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Galteemore
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Good idea so far! I’d suggest slanting the scene across the baseboard at a bit of an angle just to vary things a little - will be more satisfying to look at and offer a variety of viewing angles. A slight curve on the scene would be better still.
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Thanks Mark. There’s a bit of residual friction in the system so once the blades are across they tend to stay put.
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Thanks gents. I’ll post more videos when I can. Sorry MM - nothing so sophisticated!! It’s an old technology. Wire in tube. A wire in plastic tube runs under the cork to a plastic knob on the baseboard edge. Wires from the frog are switched by a three way switch beside the knob. The white tape shows where the wire comes out of the cork- you can glimpse where it’s attached to the tiebar. It then dives off to the right and is essentially invisible under the quay branch.
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That’s my thought Eoin - looks like a quick relivery as I think the lining is still NCC style rather than full UTA style.
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You can glimpse where the ‘ C C ‘ of ‘ NCC’ was painted ?
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The Bishops Castle Rlwy -probably the only company that ever looked at the SLNC with envy!
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Did Ellis have an SLNC pic in that book or is it in one of his others ?
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Nice authentic look to it. Reminds me of a shed on my grandparents’ farm in Connaught.
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Layout room - which is multi-use to put it mildly - was rearranged today - complete uprooting of layout and cupboards. Quick test run down the harbour branch (laid to SLNC standards and a terror to locos) was required of course to check layout was running well - or no worse than usual. Rigorous track cleaning still left faulty and intermittent running. Then I checked the loco wheels - a rub with an IPA soaked cotton bud was most revealing ! FullSizeRender.mov
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They are faux B-L - made by Corgi’s parent company a few years ago IIRC.
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Yes, I was interested to see a ‘T Ascough’ on the McGowan letterhead! Ace Kits are a hardy perennial on the Gauge O Guild forum. Some swear by them, others swear at them ! I think Bill has acquired some of his range from some smaller suppliers, and the quality of each kit is dependent on who actually produced them in the first place....
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See Wrenneire’s post above. It was made by an English firm. No connection with Leinster Models AFAIK. In a confusing twist, the business seems to have since transformed into ACE Kits, based at that same Reigate address, who solely make O gauge kits now and I have recently seen them at various O gauge shows. Confused? I am !
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Leinster Models were O gauge
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MGWR style, Mark: the GSR wouldn't have tolerated such excess!
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MMs beaten me to it. They do have a resemblance, although the P has clearly enjoyed a high protein diet.
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It’s an E class and they got pretty much everywhere. This one, ‘Achill‘ became CIE 560 (in altered form) and was used on the Tramore line amongst others. If you have any kind of MGW layout you can justify one. May end up building one as pilot for Rosses Point....
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Great idea to build your own. He does a card kit for £4 of the same thing which might be handy to use if you have trouble sourcing a drawing. I use his card kits as coloured drawings to help me scratchbuild.
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Yes. You could probably alter the windows easily enough - did the original have flat sides or a tumblehome? Hard to tell from the model pic.
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Nice find. Alphagraphix do a kit of a Ford in 7mm....
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The ‘Leinster Models’ kits still have a fair reputation amongst O gauge modellers and have featured in the Gauge O Guild Gazette in recent years. Basic kits lacking in the detail one associates with more modern kits but an excellent basis for making a nice loco.
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No it’s the old Tralee and Dingle inspection railcar.
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Intriguing stuff - look forward to seeing the small tanks again! There’s a 1902 picture which shows a small tank with polished dome and chimney cap, which were adjuncts of the green livery - although the loco in the picture appears unlined so it’s hard to be sure about colour. The brass domes continued even in black livery until the 20s when Mr Egan had them painted over as they had simply become tarnished and had not been polished for some time...As far as I know the Sir Henry class were always black and they appeared after c1905. I’d say you could have green up to 1905 or so..... -
Yes that’s correct. Melvin only has ‘26’ in GN font front and rear buffers (the loco above is numberless and filthy hence my thought that this may be an early post-purchase test run). Lough Erne seems to have had the full York Road livery treatment towards the end - and even made it on to the NIR stock list.
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Here’s a fascinating shot from Irish Swiss Ernie’s archive. It shows one of the Loughs involved in the 1959 remodelling of GV St, still in SLNC livery. The loco has had no attention from the UTA bar the removal of the double coupling hooks. The broken cab window acquired at Enniskillen shed in the 57-59 storage is still there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5736774130/in/album-72157626756740602/
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The effect of the economic war of the 30s and ‘Emergency’ frugality in part perhaps, coupled in all likelihood with a desire on the part of some old Inchicore hands to carry on the old ways. Some big island workshops like Crewe tried to carry on some of their old LNWR practices despite LMS management from Derby! Funny old thing - when the old LNW apprentice RA Riddles became CME of BR, LNWR style blackberry black was suddenly the new BR mixed traffic livery !
