The Derry Road

And yes to pay up front for it. How ever I've read some interesting posts on this topic and I would love to see a good quality wagon first as a test run, the cement bubble would be a good test case I think.

Nicely detailed piece of modelling, looking good and welcome to the forum:cheers: The derry road:-bd

Guys thanks for all the comments and support.

Dave, love the long trains, and slow running

Tank barrels for bogie cement wagons can be made of 35mm/1-1/4" waste pipe form plumbing suppliers using the tank ends of Dapol 043 kit

lovely work Kieran, great videos, keep them coming

"A class" gets my interest

Thanks Kieran, your right about the shelves, and a few more to construct to house the remainder. I'm currently installing drawers for most of the stock that will go under the base boards when the electrics are completed. Regards

Yes.............:tumbsup:a few stray rounds have been known to remove the bark off trees on occasion=)) The derry road:shooting:

Oh, I forgot to mention the double barrel is a twin belt fed 21mm machine gun

Thanks for the comments everyone, Fridge, kettle and glasses on order, drinks will be supplied for heirflick when he visits and also any others. As for the insurance you have to pass the wife first, then the dogs before the alarm, and if your that good theres a double barrel waiting. Thanks guys. The derry road

=DHi Folks, finally some more pictures of the backscene and layout progress, hope they are of interest. Also some stock on display The derry road

Hi All, I've Just finished putting a 3mm hardboard backscene former around the whole layout 12inches high/10 in some places, and have pasted on the gaugemaster backscenes to it, fingers crossed there are no wrinkles so far. So i will check it again tomorrow and take some pictures of the result. Thanks to Heirflick and broithe for their earlier advice on this method. The Derry Road

Dave, This looks superb, good luck with the challenge building it:trains:. This is one to keep an eye on with interest. Regards The Derry Road

Kirley, love the layout and good selection of rolling stock, more vidoes please but move the stools:-bd regards The Derry Road

yes they have stood the test of time and are realy reliable:tumbsup:

dave182 the overall size is 13ft 8ins by 12ft 6ins

Heirflick and broithe, Thanks to you both, I'm going to give this a go and put up some photos when done :Happy1:

Broithe this sounds a good idea, which would form a continuous backscene around the whole layout, approximately 48feet. many thanks

Heirflick, thanks for your tip, was it wallpaper paste you used, or adhesive of another type?

Guys thanks again for the comments and encouragement, I've purchased some gaugemaster backscenes and was wondering if anyone on the site can offer advice/tips on the best way to fix these in position so they don't wrinkle:trains:

Thanks Heirflick, it was made of readily available items. brass screws, black self adhesive car stripe and the usual switches and controllers fixed onto a white board panel suitably strengthened. The labelling is printed onto clear self adhesive labels on a PC. Regards The Derry Road

Hi folks sorry for the late reply, real work has to come first. Attached is a few pictures of the control panel, just have to connect it all together. Being wired for cab control I'm considering fitting a switch to convert to DCC at a later date if I choose. Currently will have to make do with what I have.

Hi Guys Thanks for the comments and encouragement. Burnthebox, I seen a plan of an irish layout many years ago and have loosely based it on part of that, which is the station area "Rachelstown" and in control of IE network side. Double oval track with a small branch line, both lead to the sidings which is "St Stephens Green" This is the NIR controlled side, housing an oil depot, cement works and various other railway business. I'm currently puting together the control panel, (DC) track is controlled by DPDT switches incorperating the "cab control" method, using three controllers, 2 for mainline running and the third shunting and turntable. point control is by electiic pencil. All lights and 2/3 aspect signals will also be connected. A large mix of traffic from CIE to IE and GNR/UTA/NCC to current translink/NIR will be run as the mood chooses. Pictures of the panel will follow shortly Thanks again to all, The Derry Road

Guys, Thanks for your help hopefully it works this time