Layout is looking great! As the lads said, the lights take it to another level.
I love the water tower, the rust looks so real.
I noticed an Ikea bag in the backrocund of one of the pics, did you buy your ballast there?
Styrofoam shaped with a hot foam cutter. I covered it in a mix of ordinary plaster and pva then painted it grey when it was dry. It was then drybrushed to bring out the detail.
Thanks Boskonay...
Yes, I used hanging basket liner from Woodies for the grass base. I'm gradually adding some layers of flock to give it a bit more variety of colour.
The rails were painted with Rustoleum Red Oxide Primer in aerosol form, also bought from Woodies. I also saw it for sale in Halfords in a normal tin as well.
Finally got around to ballasting the scenic break on the layout, as well as adding a little more vegetation...
Still a bit to be done, reckon I'll tone the ballast down with some washes and add a bit of grime.
Regarding installing a decoder: is it the same drill as with the 141's, take off the main body?
They will some with a speaker installed as well won't they?
SEEP point motors also have a built in switch which can be used for LEDs. I don't use them for point indications but I have LED signals that are connected to them.
The Model Shop decoders are Zimo and they are fantastic. I have 3 of my 141/181s fitted with them, here's a few videos I posted of them in action.
http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/315-Graham-s-layout-Monkhill-and-Saltstown?p=10161#post10161
Fantastic Anto! Great to see that monster engine shed bursting at the seems with locos...
Can I ask which container wagons you're using in the pics with the crane?
Yeah, no sound at my end either!
Nice bit of footage though. A lot of it was shot out in my neck of the woods - that was Dun Laoghaire/Mallin station at the very start and at the end.
Thanks for the compliments!
That's a Bachmann class 25 in the first vid, with factory fitted sound. The 141's are using sound chips from The Model Shop which were
fitted by myself.
Here's a some short vids of the layout...
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i131/Irishthump/Train%20Vids/?action=view¤t=video-2012-09-04-22-51-35.mp4
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i131/Irishthump/Train%20Vids/?action=view¤t=video-2012-09-04-23-00-37.mp4
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i131/Irishthump/Train%20Vids/?action=view¤t=video-2012-09-04-22-40-26.mp4
Well the new unit arrived last week and it's working prefectly, so I was glad I waited rather for the replacement instead of running out and buying a new system.
Sorry for the late update, but I was too busy just running trains... In had pretty much forgotten how much fun it was!
Sorry, Anto. Completely missed your question!
Here's the link to the liner I used.http://www.buy4now.ie/woodiesdiy/productdetail.aspx?pid=12569&loc=P&catid=14.30