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  1. Galteemore
    Shaping up well !
  2. Galteemore
    Absolutely Nelson - I’d stuck to RTR suggestions.....Slaters’ kits are quite straightforward to make and unsurprisingly some of their old Midland stuff has a vaguely old style NCC look about them. I made one a few years ago as my first 7mm kit. Do make the chassis up on an old mirror or glass cutting mat though or it may rock about. Don’t ask how I know.....and sorry about the black running gear. I didn’t know any better !
  3. Galteemore
    Or get a friend with a 3D scanner and go straight to print ! Mind you, be almost as quick to knock one up from Plastikard....
  4. Galteemore
    Very interesting link, Mayner. The 1944 photo at Tripoli clearly reveals French practice of having named crew for a loco, compete with plates on the cab side.
  5. Galteemore
    Depends how much compromise you can live with! RTR is rather limited to Dapol stock in this area - some generic looking BR box vans and open wagons are available but would be a compromise eg number of planks used in wagon sides. You’d really need to scratch build a brown van or two, otherwise it will look just like another BR layout....
  6. Galteemore
    Good point, Mr H - some B n M stock may be coming up! Can’t think why I’d recommend the Manorhamilton - Dromahair section...... I think I’d reluctantly agree on this one Rich, in terms of a standard gauge project though. One of those lines where it’s almost better to remember it as it was, or use the formation for something like Suir Valley. No preserved SG line could ever do justice to an ancient 0-6-4T dragging all those cattle trucks round tight curves and sharp gradients....and the background was also important - a rural Ireland free of ‘bungalow blight’!
  7. Galteemore
    If that’s the case then it’s also pretty close to this which is that same Fairbairn design rebuilt with a saddle tank...and I have an outline scale drawing for that.....and a model....
  8. Galteemore
    What a fantastic project !
  9. Galteemore
    Especially with a few Provincial Wagons brown vans put through the enlarging ray !
  10. Galteemore
    It’s pretty genuine. They did exist ! Check out some of the Irish Railways in Colour albums. But it’s 4.75mm too narrow between the wheels
  11. Galteemore
    And rightly so The quintessential Irish railway perhaps - all the charm of the 3’ but on standard gauge. Last privately owned railway in the country and owner (ahem!) of the last conventional standard gauge steam locos supplied to an Irish railway. Carlsberg don’t do Irish railways but if they did....
  12. Galteemore
    Lovely - thanks as ever awr Only ever two, JHB! I suspect the plates may have gone to Courtaulds staff. The sidings site and halt at Mount were favourite spots on my school commute in the 80s, as you could still see the old gate that marked the boundary of Courtaulds/UTA trackage
  13. Galteemore
    Have a look here for pics I think was the intent...
  14. Galteemore
    Really good effort here Sean - and it's clear you are finding this fun and rewarding which is critical to sticking at it! If you haven’t got this book, I’d recommend it....https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781857801859/Modelling-Irish-Railways-Johnson-Stephen-1857801857/plp Published before much Irish RTR was available, it gives a good introduction to some simple conversions. Also search the back issues here to see what some folk have done...https://newirishlines.org/ That 6w chassis could make a nice coach too, if you wanted to cut and shut some of your 4w bodies...,.
  15. Galteemore
    Thanks Colin - that’s a very good price. Just bought one....
  16. Galteemore
    I don’t think it’s anything structural - looks like fairly light sheet metal. Could be something like a rail version of a Mansfield Bar as Rich says. My initial thought that it could be to keep the worst of the local dust and grit out.
  17. Galteemore
    Looks like one of the German rail buses next to it.
  18. Galteemore
    I have vague memories of Galteemore Snr commissioning replica enamel signs of a similar nature in the 80s. These were clearly parcelled and sold as such, I should add !
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    Well that’s another book on the list! If I ever get the 0-6-4T done, and want to build something else, I’m mulling over a 4-coupled yoke, which really needs some kind of compensation (I got away without it on the F6 but don’t want to chance it again!). I have one of his other books which has some useful tips on tender balancing for 4-4-0s. Sorry I can’t make it to Bray to see this gem in all its glory - thanks for letting us see her!
  20. Galteemore
    Good man yourself. Hardest part is starting out - actually cutting something up and having a go. And that’s all part of the learning process....keep it up!
  21. Galteemore
    That is just lovely. Very elegant prototype and you’ve captured the look nicely. I have found Simon Bolton’s books very good too!
  22. Galteemore
    Nice to see a bit of old school modelling! Good effort
  23. Galteemore
    David, you have really pulled the rabbit out of the hat with this one. That is truly superb. Straight out of an ‘Irish Railways in Colour’ album....
  24. Galteemore
    If you want a D19 Colin, there is an excellent set of drawings in British Railway Modelling, Jan 2006, Vol 13 No 10. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333619464015 It’s not me that’s selling it BTW!
  25. Galteemore
    Suppose I can include my modest little 5’3” effort ...scenic area is only 4 x 2!
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