warb 2,377 Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 thanks broithe/popeye 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 4,745 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 A stunning new level of model building architecture and layout concept 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 Various location on barrow street 7 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Warbonnet 4,423 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Stunning, love the street signs (as well as our bubbles rolling through such a great layout!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 thanks warbonnet street scene macken street regards 6 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Holman 2,926 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Maisonettes! When has anyone done those? The mutt's nuts, the poodle's wotsits, the... Superb composition. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bantree 110 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Superb modelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KMCE 859 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 The signage is superb and really adds realism to the scenes. Well done Sir! Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PJR 139 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Wow this layout needs to go on tour to all shows. Absolutely brilliant and the more you see the better it gets. Well done sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
201bhoy 22 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 (edited) What an absolutely incredible layout. Encapsulates inner city Dublin so well! P.s. a couple of Dublin flags hanging out of flat/house windows might be good Edited May 7, 2018 by 201bhoy 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 Will Do. thanks to all for the comments regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulC 86 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 More awesome photos there. A truly superb layout. Paul Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonB 1,303 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 On 5/6/2018 at 3:05 PM, warb said: thanks warbonnet street scene macken street regards What a shot, this just oozes realism. Don't think it gets better than this. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glenderg 591 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Have to say that the first image really got me when I saw the DNG "For Sale" poster and thought, "ooh, 475k for starters anyway...." I made up the ones below in 2012, and have higher resolution versions if of any interest. R. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 glenderg yes please ever little helps regards Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Glenderg 591 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 14 minutes ago, warb said: glenderg yes please ever little helps regards Funny, that's the company motto too!! I think I've yer email from the "fart box" drawings discussion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 dont mention the war thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 grand canal quay and other photos of ads and making of overheads regards 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
popeye 621 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Very nice. You wouldn't get your van under that bridge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mayner 2,746 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Macken Street was one of my first gricing spots, on Saturday morning my father went into the Bosch distributor in Townsend Street. I remember watching an American style diesel apparently shuttling back and forward light engine across the bridge. This was in the late 60s Westland Row was a main line terminal and Grand Canal Street a busy locomotive depot. A few years later I traveled on the railway on school holiday trips to Bray, the line between Westland Row and Grand Canal St shed was a relatively modern and intensively operated railway by Irish standards with search light colour light signals with an elevated art-deco style signal cabin dating from the 1930s straddling the lines at the south end of Westland Row Station. While South Eastern Section suburban trains tended to work through to Connolly, the section of line between Westland Row station and Grand Canal shed could be very busy with light engine and empty stock movements in connection with main line train services to Rosslare and the West of Ireland. In addition to the light engine and passenger traffic, International Meat Packers plant on the West side of the current Barrow St station still received cattle by rail into the 1970s with a short loop serving a cattle bank off the up-relief? road between Grand Canal Street and Westland Row station. Des Coakham wrote an excellent article on Grand Canal Shed in the 1950s in Railway Bylines Summer Special No 5 (possibly 2002) despite re-signalling and electrification most of the infrastructure remained un-changed in its gritty industrial setting until the area was transformed by inner-city development and the demolition of Grand Canal St loco depot and the construction of the new station in its place in the early 2000s. 3 hours ago, popeye said: Very nice. You wouldn't get your van under that bridge. Hard enough to walk under the bridge let alone drive . Erne and Macken Street bridges are still popular places for converting double into single decker busses. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flange lubricator 482 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 5 hours ago, Mayner said: International Meat Packers plant on the West side of the current Barrow St station still received cattle by rail into the 1970s Yes Mayner and reading your contribution I was reminded of the awful smell that once emanated from that factory which would hang about the place on a regular basis . Great modelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Broithe 1,781 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 29 minutes ago, flange lubricator said: Yes Mayner and reading your contribution I was reminded of the awful smell that once emanated from that factory which would hang about the place on a regular basis . Great modelling Dont! He'll only add that in.... The word 'incredible' has been used to describe this three times, so far. I don't think that's right - it is the very credibility of it that is shocking. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 working on more buildings for greenore court off macken street.work completed so far including macken street flats regards 2 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Holman 2,926 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Rapidly developing into one of the finest modern image layouts of recent years. Atmosphere like this does not just happen, it needs masses of observation and artist skill to reach such a level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 4,745 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Captured the atmosphere of this city railway scape sublimely. Modelling to a high professional standard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Barl 75 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Absolutely fantastic model with excellent examples of detail visible everywhere you look! It really captures the atmosphere perfectly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StevieB 221 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 I wonder if MRJ would be interested in featuring this finescale model railway. The overall effect is quite outstanding. Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PJR 139 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 5/7/2018 at 11:12 PM, Glenderg said: Have to say that the first image really got me when I saw the DNG "For Sale" poster and thought, "ooh, 475k for starters anyway...." I made up the ones below in 2012, and have higher resolution versions if of any interest. R. I would love some ,Thanks Paddy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Holman 2,926 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 6/5/2018 at 6:30 PM, StevieB said: I wonder if MRJ would be interested in featuring this finescale model railway. The overall effect is quite outstanding. Stephen It would be good if they did, but MRJ is notoriously fickle. For a long time, they never went outside Britain, then Pempoul came along and broke the mould, as it were. Since then, there have been a couple of Irish layouts, so who knows? With guest editors these days, depends on Barrow Road catching their attention. I sent an article on Arigna Town once, by post (they don't do email), and included a CD with text and photos. One of the latter made it into the magazine, but otherwise I never received any acknowledgement. By and large, they stick with what (and who) they know, which is not being derogatory, it is just how it is. I have got every issue, including zero, and still enjoy each new copy, even though the content isn't always what I am interested in. It's all about pushing the boundaries and getting back to Barrow Road, that is certainly a criteria you can apply. Let's hope it gets the attention it deserves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 Double glazing contractors fitting new windows to greenore court 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
warb 2,377 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 photos of the malting tower on grand canal quay 3 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhb171achill 4,427 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 This is outstanding work, set in an area I know very well.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bantree 110 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Brilliant modelling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irishrailwayman 989 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Outstanding scratch building work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
popeye 621 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Beautiful, that fire escape looks very complex. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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