Irish Rail Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Looks great )love the red terraced house reminds me of Ringsend too... Quote
The Derry Road Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 Excellent progress on the rebuild Andy, I drove through Fane Street today where I had some business in that area. You've really captured the scene. Well done and keep the pictures coming. Great stuff. TDR Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys,much appreciated. Trying to recreate the Belfast I grew up in from my youth has been a joy,especially the research that has led to some great photographs to work with and enjoy. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Another addition to the town rebuild is a Belfast Corporation bus depot,complete with red buses! Quote
Noel Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 That looks superb. Love the roof light shadows cast on the rear wall. Quote
ttc0169 Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 A useful addition to your wonderful layout Andy, Is the Bus garage from the Metcalfe range or did you scratch build it? Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 That really brings back Belfast memories from my time working there right through the "troubles". It captures the atmosphere of the old GVS perfectly. That's what a good layout is all about - creating an atmosphere. Superb stuff - great to watch it developing. Quote
Kirley Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Andy you have a nice collection of Corporation Buses and the depot sets them off really well. Looking forward to seeing this part finished. You must be getting near the end? Quote
The Derry Road Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 looking really good Andy, progress is going well, the flavour of the, "big smoke" (belfast) is showing well. Well done again.TDR Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 A useful addition to your wonderful layout Andy, Is the Bus garage from the Metcalfe range or did you scratch build it? Thanks for the replies guys,much appreciated. Noel,there is a story behind the bus depot! It is from the Metcalfe range and I saw the kit on ebay on a buy-it-now or make an offer,so I put in a cheeky low offer and was surprised to have it accepted,us modellers are always looking for a bargain! The kit arrived and the seller kindly put in an extra kit FOC,an O gauge building! I thought,what do I want with an O gauge building,before it dawned on me I had bought an O gauge bus depot! In my quest for a bargain,I had omitted my own rule of research what you are buying! Anyway,undeterred,I omitted the 2 side buildings,cut down the main building to the right height and then covered it with brick paper.The roof is the original O gauge roof as supplied in the kit,but I feel it does not look out of place as the roofs on these depots tended to be quite high.So,if I sell my freebie building for a couple of quid,the bus depot will have cost me less than a tenner including postage,so I am quite pleased with the outcome! Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 Andy you have a nice collection of Corporation Buses and the depot sets them off really well. Looking forward to seeing this part finished. You must be getting near the end? Ha Ha,you having a laugh Kieran,I don't think a layout build ever ends! It is starting to take shape,the bus depot is an added addition as I did not think I would have room for one. A few other new features have started to appear or will be appearing which I think will cement the Belfast feel to the layout.I have a commissioned building,being built by Glenderg of this parish, due to arrive shortly,which along with another build of my own will really bring home the atmosphere of the original Great Victoria Street station.Like Colm Flannigan,I have always wanted to build a Harlandic and with his great article in New Irish lines it will now be a reality.I am dreaming of the day when I can run the Harlandic into platform 2 to remove the CIE Enterprise coaching stock to the carriage sidings,while an AEC railcar arrives with a local working.What an era! Quote
jhb171achill Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 That Harlandic was a remarkable survivor until 1972. What was even more remarkable is the lack of knowledge or sightings of it! It could have been SOO close to preservation. (Imagine it in fresh new NIR maroon! There's the year's photoshop project for someone suitably adept...) Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 That Harlandic was a remarkable survivor until 1972. What was even more remarkable is the lack of knowledge or sightings of it! It could have been SOO close to preservation. (Imagine it in fresh new NIR maroon! There's the year's photoshop project for someone suitably adept...) The Harlandic in maroon,now there's a thought! It was a remarkable machine that had a long and varied history.Even in its twilight years it saw of its replacement at GVSt-the DH shunter-there was life in the old girl right to the end and a sad end and fate for such an iconic locomotive. Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 The town rebuild continues with the photo below showing the front of the new church.One will always find a church and a pub in every part of Ireland! Below is a side view,a grave yard will probably be included in the foreground and the revamped RUC station can be seen beside the church.This scene was inspired by the old Lisburn Road police station that had a small church next door to it. The final shot gives a clearer side view of the RUC station,still a bit of work to get it finished. 1 Quote
