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The way my modelling went this afternoon I’m happy to look for a while George! Steeling myself for attempt No 3....
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Your wish is my command, Mr H - next project under way. Although this one is an altogether bigger job...done under the watchful eye of the Collooney station staff in the background...
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This is very nicely done. The transition between ballast and trackside verdancy is spot on.
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Cheers MM. They are Methfix transfers from the Historical Model Railway Society - 1920s Southern Railway. The labels such as ‘guard’ and ‘third‘ are straightforward. But producing ‘SLNC’ means cutting out individual letters from the ‘Southern Railway’ carriage transfers. There is if course, no letter C in that phrase. So I took the letter ‘o’ and sliced a chunk out. It was a fiddly job...
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This was meant to be a quick fill in project but I think we are finally done after 3 weeks! R W Sparks’ 1920s rebuild of 6w saloon No 4 awaits her loco in the evening sun....loads of mistakes made and lessons learned. It’s not perfect by any means. But for a first effort at an SLNC coach I am not completely disheartened. The real No 4 makes an appearance in an @Irishswissernie shot ..seen here at Enniskillen. This one also made it behind the platform - echoing how the SLNC 6w were stored at Manorhamilton, and where the real no 4 spent much of her last years.
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One 7mm card kit is available to start you off...Alphagraphix, naturally. It’s for one of the bogie coaches which started on the Ballymena - Larne ‘boat train’, then ended up in Donegal via Ballycastle. An ideal way to start scratchbuilding with that as a drawing to help you.
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Very nice. Looks like Ballymoney from the small bits of background visible
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Just been reading the summer 1951 IRRS journal (it has a wonderful account of the SLNC by its chief engineer) and the ‘news’ section records that the CDRJC had only initially acquired one of the corridor coaches on trial as ‘great difficulty’ was anticipated in adjusting buffer height etc....
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Very nice. Looks like a Leinster kit, the way it’s set out!
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No need! This was perhaps one of the most well appointed coaches on the NG in these islands. Corridor stock so no compartments. Also had electric lights and a toilet IIRC.
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Lovely JHB! Make sure you’re finished in time to catch the 7:20 back from EKN - I heard that the bogie passenger coach No 9 was worked back on the mid-morning goods from Sligo so it’s guaranteed to be steam tonight !
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It’s 1954 and we’re just waiting for the Sligo mail to leave....beautiful
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Beautiful - what a little jewel that is.
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Ernies Massive Irish 1930's to 2005 Photo Archive
Galteemore replied to Glenderg's topic in Photos & Videos of the Prototype
My dad thinks it may be a working over the Meath Road during the Tolka Bridge episode when the GNR main line was temporarily disrupted. -
Worth a look - he’s got a Leinster models ‘Maedbh’ amongst other things. I bought a coach kit in an earlier auction and he refunded some postage which was rather decent. Must have been some collection - he seems to have had at least one of everything produced by Alphagraphix and North Star!
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Thanks Angus. It’s my first attempt at building a passenger coach so happy enough so far. It’s based on an Alphagraphix kit as the drawing source.
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After the fiddly work of gluing sides together and making footboards, the paint is making an appearance....rolling part of chassis is masked off as it’s black already. Halfords red primer for now.
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Another MGWR masterpiece, David! Taking shape nicely
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Thanks Ken. Good masterclass on the work involved in bringing an etch to life.
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Very nice work Noel.
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Any scratch builders who like narrow gauge drawings, here’s a few nice ones..https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAVID-LLOYD-IRISH-NARROW-GAUGE-LOCOMOTIVES-SCALE-DRAWINGS-RAILWAY-MODELLER/133432096047?hash=item1f112c352f:g:Jz4AAOSwzMFe3PTq.
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Certainly for the 800, could have been a delightful fusion of Art Deco and classic Celtic motifs.....
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As you know, it was as much about kudos as speed! Here’s a B17 that got the A4 treatment with no real operational justification ...
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What an epoch that was in the USA, especially with the Art Deco Dreyfuss styling on the NYC....https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Limited
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In terms of rail journeys, this would be some crack - the Khyber Pass...
