[PopUps]

This is a great forum with a lot of excellent work to admire and be inspired by, particularly the work of Colm & Kieran.

 

But there are now a lot of irritating popup videos to negotiate - I have just had to dismiss 3 of these before I could get to enjoy Noel's most recent posts about his superb Gort layout.

 

I hope that this post does not receive the same dismissive and very discourteous reply from a moderator that Johnathan Beaumont received recently - to respond to one of Ireland's most respected railway authors and historians in such a way was shameful.

[UTA Brown Van]

Superb - I have one in the 'to do' box so you have provided perfect inspiration!

["Rails Through Connemara" Book Launch 18th September]

Best of luck with the launch - pity I'm not closer, would have offered some musical services in return for a signed copy!!

 

[Dugort Harbour]

Love this - every photo has a serious 'drool' factor!

[Gort workbench]

This really is a superb project Noel - well done!  My own creative mojo has left me for the moment so I might drool at your pics here and hope it comes back!

[JM Design on-line store now open!]

Looking forward to receiving my brake van!  Well done all!

And the interior detail is superb!

[Gort Station]

Brilliant Noel!

 

[NI Railways CAF 3000 unit]

Tis magnificent - truly so.

[NI Railways CAF 3000 unit]

Definitely the best model of this unit that I have seen, other examples I think are repaints of similar prototypes which I think are wider, so they don't look quite right - but the effort that has gone into the production of this model has produced a much more accurate model.

 

Great job!!

[NI Railways CAF 3000 unit]

Fantastic - classic case for me of liking the model better than the original!

[The Ballycrochan LIne]

Colm the Mogul is stunning!!!!

[UTA MED]

Totally magnificent - jaw dropping stuff, many congrats!

[Lisneal Road]

Love the 80 class in the Suburban livery!

[Ravelstone Works]

Stunning model and stunning livery - great to see it on 131 too!

[GNR(I) Office Building]

On 06/03/2021 at 09:31, NoelG said:

Truly wonderful scratch building. Epic result.

Very kind thank you Noel!

[Gort Station]

Wow!!

 

[Ravelstone Works]

16 hours ago, antony said:

Thanks for the comments, guys. Golfer's saloon and some 6-wheelers would be nice, Colm.

Here's video of her going off to collect some wagons. The decals show up differently in the video, not so obvious on the layout!

 

 

Wowwwwwwwww........and what a layout too!!  That viaduct..... and the couplers?  Final scene with both trains timed to exit from view at the same time is genius!!!!!

 

[Gort Station]

1 hour ago, NoelG said:

Might need a few tulips or roses to brighten these bedding plants up a little or a touch of blue. Just some filing left to do. These will make platform beds.

 

 

The more I continue with this very enjoyable project and the more I look at photos the more I see what has yet to be done and the list becomes like ever expanding foam to infinity.  

These look superb Noel!!!!

[GNR(I) Office Building]

3 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

Congratulations Patrick. You have really captured the atmosphere of the GNR(I) with that model.

Very kind Colin, thank you!

[Ravelstone Works]

My jaw has just hit the floor with a very loud 'thump'.....

 

Any videos Tony?

[GNR(I) Office Building]

2 hours ago, Hunslet 102 said:

Love the railway map in the interior, looks like it is from a time when we had a decent railway network 

Yip, that's the GNR(I) network at its maximum event, including Armagh-Castleblayney!

 

[GNR(I) Office Building]

4 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Beautiful job, congratulations

Many thanks Michael

 

[GNR(I) Office Building]

36 minutes ago, Hunslet 102 said:

Very nice and realistic, captures the feel of a GNRI building totally 

Cheers Hunslet

 

[GNR(I) Office Building]

1 hour ago, antony said:

A super model! All it needs is a roaring fire in the grate and smoke from the chimney.  What colour shade is the yellow brick?

Thanks Tony!  It's 'Pale Lemon', Winsor & Newton acrylic. 

[GNR(I) Office Building]

My current project is a 'micro' layout (48in x 18in scenic area) based on a fictional location on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, in Co. Antrim.  The project is steadily turning into a tribute to the distinctive work of the GN's Chief Engineer William Hemingway Mills, who was with the company from 1876 to 1910 and left a legacy of incredible buildings including stations, signal cabins, engine sheds and many others.  His most memorable architectural style is often referred to as 'polychromatic' in that it uses different colours of brick, with either yellow or red being the predominant colour, relived by contrasting courses of black and either red or yellow.  Thankfully a good number of Mills' structures survive such as the yellow brick station buildings at Lisburn, Dundalk and Ardee, the red brick station buildings at Stewartstown, Ballyroney and Dunleer, the signal cabins at Moira, Ballyward and Irvinestown, and numerous station houses including those at Balmoral, Fintona, Victoria Bridge and elsewhere.  For my layout I have already built a station house, signal cabin and platform shelter in Mills' style so I thought it was time to tackle something in the yellow brick style, and I decided on a small office building.  The inspiration for the building is the small building which stands beside the running shed at Connolly Station.

 

Here are a few photos from the build - the main material is plasticard, with brick embossed plasticard for the outside walls, and the distinctive and authentic GNR(I) windows are a brass etch from Bill Bedford.  There are a few other detail items too such as white metal chimney pots and doors from York Modelmaking, and the over-window mouldings are laser printed in strong card.  For this build I decided to make more of an effort on the interior, and things got a bit carried away.....ah well!!