Sean

https://www.trains.com/mrr/how-to/model-train-layouts/model-train-decor-using-shelf-layouts/

https://www.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/murphy-models-cravens/30450640 6 cravens, 600 euro lol.

dunno man, it was the first result when i clicked on YOUR ebay link. lol

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175757401179?hash=item28ebf51c5b:g:Vs4AAOSwJINkfKzS&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwFIXze2H6irjdvfjj6LTlBtoWb2Ya4sY%2FfsRtS9sopiiQp3NvnE8Lq0%2BqN5KAqrXoE%2FAJ4pMnoZvnIdJDaXTVdBVd%2F7bftn2UFbmz%2FtTSYGl0LwdkQXI%2B5Zg8CLCMfShe9VRoR0P8HjG0Y1TDcCKFJO8cL%2BfmjCW0%2F1G%2B4XCPkV8E7Wyv%2BJUOYRqpOEgdSWCs1AlmkMEvZqp2g26jyPAqZGNbBZEiXqbj8jRQoZLWDnhpA116GzGuDj3A6CXUrQjnw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8DI9YWSYg

any cheap flights and hotels going

I like to think of it as just under half a mile co-incidentally, this is made up of 8x 4x1.5 foot boards, overall we are at 12x7. I think were going to need a bigger thread, this aint westport no more!

i am convinced beyond reasonable doubt that that was some sort of "I am the one who knocks" territorial power move, lil shit.

So what's this then lol

looks good to me, rule one and all that

anybody else find it highly annoying that adverts have taken away our ability to look at sold and withdrawn items? probabaly easier on admin but it would be nice if they at least cached them for a short time.

my restaurant now, the only thing served shall be pints of 120 proof pure grice

i like the 121 foam packaging quite a bit if im honest. the one caveat to me is that when putting the top piece of foam back in if you put it down the wrong way it becomes very easy to snap off the horn the next time you unbox the loco, its also very easy to put the foam in the wrong way as theres no real indication of which way its supposed to go, ive unboxed brand new locos with the top piece installed the wrong way however which was annoying but as i was aware of the issue from a previous horn snapping i could still unbox without issue (although a little more nerve wracking then it should be)

And then came night! could not resist wiring up more LEDS after my successes in the shed. 007 rolls through light engine at dusk. little bit of trackside furniture added, there is a nice ambience starting to build now.

Hey big spender

Let there be light

had hoped to get an update in sooner but ive actually been spending a lot of time running the layout, which can only be a good thing. that being said, this week ive been messing around with scratch building the wagon shed . First time working in wood or doing anything interior related and it still needs paint but overall I'm really pleased with it and how nicely and effectively the little mirrored surface is working out in there. just looking at this photo now it is making me strongly consider the idea of a small very low relief lean to building to fill in on the remainder of the backscene space. may look better than just a wall of blue like we see now. Ive also added a backscene, just a free printout for now whilst i decide if the backdrop is what i want to be looking at long term, if so ill probably want to get my hands on an id backscene of the terraced houses. this works well for now albeit i do find it slightly repetitive, i guess i can decide after a few more operating sessions. as mentioned earlier, i have went ahead and expanded the alexandra cassette into a full length shelf incorporating more of a fiddle yard with a run around and a couple of sidings, this allows adding slight variety onto the types of traffic that can run through the yard in a given running session as well as adding a little more "play" potential into the layout, and this is a layout that is very much meant to be played with!

I was under the impression that they were only painted blue for a while and spent most of their life in brown. happy to be wrong though, now having them on my layout actually fits the era.

Ive also seen in more than one video of the short 2-3 wagon liner trains that the thing is hauled by a single 121 in ir livery which would have had to have been turned around for the return leg of its journey.

VID-20230508-WA0001.mp4 some fun tonight as we get to see 007 passing through the yard with the empty taras whilst the guinness liner awaits offscene for the road in. turns out operating 2 throttles with one hand and a camera with the other can be quite tricky so the vid is a bit sloppy, the notch points on 133 are also nonstandard and and i forgot to reset them, however,

if ya took off all the text and signs the biggest obvious difference is those big shoulders at the front and back of the container, I think the irish ones were taller too, the chassis covers up a lot of the visible portions of the wheelsets on these. they are a HUGE upgrade from the chopped up hornby carriage flats i had made up before this, they also had come in slightly too long, they have kinematic coupling and all that other nice modern stuff. and they are rather heavy. considering converting the containers into coal load containers so i can do an asahi liner.

The PFA are a brilliant alternative if you want 20 foot flats but dont want to be putting kits together they have a fully modernised chassis too.

Sure i can just play with your trains then,

bit pendantic but would you label them as a warranty related part or would they be more of a cosmetic part? surely if paddy heard there was demand for spares to go onto the older models it wouldnt be too hard for him to order x amount extra of handrails and wipers whilst the factory is still in production. Agreed but it doesnt bother me all that much unless I have the model in the same scene as a newer one, its noticable then but i still wouldnt care too much. when they are missing altogether it does look odd though.

if all that shit comes out within the next 9 months im going to be very very very poor

tbh I need wipers and handrails for a 141 so I hope he sees demand for them as a standalone product. I reckon alot of these locos lost these exact parts over the years and they are the most fragile parts of almost any model.