patrick Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 Cork Waterford goods crosses beet empty at Grange. 10 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Oh what a joy it is to see the early 1960s once again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 As always oozing atmosphere love the mix of cattle wagon colours grey and red oxide . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 WOWWWWWW I've started drooling again. Superb stuff as always - I absolutely love that layout and era. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Great stuff, Patrick. Super layout enhanced by the interesting period rolling stock - but then I would say that, wouldn't I? Nice to see the cattle wagons au naturel and in vacuum mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Looking Fab, great shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 A layout that proves the adage of 'less is more'. Fine modelling and excellent staging have more than a bit to do with it as well, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Man Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Wow diesels go lore. All you need is a RPSI steam engine with vintage GSWR and NCC carriages. How did you build the buildings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Midland Man said: Wow diesels go lore. All you need is a RPSI steam engine with vintage GSWR and NCC carriages. How did you build the buildings? The signal box is a Ratio kit with the stone steps replaced with shortened ones which came from the Dapol box which it replaced. The goods shed is scratch built from foam board covered with Plastistruct embossed stone sheet. I still have to get around to finishing the roof. The station building is a Dapol kit. None of the buildings are accurate models of any prototype but capture the atmosphere of a small station in the South East in the seventies. A prototypical paint scheme goes a long way to achieve this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Some more lovely shots from the south Waterford line. If only the direct line between Cork and Waterford had been built rather than the circuitous one via Mallow. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 A few more. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) What started yesterday as a minor buffer repair on one of my palvans turned into a rebuild and repaint of two of them. The wagons were some of the first Irish rolling stock constructed about 10 years ago to evaluate the practicality of building an Irish layout. Does anyone know if the roofs of the prototypes were painted black? Edited May 14, 2020 by patrick 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Very nice and to think that Leslie might have this on his radar. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) The Hornby footbridge at Glen More finally got lowered to an acceptable height and got repainted. It needs a little weathering. Edited May 20, 2020 by patrick 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 On 5/14/2020 at 6:40 AM, patrick said: What started yesterday as a minor buffer repair on one of my palvans turned into a rebuild and repaint of two of them. The wagons were some of the first Irish rolling stock constructed about 10 years ago to evaluate the practicality of building an Irish layout. Does anyone know if the roofs of the prototypes were painted black? Superb little vans! Regarding roofs, none were painted black. Always brown exactly as you have them, though weathering turned them a dirty exhaust colour after a while! I saw a few newly painted and they looked just like that. If you were going to weather them, just give the roof a heavy dose of it rather than painting greyish. CIE were economical with liveries as were there predecessors - whatever colour one bit of a wagon was, the whole lot was! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midland Man Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Reminds me of Carlow. Looks amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieB Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 The footbridge looks so much better lowered to the correct height. Well done. When I did this to my footbridge, I found that you have to be very careful with the plastic latticework when cutting bits off. Also, the surface areas available for sticking the pieces back together are very limited. What colour did you repaint it in? Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 20, 2020 Author Share Posted May 20, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, StevieB said: The footbridge looks so much better lowered to the correct height. Well done. When I did this to my footbridge, I found that you have to be very careful with the plastic latticework when cutting bits off. Also, the surface areas available for sticking the pieces back together are very limited. What colour did you repaint it in? Stephen This is the paint I used Stephen. I don't remember where I got it, possibly an auto parts store but it was chosen because it matched the gray trim on the Bachmann Irish station building. The colour is described as Machinery Gray on the can. At some stage the bridge will get weathered with an overall wash of very diluted black and drybrushed with white. Edited May 20, 2020 by patrick 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Its Autumn 1971 on the South Waterford Line. A newly re-engined A class leading a short pickup goods train passes loaded beet wagons at Keilys cross. Edited May 24, 2020 by patrick 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) I liked the last shot so much I did a remake with a C class with a yellow warning panel. Edited May 24, 2020 by patrick 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) The recently (almost) completed footbridge at Glen More has spurned on progress on the stalled rebuild of the station. The bank for the yet to be built goods store is well underway and room has been found for an end loading dock, a perfect destination for Leslie's flat wagons. Edited May 25, 2020 by patrick 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shrives Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Thanks for updates good to see perfection improves ! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) Anyone who has attempted to lay out a station platform with a bay on a curve will appreciate my relief on getting the job done. Much cutting and adjusting was done to make a template from craft paper for the platform surface to get the clearances right before it was cut from a sheet of 1mm back card. This was then supported on a base made from blue Styrofoam insulation sheet brought up to the height of Peco platform edging using more card. The wall behind the passenger side of the platform is a mock up to evaluate appearance, I may go with a fence here. The surface is not yet glued in place to facilitate blending in the platform edging on the goods side with the goods store which will be faced with the same embossed styrene brick sheet. Edited May 26, 2020 by patrick 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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patrick Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) A few more, the second showing the new goods bank without wagons blocking the view. The first shows an extension to the siding serving the gantry crane and tar depot. The field which was in this area was too small to look convincing, at least to my eye and the gantry was too close to the main line. Edited May 26, 2020 by patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Following the successful assembly of the brake vans I finally plucked up the courage at attempt the SSM level crossing, a kit I have had for the last 8 years. A fiddly kit to assemble but painting was probably more difficult, at least to me but then again I am much more comfortable with Scultamold ballast and carving foam. Overall well worth the effort though, the kit really captures the look of CIE level crossing gates.The crossing keepers cottage is meant to be a temporary place holder adapted from a Scalescenes lock keepers cottage, its been there at least 5 years! Hopefully it will get replaced by a better model soon. Edited May 30, 2020 by patrick 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) 20200529_130813.mp4 Edited May 30, 2020 by patrick 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) A short video showing a Cork Waterford goods between Keily's Cross and Glen More. Edited May 29, 2020 by patrick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Patrick, that is absolutely TOP class - superb stuff altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Not my era of interest. But the layout itself is just top notch. Nothing over complicated, and a perfect example of less definitely being more. Edited May 29, 2020 by JasonB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edo Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 2 hours ago, patrick said: 20200529_130813.mp4 136.86 MB · 0 downloads Just brilliant - superb modelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Empty beet special arrives at Grange October 1974. 20200529_184012.mp4 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Lovely to see the videos adding atmosphere to this wonderful layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Glen More now has a cattle dock although some painting and/or weathering needs to be done. Amazing what you can do on a free Sunday with some coffee stirrers and a tube of glue. Edited May 31, 2020 by patrick 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishplate7 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) Patrick. Absolutely fantastic! Its my era and totally inspirational! Keep up the excellent work and more importantly, keep posting! Edited June 1, 2020 by fishplate7 Text line repeated 6 times in the post, so removed 5 of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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