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  1. GNRi1959
    David, it looks fantastic. As does everything on this beautiful layout. I love it.
  2. GNRi1959
    Very realistic assembly line, impressed!
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    A little more progress, but will rest and leave until tomorrow......
  4. GNRi1959
    Thanks Paul, I have a confession to make - I am a Carpentry Instructor at our local College.
  5. GNRi1959
    Working my way through sketches and transferring them to Railmodeller Pro. Still long way to go. Any obvious 'No No's' so far............. ? (The trackworkwork on the left is incomplete)
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    Once I fine tune the track plan and transfer it to the plywood, I can start cutting the track bed and raising it around 50mm to allow for the 'Low Bridge Warning' just below the South Cabin. It will be a 'flavour' of Omagh and not necessarily a replica.
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    Finally got the baseboards complete, as can be seen by the pictures below. I have build all the baseboard frames in modular sections of 750mm x 350mm. This was deliberate, they are all the same length, more or less and the opening that will become a hinged board to complete the circuit is also 750mm. The last piece I was working on today was the section to the right that will feature the turntable. I just have to add little triangular fillers to smooth the curves out at the top baseboard inner corners. Lots of nice 9mm birch ply.
  8. GNRi1959
    If I cannot find an easy solution I may go with the Peco turntable and modify it as best I can.
  9. GNRi1959
    I'm sure its not the most difficult of things to build.......
  10. GNRi1959
    Thanks David, is the Dapol kit of inferior quality to Peco - Is it a flimsy affair? Here is the Peco N-gauge turntable which is very like Omagh. Its just not long enough for a 00 gauge 4-4-0 if it were adapted.
  11. GNRi1959
    StevieB, I have noted the size of turntables on the GNR, I guess the Peco turntable is much too big? JhB, I still remember Omagh well(pictured below), we used to play in it after school, long after the line closed!
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    Do many Irish layouts feature turntables and are they Peco? The diagram below shows my current baseboard arrangement in BLUE. I am considering a turntable in the lower left section which is why it is wider. However, I am also considering the extension in BROWN to allow for a circuit. Whats the views of other readers. The longer baseboard area (top left) can be used as storage yard beyond a road bridge. Overall length 2850mm (top) 1626mm (left) 2000mm (bottom) - 350mm wide.
  13. GNRi1959
    Junctionmad, I don't do 'soul destroying' - sorry!
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    Junctionmad, I think you've got a point with the sleepers. I could get birch ply pretty easy and save quite a bit. Also, I'd be using EM tolerances because it would probably run much better than fine scale. When all else fails, theres Peco Code 75!
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    Andy, I'm impressed. I am at a point where I am just completing my baseboards. I have three walls complete and tomorrow I'll cut the last section which will allow me to use a flap to close off the entrance to the operating position. I don't see no reason why I shouldn't consider 21mm though I really need to be sure that locomotives can be converted easily. Any photographs?
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    Thanks jhb, nice to have them. Don't plan on scratch building coaches anyway.
  17. GNRi1959
    I thought this cartoon in the current issue of Railway Modeller really captured the modern day railway enthusiast!
  18. GNRi1959
    Dave, whats the history of this set - Great Southern I presume?
  19. GNRi1959
    Thanks Dave. The one sure thing about this purchase is that is concludes one sure thing. I'm modelling Irish and its 00 gauge!
  20. GNRi1959
    I have absolutely nothing of Irish passenger stock so tonight I bought this set NEW off Ebay @ £200. I think they are quite rare and although this type of thing never ventured on the Derry Road, its simply something Irish to start my collection. It is expensive but surely its worth it. Whats your opinion Wrenneire?
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    Colin, anything is possible - there are no rules! I have a running space of almost 6metres x 350mm, enough to provide a 21mm shunt.
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    JBH, this thread on 5'3" has got me interested too. In the absence of a do-able representation of Omagh I just could use my 2.9m shed length for a 21mm test track and sidings. Building wagons and locos has much more appeal to me that running 00 gauge locos round in circles.
  23. GNRi1959
    I printed the full size 00 gauge plan from RailwayModeller Pro tonight and it took ages. If I were to glue all the pages together and lay them out on the floor I may be able to redesign to run it around the walls, however its an enormous plan.
  24. GNRi1959
    This picture at Omagh shows the broad gauge head-on, you can see why it is visually much better looking than 00.
  25. GNRi1959
    I often thought about a simple board 1.5m x 300mm, with a length of track and one siding built in 21mm and used as a test track to get you started.
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