Heuston North

[Dempsey]

On 18/11/2021 at 12:20 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Have to get that @Dempsey fellow to fly down here and do some weathering.

A lot of weathering, actually.

@Rob, your layout is something else. Many of the photos look almost real.

You have a talent for making off-track spaces look realistic, not over-crowded with evey square cm home to something.

House calls in this climate?! 

[DJ Dangerous]

20 minutes ago, Dempsey said:

House calls in this climate?! 

This climate?

 

[Adrian]

New to the forum and catching up, this is amazing work, as said before I expected some of the photos to start moving. Inspiring stuff

[Rob]

085 leads the liner through the outskirts of Dublin after leaving Heuston North a short while earlier.

[Galteemore]

Nice - the texture and tone of the road are very impressive too!

[irishthump]

Great layout. Lovely weathering on those containers too!

[JasonB]

Looks great. Is that a B&I container I see, with the logo removed. 

Edited January 9, 2022 by JasonB

[Sleeper]

Really love the patched up footpath and the wild looking vegetation, very realistic nice job

[Rob]

5 hours ago, irishthump said:

Great layout. Lovely weathering on those containers too!

Cheers- credit to Irrailways Weathering Services from @Dempsey here for that!

5 hours ago, JasonB said:

Looks great. Is that a B&I container I see, with the logo removed. 

Well spotted!   Fallen flag container remaining in use!

[murphaph]

Anyone know what year the last of the fallen flag B&Is were seen before they started painting out the logos?

 

[Niles]

Wow. You've certainly captured the atmosphere of Heuston quite nicely. Well done.

[Rob]

Locomotive 187 with a short set of Cravens (1544, 1529, 1521) and BR Gen. Van (3192) having recently left Heuston North for the short trip to lnchicore.

[Grange Castle]

On 18/7/2021 at 12:24 AM, Rob said:

Locomotive 146 idling with a short set of Cravens (1544, 1521, 1529) and BR Gen. Van (3192) in the sidings at Heuston North.

Simply superb great detail 

[Noel]

1 hour ago, Rob said:

Locomotive 187 with a short set of Cravens (1544, 1529, 1521) and BR Gen. Van (3192) having recently left Heuston North for the short trip to lnchicore.

ABFAB. Wonderful.

[DJ Dangerous]

Outstanding!

Why did the guy in the Qashquai pull the handbrake and start chasing down the Range Rover?

[Rob]

19 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Outstanding!

Why did the guy in the Qashquai pull the handbrake and start chasing down the Range Rover?

No, there were two different Qashquai's passing at the time the picture was taken!

Different Regs!

[the Bandon tank]

That road surface is fantastic.

[JasonB]

On 6/2/2022 at 3:40 PM, Rob said:

Locomotive 187 with a short set of Cravens (1544, 1529, 1521) and BR Gen. Van (3192) having recently left Heuston North for the short trip to lnchicore.

 

Fantastic stuff, Rob. Love the attention to detail.  

[Noel]

46 minutes ago, JasonB said:

 

Fantastic stuff, Rob. Love the attention to detail.  

Go the road looking better than I've ever seen

[Rob]

Cheers-  l have to own up and say a friend did up some printouts of the roadway to the exact width and length with bus and road markings and l fitted them on the baseboard then.

I added the various street furniture, shrubbery, signage and footpaths after but l was very happy with the result!!

[Bob229]

Rob, superb layout great detail and nicely weathered rolling stock well done,  are the platform roofs scratch built or a kit? Thanks 

[Rob]

Cheers Bob- thanks!

The platform roofs were a kit many years ago on Ebay in pre-Brexit times- l got it as a temporary set up to try and replicate the new platforms in Heuston but ended up leaving them there once they were installed

[Bob229]

Cheers Rob   were they a peco kit? they look well can't see anything similar available now 

[Rob]

Hi Bob.

Just had a look in the attic there- it's John's Model Railways and Barnabas Junction on You Tube- see photo.    The signage and hi-viz strips l added later.

Always pays never to throw anything out!!!

Hope it helps!

[Bob229]

Excellent Rob, much appreciated will look into

[Gearóid]

Absolutely smashing, wonderful detail ...............

[Rob]

'Devastated' l never got to see 229 in the flesh at Inchicore yesterday!! 

[DJ Dangerous]

Seeing her at Hueston North is the next best thing.

[Rob]

Just adding this to the Heuston North story to keep it together for my own benefit- was in the 'Containers' discussion. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by Rob

[DJ Dangerous]

That's a lovely looking Hyster thing!

[Rob]

Was trying to replicate (a bit) this 'vehicle' from North Wall from 2004.  

[DJ Dangerous]

3 hours ago, Rob said:

Was trying to replicate (a bit) this 'vehicle' from North Wall from 2004.  

 

Frikkin' Dana's everywhere. Never noticed a black frame on one before. And what's the yellow coach in the background? Doesn't exactly look like the weedspray coach.

[ttc0169]

11 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Frikkin' Dana's everywhere. Never noticed a black frame on one before. And what's the yellow coach in the background? Doesn't exactly look like the weedspray coach.

It’s the electrification coach-used to examine the OHLE during the 1980s/1990s 

[Rob]

Mark III coach (7142) in the sidings at Heuston North recently

[Niles]

On 30/5/2022 at 12:09 PM, ttc0169 said:

It’s the electrification coach-used to examine the OHLE during the 1980s/1990s 

if I recall right spent most of its OHLE train life in one of the bays at Pearse and only moved down N Wall in its last few years? I think it had the company of a BR van in Pearse but could be misremembering...