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My wife and I came back from the pub last night, and she said the roof looks too crazy. This morning I walked down to the five lamps to get milk etc. and spotted the shed roof in the glorious sunshine. - google streetview She was right - [aren't they always...] So half an hour later with some oven cleaner I stripped the heavy stuff off. I picked up some of that Vallejo paint from the nice chap in Capel Street, light grey, and light tan, and gave the roof a light dusting, and to my mind it looks a lot more restrained, and matches the real thing a bit better. Hope that's a bit more restrained BosK! Richie.

Great snaps of the Bogies, tank ya sir.

Thanks lads:tumbsup: Yip, totally robbed your brilliant idea! I just used 4 sheets of ordinary foil glued together with spray mount. I started making individual sheets, but it was a pain in the *neck* so i did it in long strips instead. The difference is hardly noticeable. [The possibilities of squashing foil to form things like beet wagon sides is distracting!] And yes BosK, I totally over egged the pudding with the weathering, I'll strip it down if you want. I'm hoping a few months in an attic and the dust will soften the effect lol. Richie.

I bloody wish! I managed to screw up fairly nicely on the home stretch, but such is life. Got the roofing on, and weathered, but I'm only fit for a small build after this! Minor tweaks to do, and she's ready for dispatch to a new home. Regards, Richie.

Agreed with Garfield. Vista does have horrendous CPU usage in comparison to Windows 7 so you could try going to start>run type in msconfig, hit enter. Go to the startup tab up top and unclick any boxes without a description, unwanted startup programs, or stuff you do not need regularly. This stops the loading of unneccesary programs on startup, and should improve startup and general performance. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/optimize-windows-vista-for-better-performance Richie

Love the first two shots with the flowing curves, bags of potential for scenic tomfoolery. It could be an urban TMD or a rural spot with sidings that disappear into the undergrowth! Liking the shed too! Richie.

I paused some daycent choons for that, I feel cheated. On the upside, I got a good laugh at the caustic/witty comments on the photos, and crackin photos they are too. [still one of Sancton Wood's best stations, despite CIE's best efforts to ruin it] Richie

That is fabulous, not alone the modelling but the photography that's with it. Pin sharp, and the lighting, wow. The crow's nest shot with the 071 and bogie timbers to the left, could easily grace a rail magazine front cover. If only I could get my wrinkly tin roof , which looks like it was put together by stevie wonder,to look as well...Must have taken an age. Richie

Very tasty indeed! All ya need is some weeds now... Tell uz, where did you get the little brown container from? The 20 ft [?] one. Richie.

Get scratchbuilding! Richie.

Ah, the wonderful world of imagination!

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Fantastic Frank, though I'm scratching me head over the caravans. Perhaps a Rathkeale special for those products?! Our Lady's Island Pilgrimage, a few miles from Rosslare Harbour. Richie.

Pretty lousy behaviour Dave, no question. They would have cost you £5.00 a piece, and they're incorrect. [bELL logo was aligned with the vertical corrugations to the rear] Plus the roof was white/dirty, it appears. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/49934-c-rail-irish-modelling-proposal/ Richie.

Yip, sure is an expansion joint. I would think its there to minimise any expansion nearest the frog, so it expands in straight rail, rather than the crossover?

Yip, it's nearing completion - only another 300 or so corrugated sheets for the roof, and then the 5mm ground sheet so that your track level is even. Have you finalised how you're going to finish the hard standing outside and inside the shed? I'm staggered at the progress, v. impressive altogether!

Couldn't help it.... Roof's on, corrugated sheeting has started. More over the weekend. Richie.

Yip, gonna head early, all the decent gear is gone by lunch and all's left is doll's house stuff and postcards of busses!

Great googly moogly, but that's mighty impressive. Is there something in the water lately where Connolly inspired layouts demand trojan progress or wha?!

Lads, I'm absolutely floored by the responses! Thanks very much, it's appreciated. It's worked out old skool first, usually having a quite pint with a sketch book, to figure out how the real thing was put together, and then the best way to put a card version together. Then the brick counting/measuring/photo studying/trawling through planning files starts, and the drawings of the elevations done up in AutoCAD. Then there's a few prototypes to make, and when I'm happy with the process of assembly, I take photographs of the same brick or stone type, and fill in the drawings with it. That's done in Photoshop, and overlaid with dirt, muck, graffiti and signage. [Prototyping and assembly process of Attymon Goods Shed I posted on yuku] @ Weshty - yeah by all means, commissions most welcome, whether it has commercial viability or not. Every building, whether a one-off or a "run" are put together with the same methods so that they are solid as a rock. If it's a kit that someone wants or the assembled item, there's no extra cost for being the first adopter! Regards, Richie.

I ordered a replacement spindle for a Lima Class 20 in 1988, and again in 1997 - still waiting....... I'd rather wait for Weshty ta.

Off grid for the last few days with exams and such, but got a bit done Sunday night. The trusses have since been painted a mix of PVA and grey to firm them up and Balsa wood purlins will be stuck on tomorrow to firm up the roof. Anthony asked if it might be a kit possible with this building. I tried uploading a .pdf to have a go at but it was 120 mb! Connolly Shed is at 24 sheets and counting, not including reinforcement, so I doubt a kit is realistic, but if anyone wants one gimme a shout. I'd rather build another one than write instructions for many! This is the rear of this shed, as the front used to be, blocked in with blockwork, the same "conservation" logic CIE have happily vomited upon many planning authorities in the interest of "progress". Not sure if Grift is a single entity or many gobshites, but he's certainly tagged enough around Connolly to warrant recognition here! Incidentally, the "One Love" tag is from the bizarre graffiti seen on the carriage sidings in Connolly not so long ago. Regards, Richie.

That's Class!

Great photos lads, love the time trial vid too!

More info on the lift... http://www.flickr.com/photos/48073612@N04/5124447894/ Original vid I spotted on Discovery a few years ago...starts about 0:45 seconds in. [video=youtube_share;HNtwkXcXBTI] R.