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A Class 66 in Black'n'tan? An A class in An Garda livery? (A la class 37 in police livery) A 22000 in Arrow livery? This will be interesting to watch

Is it safe to say Bangor was a bust for a IRM steam announcement? Or are they holding out for a Sunday surprise?

This isn't fair, you're much better at puns than me, I'm starting to feel a bit Bulleid. I'm only gonna be a Shell of my former self after this

Don't start with these pun based shenanigans again! Just say Tanks and move along

Amazing! I've just finished up plans for a fuel area for my layout yesterday evening. Great stuff lads! On a side note, is there only going to be one pack of running numbers? Thought you might do the usual 2-3 packs of different liveries (Wallet might not complain though)

I'd take three or 4 broken wheel

With the poor weather about, figured it was worth finishing up on my bridge build, Wanted it to represent an older branchline bridge with a more modern girder bridge to allow for the mainline constructed after the original branch. I don't think it turned out too badly consider I'm relatively new to scratch building. Painting up next and I'll wait till its in position to add the road surface so there's no visible gaps in the scenery

Preordered a set of 4, should look the bee knees alongside Mk2s, Cravens, 4 wheelers and generic irish-ified coaches in a mixed rake behind an A class! Well done lads!

7 wagons ready for the paintshop! More of Leslie's wonderful wagons and bar some user error and complete cockup of a kit, some lovely kits to build! Just 4 more cattle vans to be assembled and my kit backlog will be cleared! Thanks, Dane

Thank you very kindly!

Took a notion and decided to start scenic work on one corner, I'm happy with the trackwork, fully tested with Steam, Diesel, DMUs, Coaching stock, and twin axle and Bogie freight, all running smoothly. Trying to construct it to look like the branch line was there originally and the main lines were added after, with an older stone style bridge transitioning into a more modern plate girder style bridge and a cutting to allow the two main lines to pass through. Raised section was built from offcuts from my first layout attempt and packed with insulation foam, followed by expanding foam and cut down to suit. Bridge is a hodgepodge of wooden offcuts, clad in foam board and plasticard, waiting for Slaters embossed plasicard to make it look more bridge-ey. I'll have to get more embossed plasicard and foam board to create the cutting walls before using Sculptamold to build up/fill areas before plaster being applied to lock it all in. Thanks all!

Hi All, I'm looking to get some plate girders printed similar to the one in the photo. I need a pair in non standard sizes Approx 9"x1.5" (I will have more exact sizes tomorrow), I don't need the whole bridge, just the two side plates Anyone up for the job or have recommendations?

I'm gonna make my car sound like a TIE fighter then!

Counter to all these points as a self proclaimed boy racer, No smoke, no poke! But counter again to myself who has spent the last while selling EVs, they are slowly winning me over as a daily car amd are indeed the way of the future, however, I would miss the drum and noise of a Straightpiped ICE every now and again, and the roar of F1 and Rallying

Could it possibly be a return that got mixed in with the stock? I agree with Murph, it looks very faded and washed out

Recent addition of River Erne and River Corrib brings me up to a healthy stable of GM locos (including 177, currently on testing duties), and my Mogul even snuck in for a photo too

Have a look at Railtech transfers. I've used them in the past and found them very good https://www.railtec-models.com/showitem.php?id=746

Finally have a more complete idea of how the station area will look with one or two minor revisions, allowing for plenty of passenger operations. Moving ahead to designing the goods area, as can be seen in the back left of the photo, without trying to cram too much trackwork in and allow for infrastructure and roadways so the station and goods area doesnt feel like its isolated and on its own. With that in mind, I may remove platform 4, and use that line as a holding line/runaround and compress the goods yard lead closer towards the current trackwork I'm considering going down the route of the DCC concepts Lenz black shuttle module to operate from the planned branch line station to platform 3/4 (currently where the green coaches/goods wagons are) Hopefully I can get onto Baseboard 4 soon, which will be a small viaduct scene over a river (similar to Navans viaduct), which will hopefully give the needed elevation for some scenic variety

Many thanks TDR! I have to say I do feel very lucky! Not to worry Leslie, as soon as I finish (and start) the 10 or 12 Provincial wagons I have in the queue, I'll be back for more!

Progress is slow on the main layout, a minor amount of tracklaying done, awaiting an insulated partition wall, sockets wired and so on, so all stock has been moved back into boxes for protection until thats done, along with the purchase of a efficient space heater with antifrost setting to protect the locomotives

Correct on all accounts, boiler has a sizable weight inside of it, as does the tender, the shell itself is plastic Bit of an oddity I assume but the actual firebox controls on the foorplate themselves are one big die-cast chunk

Putting aside my awful paint and weathering attempt, I do have to say the moguls are rather fetching in a mundane kinda way in the grey! I'd love one with a proper non split, dcc ready chassis and that horrific quasi kinematic drawbar revised Other than that, they're a great model to cut your teeth on and a easy modification to start your irish steam conversions!

All this speculation for a loco and they'll pull the auld switcharoo and give us a Steam generator van! Wouldn't be a bad thing either mind you!

Tempted on one myself, Anyone have any more in depth info on the models? How DCC-able are they?

We have movement at last! Got around to wiring and the first locomotive has moved under its own power. Kadee uncoupling magnets next to be fitted and tested along with the arrival of two more double slips and the station area can be fully laid and wired up Snapchat-864167541.mp4