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  1. Galteemore
    The Loughrea and Ballinrobe lines had 79lb rails originally on half-round sleepers. FB rail was used AFAIK. In 7mm we tend to use code 100 - am guessing you could get off with code 70 which I have seen recommended in 4mm.
  2. Galteemore
    Wow! Another masterpiece takes shape...
  3. Galteemore
    My biggest regret re my student days is that I now realise I was living not far from Richard Chown and could have applied to be an operator on Castle Rackrent.....how amazing it would have been to have seen that huge 36.75mm system.... I made up for that a little at least by arranging a meeting in 1991 with the late P D Hancock of Craig and Mertonford fame. A highly reclusive man, he only agreed to see me because I was studying the same subject at the same university he had attended!
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    Very nice. And a lovely shot of the GNR MAK diesel too...
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    Cheers Ernie. I for one am most grateful that the SLNC stuff is in your hands - given your generosity in sharing your treasure trove.
  6. Galteemore
    This sounds so familiar to my inner monologue last month. Every time you look, there are more of those things!! I ruminated on several ways of building it, including brass sheet punched on a press - but there just is no shortcut, largely due to the distinctively bolted ribs. Looks terrific so far.
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    Looking good Angus. Traditional it may be but the front view offers a bit more scope for detailing - as you know, the area under the canopy at Dromahair is rather rich in poster boards, barrows and scales. Unlike Manorhamilton and Glenfarne, the ‘street frontage’ at Dromahair is most uninspiring as it was basically the back of a rather plain house - no elaborate door, canopy or such - photo taken last summer. The level crossing etc at the Ballygawley end might offer some scope for trompe l’oeil distractions. At the Lisgorman end, a telegraph pole and some verdancy might serve...
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    Nice work David. You did it a much cleverer way than I for the angle. I used T section Evergreen and stuck individual bolt heads down each side.... What I did find useful for the detail strips was a solvent called Limonene which is much gentler and less aggressive than the Plastic Weld I used for the main construction.
  9. Galteemore
    And the North Down stations to yellow for the Alliance party ....
  10. Galteemore
    Got mine for £8 Leslie (after some negotiation - it’s in the genes!). I well remember that bookshop and the gentlemanly Jim Crozier. His brother Sid produced a rather fine coal-fired SG3 in 5” gauge I think ....
  11. Galteemore
    Dark blue was Eastern. Orange was North Eastern. I’m talking about BR colour schemes BTW, not making any kind of socio-political commentary on the Irish demographic scene !
  12. Galteemore
    Great to see. There are some lovely red ones displayed at Cultra, scratch built by Drew Donaldson (in 7mm scale) many years ago. These will be something special and add a bit of authentic colour to some 50s freights !
  13. Galteemore
    A small number were so turned out early on for running with passenger trains.
  14. Galteemore
    Having studied H vans a lot of late I agree! I wonder if the main body material varied over time too - as some seem to have acquired external reinforcement panels on the ends.
  15. Galteemore
    Really nice work Angus.
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    Beautiful work as ever, David. Nicely illustrates the ‘one layout, two eras’ concept you are developing
  17. Galteemore
    That masking itself is a work of art Eoin - I’m sure I’ve seen stuff like that in the Tate Modern!
  18. Galteemore
    Fair enough ! It’s one remove from William Newcomen
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    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...
  21. Galteemore
    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....
  22. Galteemore
    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.
  23. Galteemore
    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
  24. Galteemore
    I used the Alphagraphix card kit for mine, David. I can take some basic dimensions off that if it helps....
  25. Galteemore
    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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