JasonB

Very nice. Personally I've always preferred the 071 in that livery hauling the Tara's, they just look right together in my opinion. Loving the last shot as it heads away from camera.

Colours look fine to me Robert. As JB has said they were a really rich blue when clean, and did look darker. Over time due to general ware and tare they tended to fade quite badly which is why the shade of blue can look alot lighter in certain photos. Lovely work by the way, very nice paint job.

This thread is getting stranger with each post

Apologies, I presumed this is what you had done originally but you were still having issues with the main mounting arm. As I said, no need to cut or remove anything once the coupler and block are taken away there should be plenty of space behind the valance. The main arm is independent of the bogies anyway, unlike on the 141/181 and 071 models. Cheers Jason.

Hi Jeremiah, Apologies in advance if I'm reading your question the wrong way, but is the issue you're having with coupling pocket obstructing the valance? If so there is no need to remove the main mounting arm as I said previously. All you need to do is turn the loco upside down and pull the coupler towards you. The coupler and mounting block comes out in one piece. Jason.

Maybe it's me, but is that not what I said?

It can be removed but there shouldn't be an issue with it when left in place on the 201, there should be enough clearance. It's a different story when it comes to the 141/181, all of mine had to be altered to stop the plate obstructing the bogies.

Believe it or not i was only thinking about what you said in your post a couple of weeks back, and first thing I done yesterday evening when I got home was went out and checked the shed considering the combination of strong winds and heavy rain. Still no issues on that front I'm pleased to report, but I'll certainly be keeping an eye on it over the winter

I have seen it in 2 or 3 videos of the beet trains going back to 2004/05 but there was only ever one in the rake, so more than likely it was the same wagon in all footage. As Robert has suggested above a one off.

I don't think there's a scene you couldn't recreate Noel, with all that wonderful stock you have

I think I've just soiled myself...

Cheers Eamonn.

I've a couple of these to do myself. Seems straight forward enough. Did you have any hassle swapping them over Eamonn?

Echo Noel's comment above. Excellent work with the detail on top.

There's a very nice little kit available from Studio Scale Models that comes complete with kegs and is easily assembled with superglue. Might be worth a look rather than scratch building.

That stand is the dogs gangly bits, very impressive looking. Best of luck with the show lads.

As far as I'm aware none of the Murphy 141/181's with the plug'n'socket logo came with the smaller marker lights or silver window frames. They had the newer LED markers and the frames were the same colour as the body, which points towards transfers.

Certainly looks that way. If you zoom in you can just about make out the points logo under plug'n'socket the transfer.

Hi Robert. I used Tamiya XF-18 on the bodies and chassis's on my cement wagons.I later repainted the chassis's black as I felt they looked better when weathered. As far as I can remember the curtain was done in Revell 52 gloss blue. The XF-8 that you have there looks ok to me, but as always with these things you don't really know until the colour is applied.

Beautiful finish on the Sulzer Noel, as said above it looks very well. C class with the ferts in the background looks great aswell.

I'd reckon the lad that clipped his helmet was only one of many near misses going under that, along with the odd head on collision

Cheers Paul. Yes I have to admit the temptation to just get things up and running after the shed went in was certainly there. But I was adamant I wanted to do this right from the very beginning, so hopefully it will pay off down the line.

Absolute monster of a build. Love the glow of the lighting in the lobby.

Thanks Noel, long long way to go yet but it's a start I suppose Cheers Eoin, thanks for the advice. Yes I've already looked at installing the gutters and it's definitely something that needs doing sooner rather than later. Your spot on regarding the rain water running down the sides. I've only recently noticed it myself with the change in weather and it's certainly something that could cause problems down the road if it wasn't addressed. Nice and secure on that front heirflick

Hi guys. So after spending the last number of years running trains on my Dad's layout, I finally gave in to temptation a while back and decided to put a plan in place to make some sort of start on a layout of my own. So this is the first of what will hopefully be many more updates from Petersbridge over the coming month's and beyond. But before anything else the layout obviously needed a home. Here's the progress to date... First thing to do was submit planning permission to her indoors, and after spending a week or so convincing her that the back garden wouldn't be completely ruined with what I wanted to plonk into it (plus some heavy bribery) permission was eventually granted. With the green light given the next couple of weekends were spent clearing some small trees and hedging on one side of the garden. This hadn't been part of the original plan but after a rethink and some more measuring I felt I could gain a little more space and decided to go for it while the going was good. With the area now cleared and marked out, in went a concrete base. Again this wasn't originally planned and was another added cost but I felt long term it was the right way to go considering the size of the frame going in and the problems you can face with damp etc further down the line. With the hard graft now out of the way and the concrete set I could finally make the call to have the new man cave delivered. Unfortunately, with one thing and another the only progress made since the pictures above were taken earlier this year is that the outside has had a couple of coats of paint. But its now back at the top of my to do list and my priority over the next few weeks is to insulate the interior and get some power connected before the winter really takes hold. Once this is done I can then start thinking about the baseboards. Obviously there's absolutely nothing to look at regarding a railway at the moment and some might even be thinking what's the point of the post? But I felt it was time to start the thread somewhere and I thought why not from the very beginning, from the ground up so to speak, and update from here on in. With regards to the layout itself I've plenty to be getting on with when it comes to various buildings and scenics etc without the need for the baseboards to be in place, so I will be cracking on with some of those smaller jobs over the coming weeks also.