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  1. Galteemore
    Well that’s 3 months work finished. I have been working on a commission for the new owner of Rosses Point. An 1890s MGWR branch train was ordered so that’s what he got! Alphagraphix kits suitably backdated. Delivered tonight and he seems happy, which made me happy. The nameplate is temporary until the correct ‘Robin’ ones arrive. Hopefully we’ll pass the @jhb171achilllivery test …
  2. Galteemore
    Excellent work Angus. As for the carpet monster, I have realised that sometimes you have to work on its terms. Last night I was fitting crank pins and nuts on a chassis and felt the best course was just to get down at floor level with a plastic tray and do it there…..nothing was lost this time…. It’s amazing how far and invisibly tiny items bounce when dropped from desk height !
  3. Galteemore
    Nice. Clearly visible on the Sligo tank is the famous brass plate declaring the engine to be the property of Beyer Peacock, as the SLNC couldn’t stump up the cash! The engine is freshly coaled - probably about to work the mid morning goods to Enniskillen - returning that night on the 7:20 ‘mixed’.
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    What all of them said! Great work, well done!
  5. Galteemore
    That looks great - and a very inspiring link
  6. Galteemore
    All the time, if you mean goods stock. Wagons from all over Ireland could be seen pretty much anywhere, especially prior to 1922, after which the border damaged much of the old cross-country trade. Belfast, for instance, had a huge rope works (biggest in the world). It was in BCDR territory, so highly likely that an order of cordage for a Galway chandler would come west in a County Down wagon.
  7. Galteemore
    That’s maybe a little harsh, Jb, although does apply to some of his brass kits that have been made up, as below….They are largely, I suspect, painted that way to attract UK light railway modellers to buy them. His card kits tend to be more accurate, although you need to double check the precise dimensions of some. I’ve also included one I made from styrene but using his drawings and colour scheme. IMG_0298.MOV
  8. Galteemore
    @KMCEoffers some fine 3d wagons which would look great in a goods train of that era
  9. Galteemore
    Excellent Angus. Scale is vital here as you say. In 7mm it’s hard for the eye to take in the whole train at once, so you can get away with less stock (I’m hoping so anyway for my 0630 ex Sligo goods!). Less so in 2mm where you can take in whole train in an eye blink. The big selling point of 2mm is that it allows just that placing of a correct train length in a significant piece of landscape.
  10. Galteemore
    Lovely. A GN ‘P’ van in the train. That J15 is very clean -look at the shine!
  11. Galteemore
    I’m sure they wouldn’t turf him out. This, apparently…
  12. Galteemore
    @jhb171achillwould still prefer travelling in one of those to an ICR….
  13. Galteemore
    The Queen’s late racing adviser, Sir Michael Oswald, was as knowledgeable on iron horses as he was on fleshly ones - that came out at his memorial service last week. The Duke of Gloucester was once a regular customer at Chuffs Model Shop in London, so you never know if he’s lurking here….and the Queen does seem to take an interest in GN steam….although lip reading experts have apparently gleaned that she was saying ‘should have been a Mogul or at least a Mogul Tank on the NCC main line. At least they sorted me out with that in ‘53….’
  14. Galteemore
    They are mostly 7mm but Roger will often scale the card kits down if asked nicely
  15. Galteemore
    Excellent stuff. Very nice work on the Alphagraphix kit. The GSWR being major customers of Slaters Plastikard is certainly something I hadn’t realised
  16. Galteemore
    Presumably for running on the ‘Burma Road’. Love it
  17. Galteemore
    Glad you’re back Ernie! Do like those big Midland 4-4-0s, rough riders though they were. Looks as if the van is destined for Loughrea!
  18. Galteemore
    The design of the WT was also signed off under Ivatt rather than Stanier, too. Appropriate, given that Ivatt was born in the land of the 5’3”! Nice touch re Rev Harris too. Excellent models. Although very much of the LMS ‘house style’ , the NCC locos are possessed of deceptively subtle differences. These you have nicely captured.
  19. Galteemore
    Depends how you define ‘North’! WT class effectively also rang down the curtain on the final days of GN main line steam; they were thus, for some three years, the last real active steam in the Republic. Moguls were also occasional visitors to Dublin. So they both did a fair amount of cross border work, even before preservation days - and we will hopefully see a Mogul in Dublin again one day. The extra braking capacity the Moguls had though,being tender locos, meant that they tended to do Derry Road goods duties more
  20. Galteemore
    They own it too. Took over ABE in 2008.
  21. Galteemore
    Indeed, Darius, and I often tread this path too. It nicely illustrates, however, the complexity of all this. ABE books is owned by Amazon….it’s hard to completely avoid funding recreational space travel no matter how hard one tries To throw in just one supplier I use, Grosmont Books in Yorkshire has a big railway selection and worth a look- it’s genuinely independent too!
  22. Galteemore
    W and T ideal for a scratch build 21mm or 36.75 scheme, where small amounts of stock are a bonus! Would be a nice project for time shifting eras too - with those wonderful single wheelers and quirkily modified J26s
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    Locomotive length 40’ 11.75” Tender 26’2.75”
  24. Galteemore
    What’s especially striking here - compared to many 60s images - is the cleanliness of the engines. And look at that PW in Claremorris station - not a weed in sight !
  25. Galteemore
    Very nice - what kind of hornblocks are you using ?
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