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  1. Galteemore
    Let’s hope so - Sligo Goods and Foynes back on the map ?
  2. Galteemore
    Thanks Brack - I had missed him and wondered if all was ok. Give him our best wishes please!
  3. Galteemore
    Brrrrr…..hope that railcar has the heating on! Lovely atmospheric shots Patrick.
  4. Galteemore
    That’s good - as you can guess from the small ads that are hopefully in this NIL I have plans afoot! Looking forward to seeing more photos as this develops / exciting to see another 7mm Irish layout coming out !!
  5. Galteemore
    Looking good David. Nice convincing roughness to the finish, without being crude and unfinished. Very reminiscent of a farmhouse in North Leitrim I knew so well!! Is there a significant problem with PCB supply etc right now ? Asking for a friend……
  6. Galteemore
    as opposed to Burma tanks ….
  7. Galteemore
    And don’t they drive on the wrong side of the road over there ?
  8. Galteemore
    That’s brilliant Angus, and a great way to build up a mixed train quite fast. They look really good.
  9. Galteemore
    Oh dear - that poor VS looks lovely but also as if it’s had an argument with a much bigger engine…either that or that’s a profound case of buffer droop…
  10. Galteemore
    Indeed there is Jb - Sir Frederick Hamilton, who built the castle in Manorhamilton, was the son of an earlier Claud Hamilton - a direct ancestor of the GER chairman. One wonders what he would have made of the SLNC - a world away from the GER and its expresses ! And to avoid thread creep entirely, imagine if the SLNC had been renewed and relaid by Euro money and re-equipped with As in two tone green and Cravens in SLNC maroon….that, however, is the kind of fantasy you want to paint up Lima class 33s and Mark 1s for, not IRM and Murphy models!
  11. Galteemore
    Interestingly, Claud Hamilton (the big blue loco) has a strong Irish connection. It was named after Lord C H, an officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, and son of the Duke of Abercorn (the family seat is still at Baronscourt in Co Tyrone). Hamilton was Chairman of the GER and took a huge personal interest in it, travelling across the system and seeking to thoroughly understand and improve it.
  12. Galteemore
    Yes, there’s common ground with that cab and tanks - classic Beyer Peacock DNA shared across more than a few designs. At least one modeller has simply painted a Radial tank black and adopted it as an honorary SLNC loco.
  13. Galteemore
    Ah come on now, JB . There’s some serious competition there!!! These are the pick of the bunch,surely….,.
  14. Galteemore
    Nice work. Some seriously subtle modelling here.
  15. Galteemore
    Definitely Angus - thank you. Just checked Neil Sprinks’s older book and some 14 cattle wagons were either fitted or piped.
  16. Galteemore
    Quality loco, quality stock, quality setting. Another Irish layout in the pantheon of greatness !!
  17. Galteemore
    Thank goodness I don’t model in 4mm. Serous offers there.
  18. Galteemore
    Multicore is grand for light electrical work, and what you have described is sound practice. You only really need separate flux when doing brass kits etc, which then need washed after each work session to remove excess flux. Washing electrical stuff doesn’t really work ….;)
  19. Galteemore
    Bunker first working on the SLNC was normally for light engine moves to Collooney or for trips to Manorhamilton works - engines always entered the works with chimney facing Enniskillen.
  20. Galteemore
    Good work Tony. Soldering scared me for years. If the iron’s hot, the metal’s clean, and the flux is flowing, there is much satisfaction to be had. Change one of those factors and it does your head in!
  21. Galteemore
    Prob means vac braked? You’re right @Angus, it’s not one I’ve seen before. Bearing in mind the value of the traffic, it’s surprising more cattle trucks weren’t vac braked. I wonder if the GN’s ‘prize cattle’ wagons were fitted.
  22. Galteemore
    Cheers Ernie. Bunker first working was most unusual. These are probably cattle empties heading for Collooney. The shunt has been nicely organised to let the railcar through !
  23. Galteemore
    Is this a conversion back in time to a Scotrail livery with head code boxes? I noted the Eastfield dog! Nice work.
  24. Galteemore
    Must be something about priests and colour film…..Monaghan by a Canon. Looks like a Diocesan gig with x-border passengers, given the Customs bit
  25. Galteemore
    So that Schools Class isn’t slated to become a VS then ?
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