Lacathedrale Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Over the next few weeks I shall be dumping my model railroad stuff on the Bay of E, starting with this lot. All of it?! Back to G-scale or out of the hobby altogether? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 It feels like the end of an era today, as the first of my roster went up for sale on the bay of e... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBrad Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Do you have a link to your ebay please? I'm just catching up on things and there's a couple of pieces I may be interested in..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Nick, PM sent. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 What has been happening in the shed over the past year? I've pretty much abandoned the American stuff, and most of the stock has gone to the Bay of E. I bimbled about with a few ideas that didn't really gel, including a Scottish BLT and a Western Region BLT (both banger blue era) then finally settled on some familiar sounds in an unfamiliar form. As you know, I'm a big fan of EMD products, especially anything powered by the 645 series. I have been steadily building an Irish Rail themed layout, with some quite impressive liberties being taken in order to have something fun to play with. Progress is not rapid, although all the track is in place, DCC installed and some sound-equipped diesels are in evidence. The wall is not fixed yet, I shall get it a bit more perpendicular first! I'm installing colour light signalling next, having had no luck trying to get Ratio semaphores to work. It's all a good deal less po-faced than some of the earlier iterations of things on the shed, but the common theme has to be the big GM diesels. And this is where it all started, Rail Enthusiast magazine issue 2, June/July 1981. Only 38 years later, I can buy excellent models of those charismatic Big GMs... 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2019 I thought the “little” EMDs were very cute. Anyway, hope the new venture goes well. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) I see you have solved the conundrum of 3’ or 5’3” gauge by taking the average of the two... Edited October 30, 2019 by Regularity 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 12 hours ago, Northroader said: I thought the “little” EMDs were very cute. Anyway, hope the new venture goes well. I have the little EMD on order... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Hi Dr G-F, Well, that little GM is almost enough to tempt me across the Irish sea, to be sure! Not to mention the gorgeous A class from Accurascale, that looks sublime. Good luck with all of this and remember - have fun! Cheers, John. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, Allegheny1600 said: Hi Dr G-F, Well, that little GM is almost enough to tempt me across the Irish sea, to be sure! Not to mention the gorgeous A class from Accurascale, that looks sublime. Good luck with all of this and remember - have fun! Cheers, John. So, you're walking backwards to Christmas? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Sorry, no! I have to resist as the boss (Swmbo) may get very annoyed with me. Pah! Economics! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Edwardian said: So, you're walking backwards to Christmas? Pedant Alert - walking backwards for Christmas.... Pedant Alert /Off. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted October 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Pedant Alert - walking backwards for Christmas.... Pedant Alert /Off. Fair cop! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 29/10/2019 at 15:54, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: And this is where it all started, Rail Enthusiast magazine issue 2, June/July 1981. Ah, Rail Enthusiast magazine!! What a breath of fresh air that was when it started!! I still have a few treasured articles kept from those days; one about the impromptu Deltic 'open day' at Doncaster in Feb 1982, & one about D1041 Western Prince, & it's move to Bury Bolton Street from Horwich Works. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 29/10/2019 at 15:54, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: What has been happening in the shed over the past year? I've pretty much abandoned the American stuff, and most of the stock has gone to the Bay of E. I bimbled about with a few ideas that didn't really gel, including a Scottish BLT and a Western Region BLT (both banger blue era) then finally settled on some familiar sounds in an unfamiliar form. As you know, I'm a big fan of EMD products, especially anything powered by the 645 series. I have been steadily building an Irish Rail themed layout, with some quite impressive liberties being taken in order to have something fun to play with. Progress is not rapid, although all the track is in place, DCC installed and some sound-equipped diesels are in evidence. The wall is not fixed yet, I shall get it a bit more perpendicular first! I'm installing colour light signalling next, having had no luck trying to get Ratio semaphores to work. It's all a good deal less po-faced than some of the earlier iterations of things on the shed, but the common theme has to be the big GM diesels. And this is where it all started, Rail Enthusiast magazine issue 2, June/July 1981. Only 38 years later, I can buy excellent models of those charismatic Big GMs... And I thought you were going to do New Brighton complete with its LMS Wirral EMUs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: And I thought you were going to do New Brighton complete with its LMS Wirral EMUs. Or New Brighton where the Soo Line & Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern used to cross on the flat... Today it's CP Rail & the Minnesota Commercial. Unfortunately, of course, it won't be, as the good Dr G-F has left the Dark Side - & I don't think his shed would've been big enough anyway! All it needs now is some spoilsport to point out that his new layout is now in the wrong section of the Forum, even if his motive power isn't. :rolleyes: 3 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacathedrale Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Interesting stuff, @Dr Gerbil-Fritters - based on some off-forum discussion earlier in the year I thought the Irish layout was in limbo. It's great to see that it's alive and kicking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Good to see the gang's all here! I've left the dark side because of a lack of space primarily. Also, for Clive, the layout is designed to be a fairly neutral stage designed to accommodate trains other than the Irish ones... EMUS in the future for sure... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 10 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: Good to see the gang's all here! Present and Correct, Sir!! 10 hours ago, Dr Gerbil-Fritters said: I've left the dark side because of a lack of space primarily... Point of Order!! Lack of space?? My space is only 3ft longer than yours, & the same width - and I'm in O Scale!!! Lack of space is merely a challenge to the imagination. Anyway, lets see some more of this Irish Jolly, then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 58 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: Present and Correct, Sir!! Point of Order!! Lack of space?? My space is only 3ft longer than yours, & the same width - and I'm in O Scale!!! Lack of space is merely a challenge to the imagination. Anyway, lets see some more of this Irish Jolly, then. Ha! I came to the rueful conclusion that to build what really floated my boat would require a shed of at least 35 x 15 feet, and several hundred freight cars plus three dozen locomotives.... so, not in my lifetime unless something financially extraordinary happens... In the space I do have, the old terminus to fiddle yard seems to offer the most fun per foot... and at least by modelling the IR, I get to have my beloved EMDs. Even the silly old A class got a 645 rebuild in my era 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 'some more Irish jolly'... MK3 push pull set... MK2 restaurant MK2 generator van DCC sound fitted EMD loveliness 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 It's stopped raining long enough for 080 to make it to the shed and join the fleet. KDs, sound chip and weathering still required. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) Should this topic not be move over now to the Irish railway group, even though there EMDs! Edited December 7, 2019 by long island jack 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Reichert Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 I've been off the forum for about as long as you've been working on US HO in that shed. So I just got a big surprise at your change over. But I'm not at all a US diesel fan and I think your Irish models look a heck of a lot more attractive. So Gooood Job! Andy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) It's been three months since I ventured to the shed... the weather has been awful, and then when it got better the V word meant I had a lot to do to crisis manage my work into its current reduced, online mode. Anyway, I managed to get a few hours in the shed this past few days. I suspect I may have quite a lot more time in there over the next few weeks. I rebuilt the goods yard sidings, and I will be rearranging the staging yard as the scissors is not 100% reliable, Edited March 24, 2020 by Dr Gerbil-Fritters 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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