Patrick Davey Posted March 27 Author Posted March 27 Enjoy 6 minutes of digital sound bliss, as 125 shunts her new ballast wagons around Clogherhead: 125 & Ballast Wagons.mp4 11 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 14 Author Posted April 14 Some appropriate period posters added to Clogherhead. 10 Quote
jhb171achill Posted April 14 Posted April 14 I can smell the sea air, cresote on sleepers, and a faint whiff of coal smoke from the UG which has just left with the Dundalk local....... and is that a smell of fish'n'chips from that beaten-up oul van parked up beside the beach, down the road? Mind those seagulls, by the way. 3 2 Quote
Galteemore Posted April 14 Posted April 14 19 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I can smell the sea air, cresote on sleepers, and a faint whiff of coal smoke from the UG which has just left with the Dundalk local....... and is that a smell of fish'n'chips from that beaten-up oul van parked up beside the beach, down the road? Mind those seagulls, by the way. And Norman Foster taking photos… 1 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 17 Author Posted April 17 Moving towards the endgame now, the fiddle yard board has been constructed. 6 Quote
derek Posted April 17 Posted April 17 3 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: Moving towards the endgame now, the fiddle yard board has been constructed. Jaysus! I thought you were starting another one. In a way I suppose you are 1 1 Quote
Metrovik Posted April 17 Posted April 17 5 minutes ago, derek said: Jaysus! I thought you were starting another one. Come, on Patrick, you know you want to...... 1 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 A bit of insomnia at the min so I may as well be creative….. 8 Quote
derek Posted April 18 Posted April 18 14 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: A bit of insomnia at the min so I may as well be creative….. Count sheep like the rest of us Patrick 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 The noise will be so bad I might need a herring aid........ 3 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 On 18/4/2024 at 7:27 PM, derek said: Count sheep like the rest of us Patrick Or corrugated opens - I just bought a second packet!!! 1 Quote
Broithe Posted April 22 Posted April 22 2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: I have just bought 48 seagulls....... 9 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said: Or corrugated opens - I just bought a second packet!!! The sellers must think you're a bit gullible. 7 Quote
Mayner Posted April 23 Posted April 23 19 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: I have just bought 48 seagulls....... Used a selection of Dart Castings rabbits, ducks, swans etc. to keep viewers interested when exhibiting a small end to end layout 20 odd years ago. The different animal species were listed on the layout fascia. Families with small kits used to get more entertainment out of searching for and counting the rabbits and ducks than watching the trains! Rabbits and ducks have gone into hiding but swans have taken up residence for the past 10-12 years in the river on the Irish Narrow gauge layout 2 Quote
Horsetan Posted April 23 Posted April 23 22 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: I have just bought 48 seagulls....... Don't eat chips in their presence. 1 2 Quote
Broithe Posted April 23 Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Horsetan said: Don't eat chips in their presence. They'll have the chips out of his locos... 2 Quote
Horsetan Posted April 23 Posted April 23 8 minutes ago, Broithe said: They'll have the chips out of his locos... D'ye think yer man's becoming a "seagull manager"? 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted April 24 Posted April 24 On 18/4/2024 at 7:27 PM, derek said: Count sheep like the rest of us Patrick Or wagons on a loose-coupled goods train coming into the North Wall from rural places……. 1 Quote
Mayner Posted April 25 Posted April 25 On 25/4/2024 at 2:30 AM, jhb171achill said: Or wagons on a loose-coupled goods train coming into the North Wall from rural places……. Possibly a watching trains go-by N scale model of the GNR Main Line across the Border or Craigmore Viaduct as a next project if Patrick has the space. Kids used to start counting wagons on goods trains as they emerged from a tunnel/from under a bridge when we exhibited a 13' x 2'6" N Gauge club layout about 40 years ago! Alternatively watching/trying to count cars on American freight trains can help you sleep. Spent a week chasing/photographing trains on Donner in 2001 before we were all abruptly brought back to reality by the 9/11 attacks. 3 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 A significant development at Clogherhead today: 6 Quote
Galteemore Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Turning out well. Hope it didn’t take too much fiddling. 1 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 30 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Turning out well. Hope it didn’t take too much fiddling. It actually did David, I had to get my next door neighbour to come and help me lift it into the main house, it is now sharing the room with Mr. Weaver’s empire! 31 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Turning out well. Hope it didn’t take too much fiddling. But I see what you did there 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 A kind donation of track from Kieran Lagan has facilitated further progress today! 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 And the first official working arrives into CHD from Drogheda….. ahem sorry, the new fiddle yard FullSizeRender.MOV 3 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 More explorations of the new fiddle yard by B125: IMG_5948.mov 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 28 Author Posted April 28 (edited) Painted the fiddle yard board black. Edited April 28 by Patrick Davey 3 Quote
Galteemore Posted April 28 Posted April 28 The Henry Ford approach to layout finishing. Looks well. 1 Quote
Tullygrainey Posted April 28 Posted April 28 So now we can watch locos go to the dark side (I'm already wearing my coat) 3 Quote
Galteemore Posted April 28 Posted April 28 16 minutes ago, Tullygrainey said: So now we can watch locos go to the dark side (I'm already wearing my coat) Just think of all the fun you can have with that DCC sound…. 1 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 29 Author Posted April 29 A3r was very excited to pose beside a photo of herself as a kid. 13 1 Quote
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