Patrick Davey

Am starting to grit my teeth in fear folks...... I will possibly be making an appearance in a future episode of this series (if they keep my bit in) and I dread to think what howlers I will be forever associated with......

This is fantastic work Noel - each update is eagerly awaited! Happy Easter

And you never quite know who might make an appearance in that episode.........

Great pic!

Lovely indeed - even though it's UTA......

Something nice arrived today.....with a slight bit of transit damage though.......

Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm Sorry I didn't have room for the 5-car set Dave but I got a 2-car set in UTA cream & blue from Chris Dyer - thanks for your help!

Chris at SF said it would be 2022 before I could have one.......

Hi all, if anyone has a GNR cream & blue livery Silver Fox railcar that they might like to sell, I would be very keen to purchase! Cheers!

Seems like a good idea - page liked!

Ha yes indeed David, 4mm it is! Thank you

Thanks LC - appreciated!

My current project is a 'micro' layout (48in x 18in scenic area) called 'Brookhall Mill', based on a fictional location on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, in Co. Antrim. The project is steadily turning into a tribute to the distinctive work of the GN's first Chief Engineer William Hemingway Mills, who was with the company from 1876 to 1910 and left a legacy of incredible buildings including stations, signal cabins, engine sheds and many others. His most memorable architectural style is often referred to as 'polychromatic' in that it uses different colours of brick, with either yellow or red being the predominant colour, relived by contrasting courses of black and either red or yellow. Thankfully a good number of Mills' structures survive such as the yellow brick station buildings at Lisburn, Dundalk and Ardee, the red brick station buildings at Stewartstown, Ballyroney and Dunleer, the signal cabins at Moira, Ballyward and Irvinestown, and numerous station houses including those at Balmoral, Fintona, and Victoria Bridge. For my layout I have already built a station house, signal cabin and platform shelter in Mills' style so I thought it was time to tackle something in yellow brick, and I decided on a small office building. The inspiration for the building is the small building which stands beside the running shed at Connolly Station. Here are a few photos from the build - the main material is plasticard, with brick embossed plasticard for the outside walls, and the distinctive and authentic GNR(I) windows are a brass etch from Bill Bedford. There are a few other detail items too such as white metal chimney pots and doors from York Modelmaking, and the over-window mouldings are laser printed in strong card. For this build I decided to make more of an effort on the interior, and things got a bit carried away.....ah well!!

Hi everyone, here's an update on my GNR(I) micro layout 'Brookhall Mill' - plenty of developments on the scenic side of things and I have built an office building in the polychromatic brick style of WH Mills, the GNR's charismatic Chief Engineer, see Workbench post for more photos of the build. Hope you are all keeping safe and well and thanks for all the amazing updates in this and other groups, which are helping to keep me sane!

Done.

Love the Tayto van - nice crisp detail which really captures the flavour, but it costs a packet......

No. 4 or No. 171...... Either would do fine! The specs of the Manor loco are very impressive, which is not surprising....mighty stuff!

....and the NCC Jinty...... but don't forget the OO Works locos.........

A Ballymena & Larne train pack - an obvious commercial opportunity here in that the loco would work for an Isle of Man layout as well, and the coaches would run on a Ballycastle line setup AND allow the builder to model Donegal station in its current form.

The home made friends look very good! Impressive work!

Superb work. A very interesting prototype and your work is fantastic!

Magnificent - no other word for it!

That is superb Noel - very neat work which captures the character of the building perfectly. Great stuff!

The signal cabin is looking fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing the station buildings!!

Looking good Noel, impressively neat brick corner! One small question, are the roof tiles maybe a bit overscale?