Patrick Davey

I am pleased to report that Brookhall Mill has a new owner, who will take great care of it and may well return it to the exhibition circuit. And with it, goes my final fling with DC - plenty of chips needed now so I can run everything on Clogherhead.

So much so, they asked for an udder sermon.

Mighty Kevin! Great to see you back at the buildings again. I love how you never shy away from a challenging prototype!

Lovely shots Ernie. The Athlone cabin almost looks Great Northern!

Cracking Hunslet sir!

Magnificent altogether - Alan & Jamie (and my non-forum friend!) have done all the work, and I get to keep the locomotive!! It looks fabulous, and I hope I don’t ruin it by replacing some of the moulded detail and attempting a decent paint job….. Sincere thanks to both @Tullygrainey and @J-Mo Arts

Mega work David - how have I missed this! No. 74 is a favourite of mine, as she seems to have been caught by the photographers of the time on a good few occasions. She looks great with the crew!

That was a very helpful video on resetting the decoder, I’ve done it and still have the same problem, as @Signal Post anticipated

I can confirm that the marker lights do not illuminate when this is attempted. The only way I can get them to work simultaneously is by swapping in a standard chip. IRM I think recommended I reset the chip to factory settings but dopey me wasn't able to follow the steps

Yes I am familiar with this video. I have watched it a few times but my soldering skills would not be appropriate for this level of precision!

I’m using an NCE PowerCab and it definitely does weird things from time to time - usually when I press F11 for rear marker lights, the whistle sound activates first, a second press does as expected. Some other times when I select an already operating locomotive, it other turns off or changes direction! Possibly all related?

@Signal Post - here’s a summary of the cab light issue with my A classes: This is Part 1 of a 2-Part series And Part 2:

@Signal Post thank you for those kind words! As far as I recall I believe I tried swapping decoders between locos and the problem matched the decoders, and all of my sound decoders had the same issue, 1 EMD and 2 Crossley. But I will try it again to make sure. Updates tomorrow and thanks for offering to help!

Well I did use iMOOvie

Absolutely none of which was done by me

Update on the 3D printing: The excellent file created by @J-Mo Arts has now been printed on a resin printer - quite an improvement from the previous print!

Looking superb Alan!

Thanks Kevin, very kind! And yes, guilty as charged re. the music! Thanks a mil JB - very kind words! I thought you would approve of the ‘instant’ unboxing! Thanks David! Thanks Alan!

Just magnificent - mills always make a good layout subject!

If it is, it's the most realistic track weathering I have ever seen!!!

I'm very sad to read this - I only had very good experiences with Dave. I hope everyone finds a resolution.

Lovely stuff!! Keep the updates coming!

Great to see an update and the abbey looks fantastic!!!

Coincidentally, I happened to be at Capecastle today and with the owner’s kind permission, I took some more photographs.

SOMETHING EXCITING!!! A while back I noticed that @J-Mo Arts of this parish had done some amazing work creating a CAD image of the locomotive I’m hoping to have running on Capecastle, Ballycastle Railway No. 2 ‘Countess of Antrim’. He very kindly sent the CAD file to me and a friend had a go at printing it, and the results are very encouraging! The Countess has returned to Capecastle!! Alan and I are currently assessing the potential of this print as it was done using a mid-range printer, so it may not be fully useable as it is but it’s certainly a fantastic start!! With sincere thanks to @J-Mo Arts A short clip of The Countess running on Alan’s previously built brass chassis. I am being totally spoilt here, between @Tullygrainey Alan building the chassis and @J-Mo Arts providing the body! FullSizeRender.MOV