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Thanks Dave@DJ Dangerous, Jonathan@jhb171achill and Alan @Tullygrainey for your replies. Feel a bit like Goldilocks here but Dave, your trailer was too large for what I have in mind, as Jonathan pointed out, and Alan, your suggestion was a little too old era for the look I want. (Although those truck kits are beautiful) I have found a red massey tractor (manufactured mid 60's to mid 70's) and a gray livestock trailer (both Oxford). I think they will suit my purpose just about fine. Again thanks for taking the time to help.

Sorry, not Corgi but Oxford die cast. My mistake. Atkinson Cattle truck, two company names. 76ATKL004 or 76ATKL005.

Lads, does anybody know where I might get a cattle truck for the dock/ yard? Corgi do one (Atkinson) but it is of an older era. I am looking for something more 70's or 80's. Any help would be great, thanks

Thanks Jonathan. A bit to go yet

Fantastic stuff David. Great to see. Agree with Leslie, the buildings are phenomenal. Thanks for sharing

Cheers, Denis

A little more progress on the pens for the cattle dock Posts were made from 3mm x 3mm mahogany, and drilled out individually (some dose). Railings or bars were made from copper wire stripped from electric cable. Some weathering next and then gates. Getting there slowly...........

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.

Nice shot from the other side of the bridge.

Excellent standard as usual Alan

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.............

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

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 .

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

@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

Wonderful

I've always loved that word. Sums up the orange one perfectly.

Really love that bridge @Patrick Davey. Colours are fantastic. Well done

Fantastiic stuff Noel

this is some craic! Better than the eurovision anyway

Lovely model Kevin. Especially like the camber on the hips of the roof

@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.

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.