FrankS

Hi Guys, I wonder If anyone here can recommend someone honest and reliable to repaint and re-letter RTR models (Autoballasters and suchlike)into Irish liveries, please ? Any help much appreciated, Thanx

Hi Anthoney, Ballykay is looking GREAT !!! PM sent re Outstanding repaints. Cheere, FrankS

Hi Anthony, long-time-no-speak What are you using for the cobbled areas ? look great ! Cheers, Frank Savery, Down South in Tasmania

Hi Kev, I'll take a coule of long shots tomorrow to give you an idea and I'll see If I've got an overall track plan. Taking the photo from fairly close up tends to make the layout look bigger, that's what I aim for anyway. Cheers, Frank S.

Thanx Wrenneire, I'll send a PM.

G'Day Guys, Thought I'd post an update on what's been happening on the Cilldargan Section, CIE. Well, the simple answer is 'not much'. The layout runs round the walls of the (roughly) 16' x 10' rear Bedroom. The layout room has to also do duty as my Study, My Library and an emergency spare bedroom. Which means that while 2 sides of the layout are built on a basis of (approx) 4' high IKEA Ivar shelving the other 2 sides run along a shelf built in to 8' High Ivar bookshelves and can't be much more than a foot wide. However, my eminently sensible, confirmed-bachelor son, has suddenly announced that he's going to commit marital suicide and move out, doing the whole bit engaged, married, rent a house, buy a house bit,. Which means that his 12' x 12' bedroom will be empty. Against all expectations S.W.M.B.O. announded that I could have it for my study/ library. When I picked myself up off the floor, I realised that there are good and bad aspects to this: ie The GOOD - the layout room can now just be the layout room, enabling wider boards not impeded with vertical supports which in turn will enable larger radius curves which will hopefully eliminate derailing steam loco trucks. The BAD - until it actually happens, and my son mounts the marital scaffold - there's not much point in doing any further building as it will have to be torn up in a year or so. so things have come to a stop for the time being. So, I'm still adding to the stock (awaiting the CIE liveried 071s) but that's about it for now. In the meantime I'm keeping myself out of trouble by reving an interest of 45+ years ago and buying old Egger-bahn HOe equipment on E-Bay and building a small HOe logging layout set in the Carpathian Mountains to run it on.

Now, THAT seems like a GOOD plan !

Ken, Stand in the Naughty Corner, and wash your mouth out with soap and water - I will pray for your salvation

Well, it's been and gone and we are all still here So, I guess it's safe to wish all on the Forum a very Merry Christmas and train-loaded New Year from the management and staff of the Cildargan Section, C.I.E. in far-off Tasmania. Darn it, I could have bought 071s with the money I wasted on the tickets in the space capsule

That's great news, thanx for that. Be in touch after Christmas when I see how many pennies The Boss (aka Mrs Claus) has left me with c:praying:

Thanx for that, much appreciated. Be in touch after Christmas, when I see how many pennies the Boss (aka Mrs. Claus) has left me with

As a life member of the TRPS I've got fly the flag - yes indeed The Talyllyn was the FIRST preserved railway in the world beating the Festiniog by several years. Also the TR never closed passing from the original owner, Sir Haydn Jones to the Preservation Society. The Festiniog had several years of closure. Mind you, that's not to belittle the Festiniog, when I visited all the Welsh NG lines in 2009, I was VERY impressed by the Festiniog, to my mind a much more professional organisation than my beloved Talyllyn.

Thanx Guys' I think I'll just settle for the yellow lines squared off at the ends ~ without the writing and the Alien "KEEP OFF THE GRASS" signs Much appreciated

Hi Guys been digging a bit and making enquiries and it all comes to the conclusion that I CAN'T change the function of the F2 button. Fortunately, as suggested here, it can be overcome and is no big deal with the non-sound decoder. However, After Christmas I'm looking at fitting a Belfast Model Shop sound decoder and I'm worrying :praying:that the function of the F2 button MAY be a big deal with the sound decoder, If it is set to control something that MUST be on. Could anyone who has bought one of these decoders for the NIR # 112 please tell me what function the F2 button controls on it, please. Much appreciated, Ta muchly.

Hi guys, Apologies for such a simple question, but, its 44 years since I l;ast stood on an Irish Railway Station Platform. I'm about to add the yello safety lines to my platforms. Q. What happens to the yellow safety lines when you reach the end of the platform and it changes into a ramp ??? Do the yellow lines just end ??? Or, maybe turn through 90 degrees and go across the platform ??? or Maybe just continue down the ramp ??? As always, help and info much appreciated.

Thanx Rob, Suspected as much, as indeed my DCC system is American - CVP Easy DCC - probably unknown up there Looks as though I'll have to take a deep breath and plunge into the unknown world of CV's This from someone who believes electricity is the spoor of the Devil Dying to try a sound chip from Belfast in 112 , just as soon as the hidious expense of Christmas is over. I'm sure I'll find some use for the MM chip ~ Roll on the Supertrain 071's

Hi, I'm using the Murphy Models dedicated decoder which works fine EXCEPT that the F2 High Beam only comes on when when the function button is being pressed and won't stay on ???

Hi, I wonder If anyone else has the same problem I have with the Bachmann CIE N Class 2-6-0 loco ??? The front pony truck derails as soon as the loco moves off the straight. Any ideas ??? Thanx

Press Release from the District Manager's Office, Cilldargen Section, CIE Never let it be said that we are in anyless than completly honest when keeping our customers informed .............

Just to add to your troubles, I'm afraid photos refuse to upload, at the moment.

Lads one mistake, we drive on the other side of the road here .............................. Are you sure ???, I'm sure I remembbered everybody driving down the middle of the road in Ireland Something about following the white line home when drunk

WORK - The Curse of the Drinking Classes

Hi Guys, Another little Chrissie Pressie from down under. I've made up a couple of A4 sheets of Irish adverts sized to fit the Merit/Peco hoardings (1 large or 3 small to a hoarding). However, I can't work out how to upload a word document to the Forum, but If you e-mail me at : franksavery@bigpond.com I'll send them to you them as an attachment and you can print them out for yourself.

Hi Guys, A suggestion for obtaining suitable posters you can resize. If you have Google, go to their website and get Google Images for free. Then search for suitable titles, such as Guiness Posters, Irish Rail Posters, Ireland, Irish Travel, CIE, Irish Adverts, etc - pages of photos will come up many of which can be copied and stored on a word document for resizing to fit your hoardings. I use the Peco (Old Merit) hoadings which have an area of 80mm x 40mm for posters, nice size for 3 small posters.