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My tastes are a little different. Austin 7 RN.

Any photos pls - sounds good!!

They all had them when freshly shopped, I think, JHB. Trouble was they quickly got covered in gunge. The red background with brass letter nameplates seem to coincide with Dundalk trips - official SLNC policy was to paint them black with red letters. Perhaps the Dundalk men wanted to see shiny brass adorning their workmanship. But as soon as Manorhamilton got a chance, painted black and red they were! On the other hand, buffer shanks were, unusually, painted black. This still from the early 50s shows how luminous the rods could be when fresh….and Hamilton Ellis, who adored the SLNC and knew it first hand in detail, painted Lissadell with very clear red rods. Indeed in ‘The Engines That Passed’ he expressly states that the SLNC was his favourite Irish railway, so he’d want to get the details right. Sadly, his picture of the 4-4-0 hauled mail passing Dromahair in that book is only a line drawing rather than full colour! How glorious that would have looked….

Great stuff Peter. The military modellers in particular have some brilliant products - Mig Jimenez being one brand I use a lot. Re powders, this advice is helpful https://www.dccconcepts.com/product-category/specialised-model-accessories/weathering-powders-and-materials/

A lovely view. The GN just before the axes started to fall. Just think of all the places you could have travelled to on that summer day in 57……

Spectacular work. It’s a real discipline to model an actual place - no doubt about where this is. Top quality stuff.

Hi Peter - nice work! Less is more here. Look at photos and see where the dirt gathers in real life. An easy first step is a dirty wash. Dilute some acrylic black paint down with thinners and wash it over the body. Then wipe over with a cloth or cotton buds when wet. The dark colouring will settle in the cracks and crevices and bring immediate definition to the model. After that a little gentle work with powders will work wonders. Go slowly and don’t overdo it.

To be fair it didn’t take long for that to happen ….

Rest assured, when I left D6 to cross the Liffey, I was heading home to a very northern latitude - north of Dundalk never mind Drumcondra….

Thanks Ernie- fabulous. The Manorhamilton one is a gem. Amazing detail on the loco jack visible - never noticed that brass collar before. And also proves that SLNC locos indeed did have red coupling rods!!

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The gunpowder van certainly has different roof and ends to the GN diagram 24 one. Mind you, they were built in 1913 so rebuilding could have happened. It’s a fabulous little film full of atmosphere.

Always used to stock up in D’Olier St before I crossed the Liffey

Secret is not to go out with it

They are contiguous ….HR is more Dunstable really.

Was on a work trip into London one morning and we ran parallel to this for a mile, so had a good look at the stock. These models are fabulous

Aargh Luton! My son is obsessed with their ancient fleet of deckers. The amount of hours I have spent on the 27 to Marsh Farm….

Very nice. How did you do it ?

Avoid them would be my instinct. Unless you have a 1/43 sized figure standing by to pin down brakes etc……gradients like that on a model add all the inconvenience of the prototype without the compensation of the sound and smoke effect that an engine barking up that would give.

The sound and fury of a PG rushing that bank with a heavy load must have been something else.

Thanks everyone. Lots of inspiration from this site and Gordon Gravett’s books……Got to say, too,@David Holmanthat your mantra, crudely summarised by me as ‘model what is there, not what you think is there’ has been been most helpful!

Looks like a fabulous day out. Hats off to the DCDR and its volunteers.

Looks fabulous and subtly careworn!

What I did in my Christmas holidays … as hinted above, the test track has grown from having some ballast to some scenery, to realising that the IKEA Lack shelf allowed me to model Abohill halt (between Florencecourt and Belcoo) to absolute scale. So my photo plank actually replicates a scale section of the SLNC, which is rather fun. As usual, lots of mistakes and lots of learning too. Original photo taken post closure by J J Smith - no photos of the station in use have been published. Thanks to @Patrick Daveyfor pointing me to battery LED lights ! Now I’d better finish a loco to pose on it…

In fairness, I made sure everyone was treated as a name and not a number. And I ensured that we got two modern vehicles on the never never.