Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 36 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said: Looks fantastic. Well done 16 minutes ago, John-r said: Have to say, I'm really enjoying watching your project take shape, it's looking really good and look forward to your updates, weather permitting. Great work. Thanks lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Roof sheets collected and fixers for same, however it's kinda wet this evening so I will have to wait. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 Took some time off today seeing as the weather was good and sheeted the roof, also ordered the double glazed units for the windows and door, getting there gradually. 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 22 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: Took some time off today seeing as the weather was good and sheeted the roof, also ordered the double glazed units for the windows and door, getting there gradually. Double glazed units! Pure notions. Tis far from double glazed units you were reared. Seriously, looking excellent. Keep it up. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Wow! Looking better each time! Great idea for a shed! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 This is just awesome! Enjoying the progress. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 45 minutes ago, derek said: Double glazed units! Pure notions. Tis far from double glazed units you were reared. Seriously, looking excellent. Keep it up. I intend staying warm lad, it's the north west 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 15 Author Share Posted March 15 Time consuming cutting out stencils for the lettering..... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Just had a quick flick through this thread. Kept meaning to do so and kept forgetting. The concept, the idea, is just fabulous, and the shed itself looks brilliant. It genuinely looks like an abandoned wagon sitting in your garden! My only fears would be about protecting the models inside from the elements. It's been a long time since I've experienced it first-hand, but I still remember what Ireland is like for damp. It seems to creep in everywhere and anywhere, the damp and the cold both compounding each other, taking advantage of the tiniest slivers to penetrate anywhere! Some of the posts in the thread are a bit too technical for me, go whooshing way over my head, but the bottom line is, I hope that your models will be OK! I guess it would be kind of funny if they weren't, and you decided to move them back into the house - then you could put your hand on your heart and tell visitors that it genuinely IS abandoned, without having to lie! Being serious, though, how is it likely to turn out from a weather-proofing aspect, long term? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 30 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: Just had a quick flick through this thread. Kept meaning to do so and kept forgetting. The concept, the idea, is just fabulous, and the shed itself looks brilliant. It genuinely looks like an abandoned wagon sitting in your garden! My only fears would be about protecting the models inside from the elements. It's been a long time since I've experienced it first-hand, but I still remember what Ireland is like for damp. It seems to creep in everywhere and anywhere, the damp and the cold both compounding each other, taking advantage of the tiniest slivers to penetrate anywhere! Some of the posts in the thread are a bit too technical for me, go whooshing way over my head, but the bottom line is, I hope that your models will be OK! I guess it would be kind of funny if they weren't, and you decided to move them back into the house - then you could put your hand on your heart and tell visitors that it genuinely IS abandoned, without having to lie! Being serious, though, how is it likely to turn out from a weather-proofing aspect, long term? It's going to be totally weather proof, which means it will survive normal Irish weather, it won't be a wagon internally, it will be dry, cosy, safe and warm, I won't put any of my models in here if it's none of the above, all the windows and doors will be double glazed, insulation packed everywhere possible, today is a great test for it actually, it's blowing a gale and driving rain 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Floor going in today. Floor going in today. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-r Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Coming along really well, Great work, can I ask were do the bunk beds go for us all when we visit, I have first dibs . Enjoying your progress 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 (edited) This is a superb post. I’ve no room in a small suburban garden for a thing like this but I wish I had. When I was a small person, I remember we visited a long-deceased elderly family friend in Co Wicklow who had an old Dublin tram on their farm. They had got it as a summerhouse but one of their farm workers was living in it. Another long gone acquaintance some fifty years ago had a pristine BCDR 6-wheel third class coach, still in faded UTA green. They used it as a workshop. It had tools, vices, small lathes and a whole range of work benches in it. Some time prior to the establishment of the DCDR, it was sadly bulldozed…. All long gone now, but I always wished I had an old railway vehicle and room to keep it. Edited March 16 by jhb171achill 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 53 minutes ago, John-r said: Coming along really well, Great work, can I ask were do the bunk beds go for us all when we visit, I have first dibs . Enjoying your progress I'm afraid John a couple of armchairs might have to suffice, plenty coffee, chat and whiskey will pass the time and then there's only time for a short snooze 36 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: This is a superb post. I’ve no room in a small suburban garden for a thing like this but I wish I had. When I was a small person, I remember we visited a long-deceased elderly family friend in Co Wicklow who had an old Dublin tram on their farm. They had got it as a