GNRi1959

Thanks John, this project has been on my mind for most of 20 years. I'm so luck that Omagh still has a few remaining GNRi men in town and their input and detail has helped immensely

Thanks everyone, I presume the lichen is painted in rather than the coloured sponge equivalent? More below....

I have a 5' LED strip above me and a small window. It's a real therapy painting small sections at a time. It does have to look exactly as it was since natural light changes all through the day and the stone changes too. Some progress.....

Back in 1990 when I built the model of Omagh General Station I cut hundreds of light card slates and laid them individually. It took days to do but well worth it. On this built there are just too many.

Below is the actual stone wall, still standing in Omagh.

Ernie, Thanks for that. I wanted to be sure

Thanks, I was pleased with the appearance despite its very random application. Indeed, that I have noticed

First efforts to paint exterior stone.....

Am I right to say that slaters plasticard skating sheets are cut into strips before applying?

Amazing detail in every form

The local press are coming next week!

Took a step back today and primed the entire build with Halfords grey primer. The enamels were not taking to the plasticard very well.

Here's the goods store office. Primed the fascia boards and ready to fit door and window frames

Thanks David, The overall footprint is around 1200 x 550mm and this was taken from the original Dundalk engineers drawings. As stated earlier, some alterations were made to the roof when the height was greatly reduced in 1955. Over the years some arch openings along the side were built up with stone from the reducing work in an attempt to secure the building. The huge sheeted doors were pulled at night to close the rear and front access to the store interior. It will make for a small shunting project but I believe, with only 2.8metres aavailable in total it will lend more towards a diorama than actual layout. It has generated much interested locally from the few surviving GNRi staff in town. This pleases me more than anything.

Lorries reversed into the Goods yard through various entrances. This one was one of a couple that Scott's Mill used to pick up bags of loose grain.

David, very helpful tips there. Do you recommend acrylic or oil based enamels?

This is a very nice example, Thanks for posting. My plan was to run a light grey into the joints and pick out the individual stones with various shades as illustrated in the picture I took of the original store below. Although this one is b&w, I did take many colour shots too.

Broithe, this is all pre-paint. Will be grey in the end.

Some progress to front of building.....

If he was taking it to the North Cabin he is running in the right direction though he would have to cross the platform across the timber catwalk, end if platform

I need guttering and downpipes for my Goods Store. It would be industrial sized material, the prototype was quite large, almost box section. Any clues?

Today, ex-GNRi carpenter Billy Caldwell called to check out my model of the Goods store. He talked in detail of how he worked with a squad of tradesmen 1954-55 to lower the entire roof of the building. He gave me a commentary of the 'goings on' inside when Omagh was a busy mainline station. According to Billy, the model is very exact!

Tomorrow, the Carpenter at Omagh GNRi station Is calling to check the finer detail of this build with me. He repaired many of the sheeted doors in the Goods store and repaired the roof many times. He went on to work as Clerk of Works with the lifting train squads at Omagh.

Little by little, the front arches and goods office entrance

Thanks lads, things progressing fine. Every bit of detail helps......