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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!

Try here for a huge range https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/

And look here…..

They are. The website is undergoing a rebuild. @leslie10646will doubtless know more !

It’s a quick fix for small scale modelling but unpicking your work if unhappy with it may be problematic. Using solder allows for ‘tacking’ pieces in place with small solder joints to check the fit before soldering solid. The chassis is not something to be scared of. Get one of these and it will keep you square: http://www.poppyswoodtech.co.uk/tools.html

Looks really good. Very neat soldering - can’t see any stray solder! Or have you gone down the superglue route?

Excellent. Take it slowly, clean the joint areas well, use lots of flux and a hot iron, and you’ll be fine - and show us what you are up to!!

Brass (or nickel silver ) is also much more tolerant of reworking and general fettling. Don’t ask me how I know!

And obviously fans of the best CIE livery ever

Here, I’d say….https://foxfieldrailway.co.uk/knotty-heritage-train-days/