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  1. Galteemore
    Terrific stuff. Love the door on that shed - just right
  2. Galteemore
    Excellent work - great deal of thought and care gone into this.
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    14”
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    Fascinating stuff, Ht. It’s only when you want to model something that you really begin to look at it properly and notice the intricacies. As a scratchbuilder, I find it intriguing to see what wheels we can end up using. The T9 seems worlds away from an 800! I ended up using Stanier Pacific 3’ bogie wheels on a Sligo tank’s rear end….
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    Wonderful stuff. Look forward to you working your magic on it. But ‘the last word in Irish steam’? Now there’s a statement - the GN types might throw the VS at you, the NCC lads would point to the WT, and depending how one interprets the phrase, of course, the last word in Irish steam was what came over from Beyer Peacock in 51…. It is interesting to note that, for all the comments on the short life of the 800s, Maedb (and likely her sisters too- haven’t the book with me) herself actually had a longer working life than poor old 27’s 18 years!
  6. Galteemore
    Very nice. Bleached sleepers on the table road set it off nicely
  7. Galteemore
    Not when the Provincial Kit is available…..maybe years ago when the Wrenn stuff was more common, perhaps, but not worth butchering a collector’s item now!
  8. Galteemore
    Looking good and atmosphere is building. Keep it coming please !
  9. Galteemore
    Double smokebox doors were such a lovely anachronism. I think they rather suit her.
  10. Galteemore
    The message of Tara Junction is very clear - if you want to travel efficiently, stay off the roads ! Nice photo
  11. Galteemore
    It’s an optical illusion. Look carefully and you will see both port and starboard bow railings appear in front of the wagon. If on board, you’d only see the starboard ones as the wagon would block the view of the port rails. The wagon is also level - if on the ship it would be following the angle of the deck.
  12. Galteemore
    It’s a railcar trailer. Many Irish lines used them - this is a GNR one at Cavan. Image below of Clones shows what the ensemble looked like.
  13. Galteemore
    Fascinating stuff - had no idea that the fleet lasted till 1993…..https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/content/pdf/archive-factsheets/transport-cooperage/ships.pdf
  14. Galteemore
    Interesting idea, but wouldn’t 14 have ‘CIE’ stencilled on the buffer beam?
  15. Galteemore
    It’s horrible vandalism but these guys have incredible precision in terms of aerosol application. I suspect they could apply those skills in a far more remunerative and positive way by spraying models and not 1:1….
  16. Galteemore
    Well if you trace the ‘Black and Tan’ motif back all the way, it originally referred to the hounds of the Scarteen Hunt, whose coats are Black and Tan. The RIC men who acquired the nickname did indeed wear a mix of very dark green and khaki. Or it could simply be that a CIE official was drinking a Black and Tan…
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    Although interestingly the commemorative medal awarded to those who served in the War of Independence has a Black and Tan ribbon….very different to UK medallic practice, where medal ribbon design never incorporates the enemy’s uniform colours! Pic from irishmedals.ie
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    Biggest you can manage is the answer, as you probably know ! Bigger radii give the best running and more realistic appearance - and in a garden you will hopefully have more scope for this. I have the latest issue of the Gauge O Guild mag in front of me, which has an article on min radii. Apparently 1028mm is what O gauge RTR manufacturers recommend as minimum.
  20. Galteemore
    Graffiti is arguably a case for fines/restorative justice rather than a custodial sentence anyway.
  21. Galteemore
    Whichever defence lawyer came up with that as a tagline deserves to be an SC if they aren’t already.
  22. Galteemore
    Thanks Ernie. Lovely view from the platform - and 73 has had the Enniskillen cleaning treatment !
  23. Galteemore
    Yep. Wasn’t much to it http://www.bryndyn.co.uk/photoSearchResultsDevSTEP1.php
  24. Galteemore
    Not sure JHB. I suspect the foundations would have been scant, and this was simply a knocked up sleeper affair, as other photos suggest (one photo in fact - pics here are rare). I suspect that Fermanagh CC swept all away when the resurfacing happened. The old road that crossed the line here has also been widened.
  25. Galteemore
    Looking at the brake gear etc, I have visions of much snapped and mangled plastic Leslie, if a conversion were attempted. Much better, I’d say, to build one of these as 36.75 from the ground up….http://www.jimmcgeown.com/Loco Kit Pages/LMS Jinty.html
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