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Nothing "constrained" about THIS layout?

Hi Paul YES, for once the website is telling the truth, with one important exception - the prices will go up by £2-£3 a wagon as soon as I can update it. The latest invoice from my "supplier" nearly caused a heart attack, so great were the price increases (the speed of delivery has got worse). My sales at Blackrock reflected the older lower prices, so we're too profitable! I DO NOT HAVE ANY UTA BROWN VAN KITS, OR SPOIL WAGONS. IF SOMEONE WANTS THEM, SPEAK UP!!!! I saw Enda's Rank wagon at Blackrock but I must admit, I didn't look very critically. It IS printed from John's files, so they should be pretty close? If John did his wagon as convertible to 21mm, then it should still be? My understanding is that it will be RTR, although Enda does not supply couplings - a lot of you chuck my couplings away and replace them with KayDees or whatever You bet that I'll be stocking it - almost as iconic (and hard to model) as my Spoil Wagon! It'll be a winner - every home (sorry, LAYOUT) should have one!!!!

Just a polite reminder. Enda has been selling my kits and wagons at events which he covers - like the monthly Bray event. If there's something you want, let Enda or I know and we'll get it sorted out for you. I eagerly await Enda's Ranks wagon for sale here in the UK. Also, don't forget his super new 30 Ton Brake van!

The "Inst" one was OK, I think - but, of course, the Fees were more and you get what you pay for! When I was learning to swim, it was Templemore Avenue Baths - and that wasn't very warm! For you younger "Southerners", Templemore Avenue's great claim to fame was its FLUTE Band, where the great James Galway first learnt his trade. Aren't you all amazed that I can remember this stuff in my eightieth year!

Lord, I remember THAT swimming pool. COLD did not describe the Arctic waters!

At last I have worked out how you did this. Apart from the fact that you were a Civil Engineer, a few posts ago was posted at 0617 - THERE ARE THREE OF YOU AND YOU'RE WORKING SHIFTS! It's just brilliant, very well done!

Making an offer may work, there is some good stuff still there, but do it soon before the items go back. That's what I did to buy the painting of the Turf Burner (Ross's in Belfast). I had forgotten to bid altogether, it didn't sell, so I made an offer a little below their "From" price and that was accepted. I still had to pay their commission! In fairness to them, when picked up by a friend (who incidentally bought the "Liffey" plate at this auction) they had wrapped it up very well in good 'oul bubble wrap. Incidentally, I'm delighted with my purchase which was a gift to Son No.2, who named after the Blessed Oliver.

Yes, very sad. It looks like a job for the local model railway club? Perhaps a lesson here - don't make your railway so big that it needs a special (large) building. Let's hope that one of the modelling mags gets in and photographs everything. At least that way, it can live on?

Well done @flange lubricator - a good investment!

Congratulations, Dave, that was peanuts. Well done for spotting it! I assume that you bought the name as well? It was even more unbelievably cheap. Obviously a certain gent in the Isle of Man wasn't paying attention and missed it. He paid £25,000 for a S Class nameplate last month. Also congratulations to whoever got a complete run of the IRRS Journal for about £300!

Ah, yes, the first tool to have in the box, the good old steel rule! Do you clamp it down where you're cutting? If I don't the (blank) thing moves!

No, @Galteemore is an influencer of the VERY best kind!

It certainly works, David. The "other" David used these on the two scenaria which I now own and it's equally effective there. I can see the Portadown Jct fluorescent tubes disappearing ......... But first, there's an engine shed to illuminate the "David" way! Sorry not to have put up photos of my latest acquisition, but I'm busy trying to sell the boxes of books which surround it. More on that shortly.

The catalogue makes interesting reading - did someone REALLY walk off with a Class VS nameplate (Lot 154) for a bit over €2,000!!!! I'm surprised at some of the paintings which didn't sell, for example the Swilley 4-8-0 by Sean Bolan - at €400 (Lot 115) plus the ludicrous auctioneers' fees - it was a steal for an original by this brilliant artist. Not for me of course - it'd xxxxxx gauge ..........

Grovelling apologies for not turning up at Tolworth: Reading to Kingston seemed a county too many (or something). It DOES look magnificent and I compliment you on the "housing" and excellent lighting - can we have a photo taken towards the Sun to see how you have illuminated the scene, which is obviously on a very nice day in Summer!

Yes, I did see that. So who didn't built their kit!

This one will have you laughing for weeks ...... Look at the "Irish"-ness of the content! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306592949288?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m164380.l178264&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=aa502730ae6b4f5e80425aa646290b5a&bu=43025934942&ut=RU&exe=0&ext=0&osub=-1~1&crd=20251110045409&segname=11021&recoId=306592949288&recoPos=1

Hi, Darius May I ask what adhesive you use with the backing board card you appear to be using? I'm impressed by the absence of corner strengtheners.

Are you going to build York Road (as pre WW2) next - you could have ready for Bangor 2026? No shortage of volunteers to run it for you!!!!

Hi @Westcorkrailway I have the GAA book - you can have it for a pile of money (joke). it'll save me listing it on my new AbeBooks Shop. I'll PM you - it's so thin that it might get past the Thought Police (aka An Post and the Customs). Colm was a delight to correspond with, but when we tried to get him to publish his books "properly", he wouldn't budge. I've only speed-read the CBSCR books twenty years ago, but I particularly liked his way of dealing with the history almost day by day. It gave an immediacy to the story. I'm unaware of too many railway histories following quite that approach. Thanks @Flying Snail for bringing the archive to our attention.

Of dear, so my brake van has! I must have words with "The Boys"!

Darius This is a Master Class at card modelling. I have a station building to remodel (wrong windows!) so I'm looking for tips! Great stuff. By the way, @Galteemore will tell you who to go to to get a 4mm scale model of the late Mac Arnold, Whitehead's other famous resident. The first was, of course, Harold Houston, designer of the B&L corridor coaches and the magnificent North Atlantic Express coaches. They'd make a nice pair for the platform!

That seems the most likely situation. Everything looks new and tidy. The directors would have been admiring "their own" handiwork, as the GSWR built the railway themselves, not a contractor. Great set of thought provoking photos, so thanks for sharing them. The Lawrence Collection has ever been a go-to source for early Irish railway photos.

Only one thing for it @Mol_PMB, attend the auction! I agree with others that the descriptions are woeful and His Lordship is being badly served as he won't get the sort of bids I expect he's hoping for. Add to that the massive auctioneer's fees which they're going to charge a buyer and Lord O'Neill. I've wasted my life in IT, I should have been in auctioneering which seems to a branch of King Midas's Ltd Co.

The starting price for the bound set of Journals is ludicrously low. Assuming that it is a full set and in decent condition (the covers look ok!) then I would have thought several hundred Euros? Otherwise my set has deteriorated in value faster than driving a new car off the forecourt! (I've NEVER done that).