Glenderg

Done Vincent!

They appear to be on the storage sidiings out beyond the carriage/freight works area completely, and the only way I can figure that a photo is possible, is if you commit yourself to St. John's Mental Home alongside and hop the fence, you might be able to get some shots. However, to preserve your sanity, I have a couple of vids taken from DMU's heading for the junction, just focussing on freight, which I can upload to the toob. They were taken pretty much every time I went home, so there should be a fair amount floating about on the hard drive. (locos don't do it for me so it's just freight:tumbsup:) Rob, I reckon if you made a couple of 42' bogie flats, you could swap out almost the entirety of heavy goods simply by changing the load carried - Anything from cable trains, to rail laying trains, bogie transporters, wheel carriers, timbers, PW spoil wagons, and so on. It's such a versatile unit I don't suspect that IE will be doing away with them any time soon. Does that give you more scope for headscratching? I'm glad they're of some use and hopefully may encourage the "red oxide all over" crew to look at puny freight wagons in a different way. Check out the bogie detail of the 42' flat, most of it is rusty green! Rich, if I put numbers and arrows on the ballast wagon photo, you think you could annotate what's what? I haven't an earthly idea what a J hanger is I have higher res versions if anyone wants them, just drop me a note. Richie.

Yeah, I think I'd have to go with both RedRich and Mike on the actual airbrush front itself. I have 5 of those airbrushes, bought as parts of severals deals etc. online, and though I clean them thoroughly after use, there is always blockages. Last night for instance, I was putting white acrylic primer on a weedspray coach, and whilst the mix was perfect, the nozzle began to clog. In frustration at non-constant output, I dumped all five brushes into brake fluid overnight, and the result was astonishing, for at least 15 minutes today. It's the one regret that I have - I should have gone for an Iwata/Badger, and saved the frustration for myself. I will say this though - I am pretty much 90% acrylic when it comes to airbrushing, and molecular make up of the paint is vastly different to enamels, hence the clogging. Any time I've used the cheaper airbrushes for enamel work - railmatch weathering paints mostly - the brushes have been flawless, and no latent paint remains the following day. To some up - if going acrylic - go expensive, if going enamel - go cheap. This in only my opinion now, so I'd like to hear others' view on acrylics & airbrushes. On the compressor front, I have the one from the set I posted, it's my second, and it has been flawless to work with on coaches, locos etc. Constant output with a moisture release valve to get rid of any water in the system, and as long as it isn't on for hours on end, you won't kill it. That's how I killed my first compressor, god rest her poor taiwanese shell. Glad I could help too. Richie.

...and a few more from this August, same location, apologies for the blur and reflections...

In my quest to capture every damned CIE sign ever hung, I stumbled across some gems in Colbert yesterday, and they might be of use for reference.

Tidings of comfort and joy to all, and may 2013 bring all you deserve. And a few pints too. richie.

Looks fabulous keep up the good work. As far as the white line is concerned, it was usually quite thin 100 - a 1.3mm strip at 00. The most common approach was to lay 600mm concrete paving or granite slabs as the platform edge, and tarmac/gravel up to it and paint the platform edge white. Later on when the yellow line was introduced it was set back behind the concrete, using a road marking roller to paint the yellow line, again 100mm wide. Ashtown and Attymon Junction are the first that come to mind made entirely of brick as a platform side.Richie.

Was there an incident at 3:27 that we weren't supposed to see?

Very sorry to hear of your loss Anto, if there's anything we can do, just say so. May he Rest in Peace.

Cheers Scahalane! No PVA, it squirts out all over the place when the foil is rolled with a lino cutting roller and takes ages (24hr+) to dry. I got some cheap french spray mount glue for 8.50 eu that does the trick. Laminated in about a minute. I cut the foil in strips of about 4 feet long and press the whole lot in one length. After a few hours the glue goes off and gives it enough strength. Individual sheets would put me in a mad house. Oh and keep the shiny side hidden and wash the hands or use gloves. Otherwise fingerprints all over it when you're done! I'll do a tutorial on it over the christmas? Richie.

