Horsetan

If they are "OO", then they'd be the first Continental "OO" to be produced since the days of Kitmaster in the '50s and '60s. Normally everything Euro-Continental is "HO" scale.

Bachmann do make Euro HO under the Bachmann-Liliput label, which they took over from the Austrians many years ago.

....and how many of us have?

The J15s were at their best with the "Z"-type boiler and Belpaire....

I was thinking more along these lines:

It's the same old story of "Love the idea, but someone else can pay for it."

Glad to have been of service....

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!