Noel 3,923 Posted January 4 Author Share Posted January 4 2 hours ago, DERAILED said: Not Noo Yawk - nearer to home - and can be viewed at Dromod unless it has been flogged to somebody. Does anybody know what font in MS-Office is closest to the Irish Gaelic GSR type face? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhb171achill 3,859 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 7 hours ago, burnthebox said: Ya mean the way this one did, & all the way to Noo Yawk, into Fitzpatrick’s no less....! BTB That's EXACTLY what I mean! Disgraceful "stewardship" of railway "heritage" by IE. 7 hours ago, Noel said: Does anybody know what font in MS-Office is closest to the Irish Gaelic GSR type face? There's a thing called "bunchlo". Seems closest to me. There appears to be nothing that truly is VERY close to it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Galteemore 1,845 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 (edited) Weshty at SSM will make some up for you. Happy with mine. Edited January 5 by Galteemore 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irishrailwayman 980 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 3 hours ago, Galteemore said: Weshty at SSM will make some up for you. Happy with mine. I got mine from Studio Scale Models also for Ballybeg... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) In for a penny in for a pound, I'll have to scratch build the Gort signal box. Gort only really has four unique buildings the Goods shed, station house, water tower and signal box. Can't do three and leave one out. Sourced drawings for it which is a help. Below a hornby RTR Box, but Gort is quite a little box distinctive. Its just a start, will do the windows next to get the trickiest bits out of the way. Link to photo in Clare Champion (C) John Galvin and John Kelly http://clarechampion.photoshelter.com/image/I0000RkOBUbm6J4s Edited Thursday at 18:02 by Noel 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
leslie10646 1,064 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Pity about the nameboards. I'm trying out a new slide scanner (for the Legal Appendage to scan my slides of our sons) and just happened to lift this out - Taken on some RPSI tour, of course. I took the station building as well, Noel, if of use? Good luck with the model. Now I know how I should have done mine! Leslie 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 6 hours ago, leslie10646 said: Pity about the nameboards. I'm trying out a new slide scanner (for the Legal Appendage to scan my slides of our sons) and just happened to lift this out - Taken on some RPSI tour, of course. I took the station building as well, Noel, if of use? Good luck with the model. Now I know how I should have done mine! Leslie Hi Leslie. That’s really useful, thank you. If by any chance you also had a photo of the station building facade from the line side that would be a great help, as I can only find photos at an acute angle taken from the north. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Window frames done and re-roofed. Lots more still to do, fascias, gutters, brick chimney, steps, ridge tiles, painting, weathering, etc. There is also the option of the white lean-to at the north end of the box. 12 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Waiting for glue and paint to set on other items, so made a start to the facade of Gort station ticket office building. The window surrounds will be tricky to fabricate. Guessed the dimensions as I could not find any half decent photos or drawings of this building from this angle (ie perpendicular elevation from track side). The ceilings on the RHS should be about 8ft and 10ft for the centrals section. Another micro project to chug away at. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick Davey 254 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The signal cabin is looking fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing the station buildings!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 22 hours ago, Patrick Davey said: The signal cabin is looking fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing the station buildings!! Cheers Patrick. Taking a break from the signal box for a while. The water tower is almost complete. 8 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick Davey 254 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 That is superb Noel - very neat work which captures the character of the building perfectly. Great stuff! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Test fitting the remade goods platform. I wasn't 100% happy with the original versions shape so when remade this one added embossed high grip cobble at the cattle dock end. Was able to adjust the track to give it a better flow while enabling stock to get close to the edges for loading and unloading. Now have to make a small loading dock crane. The original platform will get recycled and reused on the other layout. Peco platform edging strips make it really easy to make platforms from plastic card. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Noel 3,923 Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 The basics are starting to come together. Hopefully will be able to test run some stock in a few weeks (ie as an electrics check pre-ballasting) Need to get the structure of the station ticket office building done now. 11 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robert Shrives 773 Posted Thursday at 19:09 Share Posted Thursday at 19:09 Hopefully wiring up will be successful and a spot of the old ballasting and you will be more than well on your way. Thanks for sharing progress. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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