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That’s very nice. MGW house style shines through very clearly

Appropriate for the era of ‘earth tones’ as we called it then….

Interestingly, many 7mm modellers are now dropping DCC and heading to RC as a better option. If you like playing and tinkering with electronics then that’s fine - it’s got to be basic for me. We all have different approaches. I have found the real joy of modelling for me lies in researching and building stuff either from kits or raw materials. The basic mechanics of getting the end product moving I prefer to keep as simple as possible! But there are others that prefer opening a boxed model and then going to town with leds and speakers. Fair play to you- it’s a broad church and we can learn from each other. And like Mr H I have yet to hear a DCC steam loco that can coast convincingly and also turn up the amps with a heavy load on a gradient. Sound, like time, does not always ‘scale’ in the way that visual things do….

These are very good JHB - thank you !

Lovely work. Can see what inspired you ! http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway Stations B/Ballywillan/IrishRailwayStations.html

Neilson, apparently. Much more attractive than some of their catalogue ….

I have asked my source, now home from school, and he says it still has Dublin Bus signage inside. Will add photos later if he can find them….

Excellent. Bizarrely, one of these ex Dublin Olympians, of the Leyland ilk, is still here in Buckinghamshire- my son was a regular traveller on his school route. As we pointed out, his mum and I might well have travelled on it ourselves when we lived in Rathgar 99-02!

At work so don’t have my books with me. Looks a bit like Allan valve gear - and the engine has a bit of a ‘Haydock Foundry’ look like ‘Bellerophon’. It’s also a little like a Prussian T3…. Will check later ….and that looks like a WLWR 0-6-0 at stage left….

That interior is calling out for a gently flickering lamp to illuminate it!

Bit of ballasting and re-sleepering needed at Loughrea!

Complete with Hornby style black underframe !

Thanks Ernie. Hope all goes well. Excellent close up of flat bottom track too.

In 4mm scale you can also get off with using an old style GWR crest, which should be easily found from various transfer suppliers

Code 75 looks better I think. Much finer in appearance

The last of them ended up in Suffolk, in the hands of a one-off character called Peter Hunt, former proprietor of an infamous model shop - Chuffs, later reincarnated as Perfect Miniatures. His adverts in the gauge O Guild were absolute classics of British humour. A sample is below. I bought some books and card kits when he closed up, but up until a few years ago he was still offering Bats - this ad is from 2018. Long gone now - I’d have bought them if I’d had more sense. He actually came to my house with the stuff and was a most entertaining chap. As Mr H says, an ideal model both as it stood and as a vehicle for detailing. Thankfully Roger Crombleholme still offers a reasonably priced version of the E/J26.

Ausgezeichnet, Andreas !

Looks like a Leinster E class. Nice red livery too. Is that a Biblical name ? Exodus 15:27 springs to mind…

Very nice - although there’s a fair GSWR resemblance going on here too!

If you have large quantities of serviceable 100 in stock and want to use it in off-scene fiddle yards etc….

Tell him/her you are studying probability - the likelihood of an RTR CBSC 6w coach is…….

They are not cheap but many UK modellers say they are the best. The detail is very good.

Excellent. You are making stuff and having fun. That’s what it’s all about. Keep the updates coming!

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