Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Looking great K. I'm not sure if an A Class pulled Mk3's hopefully some of the lads will correct me if I'm wrong. Quote
Warbonnet Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Looking great K. I'm not sure if an A Class pulled Mk3's hopefully some of the lads will correct me if I'm wrong. Pretty sure they didn't. Quote
Killucan2 Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Short video of my new Mark 3 Rake in SuperTrain livery A class - vacuum loco,mk3 air,I did see 013 try and couple to mk2s when new in Heuston one morning ended up telling shunter loco vac coaches air they took I think it was 073 off 0800 Galway and put it on mk2s on 0740 Waterford. M Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Love the cattle wagons K brilliant job. Quote
Kirley Posted January 18, 2013 Author Posted January 18, 2013 Another short video showing UTA Jeep No.50 and GNR (I) Cattle Wagons and Cattle Pens Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Another short video showing UTA Jeep No.50 and GNR (I) Cattle Wagons and Cattle Pens great scene Kirley,the cattle dock and cattle wagons look great as does the Jeep,great work Quote
leslie10646 Posted January 19, 2013 Posted January 19, 2013 Hhmmm, Kieran, from the scene at your "cattle" dock - I see you need GNR double decker sheep wagons AND from the bulls being loaded, you need a Prize Cattle wagon? - we'll get to work on them - they looked fairly like the standard cattle. The opening door is great - I must try and do the same for one of my 9 ton vans! Just terrific all round. Well done. Leslie Quote
Kirley Posted January 20, 2013 Author Posted January 20, 2013 Got my Canopy from Glenderg but I have to do a few minor bits and pieces before I glue it to the station and the station to the platform. I’ve done the scenic work from there round to the Cattle Pens but can’t finish the level crossing until I get the new bridge covering from Glenderg. All other scenic work has been finished in the Cattle Pens area. I’ve covered it in a short video showing No. 74 Class 70 railcar. Quote
ttc0169 Posted January 20, 2013 Posted January 20, 2013 Nice one Kieran-a lovely country setting,well done to Richie for an excellent station building and canopy Quote
kevrail Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Got my Canopy from Glenderg but I have to do a few minor bits and pieces before I glue it to the station and the station to the platform. I’ve done the scenic work from there round to the Cattle Pens but can’t finish the level crossing until I get the new bridge covering from Glenderg. All other scenic work has been finished in the Cattle Pens area. I’ve covered it in a short video showing No. 74 Class 70 railcar. i love the station building. Is it a scratch build or kit? Quote
Kirley Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 i love the station building. Is it a scratch build or kit? Built by Glenderg who did an excellent job and is on this site. Quote
scahalane Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Looking very well now, I love the little tinges of green coming through the ballast, very lush. Quote
krose Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Great job Kirley! Glendergs station building is indeed excellent, great detail. Quote
Kirley Posted January 30, 2013 Author Posted January 30, 2013 At last I finally finished the scenics round the outside of the layout with the main aim to merge the layout with the backdrop to create an illusion of distance. But first some photos of Kirley junction Station with the front canopy attached (courtesy of Glenderg). This image shows the rear of the station with another of Glenderg’s canopies. Now we come to the top right hand corner of the layout. I raised the level to give more prominence to this corner scene. It’s an unpainted Hornby bungalow with a Hornby Gospel Hall opposite. It was a windy day and the lady of the house was pleased to see the sheets on the cloth line dried so quickly. The members of the Gospel Hall made sure a sign spreading the “Good Word” was visible to all rail passengers. The stone walls are from Jarvis. Not quite a “Little House on the Prairie”, but there is a little house there for convenience purposes. The wire fence comes from Ten Commandments, the wire is .025 fishing line and is the devil to thread the five strands. The final corner was filled with models from an American Card book of an Irish Village. I made this last year and wanted to squeeze it in somehow. It’s known as Castleton Corner and was doing well with tourists before the recession hit. Not too many people about it today! There’s Eamonn on his way into town, hoping to get a cup of tea at the local hotel. The stone walls are from Ten Commandments. The last train is due shortly before the station closes down for the night. Quote
Broithe Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Fantastic - I can hear the jackdaws when looking at that first picture.. ..but somebody might need to slap some paint on that phone box... Quote
enniscorthyman Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Stunning work there Kirley,and you will have to put loads of women running after the post van screaming Sexy postman.lol Quote
