Rachelstown and St Stephens Green

[Weshty]

Mmmmmmm.

[ttc0169]

Looking great Raymond.

[Hunslet 102]

Nice work Raymond,the whole scene is so realistic and typical Irish

[Kirley]

First post of the year Raymond but worth the wait. Your new buildings are adding depth to what is already a very impressive layout.

[The Derry Road]

Thanks for the comments guys, much appreciated, hopefully the extra work will slow down by the end of the month followed by a short break somewhere hot. Then back full on at the layout here's hoping.:tumbsup:TDR

[The Derry Road]

Life has arrived on the layout

 

A spare hour or so away from the sharp end let me place population and some details on the layout. Some pics of progress so far. Quiet pleased with the result. TDR

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for taking the time to view TDR

Edited April 7, 2016 by The Derry Road

[Dave]

Really bring it to life Raymond. Superb

[Noel]

Wow Imagination let loose

 

As Dr Eleanor Arroway (Jodie Foster) said in the sci-fi move Contact - "They are Alive"

[jhb171achill]

Excellent stuff. I like the farmer's trailer and cattle - a very familiar scene at most rural stations, and on account of being gone for over forty years now, rarely modelled. The "mechanical horse" also adds a nice touch.

 

Lovely layout.

[GSR 800]

..And when you thought it couldn't get any better...

I did. Epic=D

[Hunslet 102]

lovely modelling Raymond,the layout is really coming to life,well done

[Mike 84C]

That looks really good, I like the sheep being driven down the road. Animals being driven on a highway? c'ant remember when I last saw that happen. Keep working your magic!

[Paddy Mac Namara]

hi derry ? only just started having a good look around the forum, love the layout.

how did you make your platforms?

i noticed you left painting of the track till the end, so how did you do that, air brush or just brush

and what colour would you reccommend?

cheers

paddy mac

[The Derry Road]

Thanks folks for the encouraging comments. Hopefully the next post and picture's will be the lighting of the signals, a few months away yet though. TDR

[The Derry Road]

hi derry ? only just started having a good look around the forum, love the layout.

how did you make your platforms?

i noticed you left painting of the track till the end, so how did you do that, air brush or just brush

and what colour would you reccommend?

cheers

paddy mac

 

Paddy, the platforms are from the peco range. Track work was airbrushed were accessible remainder by brush . The colour is railmatch sleeper grime. Other detailing and colours have yet to be added to the track in time. Hope this helps. TDR

[richrua]

I love this. The detail is super and the ballast is great. Lots of little details but also a great feeling of space.

[The Derry Road]

Hi all, I've been trying to upload some pictures through tiny pics which keeps highlighting upload failed. Anyone any ideas what could be the issue. TDR

[The Derry Road]

Hi all, not been at the layout much for about two months, with work again taking priority, all back to normal now, a visit to the layout two weeks ago by Kirley spurred me to have a running day of motive power, this took in most diesel locos including A, C, Hunslett, 121, 141, 181, 071, 111 and 201 classes all in turn running light engine, I’ve also taken some video footage of stock running, this will be posted up when edited. TDR

 

 

Edited October 12, 2016 by The Derry Road

[Kirley]

Great display Raymond, your self made Cement Wagons are very impressive with 3 121's behind them. Looking forward to your video.

[rebelred]

That's fab! Great collection you have there!

[popeye]

That's a lot of loco's,look's great.

[Noel]

Holy Moly! What an incredible and fabulous collection of locos. Love the layout too.

[Irishrailwayman]

A mighty collection there!

[The Derry Road]

A short video of some rolling stock running on the layout

 

Edited October 13, 2016 by The Derry Road

[Irishrailwayman]

Great scenes and variety of rolling stock.

[The Derry Road]

Gang your comments and interest is much appreciated. TDR

[Junctionmad]

more stock then CIE !!!

[ttc0169]

Raymond,You have a fabulous collection of locomotives and a great choice of liveries,your layout is looking great.

[The Derry Road]

Hi everyone, finally got back to the layout, have now installed the DCC system and its fab, Im really pleased and impressed. I ran a few locos this morning to test out and recorded them on my phone, i will post up later the short film, sound included, TDR

[Kirley]

Looking forward to seeing them Raymond.

[The Derry Road]

Hi All,

This is just a short piece of film showing five locos, 071, 141, 201, 111 and a hunslett in construction stage running to test out the sounds, to date I’ve converted around 20 plus locos to DCC thus far, and enjoying every minute. Difficult to hold a phone whilst filming and a throttle on the other controlling My only regret is, Should had converted the layout earlier. Enjoy TDR

[Noel]

The locos look really well on the layout. Glad you've enjoyed the switch to DCC and sound. It adds a whole new dimension to driving model trains. Layout looks really well. I love the walls and green foliage.

[Kirley]

Better late than never, enjoyed your video.

[enniscorthyman]

I enjoyed the video,and fab layout.

[John-r]

What a great layout, really enjoyed the video thanks for posting.

Dcc really adds a different dimension , can I ask what dcc system

and sound chips you went for.

Cheers. John.