Kirley Posted October 12, 2015 Posted October 12, 2015 Great to see how this rebuild is developing and you have lost none of that 'Belfast feel' about it. Quote
The Derry Road Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Pure Belfast nostalgia Andy, just wonderful, the railing around the church looks the part, do you mind telling me where you sourced them. Brilliant, keep the updates coming,TDR Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Thanks for your positive response to the Belfast scenes Kieran and Raymond,plenty more to come! Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Great Victoria Street station 1968,with AEC railcar No111 in UTA blue/cream livery standing in the former railmotor platform,as platform 1 was commonly known as with an all stations to Lisburn train.Platforms 2 to 4 have both types of BUT railcars and a further AEC railcar in the then new NIR livery of maroon/cream.Not everyone's cup of tea railcars,but they were the mainstay of the passengers services in Northern Ireland and the mode of transport I travelled in regularly. Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 Absolutely superb. Those AEC cars were noisy, but by far the most comfortable railcars ever to operate anywhere in Ireland until, I suppose, the (utterly characterless) ICRs appeared. Quote
Kirley Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 A nice collection of Railcars which played such an important role in the 60's. Quote
The Derry Road Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 great collection Andy, would love to see more TDR Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 great collection Andy, would love to see more TDR Thanks Raymond,more updates in due course Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted December 8, 2015 Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) The layout rebuild continues with some testing of the new third line running into Great Victoria Street.An AEC railcar is in the foreground,with Hunslet 102 Falcon on Enterprise duty heading to the station while sister loco 101 Eagle is propelling CIE coaches to the carriage sidings from an earlier shoppers special.The back of the police station can be seen above the wall. The next 2 photo's show block c of a 3 part build of the tobacco factory that stood beside Gt Victoria Street,being built by Glenderg of this parish.Just waiting on blocks a and b to complete the build,hopefully before Christmas.Once received,I will be able to make a start on the Boyne bridge,which straddled the platforms of the station. Edited December 8, 2015 by Hunslet 102 1 Quote
Kirley Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 I missed this post Andy, looking forward to seeing Murray's Factory completed, it will really finish of that area of the layout. Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 The mind wanders..... had the Derry Road lasted another few years, maroon / grey AECs and 80 class would have landed into Foyle Road, along possibly with fertiliser wagons..... Quote
Dhu Varren Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 The mind wanders..... had the Derry Road lasted another few years, maroon / grey AECs and 80 class would have landed into Foyle Road, along possibly with fertiliser wagons..... It is more likely that the fertiliser traffic would have only gone as far as Strabane, as that was the railhead for Donegal. Derry Waterside only became the railhead after the Derry Road had closed. Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Indeed..... with the benefit of opium, we might imagine transshipment onto the narrow gauge for onward transit to Letterkenny! I had planned at one stage (but never got around to it) a layout based on F class locos and Walker railcars as they might have been had the West Clare last into the 1970s, complete with contain wagons..... Maybe some day. I wonder what a West Clare railcar would look like in black'n'tan, and an F in black! Edited December 12, 2015 by jhb171achill Quote
The Derry Road Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Some nice scenes Andy an impressive factory building also, keep the pics coming TDR Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Progress on the layout has been slow,but a new wall and fence has been built for the bus depot.Some of the various buses that were around Belfast in the early 70s can be seen. The next photo shows a side view with the adverts that were common on the side of Belfast buses at the time. The final image is a close-up shot of a Dennis Lowline bus through the fence. Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Wow! Where did you get all these buses? Is there a UTA route 38 to Banbridge among them? Quote
ttc0169 Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Simply Superb Andy....a lovely scene.:tumbsup: Quote
Kirley Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 Nine buses altogether, just pulls you right back to that time (for those who remember it of course). Quote
The Derry Road Posted March 28, 2016 Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Brilliant Andy, you can almost smell the Belfast atmosphere and imagine the ambiance of the public transportation. Nice collection of Models also. Superb. TDR Edited March 29, 2016 by The Derry Road Quote
DiveController Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 Bus depot is superb. Before my time in Belfast but fantastic job and collection of buses=D=D Quote
Hunslet 102 Posted March 29, 2016 Posted March 29, 2016 Thanks for the comments guys. JHB- 6 of the 9 buses on view are hand painted and represent the many various types that the Corporation had at the time,including 3 one-offs. Sorry no UTA buses,yet!! Quote
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