Gabhal Luimnigh

They must be a bugger to keep safe, might be easier to get a 3d printer at it.

12 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Went for the R4 myself. Wrong colour, I'd like a blue and a dark red, but better than nothing.

 

Where did you find those?

Just now, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Yup, but I have a shedload of locking bars to cut off sprues today and glue in place!

But surely that's part of the fun, anyway you've nothing else to do with your day!

Who's been telling tales

Nice little haul there Dave

Great result

36 minutes ago, gph2000 said:

Looks like someone is having a clear out. Started yesterday.

 

https://www.ebay.ie/usr/model-railways-0nline

Definitely a clear out methinks.

I'm happy with my little rural scenes so far

That's class

2 hours ago, Noel said:

Bump. Looking forward to this. It will be my first exhibition as an exhibitor. Bringing Gort. 12 days to go.

12 days??

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I would actually think a "C" would be a good bet. They can be put in front of just about any branch train in the late 50s, goods in the 1960s, Dublin suburban in the 1980s, and NIR ballast in the 1990s!

They were at one time (when quite new) intended to be a diesel equivalent of a J15 - all sorts of jobs bar heavy expresses. Had they proven to be as good and reliable as the GMs, it's a reasonable assumption they might have got more of them, and they'd have been everywhere in the 1960s up to maybe 2000.

Hopefully

David who and Mark who?

9 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

I have to say I disagree with that statement. A collector likes to collect, the thrill of the search and the chase, and they likely do not sell their collections, as if they do they're no longer a collector. 

I think "speculator" is a more fitting term. 

Isn't debate great

Beautiful work

9 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

Irish buses of this era are serious one off prototypes being unique designs that we loved and remember so much. So tooling and mass production cannot be offset with loads of liveries, UK versions etc. Therefore, resin and limited production runs are the only answer. The production runs are tiny, and a huge amount of research, time and effort and quality go into them. When you look at model cars at the higher end of the market they show these buses to be actually good value. They're also really well presented as mentioned above.

Also, they appreciate, as when one comes up for sale (not too often) they go for serious money. So, you will at least get your money back, with a few quid on top, an accurate model of a bus that would otherwise never be made in model form and saves you countless hours in scratch or kit building something that wouldnt look as good. When you look at it from that point of view they're excellent value in my opinion. I'm glad I got my order in and gutted I missed out on some of the previous runs. I wont make that mistake again. 

Cheers!

Fran 

See that's where the difference is between a collector and a hobbiest, the collector is just interested in the amount of money one could make in the future.

I'm going with these

Am I the only one that thinks €185 is a huge price for the oo gauge bus? 

That's class

The addiction continues , thanks to Wrenneire and Millipede I'm getting my fix.

A beautiful loco.

Very nice set up.

47 minutes ago, Bob49 said:

I found this on a well known website.

The first wagon is a carbon copy of the LNWR 4ft8.5 dia2 2 plk fixed side the other one looks like a LNWR loco coal wagon with a centre door. I have also passed the photo on to a friend who is in the LNWR Society to see if he can throw some light onto it.

If the DNGR followed the LNWR's livery protocal the the phot dates from before 1910 when the diamonds were replaced with large LNWRs

Marc

 

Do you reckon Tony Atkinson wanted to be noticed?

59 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

I must assume it's been under cover. Where is it exactly now? Looks as if it's had a comparatively recent repaint. If a laminate - by its very name this being obvious - had been left in the open for some 30 years, it would have physically fallen to pieces by now. I did not know there was anything Five Fut Three there at all. They have a Brexitese railbus, sister of the much-loved RB3 at Downpatrick. Oul heaps! They brought over a working steam loco from there too; naturally all narra gauge. They loaid a bit of track including a curve too sharp for any railway vehicle to traverse, locked the lot up in a shed and off they went to leave nature to reclaim it all.

Riverstown, Sligo folk park

2 hours ago, BSGSV said:

Do you know if this a bad sign for the coach or is this just the normal state?

I've been living in the area for over 10 years and it's just been left deteriorate, it's a pity and definitely would be more appreciated elsewhere.

Looking a little sorry

Bad Ischl tiny railway station