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  2. Photo Galleries

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    2. What's happening on the network?

      A forum to post interesting events, movements or works on the network. (the real thing!)

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    3. Photos & Videos of the Prototype

      The real thing! Ideal reference material for Modellers!

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  3. Railway related Modelling

    1. Bus models

      Single or double decked, modern or classic - no model railway is complete without a bus!

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    2. Trucks, Vans and cars

      Bring your layout to life with authentic vehicles

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    3. Buildings and kits of buildings

      A forum for discussion, dissemination and build blogs for railway related and layout buildings and kits

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    4. Aviation & Maritime Modelling

      From Airfix to ZTS Plastyk - Aviation Modellers are go for takeoff!

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  4. Non Irish Railway Modelling

    1. British Outline Modelling

      BR, Railfreight, Modern Liveries - chat here!

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    2. US / Canadian Railway Modelling

      The 'Yanks'! Railway models from the USA and Canada

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    3. Continental European Modelling

      German, French, Spanish - come on in!

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  5. Shops, Manufacturers & Services

    1. Shops

      Official stockists in Ireland of Irish Railway Models and related items.

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    3. Services

      Painting, Resprays, Weathering, Detailing, DCC Installation and more!

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    4. Defunct and Closed Down

      Shops and Manufacturers no longer trading, or open for business, or no longer engaged.

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  6. Letting Off Steam

    1. Letting off Steam

      The doss house, mess room, anything goes (except politics or religion) area of the site!

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    • My priority wish list if anybody from IRM reads this: GSVs to go with the Cravens and Park Royals, BR vans perferably but would accept an unrebuilt DEW van as an alternative Either a 20 ton or 30 ton brake van to go with all the Bulleid stock now on order. A re-engined C class The footbridge that we were already promised My origonal intention was to only buy what ran in the 1980's but the recent offerings have reset this to 1970's and 1980's I know I will probably buy whatever is produced but the layout is filling up. 10 years ago I did not think I could ever be in this situation
    • Needs turning down on a lathe to meet P4 standards 
    • Standards of cleanliness weren't high, in short. 
    • Those pizza cutter wheels look scarily sharp should there be a mishap
    • Hi Kevin, @DiveController Platform ramps tend to be the issue as wagon chassis elements that protrude tend to fit under the platform edge overhang, but in Ireland ramps are square and the same width as the platform, unlike many BR stations where the ramps are tapered and curved.  tapered ramps like these Hornby toy versions don’t foul wider bogies or wider stock.   this is common on BR outline stations.  @jhb171achill The Fountain of Irish prototypical knowledge explained to me tapered platform ramps are generally not used in Ireland. I have some MIR resin wagons that cannot run past scale distanced square platform ramps without fouling and derailing. Anyway it sound like it shouldn’t be an issue. I have my platforms a prototypical distance to stock (ie track centre), so alighting LLPs passengers don’t have to jump across 2 or 3 feet gaps from coaches to platform. Moving swiftly on, my goodness the amount of new models due to ship over the next 9 months is staggering. Will layout have to grow to stable all this new stock?
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