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  1. Irishrailwayman
    How will you work the uncoupling for shunting purposes? PS chipboard is prone to damage from damp.
  2. Irishrailwayman
    Nice pic NIRClass80. Yes the 141/181 was the first of the post-MIR locos to be released RTR and stands up well over the 10 years or more that it was released.
  3. Irishrailwayman
    Just for fun I took some photos of my older (2008) 121 model made from Model Irish Railways resin kit (hand painted) and put it beside Murphy Models fine new RTR model. MIR's version is fractionally longer, taller and the bonnet is less slender/detailed than MM's. However, I seem to have caught the grey colour fairly well. The MIR transfers included a border in black around the logo and numbers which is absent on the MM model? I used a DCC-ready US SW1500 chassis but never managed to find one which incorporated sound although I did use the twin directional headlamps to good effect. An earlier (2005) perhaps less successful effort by me of an MIR metal kit of the 121:
  4. Irishrailwayman
    I like the C with the yellow panel - is that a Silver Fox model?
  5. Irishrailwayman
    No Noel, I plan to operate the points and signals on "Buffers Lock" using my Z21 set up as I have done successfully with "Diesel Depot"!
  6. Irishrailwayman
    Timber Track's cattle dock painted and now complete:
  7. Irishrailwayman
    Wait 'till you hear the sound project it is really impressive!
  8. Irishrailwayman
    Personally I have always liked the grey/yellow version and got great reactions over the time I ran my MIR version on "Ballybeg" at exhibitions! Crude compared with MM but this was completed back in 2008.
  9. Irishrailwayman
    Tested my 135 at Wexford MRC clubrooms today: the sound is very realistic and different to the 141/181 sounds. Excellent model!
  10. Irishrailwayman
    Best wishes to Paddy for all he has done for the hobby of Irish railway modelling.
  11. Irishrailwayman
    Thanks Tim. The 6mm cork was glued down with strong builders' neat PVA and weighed down until set over a few days. The rails were laid down precisely in accordance with printed templates (Templot) placed directly on the baseboard cork. The rails were then tacked in place with track nails mainly on the outer sleepers to avoid compacting them. The cork was cut away at an angle to provide a shoulder for the ballast. Finally, dry ballast was dusted over the rails and distributed/shaped with a fine brush. This was then wetted by spraying with much water/wash-up liquid mix and a strong solution of builders' PVA was added by dropper. Once set over a few days this holds the rails in place in a concrete-like grip!
  12. Irishrailwayman
    Signal box interiour now completed:
  13. Irishrailwayman
    The Goods Shed is now complete:
  14. Irishrailwayman
    Thanks Leslie, these are very well crafted kits beautifully presented and a joy to make. Under Buildings on their website Timber Tracks state "So, as we are retiring at the end of the year, we are happy to release the test build models we have. In almost all cases, there is only one finished kit available and once sold there will be no more". Also, contact with them directly has confirmed that once their stock of any given model kit is sold out, they will not be making any more. A pity.
  15. Irishrailwayman
    Signal box exteriour complete interiour details underway:
  16. Irishrailwayman
    The Goods Shed has had it "dry-brushing" with red brick colour leaving the "mortar" colour showing through:
  17. Irishrailwayman
    The Goods Shed and Cattle Dock have been given their undercoat of Humbrol 121 prior to dry-brushing with red brick colour:
  18. Irishrailwayman
    Some of Ballybeg's alternate railway buildings have been given a re-vamp/spruce up to keep them fresh:
  19. Irishrailwayman
    Worth checking for a full listing of CVs for that particular chip as these vary between makers. Also the MM model itself may be using different electronic set ups to make certain lights work together etc.
  20. Irishrailwayman
    Update on Little Siddington: work continues to develop more of the countryside areas around the layout with plaster contouring, painting, static grass application, wire fencing and telegraph pole installation, addition of extension to head-shunt to form a branch in the centre of the layout (which will be adaptable to take a variety of club/members' layouts) etc.
  21. Irishrailwayman
    "Buffers Lock" station building is now virtually complete apart from some weathering and details. Note extensive interiour detailing including toilet areas!
  22. Irishrailwayman
    Great project - best of luck.
  23. Irishrailwayman
    Buffers Lock signal box gets the dry brush treatment on its brickwork to match the station building:
  24. Irishrailwayman
    Started painting the station building using a base-coat and dry-brush technique with the base-coat showing through as the mortar!
  25. Irishrailwayman
    A couple of shots of the layout as it nears completion:
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