Noel

First short clip since scenics started

Decorated and weathered line side hut now in situ. 14:50 inbound working from Athenry

Weathered with a little moss growing up the sides

Ready for weathering and a door handle

In the 3rd photo it is actually the MM coach that is an incorrect colour, far too much yellow, as have all the MM mk2d coaches been.

Ok, good to have a feedback sample, thanks. I'll stick to my well proven Vallejo Yellow+Red mix at 35:1

Well spotted George, replaced by the sheer embarrassment of being exposed I originally built that airfix kit back around 1972. Always useful to repurpose models, but Gort deserved its own as all the other buildings were scratch built. This little guy was made from bits of plastic card in my plasticard scape box (ie off cuts from past projects).

Tractor in a field. This old tractor arrived from IRM's online store this morning. Put it straight in one of the fields.

Discovered this 72.708 "Orange Fire" colour from Vallejo's game air range which is pre-thinned for airbrush use. Will try it soon on a coach but the test card looks promising. This might be the first paint manufacturers product that works straight out of the bottle. Just passing it on.

I needed a line side hut on Gort. Temporarily I used an old airfix shed that was part of their loco shed kit, but its time to make a plate layers line side hut for Gort. 1) make a kit 2. Assemble it 3. Prime it 4. Test it in situ before decoration The corrugates roof will have to be somewhat rusted These endless little tasks needed to add some character to Gort Model railway

Don't think so, have left a decent pair of wellington boots inside the shed instead . . . and ski poles

Plate layers hut installed

The fertiliser seems to be working, there be growth Gap beside line ready for plate layers hut.

Yea back then we all thought this was like an Irish TGV, little did we know 75mph was more typical, but on the old jointed rails it felt like the sound barrier had been breeched. Still the cushy air con coaches dulled the noise from outside. Fortunately have A46 on order as well. August will be A great month.

Ordered No 18. Looking forward to August! ST was an iconic livery for the A's heralding the super train launch in 1972 with matching livery mk2 coaches rounded coach ends matching the roof profile of the loco. It all looked so modern back then in an Ireland that still played the national anthem when RTE went off air every night, usually around 11pm, and when traffic lights were still black and white. The super train was like a space ship to an Ireland still getting used to morris minor's and ford anglia's

Looking forward to the landscaping phase

Jeapers were getting very fussy. IRM/AS may be victims of their own success so far have they raised the bar and our expectations. I’ll be crushed if the windscreen wipers don’t operate automatically when it rains on my choo-choo layout. Glad I ordered A46, looks the biz, I’m just barely old enough to have travelled behind that livery.

Made a dogs dinner of fitting the self adhesive back scene from ID. The adhesive just would not stick to the sky blue I had painted onto the 1/4" back scene board. Will have to waste this one and put another non-selfadhesive one on using wallpaper paste. Colours a bit stark due flash. Hopefully it'll blend in when I add some foliage, hedgerows and some trees. But I'm glad it has a hint of Connemara about it. Looking forward to the next stage of landscaping.

Unfortunate but totally understandable. But brighter days are ahead and shows will resume when its safe.

Yes action man toy was the first time I came across static grass (ie brown grass on his head for hair)

The greening of Gort has started. Step one pasture and dry stone walls typical of Co Galway. Lots more to do, but enjoying the landscaping bit. Dry stone walls made from strips of foam sanded to simulate stone. Plaster cloth and some scultamold painted acrylic brown (from art shop). Its just the beginning, lots of foliage, hedgerows and trees to follow and a bit of flooding in the bottom field.

Morgan and Barbara run a great business with quality boats. ESL now Le Boat seem to rent to party groups like 'stags' and 'hens' who can hack the boats, where as SL just won't, hence their boats are semi-private spec and well looked after by both clients and the operator. Spent some happy years based at Silverstone many years ago. The Shannon Holiday experience has been the great undiscovered treasure by so many Irish, whereas the continentals have enjoyed it for 50 years. Covid seems to have open Irish eyes to what's on our own doorstep without the need to endure airport hell to get to. Just 2hr drive from the east coast, to get to another world, to another time, escape to an amazing experience.

Stunning George. Does she have a sort of model stern gland on the shaft.

Anticipation by a thousand cuts! Looking forward to them in the fullness of time. They'll be here when they are here.