Horsetan

I did wonder whether the vertical / slanted handrails were used as mounts to carry headboards for official visits, e.g. the Papal Nuncio. It seems to have been an expedient solution to a temporary problem, and aesthetics never got a look in.

But it was cheap, which suited CIE's pockets down to the ground.

Those extra handrails on the door of Macha were fugly.

I'm getting back to it shortly for the next stage. Very deceptive angles. Currently working on Prototype Deltic (again) and Metropolitan Bo-Bo.

Can yis see the McDonaghs making a film about this? I'd suppose the title would be "In Bredin"

Unfortunately they got rid of burning at the stake...

Arson goes on everywhere, but for a while it did feel as though setting things on fire was something that went on in the North, especially the fixation with bonfires. RPSI also lost a GNRI K15 or two to the arsonists.

The death is announced today of veteran actor/comedian Frank Kelly. He went on the same day as Dermot Morgan. A good man gone.

The two types of frames are not interchangeable, as there are slight differences in wheelbase, most likely because of the etch artwork. You can't use the coupling rods from one on the other unless you modify the openings for the hornblocks.

Doesn't work on my Android phone. Never mind.

There is a story told that he once vented his frustration, saying "Why can I not find the people to make my ideas work?" His style was idiosyncratic (like Citroën before Peugeot took over), and he could certainly seem aloof or remote. The correspondence between him and Ricardo Engineering suggests a man who would listen but always go his own way. I'm not sure that he was as unpopular in Inchicore as some might think - if anything, as a devout Catholic, he had the respect of Inchicore men, if not their loyalty. In that repressed era, I think those who dealt with Bulleid (or the aftermath of his work) had to be equivocal about their views. Thus you will find material saying that R.A. Riddles on British Railways had quite a bit of respect for Bulleid, and other material that suggests Riddles thought Bulleid to be a charlatan!

Deadly! I shall note this down for my own purposes.....

Does anyone else see the style and ghost of Drew Donaldson in these models? The GS&WR 4-4-0 in particular.....

If he's trading at a show this weekend, you may not get a reply until Monday.....

Gauloises / Gitanes were more lethal.

Bill Bedford used to produce leaf-sprung W-irons for 21mm, but I think they were lost at the time that his etched parts range was taken over by Eileen's Emporium. Never seen them after that, but there's nothing stopping you adapting the P4 versions.

With the vast majority of what would have been heritage stock having been scrapped ages ago, I don't think there's much of a choice...

He'd be the Irish Guy Williams.

My parents took me across to Mullingar in 1988 to meet the family of one of their tenants. My memory is of being told why the excellence of Ireland's education system was so closely linked to emigration, and also noticing that the family used one end of a dishcloth to dry dishes, and the other end to wipe their hands with. I can't remember accepting a cup of tea....

No.

If you're needing to portray sheet metal, only brass or nickel-silver will do it. Plastic or whitemetal is generally too thick. Also, the FIA "Twins" were fine in OO, but didn't run quite so well if converted to EM or P4....

Right-hand drive, too.

Are ye doing over four miles an hour!?

Good to know.

Ah, the mental turf-burning locomotive.