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  1. Galteemore
    Fabulous livery and so iconically Irish. For some reason, when I was growing up it put me in mind of a liquorice all sorts…
  2. Galteemore
    Those Midland 4-4-0s, unsatisfactory performers as they arguably were, have a real presence. There’s almost something of a Prussian S6 or LNWR George V about them.
  3. Galteemore
    Great stuff Darius. Are you switching frogs and if so, how? I used w-i-t on a layout once and used separate rockers, but I know there are various ways…
  4. Galteemore
    It’s so long ago, that the VS never mind the Sligo tanks had never even touched Irish metals yet. But what a design the Jeep was. Still the RPSI’s most operationally effective loco - even if 171 is the most attractive!
  5. Galteemore
    And a little touch of a red fine-liner would do the trick …
  6. Galteemore
    It’s not 100% right. Should be shaded red. I have an ancient 7mm set from North Star - see below But it’s very close and will look fine !
  7. Galteemore
    Numbers 145-149 is your range of choice I think Patrick, as the model is of the 1948 batch rather than 1937 (you can tell as it has 3 plugs on the firebox). You’ve made a great job of that. I’d probably use a small amount of Humbrol ‘metalcote’ gunmetal on the handrails which will relieve the colour scheme a little.
  8. Galteemore
    Yes, quick smear of PVA on a fingertip should sort. Looks a great setup and some nice atmospheric shots by @LNERW1 show it off nicely
  9. Galteemore
    Great stuff David - always a relief to get to this stage. Taking shape nicely.
  10. Galteemore
    Certainly surpassed the sucking diesel stage! Look forward to seeing some of your 21mm stock posing on this. Aesthetically , that 5’3” is quite captivating. I think it works especially well on FB track as the width is visually accentuated.
  11. Galteemore
    Fabulous work all round Patrick. Sad though it is to see Brookhall go, this will be a more satisfying layout to operate. The greater sense of space also tells here. The U with a healthy rake doesn’t look crowded or compressed. I think a backscene - simple sky/landscape - would set it off very nicely.
  12. Galteemore
    I’m most grateful to those who post links for scarce Irish items. It has scored me a few 36.75mm locos. Including this SG2 - it’s on the workbench since last night for minor work - which arrived as a restoration project and is absolutely delightful. Other stuff I have passed on as the duty etc works against me as a GB resident. So Paul, and those like you, please don’t stop!
  13. Galteemore
    Don’t know how I missed this before. Am planning a layout - a proper working one rather than a diorama as before - and turned to my trusty Gauge O Guild books. And look what jumps out….from our own @Northroader Name clumsily expunged by me BTW - it’s not a fault in the original
  14. Galteemore
    If only ! ;courtesy of Ernie….
  15. Galteemore
    Great stuff Patrick. Just need to get some coal in those tenders!
  16. Galteemore
    The NCC certainly had some ex MR stock, and the RPSI had at least one IIRC. I have a vague memory that one of them had now gone back to GB. One ex MR coach, 68, has recently been restored and runs on trips within the Whitehead site.
  17. Galteemore
    Jet 2, Brute ?
  18. Galteemore
    It’s tiny. Having built the chassis for it in 7mm (awaiting body etches) it is simply dwarfed by a PP (not a giant itself)
  19. Galteemore
    @Paul 34Fhas been very helpful to me on GN coaches
  20. Galteemore
    I have zero interest in this - not my era, not my thing - but have made a donation. Why? Because 50 years ago we missed the chance to preserve the last Irish cattle wagon, a synecdoche of the classic Irish freight scene. Let’s not make that mistake again. We always say ‘they should have preserved X…’ now’s your chance!
  21. Galteemore
    Thanks Paul. Was thinking mostly of the inside cylinder version. I just know that many people would be happy with a steam loco that looks more or less right, given that no workaday RTR Irish steam loco seems on the near horizon ! I wasn’t even considering 21mm. If my experience in 7mm is anything to go by, when modelling 5’3 steam to scale gauge, you really need to build the whole thing as such from the get-go, such are the clearances involved. I retro-fitted a loco from 32 to 36.75 once and wouldn’t do it again .
  22. Galteemore
    It’s a pity that none of the chassis are generic black wheels. Would surely be an ideal 3d body print opportunity to produce something Irish. The dimensions must be a rough match for something 5’3!
  23. Galteemore
    Have checked out the handbook on Irish industrial locos and it certainly wasn’t a powered line. As Eoin says, perfect way to do such heavy lifting. I remember seeing such a line at the Acropolis in Athens c1984 being used for heavy stone transportation. image courtesy ‘Industrial Gwent’. Just across the Irish Sea was a fascinating line, detached from the BR system, which did similar work with ancient locos. Search ‘Holyhead Breakwater Railway’
  24. Galteemore
    I have access to an e-version through my county library - it refreshed to the Oct edition this week. Great article and photos - with a nice plug for seeing it live at Aldershot !
  25. Galteemore
    Both trunk route and branch line gone then.
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