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  1. Galteemore
    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….
  2. Galteemore
    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!!
  3. Galteemore
    https://www.northerncardgaming.com/pages/about-us
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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.
  5. Galteemore
    Always used to stock up in D’Olier St before I crossed the Liffey
  6. Galteemore
    Secret is not to go out with it
  7. Galteemore
    They are contiguous ….HR is more Dunstable really.
  8. Galteemore
    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
  9. Galteemore
    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….
  10. Galteemore
    Very nice. How did you do it ?
  11. Galteemore
    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.
  12. Galteemore
    The sound and fury of a PG rushing that bank with a heavy load must have been something else.
  13. Galteemore
    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!
  14. Galteemore
    Looks like a fabulous day out. Hats off to the DCDR and its volunteers.
  15. Galteemore
    Looks fabulous and subtly careworn!
  16. Galteemore
    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…
  17. Galteemore
    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.
  18. Galteemore
    Thought you had him….yes, give the brass a go. It’s very satisfying, and you could have one of Roger’s engines built in a couple of weeks ….
  19. Galteemore
    They did, with PG and RT classes. The Sligo tanks were fitted with larger buffers to prevent locking on the curves.
  20. Galteemore
    We all have to start somewhere Steve. I built my first O gauge wagon five years ago - plastic kit. It rocked on 3 wheels - always build on a sheet of glass I then built this brass GW wagon kit as a starter in metalwork - loads of mistakes but in brass you can always fix stuff that would have to be thrown away in plastic. I know I’d really struggle to make an Airfix kit well…..this metal stuff is nowhere near as difficult as it seems- trust me!!
  21. Galteemore
    Roger does do a rather nice little JT tank, which is fairly simple to build and would look right. After that you could probably think about scratch building an RT
  22. Galteemore
    Very nice John - nice patina on the Deutz too - has a good ‘in traffic’ look. Look forward to the 50s mail train - as seen in Tim Shuttleworth’s photos??
  23. Galteemore
    Slaters do some nice van kits which are close in some ways, including a nice SECR brake which isn’t far off a GN 6 wheeler……https://www.slatersplastikard.com/wagons/gOWagons.php
  24. Galteemore
    Excellent. Nice for some relaxed shunting sessions too.
  25. Galteemore
    Thanks - knew I’d missed something! It was only meant to be a test track for locos but it’s got a bit out of hand..
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