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Great Layouts, very well done to you all I notice from the pictures that there seems to be a lot more diesel layouts now and less steam, in Ireland anyway.

As the transfers are white, any problem areas can be touched up with paint.

They look great. I use Microsol to soften transfers but it depends on the transfer. I would think MIR transfers would be older, thicker and maybe a little brittle, so keep the ones you have and put lots of Microsol on and let it soak for a while. Some small transfers can be thinner and just melt with Microsol. They are always tricky to work with. Good luck.

It's got great detail and it would look good on display in a cabinet.

Looks great.

This is going to be a big job and you will need to make a lot of changes. I can help with the metalwork/soldering, if you need any help let me know. Good luck.

Your building up the stock nicely.

Also, if Putin decides to start World War 3 then this will wipe out most of the population.

I must remember that, USE REAL CEMENT.

Beautiful weathering, better than the real thing.

They look soo good and the colour is just right.

They all look great and will look the part.

Some more bits and pieces. These are either hand made or bought as kits and painted. First is the IRM 20 ft CIE container. 2. Owen O'Neill's 3d printed containers. 3. steps 3d printed by Bulkscene for the small ones which are great and the big one is from 10 commandments which is brass but very fragile. 4. Shelves 3d printed by Westhill Wagon Works. 5. Concrete sleepers x 96 by Peco IL- 121 It took a lot of work to get them looking like this. 6. Ifor Williams trailer hand made from plastic. 7. AWS Relay boxes 3d printed from collectorshotbed on eBay 8. Wooden sleepers hand made from balsa wood and painted, they are as light as a feather. 9. Small Dozer Komatsu 1:87. 10. Atlas Hydrema 1:76 with rail wheels added from the Oxford BR Land rover.

Give it a bit more, don't be afraid of it especially around the exhausts. What was this wagon for?

Would you not weather the roof a bit? it would usually have a bit of exhaust dirt.

Nice loco, did you buy it like that or did you repaint it?

No box ? must be a cheap one off eBay.

I think the way things are going we will all be back on the turf and coal.

They are a bloody eyesore in the landscape and we seem to be getting more and more of them but the way fuel prices are going I might need one in the back garden.

Beautiful scenes and great realism. The sound in the videos makes it seem real.

Thanks, The top hopper parts were hand made.

I wouldn't do a second one because of the time involved and I need to move on with the very long list of projects in front of me. Have a go and you might surprise yourself.