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. Right no more they screamed . promice  this is the last one . i found 2 pics  as its more or less  what i was trying  to show of how a slightly longer layout  can look with that case look . the top bar acts as a view block  so at eye level you can not see were the sky back ground ends . this one i made with a floating end  . just for the record its narrow gauge GN15  

Well i have managed to take a few pics after work to day  of the finished front  it was a bit to bright  outside so i only took one and had to do take the others  in doors  . one thing i havent shown so far  is the two track traverser  . just a real simple mdf construction one track gives access to both tracks the other is a storage  track or to use a 2nd loco  to bring in or take away stock . when all finised the traverser sits  on top of the layout  so can be packed a way 

Thanks Galteemore  a good few of my layouts  have had telephone and power lines in them . i think i  started  include ing them after doing a ho american  layout  a few years ago .

Yes i think it was Iain's rice's  book that gave me  thoughts about  boxing in my layouts . in fact  most of mine have been  . it makes you look in to the layout so you have to look around before you see every think . here is a pic of one of my micro's based on coal mine  that was all boxed in . it allso helps protect the layout  and a on30 layout  which was a bit bigger  .and its all just done in timber batterens  and hard board 

Hi Murphaph   thanks its really nice to know you like the layout small or micro layouts are not every ones cup'a tea . i have managed  on sunday to  tidy up the whole out side of the layout  by boxing in the frount  giveing it a fish tank or old TV look  its had  a good coat of black to bring it all together  . i will post a few pics up as soon as i can  . i had a quick look at the tegral  cement  works you had metion i found some excellnt few pics of overgrown weed covered tracks  crossing gates etc  right up my street my kind of modeling . Murphaph  ime sure you wiill be able to build a good model of the sideings etc my tip is keep it as simple as possible and remenber your free to use modelers choice do your own version  if you like .  cheers all the best . 

Hi  all just a quick few pics off new loco 121 class  no 126  ime really pleased with this loco i have been thinking of getting one for ages  i am rurring it on anlog  as yet to get a decoder for it  but even on DC it runs brilliant  , it will not stay this clean for long it will get a good weather ing soon  

brilliant work there Ian and good vid  to

A change in motive power  has arrived in the yard in the form of a 071 class  . or may be i should say has squeezed in the yard  number 086m has brought in a couple of cement  bubbles to shunt in to the loading point when all sorted the crew will run light engine back  down to the juction 

ooops i left the pics out 

are yes your right steel company of wales had the alcos .

your right there moxy  loading gauge  would be a reall problem  they would have to had them custom  built , thats a sad pic for  foster yeomans  alco  ime a fan of the alco's ime not sure but i think the foster yeoman alco is preserved  some where i could be wrong tho . its nice to know that a american loco  was used here be the only chance of hearing  a real alco . ime really glad i asked the question now about 141's and 071's its turning up some real gems of pics from people .

Thats amazing  you can see the simlar  look there  in those locos . they have such a clasic shape  its a shame there are not more of them scattered over the world.  ime in the uk  it would have been really nice if good old BR  had placed a order for some  141's and 071's i could just picture them in BR blue  and yellow ends even in BR green .

Hi just wanted to ask can any one tell me if the 141 CLASS  locos  and 071 CLASS   were just built for  irish railways only by general motors . Or did they   export that same design to any other country . 

Thanks guys  for the comments  . i think i may have to get this layout  down of rhe top of my bookcase  at the weekend and blow of the dust for a running session  

I know its diverting  away from my currant  project but ive putt in a few pics of how far i got with it  . things like the red phone box will have to be changed etc 

Thanks dave  glad u like it its not far off complete  now . but i have a bit more tweeking  with weeds etc and those cement come fertilizer  bags on the pallet stack need some weather ing  and the last bit will be the front board ing to go on so it will look like a fish tank . after this project i have another  small layout that i started but never finished it was a BR scottish region small station   but will now get a irish theame  make over .

hi to all i have managed to track down  a couple of 2nd hand  IMR cement bubbles  just 2 add a bit of a change and to add to my lack of irish rolling stock . i doint know whats happened to IMR they doint seem to be around any more  i did have  a break van  and some cie box  vans from them a few years a go and would and would like to replace them as they all got sold on when i went back to narrow gauge moddeling . any way hope you like the new pics and my other 141 no 177 shuntting them around . allso i have startted adding a few bits of grass tuffs and over the next few evenings will add more weeds and grass growing in the cracks in the hard standing . 

hope thease two pics give a better view of the hard standing  . i enjoyed  building this layout a few years ago  it was not very big  possibley only 4 ft long the run off had a 3 track taverser  another shunting type layout really , i sold it on to fund other projects  so its out there some  where  i hope still . last pic gives a over all view of the whole thing .

Tanks all for your kind  comments  Hi David yes i 1st used  some stick on grass tuffs of different  bllends  then i used a cheap  static  grass applicator  looks a bit like one of them old tea strainers  and covered the grass tuffs  with different mixes of static grass fibers till it got that really over grown look  , the concrete hard standard ing  is just  white plastic  card  cut to shape in and around the track  then blown over with grey primer  then i just used railmatch  concrete acrylic  paint in a wash and kept adding  different greys whites etc . when dry then i use cheap artis chalks  rubbed on with my finger till  it looks ok .

i found thease two pics  that just show some more concrete hard  standing on my  old cement layout , i guess one reason i did this was it saved on groud cover  . also seen  here my old c class loco  sadly  i no longer  have ,

Thanks Galteemore quite a few of my other layouts have  eneded up with concrete  approns  i use a wash  of greys and white  and then use weather ing powders  aii rubbed in  till ime happy with the look 

A before  with the stone walling  and after with the corrogated  cladding  need ssome blending in with paint  to cover up the joint 

Thanks Galteemore  my interest in irish railways has only been basicly a year or so  . so ime still finding my way around . i have just looked up new ross and found a few pics .  . brilliant  that is right up my street  cement and fertiliser  over grown sindings etc and in the 1980 thanks again for that .  just  taken a end on view from under the bridge 

now the ducting and safety ladder our glued  back in place and blend back in .next job will be to tackel  the stone walling on the end wharehouse  i will probly  clad this in corrougated  sheeting so as to give it a more neutral look so it dus not tie the layout to any paticular region . 

thanks bandon  its a really easy way and quite fun  to do  it still needs  a dusting over with some weather ing  powders to finish off 

hi all as its hang on to  your hat weather where i am this bank holl . thought i would knuckel  down to some bits on the boxfile . one bit that needed  finishing off was part of the duct work from the warehouse  i wanted to achive a blister peeling paint look  . there are lots of ways to achive this look . one methord  thats works for me  is the hair spray and salt tech  hope thease pics show how i did it  with the base coat of rust allready  on next stage was use a can of cheap hair spray blow over what ever your subject is a few quick coats is enough then just sprinkle some table salt on  air brush your top  coat on  leave to dry for 10 mins  then with a stiff paint brush  and water  brush the salt  and you should be left with a nice rusty pealing look   hope this is of use