Sean

hey guys anyone know whats happening to the goods shed and yard at gorey at the minute? seems to be a few portakabins on site and the old goods shed is surrounded in scaffolding with the doors left open, had a much better view driving past the yard as if some of the trees have been removed also. sean

Actually yes, but for areas like infront of the wall where theres no road and around the forest entry it will be easier to put down a layer first, plus it will be easier to get the hillside painted if im not having to be careful of painting the road. after its stuck down, particularly where the road meets the fence an extra layer will definitely be needed to get rid of any whites and blend it all together.

hattons samskip is a curtainside, think thats why it looked weird, almost bought one till i seen that

Not for long though. Gonna get the hill scattered before I stick it down properly.

when i get my programming track plugged in ill read the esu encoders and send you on the fuction maps.

the 071 situation is absolutely depressing for anybody getting into the hobby again or for the first time. Im sure the forthcoming IRM one is going to sell like hotcakes, eh?

Makeshift parking area. gonna start the station if i can find someone with a good enough printer to do the scalescenes kit for me.

With no trains running for the weekend due to a lack of points I've started to decorate the road. Lake walk. Needs some coillte signage to complete. Gates, signposts, just need some Irish signage for the sign post Country road, just needs tarmac and the embankment surface now!

looking at getting one of these, what coach are they made to fit as i have heard some mk2's can be made in differing lenghts? how hard is it to do the conversion?

that livery didnt really last all that long in real life either though did it?

give me a day or two, im just about to start building my roster on JMRI so i can put all of my locos onto seperate channels, jmri is on a "good" computer now so it will properly enable me to screenshot the process.

i mean ..... maybe im avoiding 45's for that very reason,

to slowly stir the shit handle on this massive pot of speculation a little more , Hey @BosKonay, Do you consider the plough vans to be "powered items"? wouldnt it be gas if all this speculation about new locos turned out to be a lovely little brake van for the silver A's or somthing else completley unexpected

I'd say the same for the likes of unit 45 or that though. I think we don't expect to see them because they are so new that when we do they seem a bit out of place. I actually decided that containers don't need to be prototypical on the layout I have as a. I've only ever really seen container movements in videos b. I don't really have an in-depth enough knowledge to know exactly what would work, I do aim for companies that have moved stuff in Ireland though to keep it plausible. C. Rule 1 applies. It will add variety to the layout and I currently have more containers than flats so I can chop and change as I please. Sometimes I just buy containers as memento for example the ever green one reminds me forever about that time they decided to Austin Powers the Suez canal.

Seen some earlier on an "xpo liner" video on FB, was just one or two and a load of tanktainers. Will repost if I see again

samskip: https://www.hattons.co.uk/340517/oxford_diecast_76cont004_container_samskip/stockdetail

was actually mulling this over for a while since you originally posted the drawing, in hindsight it would have been the thing to do as my needs have changed, hence the removal of the turntable, but practically i just dont want to do it because it would mean more reconstruction than i would like and now the rest of the room has been designed around single track running. i may make the loops slightly longer in order to allow me to hide a point motor within the tunnel mouth but not just yet.

might have to get my hands on a few of those maersk ones.

When are the two April announcements happening?

Yup thats exactly what they are, you can unclip the spoil boxes and refit them later so the wagons are actually multi purposed.

Oil would be at home.on many variety of different layouts

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265693852925?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=5282-175127-2357-0&ssspo=sqtpO07IQNe&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=jBYmkOuhTpK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=FB good man john paul

Old track plan The 90's brought with it the demise of the turntable to allow for slightly longer trains. For my sanity. These points are being changed for all peco this week. The ones that are "loco only" are fine to stay as they are, but between loose springs and the deep well problem the standard hornbys have a mind if their own.

R1 eh? suddenly i may have more space than i anticipated

Adjusted for second radius, still very close And no I didn't use the snips