Sulzer201 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Brilliant Kirley. I love the rural scenes and there is a great sense of depth with that curve and back-scene. The gospel hall and trad Irish village are very authentic looking and the station canopy also looks superb. The use of fishing line is a great idea and top marks to the lady hanging out the washing on a typical windy Irish day. Quote
Glenderg Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Kieran, looking stunning all told, and I love the little stories surrounding the layout. The recession hit "plashtic paddy" village made me howl. How true! I'll have to send you up some trim for the base so you can eliminate the shadow gap between the platform and base, and some collars for the canopy supports, so you can raise it up level. Richie. Quote
Barl Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Stunning layout Kirley! The different action scenes around the layout just add to it brilliantly Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 It has always been said a picture speaks a thousand words and the photo's above tell a story so vividly.The station has a real GNRI feel about it and looks totally at home in its surroundings.The house with the washing line really blends in well with the backscene,you can taste the realism.The Gospel Hall is a brilliant piece of modelling with a nice touch and the Irish village down on its luck is pure magic.Superb modelling and a fantastic layout Kirley,well done. Quote
ttc0169 Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Kieran-Your layout just keeps getting better and better with every instalment-simply superb scenes,well done. :tumbsup: Quote
scahalane Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Absolutely brilliant stuff, nice blend between foreground and background, well done, keep the images coming. Quote
BosKonay Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Kirley your rate of work is amazing and as if that wasn't bad enough - the quality of it is stunning!!!! (jealous ) Quote
Dave Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Great work Kirley:tumbsup: Looks great, your hard work is paying off Quote
Kirley Posted February 1, 2013 Author Posted February 1, 2013 With all the ongoing scenic work track maintenance was neglected. So it was the ideal opportunity to try out my new CMX Clean machine. First I cleaned all the rails with a drywall mesh wrapped around a piece of wood. Then using nail polish remover (NPR) I dampened a paper towel and laid it over the tracks. Then holding the locomotive on the paper towel with power on, the wheels are cleaned with the NPR as you can see by the residue left on the towel. The Clean machine was easy to use, top it up with NPR and slowly haul it round your tracks. I have turned it on its side so as you can see the dirt it lifted. Quote
Kirley Posted February 6, 2013 Author Posted February 6, 2013 This post was originally posted on Sunday but was lost when maintenance on the site was carried out. I’ve been putting off the onerous job of connecting all my points to a central control panel until now. I had all the wires running through the layout and the first job was to get them across the floor area so I made this trunking. To take them up the Control Panel base wires were encased in the framework and emerge inside the Control Panel base. I am still not decided on the size of this base. As all my Storage Section is out of sight I need to know what direction the points are facing so I got these contraptions but have yet to work out how the correctly wire them. Quote
BosKonay Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Wow Lovely neat cabling (I love it :) ) Quote
BosKonay Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Wow! I've heard great things about the CMX! Looks to have really shifted the dirt! Where did you get yours? Quote
irishthump Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Wonderfully neat work! Those little "contraptions" as you call them, I imagine the leds are for route indicating? Can you give us more info on them? Quote
kevrail Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 (edited) This post was originally posted on Sunday but was lost when maintenance on the site was carried out. I’ve been putting off the onerous job of connecting all my points to a central control panel until now. I had all the wires running through the layout and the first job was to get them across the floor area so I made this trunking. To take them up the Control Panel base wires were encased in the framework and emerge inside the Control Panel base. I am still not decided on the size of this base. As all my Storage Section is out of sight I need to know what direction the points are facing so I got these contraptions but have yet to work out how the correctly wire them. For your Information Kirley - I viewed these before I am not sure when, but they where there and must have disappeared after site maintainence. No you are not going mad Edited February 6, 2013 by kevrail Quote
Dave Posted February 6, 2013 Posted February 6, 2013 Nice work on the cabling, I have bought 2 points position indicators, they are very good. They even remember the point position after the power is turned of. Do you need a resistor on those LED's? Quote
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