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There was a loco plate No 2 Author Guinness with a guide price of between €200 / €300 which went for €2,600 plus 30% fees Another with a guide price of €300 / €500 which went for €1700 plus 30% fees on top. A few others went for a lot more than the guide price as well. Lot 154 Liffey loco nameboard went for €1,700 plus 30% fees. You can see all the hammer prices here The Lord O'Neill Collection of Railwayana Live & Online... (10 Nov 25)

It certainly works, David. The "other" David used these on the two scenaria which I now own and it's equally effective there. I can see the Portadown Jct fluorescent tubes disappearing ......... But first, there's an engine shed to illuminate the "David" way! Sorry not to have put up photos of my latest acquisition, but I'm busy trying to sell the boxes of books which surround it. More on that shortly.

Day 7 of my Japanese adventure, this mainly being a travel day from Nagasaki to Kyoto, with a couple of Nagasaki trams thrown into the mix. Click on the photo below to view them all Regards, Kieran

The catalogue makes interesting reading - did someone REALLY walk off with a Class VS nameplate (Lot 154) for a bit over €2,000!!!! I'm surprised at some of the paintings which didn't sell, for example the Swilley 4-8-0 by Sean Bolan - at €400 (Lot 115) plus the ludicrous auctioneers' fees - it was a steal for an original by this brilliant artist. Not for me of course - it'd xxxxxx gauge ..........

Prototypiclly ccurate coupling system............ The little pin then flew away, never to be seen again.............

LEDs, Leslie. One strip just inside the helmet and another centrally. Northport Quay has the same.

@DJ Dangerous It is the R076 Hornby Footbridge that l modified slightly and painted grey!

Yes this would be a CMDR Van, which means this taken during the very slim time that the Macroom line connected to Albert quay or its early GSR Times and that’s a midland van (unlikely!)

If he didn't, it'll probably reappear on eBay for twice the price

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A fair few things didn't sell, mainly paintings and paperwork, could be down to the overly optimistic starting prices. A couple of surprises; 380 for a fairly mundane Tuam Ballyglunin mini ets was nuts some items here and there people appeared to bid over the odds.

well, its sold now ... did you pull the trigger @Mol_PMB??

I was really impressed with the lego castles. It's been many years since I was at Bunratty Castle, I might just take a trip down there and do a photo survey. I was looking at the possibility of getting Irish medieval figurines which seem to be available in 1 72 scale. So that might be the scale to do it in. It would look good with some soldiers on the battlements.

Buy it! Rare kit and you will do it justice. Be a nice loco for an IRRS special to the mill….

I must confess I'm in danger of buying this myself, even though I don't need it and it will probably just sit in the cupboard of shame and never get built! They were good-looking machines: Though I'm not sure I'd want the devil's engine:

Better not to discuss the size of my parcel... I have several carriage etches as well as two tin vans on the way (remind me why, when I'm building a freight-only layout...)

Thanks for your kind comments. I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead so I may not have much time for actual modelling, but I've been thinking ahead to the buildings needed on the layout. This image from Colm Creedon's album is a good overview of the structures around the sidings I'm modelling: The buildings to the right of the track all still exist, with some changes over the years, though perhaps not for much longer as they have been sold for redevelopment. The buildings behind the loco have all vanished. Broadly, the layout backscene will be at the ridge-line of the buildings to the right. The footprint can be modelled almost to scale, with a bit of selective compression. This is an aerial view of the surviving buildings, but from the 'wrong' side - the tracks were on the far side. The middle, lower building has lost the canopy over its railway-side platform, but is otherwise not changed too much. The tallest square block used to be taller still, with a corrugated-iron storey and pitched roof on top. The oldest, stone-built part on the right has remained almost unchanged. The 'gap' in the buildings was there in the 1960s but was different in detail, and the nearest buulding seems to have changed quite a lot. Here are some fairly recent views from the side with the track. The buffer stop is a red herring - it should be at the other end of this length of track. https://www.flickr.com/photos/183791426@N02/51141882491/ So, from left to right I have the following buildings to represent: An old, stone-built mill structure A tall tower, seems to be rendered, originally with another corrugated-iron storey and pitched roof A lower, concrete building A gap, with a wall behind A smaller low building, perhaps not much more than a loading canopy in the 1960s These can all be modelled in half-relief against the backscene, and there will be platforms and canopies in front of them adjacent to the track. I'm reasonably comfortable with the info I have on these structures from maps and photos, that I can create a reasonable impression that will look right and fit the space available. It's worth noting that several of the old photos show different features on the roofs of these buildings - I'll have to choose which period to represent. Then, at the front left of the layout in front of the track, there's the complex of buildings that no longer exists, which I will have to estimate from photos. This appears to be a slightly chaotic structure of concrete and corrugated asbestos cladding, associated with bulk grain handling. There's going to be a lot of guesswork in representing this (I don't like guesswork) because it only appears in the background of a few photos, all from similar angles. I haven't yet found an online map that shows this structure. I guess it was built in the 1930s and it was still extant in the 1970s. The 1971 photo above also shows a new, brick-built single storey office/gatehouse structure that's not in the older photos. I probably won't include this on the layout. On more practical matters, I visited my parents this weekend and they still have a 'proper' traditional model shop in their town. I have bought a load of materials for these structures, as well as a couple of wagon kits and a donor carriage for conversion to an Irish prototype. And even a bufferstop for all of 50p which I need for the siding at Quartertown.

Your parcel is probably bigger than mine, as I had no duty to pay...

Stunning work! Good to hear that you're mended and modelling again. I thought I was going to see a photo of a Lego castle but you've gone a lot better than that. The Lego Castles page looks great though - Cahir is a very impressive model. Bunratty Castle was an annual visit for me as a child, and always a super day out. I have many fond memories of the place, not just the castle itself but the village. There was another historical site in that neck of the woods with much older (bronze age / iron age?) settlements recreated, one of which had an escape tunnel 'the souterrain' which to an 8-year-old me was the third* most exciting thing in Ireland. * The top two were (2) Bunratty Castle, and (1) a train trip from Ennis.

Excellent! I've paid the duty on mine and expecting the parcel on Wednesday.

Making progress with King House, but got diverted twice in the last month, which has slowed it down. First I fell off my bicycle and hurt my hand which stopped all work for two weeks. I also got distracted when I found the website Lego Castles by Bob Carney and decided to have a go at making a castle. I'm almost finished making Fiddaun Castle which is south of Gort. If anyone fancies having a go at modelling a castle the websites has plans and drawings of 17 different Irish castles. I'm toying with the idea of building Bunratty Castle in OO scale. It would make a big impressive model in the that scale.

Thank you! Yeah, I’ve spent a bit of time living/working in the states and there is just something about the trains and vehicles over there that I have a love for. I try to get a piece of rolling stock/cheap loco in every country I go to to remind myself of the memories from there! I hope that is the last of the messing around with the track for now so that it’ll be smooth sailing and continuous running from here fingers crossed! Thanks for the support! Hoping to get more videos made/uploaded over the coming weeks.

Grovelling apologies for not turning up at Tolworth: Reading to Kingston seemed a county too many (or something). It DOES look magnificent and I compliment you on the "housing" and excellent lighting - can we have a photo taken towards the Sun to see how you have illuminated the scene, which is obviously on a very nice day in Summer!

Arrived! Kit looks excellent; even has 28mm pinpoints, so I can use them for my Ultrascale 12mm disc wheels