derek

Yes, I remember you mentioning him in a post you called "nostalgia". Had his certificate and all, as a signalman. I,d say you are not a bit proud of him

Got to the end of the dreaded ballasting thank goodness. Got most of the embankments roughed out too. I never want to see that styrofoam stuff again. Had a go at making a second bridge over the river - far more enjoyable than ballasting and embankments. Fleshed out the bed of the river and painted it ahead of pouring the water. (what do you mean I can,t use water?) Seriously though, I have a box of Woodland Scenics deep pour water waiting to go. Probably wait until more of the scenic work is done before going near that. Busy times..... Oh , and while my back was turned, ivy grew on the bridge.

This is the template I made for the bridge. Found the ol Das clay had a tendency to take it,s own shape, so I made a "form", packed the clay in and then ran over it with the template. Had to do a bit of fine tuning with a fine, flathead screwdriver afterwards, but I think it turned out fine.

not forgeting "junction". Hmmmmmm , wonder where you got that bit?.......

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Hi Denis, just wondering where you got the name for your layout? Are you a fan of Steven King,s son, Joe Hill ( also a horror writer) or did the name come from some other source.?

No bother to it at all. May I commend you on the neat bit of woodwork, cutting that piece of yellow pine for the side of the slope. (Cant switch off from the day job)

It sure will. Cant really say I,m a fan of the 121s though. I know, I know....... : "blasphemous kinda talk". Probably the only one on here who isn,t

All sold lads. All four went in one lot. Thanks for the interest and offers, but I hope you appreciate that I couldn,t risk being left with just one.

Just had a look at your double bridge. Very impressive. Thought I was the only one to use tester pots for painting. All my buildings are painted with colours from the rooms in my house. Dont know if I would fancy carving out stone individually. I used a pattern made from an old tv card. The soft clay lends itself to this type of work. Had enough of carving to last me a lifetime when I made the bridge and tunnel faces on my original layout from mdf. Bit slow making the pattern but it saved a hell of a lot of time afterwards

Hmmmmmmm............... Maybe this was an exercise in building the shed of all sheds, and everyone got on board?

Never heard of the stuff. Happy enough with the clay. Its fine as long as you can keep it in shape until it dries. Do you use it?

Sean, what incline did you go with ? Did you stay within the 1 in 50 guidline or did you push it a bit? On my layout , I went with 1 in 48 and I having no problems. Just wondering if I could have got away with a steeper gradient. Depends on what you try to haul up it I suppose.?

Had a bit of grief joining two different backscenes. Had to get out the tins of paint and try get a bit creative on its ass. The sky didn,t turn out too bad, the trees less so. The dark green bunch of trees had to go so I decided to stick a bridge and road in front of them. (As you do). The bridge follows no particular design, just from my own head, like most of the layout. I,ll probably have to do a disguise job with a lot of foliage. A LOT of foliage. It just kinda looks a bit random at the moment. I discovered too that the makers of this particular brand of backscene edit the skyline so you can join/blend them easier. The distance from the tree tops to the top of the scene is the same in every different backscene. As long as you dont cut them, which I did before realising the whole editing thing. Oh well, we live and learn. Just had a power cut as I was updating this. Lovely Irish weather. Thank goodness the content was saved automatically. Well done to whoever made/maintains this forum. Made from Das clay. Great stuff to work with. Not even sure if its called a culvert though.

Made another little bit of progress. Not sure what its called( culvert maybe?) . Basically a tunnel facing. A way for the little yellow tractor to get to the layout from wherever it is he lives. Did a bit of ballasting too this week. God! Now there is a task that would make you peel your eyeballs for a welcome distraction. I go for the old double sided tape method. Tried PVA glue before, but the train running noise was atrocious so I didn,t go there again.

The sides are self supporting (arched pieces). Under the track is a piece of plywood supported by my old falllback, two pieces of mdf. The uprights between arched sections are glued to this with the arches in turn being glued to them, tying the whole thing together. Clear as mud?

Latest bit to be done is a bridge over the river at the far end of the layout. In between the middle of nowhere and Ballygobackwards. Next will be a bridge at the next gap in the track. (I know, very technical descriptions). Started a bit of "filling in" of embankments too, using that white packing stuff . Styrofoam? Handy to shape, but it makes one hell of a mess. Place looked like a winter scene very quickly. Thanks to Jonathan for his advice on painting stone a while back. Admired a bridge on Dugort Harbour and he helped put me on the right road. Das clay is a lot easier to work with than mdf....

When you say decal sheets? What are they then? Any progress with them.? I am tempted to just print off Guinness signage and have a go at making up signs myself........Dunno how successful they would be though. Only one way to find out I suppose

Sorry for your loss, may Stephen rest in peace

Well considering they were 225 for three originally, its not really good to me at all now is it? Or look at it another way, the 150 would only have paid for two at the old price.

Lads, thanks for the offers, but I am now in the situation of being left with just the one. Might not be too easy to shift on its lonesome. Obviously I am looking to sell all four, together or seperately, so give me a couple of days and I,ll see what develops. Your offers have been filed- in a filing cyabinet! Sure nobody wants the last one?????? . If I have to go seperately, I will sell you the number you asked for Sean.

musicians seem to be outnumbering carpenters so? Hmmm............

guilty of being musician or chippie? needed maths to count all his earnings

Hi lads, listening to Today FM this morning I heard a" Dave" talking about his former job as a cabinet maker before going into making model railway baseboards full time. I,m sure I have come across said Dave on here before. ( there are probably plenty of you shaking your heads and muttering things like " of course you heard of him, its ,.......). So apologies in advance. (Baseboard Dave rings a bell?) . Being a joiner myself, it struck me that I have come across a few other "chippies" on here. Is it a trade that gravitates toward the ol trains or am I imagining things?. Love to hear what you think.....

Ok, so I want someone on this forum to have the pleasure of these coaches, so I am going to let them go for 60 euro each. If I still dont get any interest, I will have to flog them elsewhere. Over to you lads.