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I think Cambrian Models might have something suitable: Click here - see ref. C34 and C35.....

In the days when I was in Dublin, many of the buses carried the destination "As Serbhis". I often wondered where it was....

John: will you be collaborating with Des over that "Z"-type boiler for the SSM J15? I'd be keen to have a go at the kit (subject to funds, obviously) if the "Z" option was in it.

The evils of temptation

There is a lot to be said for batch building.

The things ye learn every day, Leslie...

That would ensure RTE wouldn't have to fork out for the EuroSong the year after.

That's precisely the point. People often moan that more should have been done to preserve more Irish steam, but where's the money and commitment? People had other priorities.

Quite sobering to think that the underframe and bogies were still knocking around the back of Inchicore in the mid-70s. Heritage protection doesn't seem to have been a strong point of CIE, unless it was by accident!

In a sense, it is. Those eejits probably spent a few grand on a consultant to come with this pile o' shi*e. I think Andrew Strong, who played Deco in The Commitments, tends to live and work elsewhere these days. He's not had what ye'd call a stratospheric career. Everyone knows what happened to Andrea Corr (who was pretty much an extra rather than a prominent character in the film), but by far the most interesting cast member from the film is Michael Aherne, a civil engineer who gave up acting and ended up as head of transport development at the National Transport Authority! He seems to be the go-to man in Dublin for bicycle networks

I seem to recall someone did build a P4 BR "508" EMU with working sliding doors and warning lights, so I wonder if that might be a DCC option for the DART......

Could it be made sprung?

IRRS drawings list (to date) added:

The "S" wasn't on the list. It may yet still be in the pile of the rest to be discovered..... This is the list so far:

Down with this sort of thing!

Paul Berntsen is best known over here for his long collaboration with Andy Mullins, the former proprietor of Branchlines. The kits they jointly developed were a bit hit-and-miss....

"Nurse! Nurse....!"

There certainly was. I drove it at the Chatham Show in 2002.

Cryptic ones.

^^ This. An order will be made in the next week or so for a Finney T9 inside motion kit to try to make life a bit easier in respect of crossheads and slidebars......

The layout is based in Australia.