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Lovely work John. One of my friends is helping cosmetically restore 184 this week and sent some interesting photos of work in progress in 1:1 scale….apparently the front splashers still show the alignment where the original double smokebox doors folded back.

Steam very rare outside NCC at this point: this is the RPSI special to Dublin which connected with a tour by 186 - IIRC was official handover of the J15.

Perhaps because he didn’t stay at the plough but returned to power ….

Cincinnatus ? That old Inst classical education left its mark Leslie ….although I think you’ll leave the logbooks when IRM roll out that S class in lined blue with sound..,,,

Indeed, David. There is also a photo in Keith Pirt’s Irish colour album of a very much in traffic Hazelwood looking decidedly shopsoiled - with a very rusty chimney to boot! As for the track, it’s code 100 indeed. It’s all I know !

Ok Leslie - I’ll take the bait! Clean engines have their place- like a fully lined out MGW one.. Enniskillen looks lovely, and I suspect this is not long after her last shopping at Dundalk. However, Bob Clements’ photos on the very last day show Enniskillen rather dirty, as seen also in these cine stills of her last revenue working on 30 Sep 57 . Should I ever finish ‘Blacklion’, she will be in gleaming black, though ! Anyway, I don’t think my Enniskillen looks completely unloved!

I’ve recently realised that I need to build a test track/photo plank as I have a few engines being built that will need testing and I don’t have a layout right now. This morning found a cheap shelf in IKEA’s ‘damaged goods’ dept. This afternoon I cut the sleepers. And tonight built about 3’ of track. Dummy rail bolts and fishplates fitted where they will be seen. All cleaned up and hopefully prime (after sleeper gapping) tomorrow. The apparent dog leg is a bit of an optical illusion - omit long story as to why - and shouldn’t be visible when the scenics go in. It’s nice to have some 5’3” track back in the house…

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It’s not distraction Kevin - it’s broadening your skill set. Nice work on the windows. I’ll watch that vid for inspiration. Belturbet is one of my favourites. Looks much better now than when I saw it thirty years ago.

Seen in Milton Keynes shopping centre. Amazingly, they have used proper railway company transfers for the lettering….but the body shell still needs some work to look convincing….

Quite right Patrick - all those ‘grace notes’ add up to make a lovely composition, clearly seen here.

Those Beyer tanks are lovely. Well, all Beyer tanks are lovely- until you try building one…. Interesting to see design features in common with many Irish BP products. My brother has a live steam one in 32mm gauge - saw it running on blocks this summer.

Ok JHB - here’s some authentic west of Ireland railway music. The late shift pilot loco driver at Sligo in the 50s was a Dubliner and we happen to know that this was his favourite song….click the link, listen to this and you can almost see that J26 thumping up the bank to Sligo town. For myself, I think Irish railways ran to the melodies of Carolan. Especially Lord Inchiquin. And the O’Riada version of Planxty Johnson. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tuohy+twenty+men+dublin+&client=safari&hl=en-gb&biw=375&bih=628&tbm=vid&sxsrf=ALiCzsbdsjmBFsnN4RJ3nBaKxKjGtDyluw%3A1669750478784&ei=zl6GY_bDL9qQ8gLF3aeQBg&oq=tuohy+twenty+men+dublin+&gs_lcp=ChBtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXZpZGVvEAM6BAgjECdQhwtYg0xg909oBXAAeACAAZYBiAGFCpIBBDEwLjSYAQCgAQGqARBtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXZpZGVvwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:f4ed01ce,vid:IoRBLLTdXWM

Sounds like a good plan. Once you try 5’3 modelling it’s hard to go back ! Would be interested to see how you get on with the A class. I have long term plans to build one - as sold to the SLNC

A few people on here may chip in with other good advice - @murphaph @KMCEamongst others…

Excellent. I built one in 7mm to 5’3 gauge and finished her in green.would love to see the pics - not showing here.

4-4-0s are notoriously hard to get right in model form, and various solutions have been advanced to assist. I won’t bore you with my own GN 4-4-0 weight plan as it’s not relevant to this situation. Try sticking some weight in the cab - temporarily at first - and see if that helps. Lovely work by the way - the late Iain Rice would have thoroughly approved. This thread may also help

The O gauge trade show in Guildford was fairly quiet too. Although I took it in early afternoon when most of our demographic normally have their nap.

The body design is incredibly similar. The story of how the articulated Irish railcar began probably lies in the Clogher Valley archives. It was their Railcar 1 which really set the course for all that followed, being delivered in Dec 32. Walkers did the power unit, body and rear bogie being provided by Dundalk. Walkers were still using it for publicity purposes in 1934. The sheer style of C and similar does suggest a professional commercial coachbuilder’s eye being brought to bear on the concept.

Don’t be so self critical - that’s instantly recognisable! Great work - captured the look of it nicely already. I can just about recall the real thing.

Some of it’s S scale. Worth approaching him with dimensions you need and seeing if anything in his range is ballpark. Think he batch builds.

I think the table also played a key part in the layout of the ‘workshops’ at Waterford (a set up which made Manorhamilton look like Swindon or Crewe) which might also explain the discrepancy.

Shows what kind of house I grew up in….this is the ‘Erne’ I pictured first of all when I read that. By the by, it may well be the most popular Irish loco name of all. At least 4 engines - 3 of them running concurrently - had it as a full or partial title….

Looks good. Although if that’s an ingredients shelf above the food mixer I’d be reluctant to partake in any cake or buns at your house….

Showed this to my dad, as it looked shabbier than I remembered in later pics. Apparently UTA painted in 62-63 - just in time before closing it!