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Here’s a few snaps from my brother’s old line (now being rebuilt in a new location) in County Tyrone....you can see the attraction of live steam...it’s an Accucraft loco so gives you an idea of the likely quality of the C and L one - v nice detail as well as being a real steam engine

It is a bit scary. But do bear in mind, PP, that the cost of a decent OO loco is now - as we know so well - often soaring well into the £200stg plus bracket. So this isn’t long term bad value, although can look steep to front up the cash. Having run live steam in the past, these things have massive presence even when dead and unlit. Put a fire in and they come alive with sound and smell in a way that DCC chips can never really imitate, and they hold their value. Plus you can run them in our gentle rain!

Thanks Leslie -wish I’d started learning that stuff at his age. Yes, I clocked 173 -one of the easier S names to spell ! If you can access this forum from your phone, when you press the green ‘choose files’ hyperlink it may allow you to access your phone’s photo library.

The very same, Mayner, accompanied by the builder in person. Great advert for Irish modelling.

Cracking show today. Spent ages at the IRRS stand in most convivial company. Purchased a book of SLNC wagon drawings and admired a breathtaking array of Irish locos. A teaser display of the Lance King photo archive was scrolling through - wonderful stuff !! My 15 year old son came along and learned how to make a crossing for a P4 point...he now wants to start a 21mm gauge project .... D

Have you tried things like the MGWR pictorial album that the IRRS published?

Depends how you look at it! 5’3 trumps 4’81/2” every time

Indeed. Isn't the LNWR simply the English subsidiary of the Dundalk Newry and Greenore? Planning to attend Scale4um on Sun pm...

Thanks David - enjoy the show! I will endeavour to dress the stones a little....the stucco paint works beautifully over a card surface that is slightly distressed in places - eg a tear where a window has been badly inserted . What it does is merge that damage into the rest of the surface without entirely concealing it. So when you paint on the top coat you get the subtle undulations of a rural rendered building....

Thanks David - I value your kind insights! The corner stones really are too rough. Think I’m on a learning curve with DAS clay... hopefully future buildings will be better! The upper story rendering is some lovely stuff from Vallejo called stucco paint. It’s a really creamy texture which dries like plaster with a suitably varied finish. A quick rub over with grey acrylic and weathering powders does the rest ..

Nice convincing scenes

Looks like a tribute to Inchicore! Lovely stuff

Thanks Popeye - it’s designed to look rather careworn so happy you agree!

Thanks for sharing some more tips, David. Fabulous work as ever!

Well, finally something to post after many weeks of occasional modelling interrupted by other stuff. It’s my first ever scratch built structure so loads of mistakes but I’m reasonably happy for a first attempt.....a few finishing touches to add still. Since posting the images, I’ve toned down the mould effect on the render a bit to make it slightly more subtle... also included is a pic of the inspiration! It’s not a 100% accurate model of Dromahair - there are tiny bits of Florencecourt too such as the prominent stonework on the join between the main building and the outhouses. Some of the details are rather obscure in photos so some parts of the build are taken from my grandparents’ farmhouse! They are both buried in Dromahair and the farmhouse (which was up the line near Lisgorman halt) was of similar layout to the station....

Sad news. One of those figures who kept a model business up and running in the relatively barren years of the 80s.

Great work there. They totally identify the layout as Irish even if no rolling stock is visible.

Lovely stuff. Looks like the pic was taken on a Sunday - think they stabled the loco there once the loco shed proper shut

Of course it’s Glenfarne..thank you!

Yes, as JHB says. A few puddles (does it rain in Omagh ? ) and the odd oil stain from a standing lorry...

Nice station with the DART, Mike. Looks like Manorhamilton....

Thanks for sharing! Always nice to get a view of shows you can’t get to

Awesome work Tony. Very like the pics I have seen of the real thing. Can just hear an SG shunting off stage.....

What an absolute gem! Wonderful clarity of colour - and oozes atmosphere. Oil burning loco too...

Fantastic work Patrick. Speaking as a Co Antrim native it looks highly realistic!