Patrick Davey

Superb - so you have taken the plunge LC and opted to make the signals operational, fair play sir!!!

This is the best one! This is an amazing space Adrian - am very jealous your possibilities are endless, keep the updates coming!

Apologies @Adrian I didn't mean to whip up all those horse puns. Wishing you every success with the build - once you get started things will surely gallop along......

Enjoying this!!! Why not run a double track loop through the stables and it could be the mane line?

BCDR Diesel No. 2.mp4

I was very privileged to enjoy a visit to Loughan Quay today, and I was quite lost for words by the sheer excellence of Alan's work - thank you Alan for your kind invite and generous hospitality! Sadly my phone ran out of battery but the few photos I managed to take will give a flavour of the magnificence of this wonderful layout. I also enjoyed a visit to Alan's O-16.5 narrow gauge masterpiece - feeling very lucky right now!

A SPECIAL VISITOR TO THE MILL TODAY Mr. Weaver famously doesn't like diesels..... however a little chap came to visit him at Brookhall Mill today and I think Mr. Weaver has been smitten......! With grateful thanks to Alan (Tullygrainey) for making the trip to the mill today and for bringing his exceptional locomotive and beautiful BCDR covered van too.

Spot on! Inspired by the Alphagraphix butter van!! But don't spread that......

Thanks tBt - thankfully Leslie approved of the fantasy colour scheme I applied to the vans!! I'm looking at upgrading the decals though to red lettering with black shading: A little project for this year! Yes 100% - that's on my snag list

Lovely layout John, the Peckett is very nice, a bit reminiscent of the RPSI's Harvey! Glad to see your progress - looking forward to more.

Quite often during the early 1970s, CIÉ would send newly-outshopped locos up to Brookhall for an official photoshoot. Three arrived on this particular occasion……

Seriously impressive Alan - thanks for having the foresight to take the 'in progress' photos, I suspect that I'm not the only one eyeing up those lovely BCDR vans....... might you consider making them available (for an appropriate fee of course!) to those of us who yearn for the day when they can build and operate an authentic BCDR layout.....? Really enjoying this thread!

Just catching up on this - very impressive throughout!!!

Gets better and better. Just superb. Thanks for the tutorial photos too Alan.

Just fabulous!!!! Would love to tackle BCDR goods stock like this, how did you go about this Alan?

Love the BCDR tank! Love it all!!!! Can't believe you have been keeping all this from us Alan

Finding a workable technique for creating a water scene creates a lot of discussion, and the lady in this video demonstrates an interesting one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvFurRYD6vI Video link from a recent Scale Model Scenery email. The technique uses toilet paper (maybe suitable for flush glazing too?) and PVA glue as well as a water-based gloss varnish and LOTS of drying time between the application of layers. Not using resin appeals to me because I can never get it right, too many bubbles etc. My son and I made a viking longship over mid term and to represent the sea I used DAS clay - drinking straws were used as a foundation for the waves, and blue paint was used with white streaks on the wave tops. Cotton wool was used to represent the spray. Obviously a basic colouring of the sea (too tropical for Irish waters!) but I was happy enough with the texture. Definitely interested in the toilet paper technique for future projects though.

Ha! This is a truly magnificent layout Alan - most definitely please do articles on the layout and the BCDR diesel!!!

DROOL........

Yikes that sounds scary..... It's very tempting to respray into plain black because the loco & tender wheels are already black so they wouldn't need touched.... I'll paint over some of the lining and see what it looks like - even if the raised lining is still visible, it'll hardly be noticeable under normal viewing conditions I guess.....hope.....wish.......

I think I'm worried about the UTA lining - it's slightly raised on the model so if it was painted over in black would it look odd......? Might do a small area as a test....as 'weathering'.....

Now that my OO Works UG loco is working like a dream (thanks Gareth Brennan!) my mind is turning once again to the question of having the livery changed from the current UTA lined scheme to GNR plain black. There was an extended discussion in the forum here about the UTA livery and how the ‘straw’ maybe wasn’t yellow enough but apart from that a GNR-liveried loco would be more useful to me. Grateful for thoughts!

Just revisiting this inspirational thread Alan and once again I am bowled over by the locomotive and of course that magnificent layout too!! Would love to see much more video of both!!!

So the 'open day' at Brookhall Mill last Sunday was a great event, and one of the many nice things to come out of it was to have my OO Works UG locomotive fixed!!! It had been showing a tendency to jerk and stall around turnouts and it took the keen eye of Mr. Gareth Brennan to spot that this was simply due to the rear coupling hanging too low and fouling the rails at the turnouts!!! Quickly fixed by Gareth and now the locomotive runs like a dream - here she is in a short shunting video to celebrate her restoration to full working order! UG Shunts at Brookhall Mill.mp4

Yes indeed good spot, in a tasty green livery! I’d like to think he would appreciate the informed post!