richrua

I did visit it once or maybe twice. I got a little 0-4-0 set with a battery based controller from Santa but it stopped working. I remember my mam brought me there on a dull dark day. The man advised us that the battery controllers were no good and to go for mains. Saved up and bought a small black controller. Still have the 0-4-0, wagons, controller and even the track.

I was reading about the off peak 2 unit darts that are running. Does anyone know if the 8500 series darts can run as a 2 unit train?

yes a great scene

It does help to oil certain wheels !!!

doors in and mocked up to check size.

Been warming up for this for a while !

An early shot of some early work on a Dart 8500. It will take a while !

almost done. Happy enough. some small details and a bit of tidying and the 'awning' type edging to add. Next is either Roscommon signal box or water tower.

little bit more work done on that corner

that is the wee tree up on the hill. couple more on the other side of the road will do it.

Yous have probably seen it before...there are some very talented modellers here! but i was pleased enough with the results to share.

oh and when i was finished with the flock I trimmed the stem a wee bit.

thanks ! I am going to site a few of these on a hill to see how they look.

P.S. My selection of christmas tree has a good wire to it so is nice and strong. Found next to bin in work!!!

grab a bit of cheap fake Christmas tree. trim bits to suit. dip in watery pva. dip in flock. repeat. allow to dry. pics to follow.

Not perfect but a good background tree if you dont feel like spending the price of a pint on one tree....

didn't quite get the window spacing right. but anyhow...

making progress on a waiting room based on roscommon town.