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Galteemore
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Looks great, Mike. Is that a blue 4-4-0 I see lurking in some of the shots?
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Carrickfergus cabin is still extant and easily accessible as is Portrush. It was not uncommon for window frames in cabins to be a standard size which may give you a scalar to work off
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Love this idea - Dromahair was my family’s local station. Lots of resources out there now thanks to Alphagraphix. Scaled down on a photocopier, Roger’s kits will be an ideal source of drawings for you.
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Thought I’d better do an update. Baseboards finally painted. And I’ve built a tracklaying jig - almost ready for work. Not exactly Bretland’s system but hey?! First mock-up looks ok I think....
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Maybe it was just the Larne line but I also remember these with arched corrugated roofs? Certainly passed one every day between Greenisland and Jordanstown adjacent to the Up line. Roy Carlisle and Ian Sinclair’s books (which I don’t have access to right now or I’d look!) may help with pics.
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Thanks Glover - have just made a PayPal payment so here’s hoping! I’ve seen old editions which look good so looking forward to receiving
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How does one obtain this please? I emailed but no reply...
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Never going to happen but one of these would be nice....
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Downshire halt!! Love it - although as a teenager I wasn’t quite so enthusiastic about heading off to school every day from here...in picture 2 you can just make out the distant signal for Carrickfergus - wonderful NCC somersault. Thanks for sharing...
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Looking forward to seeing more on this Ken. I do have a vested interest with a 7mm one in the build pile!
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Thanks David - you and John were most gracious hosts and tutors. Most absorbing to lose myself in Tyrone for a few hours. As for the accent - you’re welcome. As a native of Belfast I’ve probably missed certain local nuances but hopefully what I told you is broadly correct. Some of our place names are rather challenging, I admit. But then try us Celtic types on a sentence like ‘Mrs Featherstonehaugh went with her sister Mrs Cholmondeley to Herstmonceux Castle’ ......
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Yes, Roger is basically the Bachmann and Hornby of Irish 7mm. We’re lucky to have him !
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Freshly cut...
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Doesn’t look quite so pristine now. Had all been going so well too. A coat of varnish over the transfers turned milky white . A few washes with dirty thinners later and hopefully something has been salvaged that I can bear to look at! Well that’s it for now. First scratchbuild done. More or less. Lessons duly learned. Onwards and hopefully upwards...
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Thanks JHB! A few transfers are bringing it to life a little more....
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Thanks Leslie - couldn't resist showing my dad the pics in this thread of that episode. As he recalls it took Frank Dunlop’s authorisation to allow 4 to run bunker first. He says you got into Belfast at 3am!
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Next stop - Primertown - and after that Greyville. But first an apology - to the thousands of humble open wagons everywhere. For years I’ve slighted you, distracted by your more alluring siding mates. The tank wagons, the box vans, the parcels vans. I paid little heed to you - just a crate on wheels. How wrong I was. Your solebars, your planking, your door fastening and even your brake gear is full of mystery. My rather histrionic way of saying that even this beginner’s scratch-build of a ‘simple’ wagon hasn’t been that simple! It’s been a mixed media effort in recent days - white metal castings and brass wire. Looking forward to a nice coat of grey to blend it all in....
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On wheels now. Brake gear and a solebar overlay to do with a few other little bits.....and then she’s off to the paint shops ....
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I’ve used paper in the past - sticks down nice and easy and paints up well. Found a pic of a trial one I’d done for my old layout. If memory serves, was a cut up page from ‘Model Rail’!
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Spent a very pleasant afternoon today with watching trains and talking Irish railways with the genial Mr H - looking forward to next time!
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A mixed few days. Attempt at eau de nil lining on the MGWR van did not go well. There’s no way I’m posting pictures of what happened! Basically because the bilious green running everywhere was washed off as quickly as I could manage it before it dried! So I’ve requested Railtec for a 7mm version of their lining transfers to be added to my flying snail order. The open wagon inches towards the paintshops. Drilled out the axleboxes tonight and glued in the bearings. Glued on buffers at one end and couldn’t resist a dummy run with the wheel sets...the brown bit you see at the end of the buffer beam is a cut up coffee stirrer to blank off the open ends of the plastruct channel used for the beam. Thank you Starbucks!
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Certainly looks right, Ken! Lovely work
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Great stuff, Mayner!
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Thanks Leslie - knew I’d heard my dad referring to the T2s as something - Glover tanks it was!
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And I think GNR (I) men referred to the V class (Merlin and sisters) as ‘Pounders’
