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  1. Galteemore
    Lovely structure and beautifully observed weathering Alan
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    A polite question to Kirley on RM Web might be appropriate. Tony Ragg posts there only occasionally but a PM might reach him.
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    Kirley on RM Web has built one, using etches drawn up by Tony Ragg. So presumably etches may be available for other parties…..pic courtesy Kirley on RMWEB
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    Yes, the North Star Sligo tank is very nice - I was gifted a first edition one a few years ago to build….
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    Well look what landed thanks to @Rob R and @Colin RLots of cleaning up and fettling ahead. But all the bits are here…..I think..,,
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    Got out the Bird’s Custard too I see! You’ve tidied that up nicely
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    Bulleid was also a former officer in the Royal Engineers, seeing service on the western front in WW1. Military engineers will do amazing things with whatever is at hand (some mighty constructions were made with Hesco Bastion in Iraq and Afghanistan). It’s not unlikely that he drew some inspiration from what he saw in France, where corrugated iron would have been used for all kinds of purposes.
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    LOL Ernie. Those are basically the two locations that define my childhood railway memories. I grew up in earshot of the Larne line and made regular visits to my grandparents in SLNCR-land. On one memorable occasion, we had to rush a parcel of my grandfather’s fresh caught salmon (which had travelled by railcar pre 57) over the mountain to catch the last train from Sligo…. Looks very like the Glenfarne shot shows the 2pm goods out of Enniskillen in mid-shunt.
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    How exciting ! Am sure your Midas touch will soon bring this to life. Through station between Comber and Newcastle will allow a nice timetable without having to build loads of commuter carriages !
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    Very nice feature. Reminds me of the CCT and GUV left high and dry at Oxford for years when the siding was cut - all swept away when Chiltern Railways built new platforms
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    Hang your head in shame This should have been posted on the forum ages ago. Great to see another layout on here.
  12. Galteemore
    Standard fixture on RAF bombers in WW2, and many railway guards vans had axes IIRC.
  13. Galteemore
    Just be grateful it wasn’t listed as ‘Beeching’s Axe’
  14. Galteemore
    Swindon outlet Cadburys. LGB hand painted by looks of it. With a much bigger loco outside the shop door….
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    Was it @Horsetan?
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    Thanks Rob - I hadn’t noted BIN price till you said! I pressed the trigger as I’ve always wanted a PP since seeing Fred Graham’s clockwork one c1979. It will find a home on my Enniskillen diorama with suitable no - prob 74. Plan is to finish it with all included parts - all my other gearboxes are accounted for, so plan is to use the Canon. I’ve only just finished a GN loco, too…
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    It’s already available. Kit no K37
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    Also looks like someone has put in the hard yards of chassis and superstructure assembly. So on the face of it it’s only adding details and paint to complete ….
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    Anyone know when they’re replacing the platform? These oul slabs keep sticking to my feet ….
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    It’s an odd one. Also odd are the quirky things released like Fell and gas turbine locos. I think part of it may be due to the fact that no one under 65 can remember steam in operation - except in the preservation world. So many people can actually now recall seeing steam locos in glorious liveries with pre-grouping stock eg Bluebell. I also suspect postmodernism has something to do with it…..
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    In a rather charming, deliberately retro, project a few years ago, Chris Leigh changed a Dean Goods into a 2-4-0 as used on the Lambourn branch. Image from Model Rail. The idea of a generic 2-4-0 is quite plausible! Image by J F Russell-Smith. This one below, of course is an ex MSJWR one which has been Swindonised….
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    Very attractive and purposeful indeed. Something of the GER 2-4-0 about them. Ideal candidate for 3D - those splashers would be ‘fun’ to scratch build ….image courtesy Science Museum
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    Interesting David, and I do like that MTK loco. I have had a long look at making a Slaters MW 0-4-0T into the SLNC ‘Faugh a Ballagh’ but decided that it was far too much trouble!
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    Thanks Bob - that’s right. I had actually finished it off with Roger’s chimney - and showed a picture to my dad, who can actually remember seeing a JT working - no 91. First thing he said was - the chimney’s wrong! So a quick chat with Laurie Griffin and a J88 alternative appeared. Thankfully I hadn’t mixed the epoxy very well so it was quite easy to remove version 1. The whistle is also a buy-in, as the provided casting was a little bulky in the wrong places.
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    Indeed it does - tender no 31. Don’t think it has any future - the Mogul if and when finished will apparently use one of the ex U tenders.
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