Patrick Davey

Wiring - ugh..... not my favourite job. Give me ballasting any day.......

I see these fine wagons are now showing as sold out on the IRM website. Two packs heading my way hopefully soon

Looks to be positioned a bit deep?

Those are two amazing views JB - the GVS one is very poignant, full of amazing detail - the signals, the telephone box, the huge signal cabin and water tower both still there, the Erinmore factory on the far left, so much to ponder! The Adelaide one is fantastic too - the grimy UG, the GN ballast wagons, the polychromatic brick buildings, the UTA open wagons, and the sweep of Black Mountain down towards West Belfast - I can just about make out the spire of St. Teresa's church on the extreme right, which still stands tall and proud today, my son went into the school next door this very morning. Thanks for these JB.

Great Victoria Street station in Belfast is closing tomorrow for good (actually it's really just being relocated slightly and expanded a bit...) so I paid one final nostalgic visit today and also took a hop over to the brand new York Street station. GV Street Finale.mp4

Sadly, the other members of the flock do not have a voice

One afternoon, Mr. Sandy Castles, the Clogherhead stationmaster, was getting totally fed up with the incessant chatter of the seagulls around his station. But Sandy was a quick thinker, and soon the reinforcements were arriving...... Seagulls v Locos.mp4

Welcome James - looking forward to enjoying your contributions and to watching the progress on your layout.

Yes indeed. Pity about that carpet..........

I don't mind Sam's videos - yes they're a bit long and I squirm at the sight of the trains running on the carpet, but I like his style.

Just out of interest, does anybody have one of the brand new Hornby Black 5 models? I have no intention of going down that route, but I was just interested as it was hailed as the ‘ultimate’ Black 5 yet it hasn’t received universal rave reviews……..

Best one yet!

Indeed, I believe this may have been mentioned before……. during a discussion about Gannet the Great and his followers

The missing one must be on the beak….

47 birdies ready to stick on the layout. One seems to have flown off…..

Yup - it was potentially very expensive, but I was lucky enough to be able to get them on higher perches!

All Herring - says on the colour insert

Primed birdies.

Multiple light passes of spray primer:

This should be interesting I have the above x 4, so 48 in total. As usual, a very high quality product from Modelu. Getting ready to spray white primer, then I will pick out the details. Can’t have a coastal layout without the ubiquitous sandwich grabbers

Getting moody tonight……

Having the fiddle yard now has allowed me to operate the layout to its full potential. Here's an example of the workings from a March day long ago........ Looking forward to the arrival of the Bulleid open wagons and the Park Royals. Clogherhead 13-03-1970.mp4

Friday March 13th 1970, and A3r departs from Clogherhead with the afternoon service to Drogheda. By this stage, the meagre traffic was amply accommodated in a single Craven coach.