Patrick Davey

A few short clips of No. 64 in action at Brookhall Mill. Mr. Weaver is very excited. FullSizeRender.MOV FullSizeRender.mov

AN OLD FRIEND RETURNS! Lots of excitement at the mill today as an old friend returned following a chassis upgrade, courtesy of Alan (Tullygrainey), a craftsman in brass! This venerable lady started life as one of the excellent Studio Scale Models T2 brass kits over 30 years ago, built for me by a friend. The model spent most of the next few decades hiding away in my attic, but received an overhaul from Colm Flanagan a few years back when she became GNR No. 64. Recently I decided to replace the chassis with one cannibalised from a Hornby Adams Radial tank and Alan very kindly carried out this work for me. Now No. 64 is working on the layout and is a perfect complement to the blue-liveried U class No. 205 ‘Down’. With grateful thanks to Colm and Alan for bringing this beautiful model back to life for me

So now that my Brookhall Mill layout is complete and at the - mostly - operational stage, I have enjoyed being able to sit back and relax and just enjoy it, and not think of another project. But that lasted all of five minutes… I have already started planning the next project, and indeed a little bit of work on the buildings has started. I will explain more about the project when it starts to evolve more solidly, but in the meantime, I have started working on two GNR(I) signal cabins, drawing on experience gained in building the one for Brookhall. That one was necessarily smaller than the standard, but these two will be the standard size, and I am fortunate enough to be in possession of detailed plans which are actually very close to 4mm scale! There is a reason for building two, which I will explain once they are completed. And we’re off…..again…..!

Very nice!! An unusual and very interesting model!

Just been reading through this entire thread - truly amazing and inspirational stuff!!! Love those class 37s!

The Armagh-Castleblayney line must have cost a fortune to build with at least three huge viaducts required, at Milford, Tassagh and Keady, thankfully all still standing (haven't actually seen the Milford one so open to correction!) Unsurprisingly there aren't too many photos of the Keady-Castleblayney section in operation.....if there are any at all in fact. But a fascinating stretch of railway all the same.

Thank you Noel, much appreciated!! Hope the preparation of Gort for the show is going well!

These are all very appealing for my next project John, order(s) will be forthcoming...

Impressive as always folks.

The head-on shot of A55 is superb JB!

Fabulous!

Fabulous shed scene in particular, amongst many other fabulous scenes!

Very kind @Billycan, thank you! The stories are inspired by the creativity of @jhb171achill and the ongoing shenanigans at Dugort Harbour Cheers JB!

Keeping a candle lit for maroon & blue from IRM at some stage!

That is one seriously impressive model John. Very neat addition of the doors and windows too.

Impressive Noel, good luck with the extension!

Excellent as always David. That loco is a lovely prototype.

Fascinating photographic record Alan, and well done for getting to this stage! Won't be long before No. 29 graces the stage at Loughan Quay.

Excellent - you must be the most prolific creator on this forum Darius!

Now that is a very good question - I must ask him!!!!

Love the 'troubles' vehicle collection - superb modelling! Railway stuff superb too of course!!

And Larne Harbour maybe!

Ah would have been good to meet you GM, next time!! Glad you had a good visit as well.

I had a very enjoyable visit to this excellent show yesterday, in the equally excellent company of Alan of this parish! Great to meet plenty of forum members there too, especially @leslie10646 And of course I just had to expand my Provincial Wagons fleet while I was there..... An excellent show all round with plenty of top class vendors in attendance. Well done NDMRS for presenting another fantastic show. Some views from my visit: @leslie10646 & myself! O scale Dargle Road O scale Dargle Road The next four views are of the superb 'Fenaghy Junction' in OO: The next three views are of Nelson Jackson's exquisite NER layout in OO: Three views of Gordon Hunt's superb 'Donaghadee', this has to be seen to be believed: These were my top choices - there were many many more excellent layouts on display. Maybe 'Brookhall Mill' will be there next year!

Thanks for clarifying John