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As real as it's probably possible to get them to look! Top drawer stuff!

D&M's 2600 is probably my favourite model of the last while, outside of Paddy's beauties The platforms are Glendergs finest I'm still waiting on the magnets from China before I can finish the terminus roads with ballast and glue down the platforms, then they need a rub of charcoal to weather them down and then I can worry about lights, details etc

Well to start off with, you've a fatastic space! Is it an attic, shed, garage, room? The key thing for me was what I 'enjoyed' was the first consideration. Do you like - watching trains go by, or running through countryside - shunting wagons and putting together trains - admiring your locos in a depot / tmd style setting There are lots of ways to build a layout, end to end, fiddle to station, TMDs are hugely popular these days too. The key thing is to understand what you want from the layout. For me, I enjoy the running through countryside bit, but was more interested in the operational side, so I designed a track plan that gives me lots of operations, shunting coaching stock, shunting fraight, loco release, engines running off shed, per way work, etc. This way I have a double mainline loop, a branch to a fiddle yard with a reverse loop and three (if not four) busy shunting 'zones' - a largish terminus station, a small DMU stabling and fueling area, a freight yard with per way sidings, a loco shed and fueling point, a preserved steam/diesel workshop/depot and a small cement works / quarry scene. This way even three or four operators could be busy preparing trains and shunting stuff around while 3-4 trains circuit the mainline giving plenty to watch going buy, or you can just leave the stock looking pretty and watch the trains go by (for me, this was a key requirement in creating a loop / oval / circuit design, so I could set trains off and chill out with a beer ) Let us know more details about the space, the room the layout will be in, if it needs to be mobile, or can be fixed, and we can offer more suggestions

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Nice!!

Any prices?

Cheers Rich. Will be on the watch for turnip seed

Interesting, I've a rake of the shapeways vintage, key difference being they are empty / unloaded, so might be nice to have a mix

Looks great! Am sure you are just trying to make us feel better on the pace thing

Great shots - lovely to see the elusive MPV 790 !! She's very camera shy!!

They look great! How are the loads done?

I am sure the OP will benefit from the feedback here, and that (bravely!) accepted in person at Raheny! I for one would love to see that feedback and production evolve into another great source of Irish outline models we can all enjoy!

Scalescenes? The rate at which you are working is impressing as much as the quality thereof!!

Just stunning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p__VEZwYY5shttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDOmW4_7MxA

Great idea!! Will definitely have to give that a try!

I'll work on that

Any close up photos of the output?

When you say plaster, you mean regular normal plaster? Might be worth a go for some hard standing

That's a thing of pure beauty!

wow!!!! They are stunners!

Ah coal fire and a guinness Trumps the trains any cold evening

Video please!!! :)

I think it suffers by comparison. D&M's amazing 2600's are the same kind of price, but have lights, are brass and fully detailed.