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  1. Galteemore
    Fabulous work David. For what it’s worth, I think that the Swilly logo is an improvement!
  2. Galteemore
    Fabulous. Rowland Emmett in a kilt.
  3. Galteemore
    If you’re going for the authentic SLNC look you’re almost there
  4. Galteemore
    Amen to the above. And help is available http://www.55ng.co.uk/ check out the Irish layout ‘Ahascragh’ in the gallery section.
  5. Galteemore
    Agreed. Bit of T cut, stick a snail on the tender and you’re away. Small things like sticking on a smokebox door wheel will add instant effect.
  6. Galteemore
    Yes, quite Patrick. I am sure Leslie will be paying honour and tribute to the mighty and magnanimous railway that constantly propped up the poor old GN in its western extremities… .
  7. Galteemore
    Thanks - thought that would be the case unless separate 21mm brake mouldings were included. It’s worth it all in the end, we tell ourselves….
  8. Galteemore
    Interesting HT.How do the brake shoes work for 21mm? When I convert 6w chassis to 5’3” in 7mm scale I have to cut the brake hanger and shoe etches off and resolder 2.5mm further out - how does it work out in this scale and medium ?
  9. Galteemore
    Thanks - sadly my RPSI knowledge has lapsed from the minute by minute currency I had in my childhood! There are a few spare boiler projects kicking around in GB so my synapses must have made a false connection … Going back to those RPSI days, when I basically travelled on any trip doing fundraising, the carriage officer was Alan Edgar, who later built this superb 21mm Mogul
  10. Galteemore
    Yes, I am aware of that. My heart applauds the project. My head says a second WT would have been a more prudent use of the spare parts. These spares - the boiler and wheels - are the core of the second Jeep that the RPSI could - and would have - bought in 1971 had the funds been available. I was born in Carrickfergus in spring 1971 - only realised recently that a mile from the hospital a number of Jeeps still slumbered awaiting their appointment with the oxy torch. But I don’t want to disrupt @WRENNEIREs thread. Hopefully he’s got a 21mm WT to post!!
  11. Galteemore
    Lovely. IIRC 97 was also the last to exist and almost made it to preservation.
  12. Galteemore
    Works for me just now…http://www.studio-scale-models.com/Orders.shtml
  13. Galteemore
    Unusual to see a model in the original 1932 livery - and with the correct non-Belpaire firebox.
  14. Galteemore
    Very gracious of you to reflect on it in that way all these years later JB . How did you make it home in the end?
  15. Galteemore
    With the added fun of shrinking a 3 axle bogie to a 2 axle one…..
  16. Galteemore
    Is that St Luke’s, Knockmourne? Great pics
  17. Galteemore
    Thanks Alan. For some reason I prefer the B and W images the iPhone puts out! The old geezer is actually a model of John Betjeman apparently….he would have loved the SLNCR given his penchant for railways and oddities….
  18. Galteemore
    Yes, we lived in south Dublin from 1999 to 2002 and that little area could be an interesting part of town…..
  19. Galteemore
    Track ‘ballasted’ (Sligo bay trackage was apparently encased in mud judging from photos)…….and the goods siding sleepers did look less ‘embedded’ than the main running line in real life. DAS clay, with various treatments such as emulsion paint and pepper. The bay was laid with FB rail up until about 56/57 when it was relaid with bullhead and reasonably ballasted. This, of course, represents the earlier era as shown in @Irishswissernie’s image at very top of the thread.
  20. Galteemore
    Interesting that her sister also remains fairly closely located to Downpatrick…..http://preserved.railcar.co.uk/RB002.html
  21. Galteemore
    Lovely Patrick. Where did you get the lettering transfer on the van please ? I need a 7mm equivalent……. a set of vacuum pipes would set that lovely GN van off nicely, btw, seeing as it’s in ‘fitted’ livery
  22. Galteemore
    it had occurred to me that Manorhamilton would probably have hoovered up RB3 from BREL had the SLNC lasted until the 1980s so you’re not a million miles off….would have suited that Belcoo scheme nicely…,
  23. Galteemore
    Ask Roger at Alphagraphix, who has it in kit form. Both @leslie10646 and @David Holman have examples …..it’s a former MGW hearse van, with coffin turntable!
  24. Galteemore
    The issue of course is not simply the cash. It’s replicating 10s of thousands of hours volunteer labour, not to mention sourcing obsolete parts. These last two can’t be fixed by a bank transfer.
  25. Galteemore
    Lovely. Bet people will hoover these up.
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