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Interesting. Looks like an old GN Railmotor in tow

Very nice Stuart. You have managed to capture some of the signature aspects of the PG including splashers and cab profile.

Time to pack up the bench for moving house - and time to reflect on 8 years of modelling here. We moved in and I brought my collection of Japanese N gauge plug and play with me. About 2016 I made a plastic O gauge kit - which wobbled on 3 wheels - and bought a few RTR locos and stock. Eventually I plucked up the courage to try a brass kit. Which I managed to snap in two by over bending it - but still made a working wagon by the end. And eventually jumped from 4’8 to 5’3. Never in a million years did I think I’d have two Sligo engines at the end of it all. Thanks for all the support thus far. Looking forward to the next adventure !

I’m not surprised Mr Weaver was excited in that clip - he’s just witnessed a SPAD!! Lovely running T2 though

Very nice little piece. An ideal opportunity to use unusual motive power.

I’d take a punt on Portadown for 43. That’s a UTA crest on tender so post 58

You’re wasting your time!

‘Egrets, I’ve had a few’…..

Auk, I know….and that loud breathing means you always hear him coming, puffin away.

Now that’s nice

Instantly recognisable. Nice beading too.

Looks like a slightly stretched one ….is a bit of a likeness!

Fabulous system: with built in point motors and electrical connections. Designed for Japanese homes where layouts are often temporary affairs on the floor. Can be painted and disguised with scenic stuff to look better on a permanent layout. Although if using a ready made layout like that you may be tied in to a particular brand of track favoured by the designer. Here’s pics of my Kato stuff anyway….all sold to feed my O gauge obsession! It was great fun setting up a layout for a night and watching 8 coach trains speed through the station, doing some shunting when you felt like it. Locos and stock are also cheaper than German equivalents, whilst being mechanically on a par if not even superior at times.

Interesting. This is before her UTA makeover. She is still in ex SLNC condition bar the GN style cab no.

David Weston, one of Britain’s premier railway artists back in the day, was finishing off a portrait of an A4 when a lady visited his studio. ‘Oh, I see you’re painting diesels now’, she said! I’ve a fair idea who that GN modeller was, having met him. An extremely gentle and gracious man, he nonetheless had strong convictions! He was a leader in his local church and always arranged GN motive power to haul their Sunday School excursion to Portrush…..

Interesting painting posted on BBC news of how Enniskillen could look - complete with an SLNC service !!

How fabulous! We used to live a few miles away from Cliddesden, the site where this was all filmed. Used to make regular pilgrimages there.

Very smart little loco David. You’ve made a lovely job of her.

Beautiful just beautiful. The shopping list helps show just what goes into a scratch loco built to this standard. Part of the fun is seeing just how many diverse specialist bits you can use - as well as repurposing household staples. In 7mm, I tend to send Laurie Griffin a photo and drawing to see what matches best from his range of castings. It’s quite possible to have an Irish engine equipped with parts from every one of the big 4 (LMS/GW/SR/LNER). One of my own bizarre quirks is to always include a small piece of Alphagraphix etch somewhere in each model as a tribute to the patron saint of 7mm Irish modellers - Roger Crombleholme!

29 would have been largely redundant by late 50s. No reason why UTA wouldn’t have sold her on to CIE or GNRB. After all, the GN had long experience of how good BP 0-6-4Ts could be, having given heavy overhauls to those from Ireland’s premier railway…. Of course, they could simply have done a swap - in its rush to dieselise the Co Down section, the UTA swapped 29 for the MAK diesel…..

Looks good to me Patrick. Agreed - weathered wood needs shades of grey rather than brown. When you apply that treatment you may find that the brown on the railsides actually looks ok without further intervention. A dusting of talc will also help it all blend in together.

Absolutely gorgeous. It’s not a true scratch build unless some existential crisis hits you near the end. But what a result! Fabulous work.

I am typing this on a northbound Enterprise - have just spent my first day in two decades travelling round Dublin by rail and bus. Much though I loved the dereliction of the push pulls in the pre Dart era, it really is a fabulous system now. Clean and efficient as far as I could see. Broombridge interchange is a wonderful facility- that LUAS/rail interchange is brilliant. I did feel rather aggrieved to see some green and silver snake sporting the legend ‘Sligeach’ crawling through. Everybody knows that the Sligo train is hauled by 121s with a buffet car and mail vans !!

O that Des Coakham were living at this hour. Spectacular.

Kilkenny shot is amazing. Change the loco and it could be 1953