DoctorPan

With a period of enforced annual leaving approaching due to end of year and outstanding leave due to Covid, I decided to set myself a small task of building a small micro layout. A diesel depot was chosen as my small fleet of GMs (and soon to be bolstered by the As) needed somewhere that I could pose them and take nice pictures and would offer some potienial in the limited space I had due to the life of living in rental accomadation. Just two photos to start off with of the shed area from nearly the same angle, just after track laying finished and just after scenic work has started in erenst.

latest project on the go, a fueling point for a micro layout I decided to build during lockdown annual leave. Just needs painting

Nostalgia leaves me with old slam door stock with dusty seats and cold dafty interiors and being replaced with brand new railcars that were bright and increditably warm. New stations opening up and plans for two extra tracks out of Heuston.

A on a whim purchase! Was made aware of this 90% complete conversion of a Hornby Stainer 2-6-4T into a Jeep and just had to have it. Joins the back of the workbench crew but plans are to finish her off as the lovely No.4

Ah now Geogre, its hard to back Hornby when they have developed a nasty habit of trying to stamp out competition and undercut competaters for daring to do models that Hornby have sat on their arses and misread the market. How long were modellers crying out for a updated Terrier, only for Rails to answer that plea and Simon Kohler take great exception to. Then Hattons have brand new class 66s samples on display and suddenly Hornby updates their class 66s and brings them out cheap? Something smells fishy then you have Hornby staff going out to measure 4 wheeler carriages two months after Hattons announced their range and former Hornby staff have admited that the Hornby coaches only came about to further remind Hattons of their place in the market. Rails with the LMR coach, saw that the market wanted more LMR stock and announced a quick UK based model, only for Hornby to stomp the boot on them again and announce theirs. One or twice is an accident. 5 times suddenly is a pattern and a nasty one that. Hornby sat on their arses ignoring what the market was demanding and now that others have stepped up to fill the gaps, are throwing their weight around to starve off competation. They are already starting to lose customers who cannot stomach these practices and if they continue on so, I will stick to Bachy & others for any British stock I need.

Another weekend, another completed build or two! First up the Deans Goods into J15 bash: Secondly, the turf coaches.

They don't do sense because the voters don't do sense. We're all talk great things about what we want done to improve public life but the minute they start to do anything about it, a vocal minority who always vote come out against it. Look at how hard it's been to get Bus Connects through

http://nebula.wsimg.com/f7e82593cc2c203572905367348247a2?AccessKeyId=D1829DBC3C305DDDBF0E&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 Yeah form alright

Ballinasloe? Know a 6 piece made it down that way with Driver Noel Playfair at the controls

A big issue that hampers development is the territoralness of areas. In the Midlands, back around Celtic Tiger days, there was a plan for Tullamore, Portlaosie, Athlone and Mullighar to form a city of sorts to counter balance Dublin. Fell apart as Tullamore councillors would complain when Athlone or Mullighar would get a certain feature, others would block decisions as it went to the wrong country ecta. Then you get to the fact that a lot of regional towns are within catchment areas of each other, canablising each other and ending up with halfway measures. There needs to be set towns that are designed as regional focus points and areas around them be satiliate towns. There's a report from the 1950s that said the exact same and it'll be ignored. But we need to be realistic, Ennis is never going to be on the same level as Galway or Limmerick. Its increditable hard to plan stuff when everyone is against it because its not in their area.

One of my upcoming projects requires wheels that are ~6-8mm diameter. I was wondering if anyone knew a source of wheels this size for 00/HO. If not, anyone have experience putting Graham Farnish wheels onto OO gauge axles?

Would be interested in one spanning two tracks

And complete!

Wouldn't say never about RPSI preserving an ICR. Kids today growing up with them will be just as likely to want to preserve one as the older generations wanted to preservate BGMs and steam...

Yeah, have another one ready to build to have a small rake of them.

Transfers along with name and number plates from Des dry on 801 Maca I turn to a subject matter I've had an itch to try since seeing David Holman's wonder 7mm versions. Now mine maybe 4 wheelers but I do think they capture the unique look of the turf coaches. I have another coach on the bench ready for construction.

Yup, only place I could find that did the wbw lining required.

First attempt at doing lining and its going ok so far.

Oh no...

Not as far as I'm aware but he does put models on ebay from time to time. Over the last few months a weedspray coach, some 47fts, 4 20ft flats, Brake Laminate and bits have appeared on it.

And this is his ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/helix0_8?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

They seem to pop up on his ebay from time to time which is where I managed to get mine. As far as I'm aware they aren't in his shop.

Well going by what they've said prior, I would guess the Blue Taras might appear this year after the As

Sure, the J15 started life as a Hornby Dean Goods and the 800 is the old Bachmann Royal Scott, picked up cheaply from Hattons prior to Christmas.

While the run up to Chrstmas saw very little modelling due to work commitments, January has seen some spare time to resume modelling. Two conversions of RTR stock on the go atm, a J15 and a 800 (idenity TBC) in various stages of testing colour mixes as well as finishing off a second shunter for the CSÉ