Kirley junction

[scahalane]

I love the view looking into the station with the gantry on the left, it looks very spacious.

[Kirley]

Started on 'concrete' laying, well using Smooth-It . Like everything new using something for the first time is a learning experience.

 

 

Sub floor looks a bit ropy.

 

 

Once it started to dry I ran the plastic leveller alongside the inside rails.

 

 

This was after two coats of Smooth-It.

 

 

Today I completed the preparations for the road and the container yard area.

 

 

Finished off the Loco Shed area and the road to the Container Yard.

 

 

Completed the Container Crane build and now have to install rails for it to run on.

 

 

I have a length of Fine Scale rail which will fit the Container Crane wheels better then 00 rail. Thinking of cutting it down the centre and placing a rail along with half sleepers on each side of the Crane before 'concreting' it in. Not sure how it will work out but will have a go over the weekend.

 

[Hunslet 102]

That looks messy work Kieran,but it looks quite impressive from the photo's,would be interested to hear your final verdict on the product.The whole layout is stunning,the time and effort you are putting into it is certainly paying dividend,great work and keep the posts coming.

[RedRich]

I love the hard standing Kieran. It is as Hunslet has said a messy and fiddly job, but you are doing exceptionally well and it will look amazing when it is finished. Nice job on the crane also.

 

Rich,

[Kirley]

Cut the length of finescale track down the centre and positioned it on the baseboard.

 

 

I need to get the tracks to stay straight which is not so easy when you only have a single track.

 

 

Container flat and lorry used to get the clearances right.

 

 

 

Used glue to stick the track down and improvised some gauges to keep the track parallel to each other.

 

 

Once dry I'll pin some of the sleepers to the baseboard to prevent any movement when the 'concrete' is applied.

 

[ttc0169]

As usual Kieran top class work,love your depot and the hard standing area looks great.

[201bhoy]

Thank-you very much Kirley, make sure to leet us know what you thought of it in the end! Looks really good though!

[Kirley]

Finished laying the 'concreted' areas and roadway. Went back over areas already done and filled in any imperfections with a 'runny' mix.

 

 

After it has sufficiently dried it will be time to sand the surface and paint it. Then the big test - will the trains run alright on the concreted lines?

 

[201bhoy]

I love this layout.

[BosKonay]

Looks brilliant! What did you use as formers?

[Kirley]

What did you use as formers?

 

I used wood strips and Woodcraft paving tape but I doubled it up to get the right height.

[Kirley]

A lot of work done since the last update but it does not look it.

 

I painted the concrete areas with Woodcraft concrete paint but it looks very light to me, still thinking what to do with it. The Woodcraft Tarmac colour is excellent.

 

 

I filled in all the spaces between the tracks with spare bits of plywood, it's like making your own jigsaw.

 

 

Starting to ballast the tracks, I spray alcohol onto the ballast before applying the PVA + water mix and can only do a bit at a time because of the fumes.

 

 

The centre area is very fine ballast put down on top of a spread of PVA mix.

 

 

Finishing off kits for a Fuelling Point, Oil Tanks and the Container Crane.

[BosKonay]

Looking fantastic K!

[Hunslet 102]

Layouts coming on great Kieran,like the centre area ballasting.It is hard to tell from a photo,but I would agree,the concrete area looks too light.I used Precision paints concrete paint on the platform area on GVSt and found it quite realistic looking,might be worth getting a couple of tinlets of it.

[kevrail]

Brilliant Kieran

[enniscorthyman]

Thanks for updates Kieran,wonferful.I love that

nice curve through the station.

[Shinkansen]

Excellent work on the TMD, hard standing, roadways, and container crane (that's particularly interesting to me)... it's really coming together. There is quiet a nice sweep / flow to the layout which adds to the realism. Top stuff as always

How did you find the Woodland scenics 'smooth it' like to work with?

Cheers, Tom.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Shinkansen

[Sulzer201]

Fantastic developments and freight areas look brilliant.

[scahalane]

Your making good steady progress, thanks to the update.

[Kirley]

Trying out locations for Tanks and Fuelling Points before final assembly and painting.

 

 

 

 

[Riversuir226]

Excellent

[Dave]

Very nice Kieran, really takjng shape now

[Georgeconna]

If I got a pound for everytime this layout was mentioned in the shop I would have a good few bob now!! The new area looks fab!!

[heirflick]

going to look great when complete!

[craven1508]

Lovely detail, taking great shape

[Kirley]

Well the end of the Centre Section is nearly complete with all the hard landscaping finished.

 

This includes the Loco Shed, Refuelling Point, Oil Depot, Container Yard and a Haulage Contractor's base that managed to squeeze itself in. The Security Fence was fun to do, very fiddly. The wooded area on the entrance road to the Yard helps to disguise the fact the road goes nowhere.

 

I've added lights, mostly LED's but bought two Yard Lights for the Haulage Contractor's Base but was very disappointed in them, you have to look closely to see if they are on. Might convert them to LED's sometime when I've nothing to do.

Needed Transport and with the help of a very experienced ex Trucker who showed me ways of making trailers from RTR stock.

 

I'll just fire up some pictures and let you see what I've been up to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of bits to finish yet but most of all the Station build undertaken by Glenderg is still outstanding. I'll not be able to finish off the Station area until I have it in place.

[scahalane]

Looking excellent Kirley.

[enniscorthyman]

Sure is nice,and loco shed is super.

[Paudie Riordan]

Excellent

Really Like that!

How wide are the baseboards?

I am doing a refit of my layout and I am wondering if 2 ft baseboards are wide enough

Edited December 2, 2013 by Paudie Riordan

[Train model]

Love the bubbles

[jhb171achill]

Looks incredibly real, and busy! Wish there was still a location lime it!

 

It's better layout-watching these days than actual train-watching.....

[BosKonay]

:drool:

 

Insufficient drool alert!!

[josefstadt]

Looks fantastic Kieran.

[UP6936]

Looks great! I love the night shot of 071. How did you do the loco shed lights?

[Hunslet 102]

Superb work again Kieran,your layout is fantastic and one any of us would be proud of.Favourite photo shot,strangely for me is the McCulla truck entering the level crossing from behind the trees,with the different foliage colouring of the trees and the bright colouring of the truck along with the partly hidden houses and the ballasting and track looking great in front of it all,just pure magic