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Galteemore
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Fair enough ! It’s one remove from William Newcomen -
Apart perhaps from ‘Newcomen Junction’ ?
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Oh it is, Angus! I won’t spoil it by giving away too much but an excess of rhubarb wine on the platform at Athlone features ...Ossie Nock it ain’t! It’s more about how the lines were worked than anything else. The locomotive performance is well —and engagingly - addressed by Donaldson, McDonnell etc in ‘ A Decade of Steam on CIE’. Here’s a sample of his style re the English GNR...
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Just received a copy of E L Ahrons’ wonderful ‘Locomotive and Train Working in the Nineteeth Century’ Vol 6 - Ireland, which I think is a must have for @Angus, @David Holman @2996 Victor if not on their shelves already. Ahrons describes Limerick Junction as ‘ a fairly large and commodious railway station situated in space....typically Irish’. The book itself is a wonderful description of the main services on Irish railways in the later years of the century - and for some time after....
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Here’s a few shots of my effort ....set against a 7mm scale rule. I see what Leslie said about the buffer height but if you’re using the Alphagraphix chassis, Roger will have made that decision for you already! The Slaters wheels may be slightly smaller than the strict scale original, which may explain any discrepancy.
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Here you are David..., Width across both doors - 5’ Width of side panels 3’ (buffer end) and 3’6 (next to doors). When I made mine the first attempt was 3’ short as I’d omitted a panel! Van end 8’ across divided into 3 equal panels Main body 7’ high -7’9 at highest point on van end And lots and lots of bolt heads..... David
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I used the Alphagraphix card kit for mine, David. I can take some basic dimensions off that if it helps....
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I suspect that much may have had to do with whether there was a settlement there already worthy of a station in its own right. Certainly, in the north, places like Ballyclare Junction, Cookstown Junction, Fintona Junction, Limavady Junction, and Bundoran Junction are in the middle of nowhere. The importance and size of the ‘branch’ terminus may also have been a factor in the name.
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Lovely work Angus.Looking forward to seeing Lurganboy grow !
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Mountfleet Models 1/24 Clyde Puffer.
Galteemore replied to Georgeconna's topic in Aviation & Maritime Modelling
Agreed Popeye, and your comment has to be one of the best examples of our peculiar Irish logic that I have ever read! -
This looks great. I knew Mullingar in the 80s -busy place then. Want to see more of this !
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Probably worth making a mock up of your board with a few buildings to see how various options look in 3D - this could be a cracking little layout. Have a look at Iain Rice’s books for a few ideas.
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Good idea so far! I’d suggest slanting the scene across the baseboard at a bit of an angle just to vary things a little - will be more satisfying to look at and offer a variety of viewing angles. A slight curve on the scene would be better still.
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Thanks Mark. There’s a bit of residual friction in the system so once the blades are across they tend to stay put.
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Thanks gents. I’ll post more videos when I can. Sorry MM - nothing so sophisticated!! It’s an old technology. Wire in tube. A wire in plastic tube runs under the cork to a plastic knob on the baseboard edge. Wires from the frog are switched by a three way switch beside the knob. The white tape shows where the wire comes out of the cork- you can glimpse where it’s attached to the tiebar. It then dives off to the right and is essentially invisible under the quay branch.
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That’s my thought Eoin - looks like a quick relivery as I think the lining is still NCC style rather than full UTA style.
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You can glimpse where the ‘ C C ‘ of ‘ NCC’ was painted ?
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The Bishops Castle Rlwy -probably the only company that ever looked at the SLNC with envy!
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Did Ellis have an SLNC pic in that book or is it in one of his others ?
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Nice authentic look to it. Reminds me of a shed on my grandparents’ farm in Connaught.
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Layout room - which is multi-use to put it mildly - was rearranged today - complete uprooting of layout and cupboards. Quick test run down the harbour branch (laid to SLNC standards and a terror to locos) was required of course to check layout was running well - or no worse than usual. Rigorous track cleaning still left faulty and intermittent running. Then I checked the loco wheels - a rub with an IPA soaked cotton bud was most revealing ! FullSizeRender.mov
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They are faux B-L - made by Corgi’s parent company a few years ago IIRC.
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Yes, I was interested to see a ‘T Ascough’ on the McGowan letterhead! Ace Kits are a hardy perennial on the Gauge O Guild forum. Some swear by them, others swear at them ! I think Bill has acquired some of his range from some smaller suppliers, and the quality of each kit is dependent on who actually produced them in the first place....
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See Wrenneire’s post above. It was made by an English firm. No connection with Leinster Models AFAIK. In a confusing twist, the business seems to have since transformed into ACE Kits, based at that same Reigate address, who solely make O gauge kits now and I have recently seen them at various O gauge shows. Confused? I am !
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Leinster Models were O gauge
