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A welcome addition Des.I'd certainly be interested.

Looking forward to future updates, always interesting to watch a layout progress from the beginning.Best of luck with it

Excellent Noel, love it

Top tip Noel very handy.And its a good excuse for when the other half asks why I'm drinking so much wine

I have to admit I was never a big fan of the beets and was always in two minds whether to start a rake or not, but their really beginning to grow on me of late especially since watching you working away on them over the last few weeks Robbie.I think I'll definitely be adding them to the "to do" list in the near future.

Not bad at all Noel considering it was just a bit of fun,looks very well.Keep them coming I'd love to see a full circuit of the layout.

Love the look of them crossing the bridge Eamonn.Really is top class

Very nice Eamonn.Great to see you back posting your work again.

Nice work Noel.Especially like the grime around the weld join's it looks great.Might not be the heavy prototypical weathering we are so used to seeing the bubbles carrying but their your models to run as you like.

Very nice Robbie, that'll be proper rake when finished.Is that 20 you have now?

Looks good Noel.The detail on the chassis is highlighted really well with some weathering applied.Are you still planning on keeping the logo visible or are you going to cover the bubble completely?

What I lost in detail is miniscule compared to what I gained in correcting their height.It's certainly nothing I'll be losing any sleep over, life is a little short for that.But that's just my opinion.

Have to agree, they look that good it seems harsh to cover them in cement dust.I think I'd have to go all the way though

Beautiful Richie, fancy doing mine

Noel you've definitely come across to the dark side.Only have the bubbles since yesterday and your already weathering them Have to say even though its only a light dusting you've given them its already highlighted the incredible detail these wagons have.

Excellent build.Love the brickwork it looks very realistic

Nice start Noel.Looking forward to watching this progress.

Thanks Craven Cheers Noel

Thanks for the comments lads:tumbsup:

Nice video Noel.Both locos looking and sounding great especially climbing the gradient out of Killarney.

Not got much done of late so before starting anything new its back to a post from early January and to some work I had started on my bagged cement wagons from Irish Freight Models.At the time I had got as far as cutting the bodies down to sort a small issue I had with their height,taken off the plastic hand wheels which are located on one end of the wagon and had also removed the buffers and replaced them with the chunkier looking white metal type. Anyway I've recently got back around to finishing them off so here's a few pics of them now completed with some weathering and additional detail added which I've made up from plasticard and SSM break wheels/wire.

Agree totally with Rich.You can use areas like door recesses to break up the decal.But even on long uninterrupted straights like on a Craven the decal can be cut into 2 or 3 pieces and even then you'd find it hard to see the joins if applied correctly.It's like most things in modelling,plenty of patience needed.

Now that's a proper ballast train

Nice video Fran love the close up shots.Class looking layout.