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  1. Galteemore
    I’ll PM you as pics are problematic …
  2. Galteemore
    That’s very nice. A little reminiscent of the SLNC 4-4-0T ‘Erne’. Change the chimney, tweak the cab and it’s very reminiscent!
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    Just imagining a 7.25 line through the Barnesmore Gap…..interestingly, the Bure Valley line in England - 15” gauge - has a loco which was once of Donegal outline -see below - but had to be rebuilt, one reason being the cab was too cramped. The rebuild was done in Leek and Manifold style.
  4. Galteemore
    Jim McGeown of Connoisseur Kits also suggests ensuring the brass is warm and dry. I follow his guidance of sticking my brass models in the hot press for a while along with the can and it’s worked. Although as an Englishman he calls it an airing cupboard …..
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    Thanks Ernie. Always liked those GN railcars - something almost Michelin-like about them
  6. Galteemore
    That’s mighty work Eoin. Reminds me of a late night footplate trip I had once on 171 with the crew silhouetted like that against the fire….
  7. Galteemore
    Most interesting JHB. A socially awkward, oddly dressed, muttering type - you’d think someone like that would be conspicuous on an Irish enthusiast tour….. All the same, bet you’d give anything to be kipping on a dusty oul sate on a laminate out of Sligo behind a 141 again…
  8. Galteemore
    Definitely calling out for a track panel or two of 5’3. Could do what this bloke has done….in SLNC two tone green… I’d probably convert the signal cabin into a workshop upstairs - lots of light ! And use the locking room below as a layout room..,
  9. Galteemore
    Looks like the N gauge Society one they produced with Farish a few years ago. I had a blood and custard one. Lovely little model - here’s another variant.
  10. Galteemore
    This any use ? http://www.crecy.co.uk/railway-atlas-of-ireland-then-now
  11. Galteemore
    Nice to see this taking shape. No matter how much drawing you do, there’s nothing quite like seeing a plan in 3D to see where adjustments have to be made. Backscene sketch looks great.
  12. Galteemore
    As a member of the Gauge O Guild I get updates from their photo gallery. Just in is this Class K of the South Australian Railways. This is the loco from which all the SLNC 0-6-4T locos derived, the likeness to ‘Lissadell’ and her sisters is obvious. The last K class went in 1956, so they had a similar lifespan. The modeller has, nicely, built it to proper 5’3 gauge. They have also built an ‘L’ class, which is a nice ‘might have been’ for the SLNC…..again, the family likeness to the tanks is there to see. The L class were originally tanks and rebuilt.
  13. Galteemore
    Thanks Ernie. This was that brief window when the Belpaire Compounds had the Enterprise all to themselves before the VS arrived! That photo at Dunleer is pure GN glory. The tortoise may not have won the race in this instance but it certainly had a longer working life!
  14. Galteemore
    Good advice there ! Little tricks to help the finish are also : 1. warm the can in the hot press for a while before spraying 2. never stop or start spraying on the model - sweep over the model with the paint coming out and stop spraying when you’re off it - avoids paint runs and drips 3. Two light coats always better than one thick coat !
  15. Galteemore
    Patterson’s Swilly book shows a lighter green in the cover painting. But I think for later years the darker colour is more accurate - and shows off the brass work nicely !
  16. Galteemore
    It’s a beautifully done project - hard to tell where the old station and the extension join. Last time I was there, the goods shed did not look as if the same care had gone into its conversion. The next station along at Belcoo is similarly well looked after - by a lady who knows its significance and has done lovely work with it. Manorhamilton and Dromahair aren’t quite so charmingly presented! Intriguingly the owners of the latter and Florencecourt have both chosen to move the main door from the original left hand bay to the middle bay.
  17. Galteemore
    A very rich dark green with gold lining. Swilly engines were also spotlessly clean as a rule, so they looked quite majestic. @airfixfanmay have some quality pics - this is just a screen grab.
  18. Galteemore
    High Legh (yes, no letter ‘I’) miniature railway in Cheshire
  19. Galteemore
    That is truly magnificent
  20. Galteemore
    See what you mean. If tanks were flush with the valances you could let the rods disappear into the tanks….You could always go for a pastiche of a Coey/Ivatt class 37 (37-38, 317-20) or class 27 as that has curved splashers outside the tanks….
  21. Galteemore
    Well done for trying brass! Won’t the bumps (really coupling rod splashers) be hidden in the new tanks anyway? You could probably just cut those out of the running plate and cover them with the tanks. A strip of plasticard would cover the missing bit of valance.
  22. Galteemore
    Here’s one taken that day….https://www.geograph.ie/photo/3320318 yes, Mullan’s is long gone. Quality shop. It was the 800th anniversary in 1980, and I remember it well. I was 9 and my dad was at that point both RPSI treasurer and treasurer for the church in Carrick which was also 800 that year; I was almost certainly on that train! I certainly recall the 800 anniversary keyrings and mugs I was tasked with flogging.
  23. Galteemore
    Having studied BP SLNC drawings, Ken, ad nauseam, the side tanks were connected via the back tank, so theoretically filling on one side would be possible. The rivet pattern (again, long study involved here!) doesn’t indicate a dividing baffle. As an aside, the ‘Large Tanks’ originally had filler openings on the bunker tanks - see below - which were later removed or remained unused. As far as I know, no bunker filler was installed on the Lough class.
  24. Galteemore
    Nice work David / great to see it coming together. And lovely turning job on the gauge!
  25. Galteemore
    This is great - good work. Simple tank extension, chop off the cylinders, take off the excess handrails, paint big yellow numbers on the tanks and you’re away!
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