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Think I'll go with either paper or very light card, it gives a more authentic look.

I'm still haven't decided what to do with the pitched roof over the UTA garage behind the goods store. The slaters embossed slates are poor to say the least.

Thanks David, some sound advice there. I've tried looking and actual photographs and tried painting as close to what I see but I am building up some sort of colour combinations that look pleasing to the eye. This morning I started on the back retaining wall which housed the UTA depot behind.

Patrick, Thanks for your warm comments. I'm starting to get into the painting of these walls, it is random but takes a bit of time and thought. As for the roof, this is just a light coat of Halfords grey primer. I'm still looking for a spray paint that is close to asbestos.

Stonework up the side done, for now

Dart8118, thank you - appreciate your interest. Quite a lot of what you see in the pictures above is random, observed and vision. Any ideas on colours I can use for the asbestos roof sheeting, normally a light grey - any help?

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.....