Rob Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Amazing quality- brilliant detail! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 Thanks everyone for the comments and feedback. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Billycan Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Remembering 187 years. A short video for the day that's in it, Dargan Day, 17 December 2021, a suburban special departs from Westland Row. https://youtu.be/n7pG2Ze1qu4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Billycan Posted March 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 18, 2022 Some Photos from the Saint Patrick's Day Parade 2022 And when it was all over. 18 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 That looks absolutely amazing- so much detail in every part of every picture! Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Wow - that’s incredibly good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Brilliant scenes,well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I've just "tuned in" to this thread - my apologies for not looking sooner! How did I miss that superb tutorial of you building the Provincial Wagons CIE cattle wagons - excellent! I loved the teabag weathering! I'm saving up the rest (which at a quick look is brilliant) for a night when there's nothing on TV! Very well done Mr Billy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Even the paving slabs are excellent - especially the ones around the 'adjusted corner'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Excellent, it's all excellent. Eoin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Brilliant stuff. Looks the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB JOE Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 WOW!!!! Great work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 Thanks for all the feedback folks. I'm fortunate to have 2 very suitable backdrops which make the photos look right. Thinking of next time now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 That's extraordinary, I had to take a double take after seeing the first photo to check if it was real or a photo of a model scene. Superb in every way. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted December 17, 2022 Author Share Posted December 17, 2022 DART 8118 and A-Class 018 on Dargan Day specials, 17 December 2022, for 188 years at Westland Row. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Super - keep the updates coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted January 1, 2023 Author Share Posted January 1, 2023 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Just moving this photo to here so as not to hijack the Modelling Tip thread. I have 2 suggestions as to the use of this premises. One is that it was a monumental marble works in the early 1900s and the other is that it was a Monsell Mitchell premises probably 1950s-60s. I don't know how much is covered by the boarding up, but the doors and the columns either side of them look original. Or is it boarded up at all? Is it all original simply painted over? And information would be welcome. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Just posting some photos from the early days of modelling at WR&A. The motivator was to get an idea as to what this 'new' DCC thing was all about. So, a simple section of trackwork was needed. Started with maps of the City of Dublin Junction Railway from Townsend Street to Westland Row. These maps are from 1889 and the section from Townsend Street to Pearse Street was ideal because it had a left hand and right hand crossover. So, plenty there to understand about wiring track and point motors. Soon I had 3 sections of track like this - A straight section of arches from Townsend Street to Pearse Street, A bridge section to cross over Pearse Street and a curved section that passes through Trinity College to Westland Row. It was fairly simple and straight forward and an NCE PowerCab provided to power. I had no nice DCC locos so 2 Hornby standins were chipped. One is the much maligned Hymec and a 0-4-0 flying snail green steam loco. These were used to test every inch of track I have and they now have a special place at WR&A with a senior claim on this south east main. The bridge was a simple mockup cut from card to give an idea of heights. Skirts of the embankment arches were added. Pearse Street bridge was upgraded to an MDF version. Some buildings was added at Pearse Street. Then Westland Row. And then all together with a section of roadway. 10 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 The challenge of some point motors First versions of the signal cabin and water tower. Signal cabin needs a second door on the right and water tower needs corrected entrance to show curved walls. Still in progress the cottages and houses at Erne Terrace Rear Embankment wall and bridge More work-in-progress graphics for station wall as viewed from inside the station (top) and outside (bottom). The outside view uses loads of modeller's licence but it doesn't matter bacause it can't be seen when finished. 10 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Truly amazing quality of work- sensational 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Very impressive - well done!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 For the week that's in it. This is a popular photographer around here. His name is Kiernan and he’s the great great grandnephew of Barney Kiernan a licensed vintner who had a public house in these parts in the early 1900s. The pub was the scene of many an altercation over the years but there was one memorable one in 1904 that is still talked and written about. That was the day Throwaway won the Ascot Gold Cup. But that another day’s modelling. You hear Kiernan before you see him because he seems to have a habit of taking a few photos of you before you know he’s even there. A couple of shutter clicks and he has your photo. He’s known as Click Click Kiernan. He was out and about the other day in Pearse Street hoping for a photo that he could sell to the local newspaper or share with the local online community, and he spotted these lads (who look after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade) and one was taking photos. The camera around Click Click’s neck is his passport into all manner of places and conversations. What the story lads? Just taking a few photos so we can plan and prepare for the parade. Is the parade on this year? Of course it is, and there’s great excitement about it too. We been asked to put out more crowd barriers, so they’re expecting more people to be out. The local young fellas want to know if the old fire brigade will be out and one little girl asked if there would be horses this year. Some bloke has got himself a London Tram and that will be here, and the local amateur theatre group will be out promoting their summer production. Thanks, said Click Click, and off he went thinking to himself, that Naughton Institute might make a nice backdrop to some photos. Wonder who that Naughton fellow is? Some former student and sharing his success with the next generation perhaps. Good on him. Crazy glass building that. Seems to be always changing colour. The reflection is grey when the sky is overcast and blue when we have a nice clear sky. Must get the drone out and get some practice using it. You never know. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DART8118 Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 What kind of photos was he taking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 14 hours ago, DART8118 said: What kind of photos was he taking? Just a few like these And they sent them along to the photocrafting team to see what they can do with them. A bit of magic needed to get that sorted. Perspective has to be removed, the trees and their reflections have to go, and so too have the lampposts and road signs. Then all scaled to 4mm and to fit into WR&A. They know they can do something. Click Click has been talking up the parade and has got himself a couple of early morning shoots, so he’ll be out and about early on 17th. Last year he did a promo photo for the local amateur theatre group, and they’ve asked him to do another this year. He’s really getting into the part himself and has a new kit for the day. You can’t miss him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 A nice bright dry morning and a few photos from the early morning shoot. Health & Safety share Mark Street and Click Click taking a photo of the local theatre group Already buying ice cream Advertising for the upcoming event with a large entry in the parade Another promo photo for the local theatre group Looks like the photocrafting team got something sorted in time. Happy Saint Patrick's Day. Looks like it will be a great parade. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 The head of the parade at Pearse Street Sponsor of the leading vehicles The drone was doing its job The local amateur performers on Westland Row Promoting their summer season More horses Another important entry for 2023 promoting Daffodil Day Thanks again to the drone The last of the parade A photo shoot after the parade And another. Thanks to a number of fellow modellers whose advice, ideas, and skills enhance these scenes. 13 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Superb scenes, can only imagine how long it takes to set these up!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james1994 Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 hi this is james just saying this looks awesome this is james from model railway club 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted June 16, 2023 Author Share Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Out and About on Bloomsday 2023 at WR&A Quoted text copyright The Joyce Project: Ulysses Touring Joyceans returned to their carriages to continue their funeral re-enactment. Edited June 16, 2023 by Billycan 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimO Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 Fabulous as usual. Marvellous scenes at Tara Street and Platform One. You can just hear the lines from Ulysses carry along the platforms. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted July 23, 2023 Author Share Posted July 23, 2023 For the day that's in it. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billycan Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 It was a Wednesday morning and the date was 17 December 1834. At 9:30am a train of carriages of the first, second and third class hauled by Hibernia departed Westland Row filled with passengers. The rest is history. If you have any words or pictures to share, today is the day. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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