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 November 3, 2025 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 November 3, 2025 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

 

Edited November 3, 2025 by raven
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[Darius43]

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

Cheers

Darius

Edited November 3, 2025 by Darius43

[Darius43]

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

Cheers

Darius

[derek]

2 hours ago, Darius43 said:

Cheers

Darius

Holy cow!Are there in fact three of you Darius? Darius 44 and 45? How the hell do you work so fast/ Excellent stuff

[Broithe]

1 hour ago, derek said:

Holy cow! Are there in fact three of you Darius? Darius 44 and 45? How the hell do you work so fast/ Excellent stuff

Oh, come on! It's not like he just spends time posting on here, like a lot of us do.

 

Oh, hang on! He does that as well...

[Patrick Davey]

The wooden shelter looks phenomenal - this is a cracking project

[Darius43]

Made a start today on the station signal box.

Cheers

Darius

Edited November 4, 2025 by Darius43

[Mol_PMB]

That's a hell of 'a start'!

[Patrick Davey]

Magnificent!

[leslie10646]

Darius

This is a Master Class at card modelling. I have a station building to remodel (wrong windows!) so I'm looking for tips!

Great stuff.

By the way, @Galteemore will tell you who to go to to get a 4mm scale model of the late Mac Arnold, Whitehead's other famous resident. The first was, of course, Harold Houston, designer of the B&L corridor coaches and the magnificent North Atlantic Express coaches. They'd make a nice pair for the platform!

[Jarl]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:52 PM, derek said:

Holy cow!Are there in fact three of you Darius? Darius 44 and 45? How the hell do you work so fast/ Excellent stuff

 

Is this his secret?

[Darius43]

Cabin painted, glazed and roofed.

Access steps and porch next.

Cheers

Darius

[Horsetan]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:52 PM, derek said:

...How the hell do you work so fast....

Everyone's time upon this Earth is limited. It may be that Darius is more aware of this than most people, and with that clarity of consciousness is thus driven to productively cram much much more into that limited time.

Imagine if he did that for a living.....

[Darius43]

9 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

Everyone's time upon this Earth is limited. It may be that Darius is more aware of this than most people, and with that clarity of consciousness is thus driven to productively cram much much more into that limited time.

Imagine if he did that for a living.....

I did

Cheers

Darius

[Horsetan]

4 hours ago, Darius43 said:

I did

Just need you to accelerate your discovery of workable treatments /cures for motor neurone disease, cancer, things like that.....

[Darius43]

Worked on the access steps and porch today.  Took it slow to ensure everything was level and true - ish.

Also tiled the roof.  The early photos show a chimney but this appears to be missing in photos of the early NIR era onwards.

Cheers

Darius

[Patrick Davey]

Fabulous!

[Darius43]

Halfway there…

Cheers

Darius

[Galteemore]

Looks fabulous. Really captures the look - I had to look twice to notice what was missing! 

[Darius43]

Signalbox completed - bar a few details.

Cheers

Darius

Edited November 7, 2025 by Darius43

[Horsetan]

To misquote a Michael Jackson lyric:

"I'm looking at the man in a hurry..."