Barrack Street Yard

[Patrick Davey]

Love how the choice of window blind in the room was made to almost match the window arches in the main goods building!

[Rob]

Very neat work

[Dempsey]

Some small amount of progress on the internal details within the large goods shed.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

It would be blasphemy to put anything other than a transparent roof on that shed!

Clear corrugated plastic panel roof!

Edited December 25, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[JasonB]

On 24/12/2022 at 1:04 PM, Dempsey said:

Some small amount of progress on the internal details within the large goods shed

Fantastic stuff. Really coming together now. Sometimes the interior of a building can be overlooked, but this just proves it's always worth the extra effort.  

Love this shot. The view captures the fertiliser bags but also the H beams. Great work. 

[Dempsey]

On 25/12/2022 at 11:33 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

It would be blasphemy to put anything other than a transparent roof on that shed!

Clear corrugated plastic panel roof!

Unfortunately it will be covered over. The way the fert pallets are set up to the right is to give the impression of being full while covering the wiring which will come up through the base for the internal lighting. When I started building it, i did so with the intention that you would only be able to view in through the side door. A way to draw in the eye towards hidden details.

 

On 26/12/2022 at 12:51 PM, JasonB said:

Fantastic stuff. Really coming together now. Sometimes the interior of a building can be overlooked, but this just proves it's always worth the extra effort.  

Love this shot. The view captures the fertiliser bags but also the H beams. Great work. 

I can't help looking at "ground" level inside myself when working on the building. I usually come away with another bit of detail I'd like to add.

[Noel]

On 14/11/2022 at 6:16 PM, Dempsey said:

Layout Update. 

Today was spent constructing the sub structure of the large shed which will be central to the Layout 

Fabulous, a scatch built building like this gives the layout a unique identity and visual edge.

On 24/12/2022 at 1:04 PM, Dempsey said:

Some small amount of progress on the internal details within the large goods shed.

Edited December 29, 2022 by Noel
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[Dempsey]

23 hours ago, Noel said:

Fabulous, a catch built building like this gives the layout a unique identity and visual edge.

It's turning into the centre piece of the layout. I'm enjoying the amount of scratch building that will have to be completed for the layout. 

[Dempsey]

Progress has been slow since my last post.

The two building are complete in so far as the major work and painting has been done. All that remains is some of the roofing detail and drainpipes etc.

Track wise I'm happy with the track plan and have begun laying down the cork roadbed with 60 percent done. 

As I will be using kadee couplers I've begun siting and testing magnets to try remove the hand of god for exhibitions when uncoupling. This as been a try and error approach between finding the right dimensions and strength. 

Once that is finalised I'll begin wiring and laying the track and points.

Your thoughts as always are appreciated. 

Chris

 

Edited March 16, 2023 by Dempsey

[Patrick Davey]

Really nice - love the buildings!

[Rob]

Looks great- buildings are fantastic

[JasonB]

Brilliant stuff. That's a great job.

This shot in particular I really like. 

 

[Dempsey]

On 16/3/2023 at 10:32 AM, Patrick Davey said:

Really nice - love the buildings!

 

On 16/3/2023 at 11:25 AM, Rob said:

Looks great- buildings are fantastic

 

6 hours ago, JasonB said:

Brilliant stuff. That's a great job.

This shot in particular I really like. 

 

Thank you. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing some shunting going on in the yard, the building aspect is proving to be a great but enjoyable challenge of the layout 

[Dempsey]

The sub structure for the bridge is complete and tested for clearance.

This well form the scenic break between the rear staging area and the layout itself. 

[Dempsey]

Some more building work at the far end of the yard. The sub structure is taking space. Using some poetic license here as from the video I'm using for reference I can't tell exactly what they were as they no longer exist. This is however becoming my favourite angle.

Also got my hands on a pair of ferts for the yard.

[Sean]

https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html

 

if you havent seen this already, all the old satellite imagery and OS maps can be overlaid onto this map. might help fill in the gaps.

[Dempsey]

That's brilliant. Never knew about this. I can see I have one or two track alterations to do.

Thank you, this will be invaluable 

[JasonB]

19 hours ago, Dempsey said:

Also got my hands on a pair of ferts for the yard.

The Ferts look right at home. They fit into that scene perfectly. 

Edited May 5, 2023 by JasonB

[Dempsey]

The first phase of wiring is complete. All track feeds bar the power for the points has been wired in with droppers awaiting the installation of the point motors and finally some tiding up of the wires.

[Dempsey]

While 210 never ran here in real life, at least to my knowledge 210 became the first train to run here on Barrack Street. While unfortunately not running a sound chip that dos not take away from this milestone or the sense of achievement. Over the next week 210 will be tasked with testing the operation and track of the yard before the track itself is finally secured in place.

[Dempsey]

While I'm sure unrealistic I had to see how they looked in the scene.

[Bob229]

Buildings look excellent, like the weathered 201 and Taras

[Patrick Davey]

Excellent - congratulations on the milestone!

[Dempsey]

Thank you very much. While getting to finally run a train is great the process of wiring everything up and testing brought its own enjoyment element 

[JasonB]

That's a very smooth run by 210 and the ferts. Great job. 

[Dempsey]

3 hours ago, JasonB said:

That's a very smooth run by 210 and the ferts. Great job. 

The NCE powercab works very well with the MM chip

[JasonB]

8 hours ago, Dempsey said:

The NCE powercab works very well with the MM chip

It was the work on your track that I was complimenting. No kinks or bumps at all, which you can sometimes see on layouts. 

[Dempsey]

25 minutes ago, JasonB said:

It was the work on your track that I was complimenting. No kinks or bumps at all, which you can sometimes see on layouts. 

Thank you very much. I paid the most attention to this. I did have issues with the two sidings on the far side of the goods shed which took the longs to get right

[JasonB]

14 minutes ago, Dempsey said:

Thank you very much. I paid the most attention to this. I did have issues with the two sidings on the far side of the goods shed which took the longs to get right

Well worth it. Everything looks fantastic. 

[Rob]

Agreed-   it all looks excellent; the weathered 201, the buildings, the trackwork etc.

Look forward to more !

[Dempsey]

The bridge that forms part of the scenic break for the layout is taking shape. Very happy with the progress so far on this stretch build.

[DJ Dangerous]

Love the bridge side!

[Dempsey]

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Love the bridge side!

I'm grateful there is only one. It was a torture to curve. 

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, Dempsey said:

I'm grateful there is only one. It was a torture to curve. 

 

How did you curve it? Hairdryer?

[Dempsey]

Actually didn't think of that.

No I scored down the back of it every couple of CM and just gently started bending it around.