Glenderg

There's a bright side to this. Chances of IR/IE/CIE knocking any more industrial heritage or building disgusting disability friendly bridges may be greatly reduced. Unlike our friends across the pond who got over enthusiastic with the blowtorch and wrecking bowl at 00:01 28th March 1963, and pretty much destroyed any potential railway romanticism in a stroke of a pen, Paddy didn't have a shillin' to knock them in the 60's nor 80's. Nor the 010's. So the infrastructure that surrounds our railway, and plays such a huge part in our attraction for it, will be here for generations to come. I have a suspicion that the IMF etc. will tell the Transport moguls [irony] to make efficient public transport a priority in years to come. All's not lost. [They still have cement bubbles in Limerick Station] Richie.

Flowers ain't goin to magically extend my house, nor prayer for that matter. But to find out how to magically extend your happiness, click here

(There's a reason Domestic Authorities have restricted me to an Ikea Shelf - my workbench is enormous.. not fair)

Holy snot Dave, that's mighty generous and brilliant! Fair play, and I hope it drums up a bit of business. If only I had 24 square feet to spare... ( Richie.

Thanks lads Hilarious as usual seamus! The footplate of the box is 12mm x 12mm - pretty small. Not sure how thin perspex gets, but it might be a squeeze. I'll be posting up the "kit" of the phonebox later, so you guys can print off and make up them for yerselves. I'll put it in it's own thread so different ways of making it can be teased out. Richie.

Cheers Conor! Gareth I had to ask the mrs to explain that one to me I'll do a decent update tomorrow, in a bit of a hurry. I completed the prototype for my first building for my layout, and it's a bit wonky even though it's only an inch high. Layout's based on the North Wall Quay's / LMS anytime between the 1910's and now, so I have an excuse to run whatever I want. It's only an Ikea shelf, but that's enough. The character within has just left a local hostelry, and we're unsure if he's looking for change, or havin' a slash! More tomorrow. Richie.

Ah yes, the rarely seen "go faster 12 inch white stripe" livery.

Sketch as promised. Taking your ideas, it would mean that the door is on the lower left hand side. Each grid is approx 750mm or 2'6" (in old money) square. It's not even remotely to scale trackwise, nor is it prototypical, but it's a first draft to give an indication of what's realistic. Track parallel to the baseboard edge always looks odd, and in an irish context, if the track is straight as the crow flies, it's bumpy as hell on the horizontal and vice versa, so never ever have it straight. The slightest curve - say 4 inches, over 4 foot, looks great against 4 foot of dead straight rail. All routes, no matter how mundane, should look natural on their own. If you can avoid small radius points, all the better. I've included a dummy line to the south. It could end in a tunnel going to nowhere, but it's a great spot to pose stock for photos. I've also included a similar line from the freight/goods area that would run around to a lower level fiddle yard, as Dave has proposed. I'm sure the track can be rationalised so it's not a shunting puzzle to get stock up from beneath. The only unnatural curve is the one for the lift out section. Bridges can be unnatural curves too, so consider a mini viaduct as a drop in section. I'm sure someone around here could make an MDF segment that would fit perfectly. Name escapes me though.... I'd keep the baseboard width to a maximum of 3 feet, less if you don't like reaching for fallen stock. Richie.

Any of the reds from Games Workshop are super saturated. (Liffey Street) There are only two if I remember, and mixed they are perfect. I'll get you the name later.

Very very tidy work Bosko. I like your approach to this, a lot like gardening - little and often!

Yeah, need to add the refuelling lines, fuse boxes, fire extinguishers, window cills. It was supposed to be on the main board, but the town planner decided it was in need at the restoration depot! I'll have some snaps up on my workbench later.

Bang on! What location are you thinking? Urban/rural or a mixture?

It ain't part financed by the EU, that's for sure!

Jaysus! Love the Daimler story, so parochial and innocent! Richie.

Ahhh, so that's what she did before "Live at Three (Dead at Four)"

lol, great minds though - we posted it at the same time!

I'm not liking either plan because the first one is "all things to all people" - 4 stations, gradients, the whole shebang. The second one is essentially a hornby track plan with a bit sticking on to it. Might I suggest a third strategy, and feel free to tell me to sod off. Use the entire 9 x 8.5 ft space, (you are the injured party) keep an operating well in the middle, keep a double line running loop to the outside of the plan to watch the trains go by. Pick two locations and make one a station with a fake branch line to have two platforms, and dmu/cravens for local services. Make the other location on the opposite side of the board for freight/oil/ballast/beet or passenger stock maintenance/storage - whatever suits. The bits in between to be roads, wooded areas and village/town scenes. The lift out portion can be a piece of ply or a suspension bridge, depending on imagination. I'll do up a sketch of what I'm thinking if you want? Richie.

LBW - Leg Before Wicket?

Ding Dong indeed!

same texture as the finished item too for that weathered look. The Dia of the real cylinder is 2700mm.

Plus trying to find a preformed tube of 35.4mm diameter to scratchbuild your own is impossible to find. You should have seen me rooting through her collection of bottles and sprays with a calliper to see if there was anything suitable. I had even contemplating secreting one about my person and nicking into Tesco to measure up. How sad. No joy as yet, and as for the rounded ends? I think Mr Bracken suggested chopping up broom handles.... R.

Ah that looks the dogs, if I do say so myself. It's gone from a relatively isolated building, to something really grounded, and realistic. It's got a lovely timeless feel about it too. Richie

Doing a prototype, no matter how bodged (!) is the best way to find better ways of doing things. It just means that when you go to build a rake, it should be fairly worthwhile!