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  1. Patrick Davey
    Stacks of fun on the Clogherhead workbench this evening. Chimneys aren't my favourite thing to make because I invariably leave them to the end and then get really frustrated because they hold up the completion of the build, so this time I'm making them early on in the build. They are for the Clogherhead station building.
  2. Patrick Davey
    Latest developments in Co. Louth….. The derelict office has now been bedded in with foliage: And I’m not sure about this one but I have had an old Ratio crane in the ‘to make’ box for a few years thinking it would find a place at Brookhall Mill but it never did so I fired it together for Clogherhead. The idea is that the GN experimented with specially constructed containers for easier loading and unloading of the sand but the system didn’t work….. not sure it looks right but maybe it’ll grow on me! It has been suitably rusted of course!
  3. Patrick Davey
    Fabulous work as always David!
  4. Patrick Davey
    An aerial view of the sand facility at Clogherhead, photographed sometime around 1974. On the right is the long disused office, and on the left is the rapidly deteriorating sand store with an elderly JCB in attendance. The concrete of the loading bank is cracked and the weeds are slowly making the structure crumble. But the sand traffic lingers on for now.
  5. Patrick Davey
    Thank you everyone for the nice comments above! This has definitely turned out better than expected which is always nice The office has now been planted in position, so once the glue dries, I will add some more foliage to bed it in. Useful techniques practised here for the construction of the station building, which is next on the agenda!
  6. Patrick Davey
    Thanks folks for all the nice comments I think this small build is almost finished! Weathering can become something of an addiction, it’s definitely very effective - I think I just need to dull down the chimney pots a bit, then we’re done.
  7. Patrick Davey
    Once again the escapism provided by a project makes one lose track of time….. it’s now past 2:00am but the sand office is now almost complete. Just barge boards, gutters & downpipes left, then weathering & ‘ivy’ to be applied.
  8. Patrick Davey
    This will become the derelict 'sand office' at Clogherhead station. It's also a practice run for a new technique for creating GNR polychrome brick station buildings although I'm cheating slightly with this one!
  9. Patrick Davey
    A small build in preparation…..
  10. Patrick Davey
    Cheers BK
  11. Patrick Davey
    Wondering are there any updates on this one - thinking it might fit my current project very nicely!!!
  12. Patrick Davey
    The sand store has been further weathered (including evidence of swallow activity?) and bedded into the layout. I have taken the risk of using real Clogherhead sand again so I am half expecting carnage in the morning like last time it was used, but this time it's less confined so maybe not! UPDATE: No sand-related carnage!
  13. Patrick Davey
    Roof and fascia affixed and looking fairly good now.
  14. Patrick Davey
    Thanks for the info above John @Mayner - noted! Had hoped to get this building finished this weekend but a leak from a tube of impact glue went unnoticed until I saw the table and my hands covered in it, tube had to be binned so I wasn't able to fix the framing around the roof and get the roof in place. Maybe tomorrow. Happy with the result though, of both JCB and sand store!
  15. Patrick Davey
    So now that the sand loading bank has been installed, I have moved on to the sand store, which will be a very basic structure with a stone base and corrugated iron upper parts and roof. I also needed something to transfer the sand into the wagons and the old Dapol JCB kit fits the bill....I think.....am hoping this machine would have been around during the early 1970s.....? There will also be a small red brick sand 'office'. More tomorrow.....yawn.........
  16. Patrick Davey
    Hopefully not a multipack........
  17. Patrick Davey
    The sand loading bank has been completed and getting bedded in with foliage. I was going for a weathered concrete look, but I think I may have gone too dark….?
  18. Patrick Davey
    If neither of the new tooling announcements is the long-awaited steam one, I shall be travelling home via the Samaritans in Dublin. Unless the number 80 is mentioned.
  19. Patrick Davey
    Can't wait for these - have the B&T one plus the 4-pack dark greens on order. A perfect fit for my current CIÉ layout.
  20. Patrick Davey
    The sand loading bank at Clogherhead is taking shape - the sub-structure is plasticard and the vertical faces have been covered with DAS and will hopefully be finished to represent concrete, it is currently drying outside. The coping stones, also made from DAS, have also been finished. Once the loading bank dries completely I'll add the coping stones and paint the whole structure.
  21. Patrick Davey
    Tis versatile shtuff!
  22. Patrick Davey
    I think DAS produces a very realistic stone effect when it's fully dried, lots of nice random chips etc.
  23. Patrick Davey
    Also more of the coping strategy as well….. I will need some coping stones for the top of my sand loading bank so I’ve used a plasticard jig to form DAS clay into long square strips which will then be cut into the coping stones.
  24. Patrick Davey
    TO QUOIN A PHRASE….. Doing some more prep for the construction of the eventual station building, in the form of quoins for the corners of the building. I have decided to try making these a structural feature rather than being purely decorative - 2mm square rod and 1mm plastic are the components but it’s very fiddly getting the quoins all the same height but any discrepancy can usually be smoothed over with filing afterwards.
  25. Patrick Davey
    Some more scenic work today.
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