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GNRi1959
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Yes, David, compared to photos I have it is rather dark. I'm not that pleased with the colour to be honest.
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I'll probably make a visit too
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A few photos of Omagh after ballast, not totally dry yet but getting there. I've used Woodland Scenics cinders and I hope its ok. Next task will be ground surfaces between the sidings and in around the yard.
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Maybe tomorrow if the ballast glue sets ok, I will post
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Saturday 21st September 2019 Cathedral Hall, Enniskillen
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Started some ballast this afternoon, amazing how it changes the look.
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I'm so sorry I missed this meeting as I had flown to Australia on 23rd. What was the agenda and is there anything to report. I live in omagh.
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Managed to pick up a suitable railing, have walls and pillars in place. Slow but steady pace
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Just back after almost 4 weeks in Australia. Started cutting the strips of Wills scenic sheets that will form the boundary wall around the goods yard. I need to find a nice brass etched iron railing for the front section.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=2BhLBFwx4ug
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Birch ply is so nice to work with
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The next step is the ballast, ground cover, boundary wall, railings and gates. I'm off to Australia in the morning for almost 4 weeks so I've plenty to do when I return.
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Met up with my good friend Joe McGrew today and walked him home. He joined the GNR(i) at the age of 15yrs as a boy porter and worked himself up to shunter before closure. He celebrated his 90th birthday a few months back. Today he was still able to talk in great detail of his days on the railway.
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They do indeed!
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A busy day in Omagh......
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Thanks, I know that as the rails entered the goods yard it became bogged in black, grimey ground cover up to sleeper level with manys a puddle. I guess there would have been the odd blade of grass and weed around too.
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Any suggestions on ground cover in busy, oily goods yard?
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David, as much as I like the idea of a fiddle yard, this baseboard will have no add-ons, just an exhibition piece. I'm bringing this project to an end. I started modelling again in December 2016 and I think I need a well earned break.
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Omagh Goods Yard has been transformed into a diorama measuring 1.5m x 700mm and will become an exhibition piece and with some luck become a permanent display in town, maybe going my previous model of Omagh GNRi station built in 1992. I've decided to go this way due to space restrictions mainly though all track is live and will be operation, if only across its 1.5m length. I will start landscaping and finishing this project which has been a real pleasure to build.
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Looking forward to seeing this develop David
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A brilliant flavour of Irish rail with wonderful scenery and realistic running. I really envy those long trains and realistic sounds, something well worth stopping off for here.
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David, I'm planning on staying away from any future solder joints involving track! I can do most things well, not solder! n
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Today I lifted the copperclad strips that were terrible and relayed the sections again. This time I arranged all my track joints over the baseboard joints with fish plates. I will go ahead with the wiring and check running and the lay ballast once tests are successful over several weeks
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When laying this short soldered section I broke it up into short lengths of track so that in the event of a soldering disaster I could lift it quite easily.
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I'm quite pleased with the first straight section shown below here but the section below isn't good. I think I'll lift this section and relay using a single piece of copperclad and not bother cutting strips of sleeper.
