Noel

Almost ready for Wexford. Last bit of point rodding fitted. Just the cattle fence left on this side of the station. Little details needed attention like point rodding and painting the siding buffer stops. B165 and standby loco B165 fully tested on shunting duties Now just have to pack it all up and bring it back home in one piece.

Right so Ted

Sure, but don't want people to suffer falling into repeating history such as the great Lima 201 debacle selling for close to €1000 when rare on ebay, but barley fetch €50 once the superior later MM 201 was later released. Its not like fine art or stuff like original beetle music score sheets. This false market is temporary, don't like seeing model train enthusiasts exploited.

Nicely done.

Your right Sometimes there can be a sad story behind the selling of a lot of models or memorabelia.

Awe diddums Vive la difference

Collectors and hoarders? You'd like to think they'll be played with and run on layouts, but at those prices will they ever be run?

expensive cupboard fillers

Thanks. I've not yet been able to find LEDs small enough, so was going to try a 3mm one under the baseboard and fibre optic it up to the lamp house

Hi Dave. Cheers. This pic from Page 1 of thread showed the track work in the station mouth. All the BR big four rolling stock is now gone, its all black'n'tan and orange, no more GWR, LMS, LNER.

Love the signal. Presume the LED is under the baseboard with fibre optic running up the post.

Looking back. Step 1 - Transpose track plan Step 2 - Dry fit track and general arrangement Step 3 - Test Lay track Step 4 - Lay track on track bed - 3mm closed cell foam Step 5 - Ballast track Step 6 - Weather track Step 7 - Scenics and landscaping - add some small details Step 8 - Let people in Step 9 - Drive trains

Seems daft for what in truth are Toy trains, that will one day eventually be re-run with better specs, so collecting 1st gen models now will devalue not appreciate. This seems like a repeat of Lima 201s all over again and you couldn't give those away now even as a door stop.

Is it on the passing loop around the outside of the station building (ie the old access road to the former goods yard)?

Looking forward to delivery of D6704 whenever they are ready. Will be a nice replacement for steam locos to haul my BR stock (ie especially ex-LSM stock).

I've no idea why, but for some reason I never developed an interest in buses. Some fine models available these days. I generally don't put roads on layout scenery so little need of vehicles. However a tractor in a field or a truck in a goods yard adds visual interest. I've a pal who collects trucks and buses and has made amazing display cases for his collection.

IRM A class A23r thunders through woodvale junction bound for Kingsbridge hauling the 1974 'Bundoran Special'. IMG_1505.MOV

Birds eye view of the yard Busy yard below, wagon loads installed Agri supplies and builders merchants generated a lot of traffic The wagon loads I made from airfix kits about 50 years ago.

Bump. Looking forward to this. It will be my first exhibition as an exhibitor. Bringing Gort. 12 days to go.

See you at the big Wexford show so. Fantastic venue and rail is a handy way to get to Wexford.

Delightful atmosphere

As Graham has suggested modelbahnshoplippe (https://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com) is the best pricing on blank ESU decoders. You will need a LokProgrammer to program and upload a sound project yourself, or buy a commercially available sound file from the likes of wheeltappersdccsound and burn it yourself onto blank decoders. But for the Fx you probably only need to connect it to your DCC programming/test track so you can adjust CV values and mapping. modelbahnshoplippe is euro and bypasses any brexitistani delays and costs by avoiding GB retail channels. The sound files for 071 and 201 are free from ESU's own website library as are other US EMD variants that are suitable for 121,141,181 but you'll need your own horn, guards whistle and flange squeal recordings to make up an Irish sounding baby GM. Graham has done a lot of work in this area.

Looking forward to this

Another photo op today. Opps need to paint that P&T letter box green.

Anyway first world problems The driving characteristics of toy trains.