Setanta as a lad had a fight with a dog, the one above pictured, the meanest dog in Ulster, who guarded Culanns house. Legend is that he, after Culann the local lord saw him play hurling, he invited him to his table for a feast. The dog not knowing the young Setanta went after him and the story goes that he drove a sliotar down his throat with a hurley, and the dog choked. So devestated was Culann at the loss of his dog, that Setanta vowed to take the dogs place to defend the master. Cu Chullainn means "Hound of Culann" and he went on to be a heroic, if not gruesome warrior.

Gents, Firstly, Seasons greetings to all and Secondly a big apology to a few members. I took up a job recently and it has destroyed any free time whatsoever. I seem to be in a loop of work, eat, sleep - rinse and repeat, 16 hour days with no overtime, so my sincere apologies to Garfield, Bosko, Dave, Wrenn, DartStation, Kirley, Anto, Tommy and Paul O'G for delays in getting stuff out. I'll bust my ass to get all outstanding bits distributed before Santy comes a knocking, or a few days later at the worst. I'll pm all concerned tomorrow with details of deliveries etc. and arrangements. But before my eyelids solder shut from lack of sleep I thought I'd post up a few snaps of Bosko's finished "Restoration Depot" The rear end to make it a "fake" through and through shed. The Ventilation Hoods are made from plastic door stoppers, available from your local cheapy euro store. The gutters, flashing, parapets, and roofing are made from Schalanes technique of pressing metal to get the form, but this is ordinary tinfoil laminated 6 times and then pressed. It's remarkably sturdy once the glue goes off and given a lick of thick acrylic paint. I chose to do the roof finish by hand, otherwise the rooflights would have been obliterated, and I'm glad I parked the airbrush. The roof finish is done using the gauche method I posted a good while back using three colours and washing and diluting it each time. This is the effect of six washes, which started as wrecked and rusty, eventually toning down to dirty and poorly maintained. The rooflights were made by layering 8 sheets of ordinary cling film together, which produces this nice "fibreglass" look to it. Once in place, a lick of PVA over the top and it's as good as Wills plastic sheet, and a damn sight cheaper. I bunged a light in, and I reckon now is the time to grab some cheap fairy lights for this kind of lark. Need to blank out the light bleed at the wall plate, but that's not a stresser. The refuelling lines were painstakingly done with various gauges of wire and styrene strip to make the gantry, everything else is card. The whole thing has been sealed with three coats of matt varnish to protect it from accidental water damage so fingers crossed it will survive. Again apologies to the members above, delays will be rectified as soon as humanly possible. Bed calls. Richie.

Great googly moogly. I never really had much time for that class - i never remember it action. But, those photos have blown my mind, it looks like the real thing to scale. Stunning finish. Richie.

On telly this evening on BBC Four at 22:00 GMT - "two part series telling the remarkable story of a band of visionaries who rescued some of the little narrow gauge railways that once served Britain's industries" Here's hoping there's some hardcore "ship-on-dock-on-train" action! Richie.

C'est tres bon Pat, but ou est les splatterings du graffiti on les walls that bons franc is well known for? Should we club together and send anto over to clandestinely 'fix' les rolling stock?

.... only if them boys are holding walking sticks....

Great to see as many approaches to this mystic part of layout creation as possible. In fairness, your layout has everything ballast wise, from high shoulders to diesel dipped platform areas, so a tutorial might be posted when you're finished ? 2017? Possibly a rolling tutorial? R.

Ah! A Hari-Kirshna qoute mixed up with mother-in-laws. Tough night seamus, perhaps a bit of "hari-hari" round the kitchen would soothe those ******** impulses?

Ooooh. Brake First Corridor - the Bachy one, fill in 4 main windows, and two sidelights, add porthole window, etched vent grilles, panel off the corridor connection, prime, sand, prime, sand, send to anto to paint and decal. Eezy peezy. Throw up some photos to let us see your progress.. Richie.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]4324[/ATTACH] "Well young lad, how many hundred of granpa brackens loco collection did you have to wreck before he bought you thomas the tank engine?"

Nice work rob, any more shots of the patio loop? Are you going all container-tastic on us?