Amiens Street Terminus

[BosKonay]

[ttc0169]

Nice work Stephen-the view from inside the shed looks great.

[BosKonay]

Couple of quick shots showing how things lay. Needs finishing and some sanding still.

 

[RedRich]

Excellent Stephen, I love the potholes in the hard standing. I wouldn't do too much sanding as it has that broken edge look in the last photo that is so normal to see around yards. I like the placement of the buildings, especially the half relief building behind the wall. Richie's water tower looks sweet. It's a great thread to follow for anyone wanting to get inspired.

 

Rich,

[BosKonay]

Thanks Rich, I've a lot of grubbying up to do, weeds to plant, etc, and have plans to build a back row of half relief stuff over the wall too...

 

The water tower sets off the corner and the main Shed will be installed just to the right of the three sidings in the second photo..

 

Goal is something akin to http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20N/North%20Wall/IrishRailwayStations.html#NorthWall_20100820_008_CC_JA.jpg

Edited December 10, 2013 by BosKonay

[Kirley]

Great to see progress on this layout. The tile grout looks very effective.

[Aussie Phil]

Layout looks great. Love the effect on the concrete. Would be a great way to do a road as well... Might have to steal the technique for my own layout.

[Dave]

Looks great Stephen, I would leave the hard standing as is. I love the rough edges and the way the ballast is heaped around the buffer stop. Plenty of weeds and some puddles would finish it off nicely.

[BosKonay]

Thanks guys, i'm thinking some small puddles with drops of varnish in the cracks, and am going to try the CD cover trick from a recent BRM mag for a large puddle nearer the shed!

[BosKonay]

Great to see progress on this layout. The tile grout looks very effective.

 

I'm delighted with it, I did a section in woodlands smooth it, which looked great too, but a tub of grout from woodies is pre-mixed, cheap, and comes in white, cream, grey and black off the shelf.

[Dave]

How did you make the groove for the wheel flanges in the grout, cut them with a dremel after it went off?

[BosKonay]

I used a wallpaper scraper and small trowel to level off the grout, and just ran the trowel edge down the semi-set grout.

 

When very nearly set, i ran a small screwdriver along the rail side then ran an old wagon with deep flanges down just to be sure

 

I've actually very pleased with how well the grooves came out

[BosKonay]

Sizing up the shed fuel siding

 

 

 

[Dave]

That shed is a work of art, really looking great. More pics please

[BosKonay]

 

 

 

[Train model]

Does the roof rattle in the wind

[BosKonay]

hehe, almost

[scahalane]

Fantastic looking, I think you got the tone right with those oil wagons!

[Train model]

It reminds me of when I was young and kicking a ball on a roof near my house just to hear the rattle,if I kicked too hard it went over and if I got it just right the neighbours would eat the crap out of me.And the famous one liner I'll call the guards,so stick a ball on the gutter for me

[BosKonay]

 

The LED lighting is extending around now to Blackrock Road

[Dave]

Lighting looks great, nice and bright. Can you dim it?

[BosKonay]

Yes, I've it on a remote control and have a built in dimmer circuit. The goal was to deliver full-on daylight - which it certainly does

[Dave]

Cool, where did you get them?

[BosKonay]

Got all the gear off these lads in Artane

 

http://www.xpresselectrical.com/

 

The parts are

 

High Lumen LED Strip

45o LED Strip Profile

120W LED Drivers

[Hunslet 102]

Good to see a bit of progress on the layout again Stephen,the yard area is looking great.

[BosKonay]

Got the concrete slab finished under the running shed

 

 

And started remodeling the dmu stabling sidings

 

[UP6936]

I like the concrete slab. You should weather it up and maybe do a few oil stains?

[enniscorthyman]

Lovely hurling there Stephen,and lights are a nice job.

When You think of it,proper lighting can make all the

difference.

[BosKonay]

Cheers lads. Yep I plan to paint and weather the slab. Once settled into the ballast will help too.

 

I'm loving the lights. It was well enough lit but a bit dim up there. Now I can see what I'm doing! Is highly recommend the LEDs.

[BosKonay]

The new DMU stabling area mockup... Still not sure.

 

 

 

 

[Sulzer201]

Looks great, the wooden inspection platforms, the building and of course, that class DMU.

[heirflick]

steven, f it were me, i would remove the wooden walkway, extend if possible the line to take a 4 car set and maybe do a refuling or cleaning area instead. not that what you have done isnt great, its just if that was mine......

[BosKonay]

Extending unfortunately isn't an option Seamus, as these two sidings are tucked in between the terminus throat and mainline... but I hear you on the walkway.... Maybe a small fueling / cleaning point would look better here... not sure there is anything with raised walkways in the prototype anyway...

[BosKonay]

was inspired by this kinda thing

 

Which is on the excellent Exeter St Andrews Layout

[josefstadt]

There is a similar setup with raised walkways in the 'Wicklow Sidings' in Bray. The walkways, made of steel, were put in to provide a safe walking route for drivers changing ends in the sidings (sorry no photo). There were also similar wooden walkways in the bay platform area in Dún Laoghaire before the area was redeveloped for the DART. These were used for cleaning coaching stock. The attached photo shows the area as DART works in the station waere just starting. The line serving the platform has been lifted and some of the coping stones have been removed. The light coloured area on the wall opposite the signal cabin was where the siding whent across Harbour Road and on to St Michael's Wharf. Personally, I'd keep the walkway on the layout.

Edited December 17, 2013 by josefstadt