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A sound option. "factory fitted sound option for the A Class currently being investigated" , yes please, i worry that i pre-bought an A, hopefully i can get the upgrade from already ordered A. to A with sound option fitted

ID Backscenes ID503B Overcast Sky 15" is very irish, i went for paste, pasted wall, and back scene, both lightly, no problems

I can see where the white feeder wire goes below the baseboard , could you not have the wire below the ballast as well?

love the entire post, that near empty line in above photo, the ballast speaks miles about your attention to detail, just love it, and the wooden carraiges above. magic...

is not every bit of modeling rail the same? you/I discover some last little item that needed to be finished before you can start the next bit. I saw the brass model in bray, very tasty, and the above gray loco 423 looks fab, "With the profusion of grey, the goods trains must have looked rather dreary making their way through a damp countryside." sure, the fire box glow and white smoke on a dark wet day would cheer us all up,

with all the drumlins, curving around and around , there cant have been much straight track,

Thank You,

Wrenn and Broithe, i been on IRM for a few months, and know so little about trains it embarrassing, the exactness of all your work is amazing, the detail you all go into is incredible. but i do know about plants, the picture show the species Crocosmia Lucifer or Crocosmia paniculata both are red in flower with bigger leaves than the invasive species Montbretia (Crocosmia X crocosmiflora) the link shows Montbretia (Crocosmia X crocosmiflora) if you get them paint the flowers red. he he, i enjoyed this... can i get an anorak now

yes its not your quote, more importantly , where do we buy you beer well done so, for the spread sheet, and all that data.

now that the plough has arrived, wrenn are ye doing the rotavator?

were nearly neighbours JHB, please upload the spread sheet to that dark place called resources on this IRM site, thats where it deserves to be

great stuff. me too JHB did you realy say this the following quote, JHB your so good, could we have it in New times roman? honestly on behalf of the rest of us, can i get you the pints or send chocolates? or something, what about a working time table for disused lines, blank your a star, i love you, xxx, JHB, please upload the spread sheet to that dark place called resources on this IRM site, thats where it deserves to be

add to that a list of modellers, all through the years and their displays, aint we lucky Ireland is so small, we can do stuff... the most glaring omission from any catalogue of modelling is in Manufacturers on IRM , for Acurascale and IRM aint listed, yes its clear on this site but if like most web searches you land on the Manufactures page direct, its not clear that IRM are there.. Lima are also missing so too Jouef, horby, bachman, ...as are some good ebay sellers

downloaded it all, then realised its not on spreadsheet, which makes copying it almost impossible, , is it written on stone tablets, ah jes lads, this is 21st century. i have choice, either work on my layout or download those line by line and upload as spread sheet. there goes my weekend! if we had enough photos we could put this in glorious colour, what a resource

Would it be too much to ask, to put an asterisk and number beside each item that has been modeled like Mk 3 carriages *2 *1=IRM *2= MM *3=PW *4= and so on so on two numbers separated by comma Kits by K, 460 × 276

where does MM coal wagons from waterford 'Murphys coal' fit?

Railwayanna update: Who got what, Dave got dublin bridge tag, which seemingly is Matt talbot bridge, and he didnt know that, so this newbee felt very smart, he nearly didnt, cos the kids in local school said that the dublin bridge was off the castlecomer dubllin bridge, but the train didnt go near comers dublin bridge, Eamonn got Enfield to Mullingar East , much to his suprise, it was Seans and tony's suggestion castlecomer discovery park museum got castlecomer. which is why i bought the lot, they also get athy wolfhill original track plan drawing, jhb171achill said the Milltown Malbay staff could go to the West Clare Railway for display at Moyasta , so as i often in the fair co, clare and know that spot well, i will drop that down to the lady who lives next door, unless you lot have a personal address or them or know who they are on this site I am keeping horse n jockey, for some reason esp as its worst condition of all of them Abbeydorney tag from cash bag, and castleblaney east goes to Sean, Hells Kitchen Railway Museum & Bar, Main Street, Castlerea. especially as he just told me the Mayo country museum in talks to take his collection, so as i up that way soon, he said drop in, i said only if i get to sit in the A55 cab, which i will do, cos that the one i ordered from IRM, happy days, that will be very nice thanks all, for the advice... NEXT, i know where theres 50 km of unused BnM track , does anyone want that ??

my eyes just popped

Hi merlinxlili, thanks, yes i copped that when i started testing the locos, any loose sand can cause shorts or at least dirt build up, so i cover the tracks in low sticky low tack tape and only PVA the sand between the tracks, carefull just to catch very tip of both sides of sleepers, enough to hold it down. when all that sets, hard, i come back , use track guage and drive trains and if all is good, then I run track guage again and fix the track sometimes with PVA, other places track nails, glue in very exacting spots. The screw and washer, works great to hold it all down.

Jbh141achill is d man,

Time travel, back in 2017, I realised I would have to design all the tracks and build the base of the basic scenery to see if it would fit, then number it n photograph it, then take it all up and wire the bus to the tracks, the following photos show just that.. by 2018, I had enough basic landscape done to allow me to see the future. Which I promptly stored away n went back to laying track n bus wires. By winter 2019, I had installed spot lighting and this changed everything, including allowing me to see into those dark corners. Back in 2018, I rough built the viaduct, south west corner, the ply in front will be the mid section reverse loop, !! oh !! the hammer, like every good mechanic, it's my essential modeling tool, great for cleaning the wheel of my most expensive models.. Above, North West corner, rough work landscape, this is all removed once it's places is decided, n the track is fixed n rough sanded, see other posts.

wiring connected and insulated, ready for point motor bases, and sand, the sand lifts the track, up over the wires and they disappear. i just getting the hang of soldering, now that most of the layout is built. fat good that is... the second smaller engine shed, this will be partially hidden behind a mid section line above this part , leading towards reversing loop.