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  1. Galteemore
    Same with Guinness engine. Galteemore snr snr supplied the paint for that !
  2. Galteemore
    it’s really important to remember that 186 arrived on a railway where daily steam was still a reality - in a filthy and degraded state. I have a lot of sympathy with the York Road crews who decided this was an engine they could make a fuss of!
  3. Galteemore
    186 worked for NIR in black - with various red bits. It was actually SLNCR livery ! 27 spent much of her UT career looking very dowdy in faded SLNC colours. Around 1965 she got the full UT livery makeover and looked very splendid !
  4. Galteemore
    Which is deeply ironic given that Lough Erne is of immense historic value as the last standard gauge steam locomotive built for an Irish railway. 105 doesn’t count !27’s tragedy was that it was always too big or too small for what the RPSI needed. It will almost certainly never run again and should be in Cultra but it’s in such a state now that even cosmetic restoration would be horribly expensive.
  5. Galteemore
    Thanks - first effort at lining a loco! Hopefully some day it will appear at a show alongside Mr Hs! . @Northroadermade one too, so there’s a few about!
  6. Galteemore
    Have a vague idea that Roger offered a kit many moons ago? He may have some ideas….
  7. Galteemore
    Can’t claim credit for either. A rare 36.75mm set on eBay! The loco required some cosmetic work including a cab interior, and a partial repaint. Beautifully engineered but with a maddening intermittent short
  8. Galteemore
    Funny you post a pic of 181 with a van - here’s proof they eventually got to Mayo ;). Seriously, I don’t think GN stuff tended to travel too far off its old territory. But if you have one photo of a van in Cork then that’s all you need!
  9. Galteemore
    It is similar in the basic design philosophy Roger uses, but as a tender loco there’s more work. Have a look for David’s build on the J18 - it needed a lot of work on boiler and cab IIRC. The G2 is lovely but a 2-4-0 tender loco can require a bit of fettling to run. A simple 0-6-0T or similar is the tried and tested route into loco kit building - wish I’d started that way !
  10. Galteemore
    No worries. David’s two look better !
  11. Galteemore
    Three and four were movie contracts. The last one was painted in the style Drew Donaldson adopted for all of his locos! The turntable pic is Bray in pre Dart days. I think that’s the remnants of the ‘First Great Train Robbery’ stock in the background. This lingered on a siding at Bray until swept away by DART works c1981.
  12. Galteemore
    IIRC they found traces of green when rebuilding 4 - think was on a wheel off another WT. I also have a dim idea that Mac Arnold had suggested painting 4 maroon in the 70s to keep the NCC glory alive! We’d be horrified at such a notion now but have to remember Mac’s generation had seen two decades of steam becoming increasingly dowdy. A number of GB groups also presented weird and wonderful liveries around this time …..anyone remember the Caledonian blue Fairbairn tank ?
  13. Galteemore
    Won’t matter as they are brass so you’ll have to paint it yourself anyway - is not like the card preprinted kits. I have made up a J26 and 2 MGW coaches. Straightforward as David says / they are also designed for 32mm primarily rather than 36.75, and most of my building heartache came from the 5’3 bit!
  14. Galteemore
    Presumably by doing horrible things to the chassis for 21mm conversion
  15. Galteemore
    Excellent. Old no 9 - which was re numbered when the BCDR’s last 4-4-2Ts were delivered c1945 I think
  16. Galteemore
    Can’t blame you David. Delightful little prototype and will be very suitable !
  17. Galteemore
    They would, although there is a little bit of brass shaping to be done. Jim’s loco instructions will give you an idea of what’s involved in making a kit - you can also check out his 6w coach instructions which have much in common with Roger’s kits.
  18. Galteemore
    Big question of course Alan is - what’s next ? New loco for Kilmore ?
  19. Galteemore
    Sounds like a particularly incompetent murderer talking to defence brief !
  20. Galteemore
    Wouldn’t start with a tender loco like a J18 or G2. The J26 is better. Best option of all is probably to start with a Jim McGeown - Connoisseur Models - beginner’s 0-4-0T which will teach you all you need to know. The loco can be made to look subtly Irish! As a bare minimum I’d go on Jim’s site and read the instructions for his beginner loco. That will show you what’s involved..see this pdf 0 Gauge Starter Loco pdf print off.pdf
  21. Galteemore
    Fab. Think I have seen this in the wild! Ideal prototype for an Irish version too….
  22. Galteemore
    This pic just appeared on Fn which may help your plans
  23. Galteemore
    Wow. The 500 is striking but that S class takes the biscuit. Simply stunning
  24. Galteemore
    First building made for a new project. GNRI signal box painted in Irish North colours. Huge shout out to @Patrick Davey for advice. Basic design is from Alphagraphix kit, scratchbuilt in plastic card with some special laser cut wooden parts. PP trying it out for size. Lots of annoying errors but falls short of dashing against the wall level. Should pass the 2’ rule….
  25. Galteemore
    No worries. @Irishswissernie can probably point you to more of his sources
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