Patrick Davey

Any sign of that by now famous IRM countdown widget............?

Thanks for the nice comments above! Foliage being added now. The project was intended to be a simple shunting layout to showcase the DCC sound capabilities of the MM and IRM locos but I'm starting to get carried away now......

The upper stretch of the stream bed has been 'stoned' this evening:

Thanks DJ - appreciate the nice comments Yip - all the structures on my builds are homemade (one exception last time though ) These were built from mount card and plastic strip, along with some stone-embossed plastic sheet. The painting was a mix of various shades of grey with washes of black and white, repeated until it looked ‘right’ to me The girder bridge also had a rusty wash added. All have been planted now and blending is underway. Cheers for the kind comments everyone!

A few small structures on the workbench at the moment: stone arches for the culvert where the stream passes under the railway, and a small girder bridge for the beach road to pass over.

Simply sensational - jaw dropping stuff!!!

And..... the path up to the future church has been taking shape, complete with fine 'wrought iron' gates courtesy of the folks at Scale Model Scenery:

The platform has been surfaced today:

Buffering and bridging today:

In the buffer zone:

I exhausted my stock of hanging basket liner so I got some more, but it’s a slightly darker shade of green - should actually help create more realistic varied ground colours. The remaining white areas will be covered in DAS clay for roads, the beach and the station forecourt area. Have also marked out the footprint of the church and built the girders for the overbridge, from mount card this time rather than my more typical plasticard.

Maybe because it's not a micro layout - makes sense now thanks Alan!!!

All good questions but I have no notion!! Might be able to salvage a flat wagon out of it at least.......

Have no idea - and even more of a mystery is the fact that only one of the two wagons was so affected!!!!

But in better news….. I have started applying the hanging basket liner base for the landscape. It looks like a bit of a patchwork quilt just now because I’m using up the offcuts from previous projects, but all will be blended together with scatter material and foliage etc.

FILE UNDER: HOWLERS Sometimes you just have to put your hands up and admit you made a complete mess of things.... Yesterday, I completed two of @leslie10646's fabulous new GNR wagons, and even if I do say so myself, I didn't do too badly as there was a decent even finish with the Halfords primer, and I took extra care to get the decals positioned properly before sealing everything with matt varnish. So far so good... These were intended for the sand traffic at Clogherhead so I put some of the actual sand into each wagon, thinking it would be a good idea to drop in some dilute PVA glue and let it set overnight...... Sorry Leslie.........

Had a challenging week with family stuff there so there has been a slight pause in the progress on Clogherhead. But I managed to find a nice distraction: The two vans at the back are the two I received from John @Mayner and the others are @leslie10646's Provincial Wagons kits. All fine models!

Mighty!! Congrats to you folks on the amazing reviews these locos are receiving.

Two amazing videos there - so much to see, all long gone. And as for the H&S on the Hunslet tour...... yikes!

Yip - impressive!!!

Work gets busy in a few weeks Derek so gotta try and make as much progress as possible

Good start!! In case it's helpful, there are a number of freely available kits which provide detailed interiors for signal cabins, the levers might be particularly tricky to scratchbuild in OO. The Ratio plastic one is great: https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/ratio-553-signal-box-interior-kit.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxaanBhBQEiwA84TVXPkQPw7X7vQkjlmE00M0qY4YaD8WMvwEe5dDt_mSIbojbL3fQOsLlxoCWeAQAvD_BwE Then there's a white metal one by Springside Models: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385656762946?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=385656762946&targetid=1405282543879&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=1007289&poi=&campaignid=17218284410&mkgroupid=142217514411&rlsatarget=pla-1405282543879&abcId=9300867&merchantid=6995734&gclid=CjwKCAjwxaanBhBQEiwA84TVXIwaxZPnZsMcBto3Plpb8ISyIaXEEUFd1_O1hIKxb7X9d-2dS93G5xoCeUEQAvD_BwE Enjoy the build!

Lovely scene Derek - thanks for sharing!

Further progress - the bridge is the scenic break.... this may have been done a few times before but sure if it works, why not!

Platform work underway: