Whiterock

[Mol_PMB]

I spotted this on ebay - some extra inspiration for your splendid work!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/397206311361

[Patrick Davey]

Loving the progress Darius!  Fair play!

[Darius43]

Did some scenic work around the footbridge today.

Cheers

Darius

[Tullygrainey]

Is that Morecambe and Wise on the bridge?

[Darius43]

9 hours ago, Tullygrainey said:

Is that Morecambe and Wise on the bridge?

Bring me sunshine

Cheers

Darius

Edited 10 hours ago by Darius43

[Darius43]

Question:  this looks like a shoreline navigational hazard marker.  

Is it that kind of sign and does anyone know what the seaward facing marking is/was?

Cheers

Darius

[Galteemore]

It is a navigational sign. An email to County Antrim Yacht club might yield a reply:secretary@cayc.co.uk

I can’t confirm what’s on the Whitehead one, but a similar one near Magheramorne (which I think the ferries use to align their track into Larne) looks like this:

Edited 8 hours ago by Galteemore

[Galteemore]

11 hours ago, Darius43 said:

Bring me sunshine

Cheers

Darius

Not much chance of that in Whitehead! I suspect it’s Mac Arnold and Drew Donaldson out to watch the last stone train….

[Darius43]

Made a start on the down platform waiting room.

Cheers

Darius

[Mol_PMB]

Excellent work - another little masterpiece. 

[Galteemore]

Fabulous. Having been engaged in something similar of late, it’s very satisfying modelling, watching a structure emerge from carefully arranged strips and sections of card/plastic - and is that some laser cut valancing/planking? Really captures look of original.

[Darius43]

Thanks guys but a closer look will show that the valancing is not laser cut; rather my good self with a Stanley Knife.

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Dunpaintin and duntilin.

Cheers

Darius

[raven]

9 hours ago, Darius43 said:

Question:  this looks like a shoreline navigational hazard marker.  

Is it that kind of sign and does anyone know what the seaward facing marking is/was?

Cheers

Darius

 

Possibly a telegraph cable marker pole. This Facebook image of its twin on Cable Road seems to confirm the Whitehead Yacht Club one in your pic:

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1318422055384161

Note the comment: "There was a second tall mast at the cable hut beside the yacht club. If you were at sea and lined them up, it would indicate the direction on the undersea cable of the sea bed and to avoid anchoring near it."

Looking at Google Maps, the twin in the photo appears to have been at the junction of Cable Road and Balmoral Avenue but is no longer there.

 

This one is on the Bull Wall in Dublin, though the font is different. Unfortunately no indication of the original colours of the pole or sign.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/4cdsXZH2HELLm2g78

 

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[Darius43]

Thanks Raven.  That must be it - the clue is in the street name.

Cheers

Darius

Edited 39 minutes ago by Darius43