Tullygrainey

Excellent! I really like that last photo. A real sense of being in the landscape, standing lineside.

That's all coming together nicely.

or Northern Ireland

I've used combinations of warm and cool white LED strips to good effect. Made by Lepro, they're supplied on rolls of 5 metre self adhesive strips complete with transformer and dimmer. They can be cut to length. I got mine from Amazon.

We explored this once before but I think because our collective interests are so diverse, we didn't manage to get the numbers for any one thing. Worth another go though.

What a little beauty!

Yep that's the one David. Built originally as a tender engine in 1887 but subsequently converted to a tank engine. Marked down for scrapping in 1929 but survived derelict until the UTA takeover. Lost its number to a new bogie tank in 1945. (Information from Desmond Coakham's book) I thought it might be interesting to try building a 0-4-2 chassis with drive on the front axle and the other two axles compensated. It ought to be possible to hide a motor/gearbox in the smokebox and boiler. Much the same as my chassis for BCDR No.6, just the other way round.

I've been trying to resist that temptation David. Kilmore needs some attention to get it properly operational, I have half finished wagons that need doing and other bits of rolling stock I'd like to have a go at. But then again....

Oh, commiserations! My carpet monster has never stolen anything that big.

BCDR No.2 went wandering last week, passing through Coleraine before eventually arriving at Ardglass. The passengers were surprised. They thought they were going to Ballynahinch. With thanks to @colmflanagan for this opportunity to exercise No.2 on his excellent Ballycrochan Line. No 2.mov

That's got real charm David. Love it. Love the interior detail too. That signalman is really putting his back into it!

That's more like the thing. Getting there, by the scenic route. Thanks for the steers gents. Still running on DC at present. Nearly time for it to go back to the fitters at Kirley Junction for paint, chips and some appropriate sounds. PPs sorted.mov

It's often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So is colour I would say. I've had surgery to one eye (to fix a macular hole) with the result that I have slightly different colour vision in each eye. The operated eye sees things cooler than the other one. So where does that leave me when it comes to assessing colour?

Ah... thank you Paul. That makes perfect sense now you point it out. Those bits were vaguely bothering me but clearly not enough to make me read the instruction sheet properly! It does say "upright panels can now be fitted along the top edge of the side flares". As to why Kieran and I both made the same mistake, builder fatigue might have something to do with it. The relevant instruction is close to the end of a long list. This should be a joy to fix Cheers, Alan

That would’ve been easier if I’d included them in the first place!