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Sounds fantastic!

Assume so - had me very confused for a bit too :)

Love it! Could be bray head

That is just a work of art!!!

That said Anthony - your last photo actually looks quite well

So so good!

Cough! Coming soon

A durty english electric over Paddy , how could you !! ;0

gorgeous!

Post away Fitz! The site is Irish railway modeller not models

The Bachmann seems to be more 'steel'. More rigid and seems to oxidize faster. Just based on a few pieces I got with a set.

Cheers! Not too complicated at the moment but I'm future proofing extensively so block detection and full automation can be added in stages without any rewiring.

I'm afraid the OCD kicked in 6 metres of Bus, 5 solder tags, 34 cable tie bases and 34 cables ties later, I'm a quarter of the way around the mainline But damn it looks pretty under the boards.... where no one will ever see them..... ah well

Posted earlier to facebook: Friends It is now nearly two years since the dismantling of the Fry Model Railway and the placing in storage of the Fry Collection, a collection that has been recognised officially as part of our National Heritage. Some of you will have seen the fine premises owned by Avoca that took its place in Malahide. But what many of you will not know is that Fingal Council, responsible once again for the Fry Collection and model railway, are no longer in a position to do anything about returning them to public view. It appears that Malahide Castle requires a great deal of renovation – requiring money that Fingal no longer has. So if there is not enough for the Castle, there is certainly not enough to bring the model railway back to life, as promised, this summer. In effect, and it has been admitted, the Council, which evicted the railway two years ago, has not idea of what to do next. They have neither the finance not the expertise in place. Nor have they a plan. But, of course, there was a plan, agreed to and accepted following a public tender competition, that Bus Eireann would relocate the model, and build a new improved exhibition, in the basement of Busarus. This decision was overturned by the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD, following a local campaign, during which he was pressurised by North Dublin local representatives. In our view he very improperly intervened to overturn a decision that was made in accordance with the rules, to award the display to a group which had not even entered the tender process, and which has ejected the exhibition from its purpose built area in the grounds of Malahide Castle. The good news is that the space in Busarus is still available, and has not been used for anything else by Bus Eireann. The decision to bring the exhibition and model back to Malahide is not now a viable proposition, if it ever was, with the bequest being swallowed up by the renewal of the Casino building, leaving insufficient to renovate the models or rebuild the layout. Now is the time to reverse the original decision, and bring the layout and Fry Collection to Busarus, where it will be easily accessed by the many thousands of visitors who crowd Dublin City Centre throughout the year. I need hardly go into any detail as regards the location – central to the tourist part of the city with links by bus, rail and Luas. It has direct buses to the airport and the ferry port, and is an ideal location for any such display. So let’s put the pressure on again, so that the Fry Collection and the associated model railway can be enjoyed by enthusiast and general public alike. Over to you. Regards John Hamill

Very very nice!! Looking forward to the next installment!

Wow! Instant hillside!! That looks amazing! That tunnel mouth looks very tidy - do you mind me asking where / who it is?

Maybe not Leo no, might open a beer tho

ANd you end up with an absolute stunner of a model that will give you pride everytime you look at it Nice work!!

Well, bit of a milestone today The entire double mainline and all mainline junctions are now down, glued down (and partially ballasted) Clearance tests are all done (using mkII, mk4, craven, pocket wagon, cement bubble and DD coaches!) I even managed to hoover the entire attic (which hadn't been done for about three months! eek!). Result is a nice, clean environment, for tomorrows big push to get the two mainline buses in so I'll have a double powered loop by this time tomorrow! Tomorrow I'll try take a full circuit of photos and maybe a video if I can manage getting power fully down!

hehe, do you have a camera in my office Rich

In the corner (top right of first photo) I'm planning a small town / something scene, with a level crossing over the mainline ....

Sounds like a plan - cheers lads! The wall is the same as Anthony is using - drop him a PM am sure he can arrange some for you I reckon a 1" little batten behind the retaining wall, then plant it up as a nice overgrown embankment, and the wall a lovely dark grey shade of mucky, unloved concrete Maybe some trunking / cables along it too....