Galteemore

Great to see. Those marvellous buildings of yours deserve display on a bigger canvas - glad they are getting it!

Thanks Ernie. I have a colour photo of the same movement at Enniskillen, taken a few seconds earlier, by Lance King, in a frame on the wall.

Thanks for the report David. Went last year and it’s a great show. Always good to wander the stalls and see what’s there. Sad to see Hobby Holidays are absent nowadays.

That’s a relief. Was worried about angling after your help.

Now that’s great imaginative work. Can really see this design style working with an 071 ….

Thanks Patrick. I’m always trawling for good techniques like this.

Are you fishing for compliments? Does look better. How did you paint the stone so well ?

Big fish in a small pond, was it? Looks good ‘scaled’ back a bit. Net result is great.

Sorry Patrick. You lure us in and get us hooked.

So is this a plaice of worship then ?

These are exquisite. Lovely little scene at LQ too.

The Japanese C62 - 3’6” - has been timed at 80mph….holds the official NG steam record AFAIK. If Drumboe’s restoration proceeds apace it may still be up for challenge

If the passengers are that desperate at least the Clogherhead toilets are functioning. These are looking fabulous.

Fabulous David. This is the bit I hate most in a loco scratch build - lots of precision work and hard sawing. But it’s worth it when that chassis rolls, as this will soon.

Not sure if this image posted online suggests any insights….if the tank inner follows the frame profile I’d suggest straight sides, but with tank tops extended to meet the boiler cladding. The tank fillers are certainly outboard of the frame lines.

Can just imagine that room packed with soaked and miserable trippers on their way home looks great

Now that’s looking good. Know what you mean about time - always goes too fast when a projects’ going well!

That’s great Patrick - hadn’t realised the passengers were still on - sorry! I had Ardee or Castleisland in mind as they were up till 75 - freight only with occasional passenger specials.

Patrick - this is looking really good. I like how this will stand as a contrast to Brookhall in terms of dereliction versus flourishing! I think that you could probably stand to lose the enamel signs, although I very much like them. The reason I say that is that by the late 60s-70s such items were already attractive to souvenir hunters and dealers. I spent much of my youth soaking up the atmosphere of semi-derelict stations, hence my enthusiasm for your project. All that generally remained was either utiltarian, financially valueless, or too costly to uproot. On an unstaffed station (and Clogherhead, I suspect, would have slumbered much of the week) the local gurriers would quickly have had these signs and other ‘portable property’ away. Same goes for the posters, which may not have had much attention or renewal since the line’s partial abandonment. What you could do, and quite authentically, is have a damaged poster or two visible through the windows. I was looking wistfully through my own small collection of 7mm Irish posters and desperately feeling the desire to use them so I do understand your motives!

Say it out loud Patrick. It’ll deposit in your mind eventually. And you really don’t want it going over your head!

Fab stuff Ernie. Very useful detail for modelling. Notice how safety valves are not shiny brass / and look at the patina on that dome!

Maybe Patrick needs to look at the Kenmare branch next…http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway Stations L/Loo Bridge/IrishRailwayStations.html

Great stuff. Multum in parvo exemplified.

You never know Patrick. Hopefully it will tempt them towards Irish Blue…..

A place I know well and real atmosphere building here. Lovely work