Paddy Mac Namara

Irish

New Layout Description: Celbridge started April 2016 is no more, I’ve lifted the track and started afresh. My shed is 3.4 m x 2.2 m and the layout is to run around the circumference. Depth of layout is 500mm all the way round. I have it set at a height of around 760mm so that I can sit comfortably in the chair and work away at it. Unlike Celbridge this layout is going to be end to end. Experimenting with track plans at the moment. I have added an extension to baseboard for return loop (non scenic) at one end and terminus station at the other end. Here is track plan.

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This is an unwanted gift of my carpenter Jim. Was wondering if any interest in it here, or any suggestions where i could sell it. I'm not sure of the scale, this link appears to be similar: https://mthtrains.com/30-4244-1 Paddy

Thanks guys for likes and comments, the T Rex just keeps popping up in my photos!!!!, a bit like the elf on the shelf. What i love about our hobby is we can create a "world" and its our story. Some of you might get a kick out of this video story i made......not quite the right time of year, but what the hay.

sorry might seem confusing what i'm doing just re did the photos and deleted old ones

And the after video After.mp4

Some ground cover done, ballasting and Dapol church added to town scene. Before and after Videos to illustrate and some photos. Before.mp4

Quite a long break since my last post. I usually work on the layout during the dark winter evenings. However, this “season” I had a knee joint replacement in late november, so not too much done, until the past few weeks. One job that I’d been putting off, became a necessity. I always used to crawl under the lifting flap at the door, the wiring was a mess, see photo, and reconnecting all 10 wires across the gap was not an easy job. But with the knee, my crawling days are over in the medium term, so I had to come up with a solution so that I could run trains. I got some quick release connectors on amazon and set to work. Number all the wires and even coloured coded them. It works and just takes a couple of minutes to connect up. More updates to follow.

yeah the tank is one of those airfix kits you get in lidl every so often, i've a spitfire hanging from the ceiling, i think we all cut our teeth making those kits, saving up the old pocket money. I used to do dioramas with tanks and the soldiers. So i got a pack of 1/72 scale soldiers and might paint them up next winter and was thinking of doing a battle scene in the village.... not so sure about it now with a real war unfolding in front of us, seems a bit tasteless.

Video tour around the layout.

Thanks for all the wows and likes, any questions feel free.

I added an elevated section to the remaining corner of the layout, so I have a tunnel which gives a scenic break. I used the area on top to create and town and country scene, I have been working on this since just after christmas. Lots of detailing still to do, but the core of the work is complete.

In case anyone is interested in how I made the wall along the ramp. I sieve normal builders sand into 3 grades. Larger pebbles for the wall, next for ballast along track and the finer stuff for general scatter between tracks. The wall is 15mm high by about 10mm deep. I make a mould with two pieces of wood. I smear a layer of vaseline on the wood and the ceramic base (learn’t this the hard way) to stop the wall sticking to it. Spoon in the stones and then soak in 50/50 water/pva mix. It takes about a week to dry, but even still I will need a day in the open air to dry properly.

Thanks murph it's NOCH