Patrick Davey

Been working this week on the final building (or maybe not....) for Brookhall Mill - an 'original' ie pre-GNR(I) stone building. It will have a low relief depth of around 1.5in but will have opening doors giving access inside for covered vans, I will be adding a short extension to the baseboard to facilitate this. Making quoins and window/door surrounds from Scale Model Scenery coping stones: Front of building: With doors: The quoins etc. were painted yellow then masked off, then a layer of DAS clay was added over a spread of PVA glue: Painting of the stonework begins with a base coat of black:

Another coincidence JB: I managed to capture the same vehicle on a date in the late 1960s, might have been the very same working?

1955: A special consignment of linen being made ready for its journey via North Wall in Dublin, to join the Cork goods for eventual delivery to Dugort Harbour.

Love the track level view in the cutting JB! Did I hear a rumour that there's a consignment on the way from Brookhall Mill?

GNR(I) red brick buildings completed. Final block will be in an older architectural style. Although there may be a ‘bonus’ GNR building later……

Working on this corner at the moment. This will be the last block of GNR red brick…..or will it….

Lovely photos Ernie! Continued thanks for sharing these wonderful views.

This stuff smells exactly like the distinctive aroma which emanated from the above establishment:

Lots of new photo opportunities emerging as the buildings go up!

A bit heavy on the GNR-ness perhaps…..???

Really enjoying this. Had a lot of small detail items waiting to go onto these buildings so it’s nice to see them in place at last. More to come too…… * Date stone from Scale Model Scenery * Extractor fans from JS Models * Quoins from York Modelmaking * Period posters from….em….the www….

Two blocks of the mill building almost completed. And no, the GNR(I) didn’t run flying trains……

More progress today, thanks to a few unexpected free hours. Building.... Painting.... And trying in position - the platform road is starting to look a bit cramped.....

Finished, with just the glazing to go. Painting finished and sills added, along with some grey brick courses and also coping stones at the very top. An overall wash of dilute white acrylic has also been added to dull the red paint and bring out the brick detail.

More work today, including painting and adding the windows and window arches. Some work also done on the internal detailing too. Window sills to come next.

Thanks Mike, this is a linen mill though

Thanks Mike! It’s a freelance design I suppose, with a bit of an influence from the GNR works at Dundalk, red brick with yellow quoins and window arches

Indeed - a lot of very useful items to be drooled over

Thanks all Grey board indeed it is, obtained from Scale Model Scenery. Mark the brick detail and quoins are from York Modelmaking, they add a lot to the build I think!

3mm thick card - Scale Model Scenery was the source

A bit more progress this evening. Structure glued together and quoins added, along with brick detail above the top window. Painting next then attention will turn towards the windows: the frames are painted and ready to install, then arches, sills and glazing will follow. The top of the quoins here will be tidied and the building will have a flat roof with coping stones at the edges.

Very neat!

The brickwork is progressing on the first block of the mill buildings. Thick card forms the rigid structure, faced with brick-embossed plastic sheet: I use PVA glue for the larger areas and Roket glue for smaller areas, for added strength. This stuff is like superglue for card! Each wall is done separately, and a pile of railway books is used to apply pressure as the separate assemblies dry overnight. Then the walls are brought together on a thick card base: And basic flooring adds strength: This will be a stair block, giving access from the platform to the upper floors of the adjacent building (also under construction). The buildings have sufficient depth to allow some internal details to be added - the windows are quite large so this is important. Staircases will be visible at the three windows. Tomorrow I will be working on the corner pieces, which will have quoins.

I hope the linen won’t get steam & smoke damage with those 800 class queens roaring past!

Great stuff JB! Has that van from Brookhall Mill not been delivered yet?????