotel. The stone walls are from Ten Commandments. The last train is due shortly before the station closes down for the night.

Spent last night working on the grills and got them finished. Improves the look no end, great tip Barl.

I identified concerns I found on my model in my Workbench entry prior to Anthony’s post. Was I wrong in raising my findings?

Mk 1 Ford Cortina’s, Ford Angila’s , message boy cycling heavily laden bike up the hill, little traffic in a City Centre, definitely by gone days.

I've just finished doing one grill and it looks so much better. The one I did was the next grill on the right to yours Ger and found the resin quite brittle, the top of the window pillar cracked but can be repaired with superglue. It just made the filling more difficult. Well done Barl for your suggestion.

Top mark for your figure painting Hunslet

Thanks for the update, I take it you are not retiring based on the days takings.

Excellent detailed shots, thanks for posting

What an ingenious idea, width wise they look very close. It would mean cutting out the 10 vents and replacing them with the CD ribbed sections, one to think about!

Very helpful Ger, thanks for sharing.

Nice job, looking forward to seeing the finished product

Any tips on how you approach the windows Ger would be appreciated. I see you are using heaver window material rather than what was supplied with the kit.

As I said in my 2nd Paragraph I went to the Resource Section. If you go to the top of the site page and next to Forum is the Resource Section and the drawings are under Locomotives Heading.

How did it go Dave?

A bit of colour (color) on the cutting and it will bring the whole scene to life, you're making good progress.

You've got a nice natural blend of colours there. How about some trees to give a bit of height (sorry it’s my personal preference – can’t have enough trees, look at any countryside landscape and you can’t escape them). End of rant.

I see you are still hitting your usual high standard. I am very impressed with your DH, it really looks the part. Your workmen bring the scenes to life, may I ask who makes them and do you paint them yourself?

I have been itching to get going on this long and eagerly awaited kit but disciplined myself to get other projects finished before starting this. While I started on the kit last week I have not made much progress. After cutting out brass pieces from the etches and talking off the burs, (a job I hate) I then moved onto the resin model. I printed off the drawings from Resource Section and compared the model to them. The first thing that hit me was the front profile which looked very GM. According to the drawings the front sloped from the roof to a line above the horn grill. So out with the sanding block to try a replicate this curve and I continued until I noticed the window pillars were getting very thin. The second thing was the grills on the side of the locomotive body. There are five grills approximately the same size as the windows and are represented on the model as indentations in the resin. On my model only two showed any clear louver detail and on the other eight they were blurred and not a clear take from the mould. I looked at my bits box to see if I have grills I could cut to cover these and tried a few but they did not look right. Maybe I’m the only one with these difficulties because no one else has mentioned anything on the site to date. Anyone with suggestions would be most welcome please? O Des if only you had provided brass grills for these!

Definitely a good time to re brand ???

Ger you are really coming on at great speed, problem solving all the way. The cab detail is excellent and your lighting solution looks sound. Can't wait for the next instalment.

I can feel the excitement building from here - good luck for tomorrow.

I wanted to practice my soldering on brass kits and I had a SSM 30 Ton Brake Van kit waiting to be built. I had built one before but just used superglue. I got Carr’s Green flux and Carr’s solder, fibreglass brush and adjustable soldering iron ready to go. The cutting out and filling any rough edges takes a time. As you can see my attempts to solder were not very neat. Finally got there. Hidden Agenda kindly gave me one of his roofs he had made and you can see right away the difference between it and the one I did previously.