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That looks great Paul. I also have a G and H order inbound so would be interested to see what M6 ‘bits’ precisely you acquired! What height of legs are you going for ?

News is now official. My final 2 orders from Allen have just arrived - sad to see this go! Who knows, someone may take it on….

Yes I wondered that myself, but each of these catalogue listings says ‘photographic grey’ as the livery description. It’s not a ‘Coronation’ livery as that’s a W1, not an A4. I certainly recall seeing at least one Roco or Lilliput loco in grey about 40 years ago - a large German tank loco IIRC, which would have been black in working livery.

Hornby, Heljan and Lilliput have all done it….

It’s a clear story of enlightenment with no gaslighting. Seriously, though, such informed sharing of useful information is absolutely what this forum can do.

Me too. Sound of those (with a Saracen or two) screaming down the road….

Thank you !!

Fab stuff - any chance of a 1950s Bundoran branch WTT pls ?;)

Reminds me of how in 1939 the Garda caught a German spy, Walter Simon, in Dingle. He was waiting on the platform for a passenger train, apparently unaware that the last one had left fifteen months before. Only a man who had just landed from a U-boat would make a mistake like that !

Ok - IRM are now morally obliged to produce a WT. And an 80 class. Stunning

Saw it at Calne last year - had an impromptu railcar cavalcade! Delightful layout, especially given how Andy brings in the era before cream and geranium livery.

We generally do - of our own efforts !’

It also played a role in transporting Alcock and Brown after their pioneering Atlantic flight - fascinating little draisine!

If IRM ever do produce a Jeep, at least the backdrop for the publicity shots is sorted. Fabulous

Perfection !

There are no words …..that view under the bridge

Great shots. Must be almost at the end of the Guinness broad gauge operations, certainly steam-wise. Presumably some of this traffic was northern bound given the UT wagon- very different to the Guinness trains I remember !

Great project to dig into, and am sure you won’t get bogged down by it

Fabulous. Always a great moment in loco building when the paint goes on!

That’s fabulous ! Real sense of time and place

The amount of time that bloke spent filming, it’ll be as long as Dr Zhivago! Nice clips from Tolworth

Looks like 3 out of the 4 have been stuck on

Well it’s Fare Thee Well, Enniskillen……the layout now resides in an Oxfordshire skip. Joined by my model of Florencecourt station, which never really satisfied me. Recent rolling stock purchases meant that the layout/diorama just couldn’t work (see how big the bogie coach looks on Northport Quay). So out it goes as I just don’t have space to keep it. It was a valuable learning experience though. I tried to salvage some of the canopy columns but they broke apart. This means that the next project will be a complete fresh start. It’s still gestating and I will do a proper post soon. However, a trial effort was made tonight on the brickwork that will be required…….

It’s quite possible to get that sorted. I have used 4D modelshop in London to draw up etches for me. If a few of you were chipping in that would be a cost effective way of paying off the design fee. I have no connection with the firm but they did me a fabulous job. Results of which I hope to post soon….

Well that was fun - a day on NPQ at Aldershot. A few annoyances - the SG2 keeps shorting out, and there were one or two stock issues which I trace to dodgy back to backs or stray pickups. The PP, on examination at home, has a pickup now bent at a strange angle, which explains at least one derailment….The GN coach needs more finishing work, and the magnetic couplings, highly effective though they are, will get some tweaking, not least camouflage. What an enormously fun day it was all round though. Great company and what an absorbing layout to run. To please Leslie we even ran a through portion of the Bundoran Express! Unless I’m greatly mistaken, I think this is the first appearance of corridor stock on NPQ. The coach is also about a foot and a half long ! I also achieved two personal goals. One was to operate the traverser in turntable mode. This is quite a responsible task, given that the deck is loaded with Mr Holman’s years of effort and dedication and a false move on my part could send it floorwards… The second one was to have a train of my own stock occupying a fiddle yard road and working a full part of the NPQ roster. Lurganboy, which has lurked in her box for months after disgracing herself at Uckfield and Tolworth, ran as sweet as a nut, and hauled my coach 4 and H van quite happily. The van is vacuum braked of course…. Willing suspension of disbelief and all that…. splendid day and always a joy to spend time with David H. Lots of advice, help and general chat in the margins. Very pleasing to see Leslie and companion too!