summerhouse but one of their farm workers was living in it. Another long gone acquaintance some fifty years ago had a pristine BCDR 6-wheel third class coach, still in faded UTA green. They used it as a workshop. It had tools, vices, small lathes and a whole range of work benches in it. Some time prior to the establishment of the DCDR, it was sadly bulldozed…. All long gone now, but I always wished I had an old railway vehicle and room to keep it. They must have been fascinating to see 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-r Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Chat and Whisky more than enough, no chairs required, floor to crash on, great plan coming together . Keep up the great work Regards John. 5 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: I'm afraid John a couple of armchairs might have to suffice, plenty coffee, chat and whiskey will pass the time and then there's only time for a short snooze 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 12 minutes ago, John-r said: Chat and Whisky more than enough, no chairs required, floor to crash on, great plan coming together . Keep up the great work Regards John. Thanks John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 8 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: They must have been fascinating to see The tram had some new boarding over it, but was very recognisable, but the BCDR coach was externally perfect! Original door handles and all, but internally stripped. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 This is as far as the weather allowed this morning Ah well, there's always next week 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Got the floor finished and started the insulation, the sun was still shining this evening so I put up some more script, not exactly as original but near enough and will do me Oh ignore the plastic sheets covering the windows, it's only temporary until the glass units arrive. 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 The inside is not very brake van like but I want it functional as a layout space so needs must, some insulating, slabbing and wiring works today. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) On 20/3/2024 at 7:39 PM, Gabhal Luimnigh said: Is that your reflection to the right of the word "brake" or is it possibly a spook? Or am I just seeing things? Edited March 23 by derek 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Couldn't be me Derek, I was too far away, it's either you or 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironroad Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Better call ghost busters, I can see images in both of those windows !!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 An artist I'm definitely not , my attempt at sign writing leaves a lot to be desired but once you get used to it I reckon it's grand , the feckin rain stopped play again! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 1 hour ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: An artist I'm definitely not , my attempt at sign writing leaves a lot to be desired but once you get used to it I reckon it's grand , the feckin rain stopped play again! Ah, you're too hard on yourself - and it'll be OK once you've weathered the whole thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 11 minutes ago, Broithe said: Ah, you're too hard on yourself - and it'll be OK once you've weathered the whole thing. The weathering is happening every day 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 A little cost update, the total I have spent so far for anyone who is interested is €1014. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Well will it pass the PW inspector? Still waiting for the glass delivery! 14 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 And then there was power! Have to wait for funds for the rest of the plaster slabs and I will be nearer the end of the build, glass units are ready to be collected too, little steps 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Got some more slabbing done this evening, time to pick some brains of the more learned here now , below is the outline of the floor area and I want to plan the baseboards, my goal is to have one or more short little shunting or straight line layouts, so should I have individual boards or one long one just divided,or a wrap around or something else? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Here is one to kick off the discussion;- Taken from Mr CJ Freezer's 'Track Plans' Plan No. 1 for a small bedroom! I have elongated it to suit your dimensions and ignored your lobby, I reckon railway layout space is more important than a lobby. This plan allows for a train to run on a loop, which runs under the station, so then one can play end to end between the fiddle yard, the goods, the engine shed, and the station at the same time. The trains would have to reverse into the station and would be short! Eoin 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 2 hours ago, murrayec said: Here is one to kick off the discussion;- Taken from Mr CJ Freezer's 'Track Plans' Plan No. 1 for a small bedroom! I have elongated it to suit your dimensions and ignored your lobby, I reckon railway layout space is more important than a lobby. This plan allows for a train to run on a loop, which runs under the station, so then one can play end to end between the fiddle yard, the goods, the engine shed, and the station at the same time. The trains would have to reverse into the station and would be short! Eoin Interesting, however the lobby can't be ignored, living in this country means you can't always open the door to the weather, I like the options for running though. Thanks Eoin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 A Lobby;- Eoin 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 8 hours ago, murrayec said: A Lobby;- Eoin You're really pushing this Eoin 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Glass units in, Kathleen did her best to battle me but I eventually got finished, will do some painting touch up tomorrow. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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