Rob

At least they are both in a 'very good box!'

A few shots of 1508 in the last few months in service in 2006.

Yes, you can get reasonably close versions of the lrish Mark 3 as @Flying Snail said- the doors being different is the main obvious difference and the windows on the doors need to be amended (as below) but the rest is more or less the same.

Certainly, the 'two foot' rule will work perfectly.

Chris Dyer is another option you could try for lrish Mark 3's- the best coach EVER in lreland

It really looks great- very professional indeed!!!

Very neat work

Best of luck     

Great variety and such detail- so realistic

Claremorris doesn't look too good

Look forward to seeing progress

Looks great and really fits in

Great video- new arrivals look great

Looks well- great accuracy and attention to detail

Amazing scenes- well done (again)

On 6/11/2022 at 9:14 PM, thewanderer said:

The November gallery has been updated with a few pictures from near Lisduff in Co. Laois of the 1425 Cork - Heuston and 1500 Heuston - Cork passing. The purpose of the trip today was to view the new quiet coach branding on the MKIV Standard End carriages which is being launched on Monday 7th November 2022. 

Click https://bit.ly/3zNoFjd to view.

Cheers for this- l was looking to find some photos of this

Thanks to all for the very kind comments- much appreciated.

The manholes l got some years ago (pre Brexit!) from Scale Model Scenery- below

https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx064-oo-laser-cut-trackside-drainage-manholes-etc-oo4mm176-864-p.asp

They look great on the layout

Decent progress in a short space-  great to see so keep the updates

Fair play on doing it yourself too!

Looking for any of the Black Roof Mark 2D coaches that someone might be looking to offload given the current supply of new options out there.

Standard, Restaurant etc are all fine!

Just on the off chance....

Nice catch

Just wondering based on the different sets available here, the lnter City 'Bowling Ball' would be first chronologically in 2007?

Would the date order below be reasonably accurate as regards the different options?

- Inter City branding with Bowling Ball set Numbering (2007 - 2008/9????)

- lnter City branding with Individual Numbering (2008/9??? - 2013)

- Irish Rail branding (2013 - ????)

- lrish Rail branding with blue doors etc (???? - current day)

Looks great- esp the black roof Mark II's

10 hours ago, DiveController said:

..would someone tell me what a bowling ball marker or whatsis means pls?

Was wondering that myself....

I always wanted to get at the destination scroll in that bus-  would love to see what it was like (in case anyone has old bus scrolls lying around!!)