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Heritage Railways in the Republic of Ireland
derek replied to Celtic_transport's topic in General Chat
Dolores' name wasn't actually leaked. Her friends and her were in the pub when the Euromillions numbers came on , and her friend took her (Dolores) ticket to the television to check. As soon as the numbers came out, everybody in the pub knew about it amid whoops of delight. She never had a chance of keeping it quiet. Within an hour, half of Limerick knew about it. -
For what it's worth, I use 3mm MDF as underlay. It gives a nice shoulder effect (nice to me anyway) . I put double sided tape on this instead of using PVA. Having used PVA for ballast previously I found running trains way too noisy. Tape is much quieter. Only drawback is that you have to apply ballast immediately after sticking down track. I know this is not a popular choice but it works for me.
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Nice shot from the other side of the bridge.
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Excellent standard as usual Alan
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"Voiding the Warranty" - Mol's experiments in 21mm gauge
derek replied to Mol_PMB's topic in Irish Models
Ha ha, do you ever sit still Paul? "While waiting for the paint to dry?". Why don't you just wait patiently for it to dry like the rest of us mere mortals? -
Poor old horse.............
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Bit more done to the cattle dock. Stone added and a back wall. And of course a few cow pats. Small bit of weathering too. Lighting is probably too bright in these pics, now that I see them properly. The sun was actually shining in the window behind me- who would have thought. Oh well, you get the idea.. Started on the railing work by making a couple dozen of these lads
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What locos are in Moyasta at present.? Passed that way couple weeks ago and could see a 121 and 141 I think, but I believe there are two others? Was driving at the time and my better half didn't appreciate me having my eyes on the trains instead of the road so I couldn't get a great look .
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Superb. Never get tired of looking at this. Send your brother round to my place please. Maybe he can make my layout look that well. Oh right, it doesn't work that way
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@josh_, You could try printing off brick patterns from the internet. Worked ok for me in the early stages of my layout. Before I decided to replace brick with stone.. Will save you a few quid. Up to you of course
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Wonderful
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I've always loved that word. Sums up the orange one perfectly.
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Really love that bridge @Patrick Davey. Colours are fantastic. Well done
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Fantastiic stuff Noel
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this is some craic! Better than the eurovision anyway
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Lovely model Kevin. Especially like the camber on the hips of the roof
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@josh_I agree with @Flying Snail above. Definitely seal the boards, but as he says, use any old emulsion that is lying around. It will be far cheaper than buying varnish, and the colour won't really matter, as you will be covering it with scenics, track, ballast etc.
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Thanks Alan. Should have thought of a punch. I was thinking more along the lines of something electricity driven, or even air driven. One of my punches is heading for the grinder so.
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@Tullygrainey. Excellent work as usual Alan. Can I ask you about "scribing" the das clay? Do you leave the clay to dry completely before scribing, and if so what do you use? I always try to have my stonework done while clay is soft, but I intend starting on a station building soon, and I don't think my usual method would be practical. Also, the subtle green/yellow weathering- I am totally going to steal that idea. Looks great.
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Love the job on the loco James. Any chance of a side on view? What did you use to weather it? And how? Basically I want a step by step tutorial. I am thinking of weathering my A class, but don't think I will ever get up the nerve unless I know exactly what to do and use
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Thanks Patrick. No, it is actually a piece of mahogany I used. The cobbled surface is actually grooved out with a CNC machine. (One advantage of my trade ha ha). Similar to the platforms at the station. I actually ran out of straight track and had a couple of curves left, so that is how I ended up with that set up. When God gives you lemons........... @Patrick Davey
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I have made a start on the cattle dock for the freight yard. Only early days with it .
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Love the rock face George. Very well done
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To be honest @Davenport all my stone work is painted using the same method. I just use standard black and white emulsions, rather than buying patented paints. Mix the two to get a shade of gray I like. Put that on the walls first and when dry, apply a black wash. With these walls they turned out too light on the first attempt so I went over them again with more black. I used the same method with tunnel facings and church walls, using different levels of black with each. Hope this helps
