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Darren You will be a most welcome addition to our ranks. I could answer your query re the Amiens Street cabin straightaway, but "Mr Drawings" aka Richard McLachlan - who is staying with us this week - IS BACK IN DUBLIN for the night for a IRRS Board event. As soon as he's back, I'll put the question to him. Watch this space!

Like Fran, our thanks to the guys (and gals?) of the MRSI for arranging last weekend’s exhibition. A lot of hard work by a faithful few before, during and after. We exhibitors were very well looked after and a further thanks to the ladies who provided lunch and kept us all fed and watered. Talking of being fed and watered, the Exhibition dinner was in another League to any I’ve attended before – great food, friendly service and good craic. From The Few, to The Many. It was wonderful to be back among Irish modellers who not only bought loads of my kits (I actually nearly sold out!), said nice things about them and encouraged me (at 76) to “keep it up”. Well, if I’m spared and encouraged by this great exhibition, I intend to do just that. New kits are in the pipeline. An additional pleasure was to find that I had become (in)famous, thanks to the “ZOOMed” IRRS talks which I have given! Early on Tuesday morning, The Ulysses cast Richard and I up on a Welsh coast being lashed by torrential rain. After a tiring overnight journey, we were home by 7am and crashed gratefully into our beds - and stayed there! Still wrecked from what for us is a week-long Odyssey. Thanks again, Dave, Tony, Ed and all at MRSI for having us and for a very successful exhibition. Thank you to all of you who visited us, even if only to say “Hi”. Looking at the number of beet kits I sold, this year's season should be well looked after!

Dear White I shall take pleasure in communicating with you after I've got this little event in Dublin behind me (if i make enough profit to cover the call). I'll even let you know what my next wagon is - before this lot! Yours faithfully McAllister

Noel, thanks for the Advertorial! As Tim says, a very nice bit of building (the spindly brake gear takes patience, but is worth the effort) and superb weathering - although we've come to expect that from you! For the rest of you, I have a supply with me, so have a go at a true Irish Icon. Noel, do come and say "Hi". We've yet to meet!

Anyone get any sleep last night?

No, no, no I was thinking of "0" Gauge next ........

My dear David, YOU'RE ALIVE! Great news. In your posts above, you don't mention the date?

My dear John, What a fine fellow you are! I WAS going to leave them at home! Going into the box now! Probably not treading on my toes, maybe a good hack at my shins! It's time Dave B opened the book on your announcements, proceeds to the Gardai Benevolent Society?

I wish they'd get on with it, then I'd know which kits to leave at home.

I thought young Des does the 0-6-4T and the Bandon tank?

Hhmmmm, time to retire?

John is still with us. His collection was (in part at least) with the IRRS.

Can't be more autocratic than China .........

I am NOT getting a THIRD AEC set. I was "outed" to my steam pals by a chap on this forum, with the initials LB. No excuse that it was in the pub. Just as well I was in Hong Kong at the time. Mind you, it was a great kit bash model, still running and the builder, Bless him, build me a load of GN Mahogany coaches.

It IS the Digital Dray horse!!!! Wow. More seriously, I've never understood why no manufacturer has set up in the Phillipines. Lovely people, hardworking, and English-speaking.

Robert, make sure that you call by C22 so that I see what one of my best customers looks like!

Referring to the final paragraph - you mean the UK?

Just a thought, (Hallowe'en coming up) - having "Lit the Blue Touch Paper" the Management have indeed "withdrawn immediately" and let us speculate. From the deafening silence from them, one of us has hit the nail on the head! I'm pretty sure it's JB with his Fintona suggestion - a fully working horse could be used on British layouts, so could cross fertilise with the Accurascale brand. After all with their forthcoming GWR Manor Class, there is the obvious connection with the fact that the GWR used hundreds of horses. AND, the same horse, reliveried could be used to pull Guinness drays. And, And, What DID I put in this bedtime drink?

Wot's wrong with mine? 200 in service to date ....... Just ask young Robert Roche who sings tunefully in the choir of this parish - he's built a load of them! Buy 'em at Raheny!

The sky tonight at "Pettigo Fair" - an omen? Something red........... A Rank's Grain Hopper? GSR coaches MGWR coaches (an L Class to follow?) NCC coaches (no - even that's too crazy) A NCC Whippet in Crimson Lake --------------- What was the subject of this thread ...... Great stuff this Black Bush!

I had no idea that you were so politically correct, but as has been observed there are interesting possibilities for re-liverying the motive power, whether called Paddy, Jimmy, or Billie ...... In the spirit of earlier posts, I think that they are hoping to make a Korean Killing. Great trains for their passengers. As for Branchline, he doesn't need to wait for Raheny - the last Episode of "Bloodlands" is on Sunday night. I'll leave Police Commissioner Bracken to run a book on "Whodunit".

None of those. Come on lads, which of "my" wagons are you going to do!

Thank you Patrick, for the plug. If the Auto-Train's route takes him to Raheny he can take his pick from my kits of - Bulleid Open wagon 1953 CIE van Flat wagon, with or wthout container CIE cattle wagon GSWR 10 ton brake van or a load of pre-Grouping wagons. If you're in Charles' Country, I'll send you a list!

Lord, Andy, you're miles away from us. But at least that is one friendly face!

Just an early heads-up. The IRRS will be at Stand C22 - squeezed in beside a layout called Upwey Junction (I assume the one on the GWR main line near Weston super Mare?). I don't see an Irish layout listed - are any of you "owners" exhibiting? Obviously IRM will be there! Leslie