Kevin Sweeney

Here are plans of Crossdoney goods shed. This 6 bay shed was originally built as a 3 bay shed. If your looking for a very simple good shed Enfield would be an easy one to make. If you go to the Cavan County Council planning portal, you can also find plans of the GNR goods shed at Belturbet. I'm very impressed with the collection of interesting buildings on your layout, a great representation of the kind of buildings found in many Irish towns.

I remade Corrigeenroe Church, this time in N scale. I have not used texture sheets for the walls or the plinths, but instead just painted them with white and black acrylic paint. This makes it much easier to hide the joints. On the OO model I used quoins to hide the joints, but the real church has no quoins, so the N scale version is closer to the real thing.

I will be at the Fair on Sunday with a collection of OO card models for sale.

Thanks Patrick, I loved the simplicity of this church as a subject to model. I'm thinking of making it in N scale as well. The real thing is in a beautiful location overlooking Lough Key, at the foot of the Curlew Mountains. Although the unfortunate residents of the area, including my in-laws are still without power since the night of the big wind.

Done. I've posted the plan of the labourers cottage there. It awaits approval by a moderator. I have a lot of other plans, if the moderator approves this one I will post everything I have there.

The privy would be a quick build. I love those old plans, they are not just stunningly accurate (compared to modern plans) they are also works of art in themselves. It strikes me I should start a thread somewhere on this forum for users to post and view such plans. Can anyone suggest the best section to start such a thread. It would be a useful resource for scratch builders.

Labourers cottage in OO. I had previously made this model in n scale.

Corrigenrore Church is finished.

I've done another range of outbuildings to go with the farmhouse, which creates a classic vernacular farmyard layout. I have long wanted to build a barn church, inspired by Patrick's church on the Clogherhead layout. I picked Corrigenrore Church in North Roscommon to base it on. I was able to use Google street view for an all round photo survey of the building. I also have a sentimental attachment to it, as my late wife grew up in that parish and it was her local church. Scale is OO I have simplified the structure further and it now only needs 14 parts to build the basic structure (not including windows) without the roof. It was a bit of an experiment to see if such a simple structure would be strong enough. The end result is quite sturdy

I've done some outbuildings to go with the farmhouse.

Two OO models getting close to a finish. Crossdoney platform shelter and MGW railway cottages.

Thanks Patrick. I'm really enjoying modelling in OO. The storm was good for my modelling as I had a backup power system, which allowed me to keep my PC and printer going, and with communications out there were no interruptions. As the saying goes it's an ill wind that doesn't blow someone good.

Farmhouse is finished. And I have started on Crossdoney platform shelter in OO