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Tender lining and UTA crests applied. Cheers Darius

There’s an idea - I tried to find photos of that bus and the double decker but couldn’t find any. The Whiterock School I built for BRM is a primary school so I suspect the BRA team might have an advantage. Cheers Darius

Steering the thread back to modelling, the school bus model is like the one that used to take us to Saturday hockey matches against Wallace High School in Lisburn and, on one occasion, Coleraine Inst. Cheers Darius

Leyland Tiger - I left Belfast for university and then work in 1983 so the Leopards are the busses I remember. Cheers Darius

- Disassembled loco. - Removed whistles and cab glazing. - Removed LMS lettering and numbers. - Removed some bodyside equipment. - Removed pony truck brake shoes. - Refitted LHS boiler handrails. - Added boiler pipework. - Primed and repainted body and tender satin black. - Painted edges of driving and pony truck wheels black. - Refitted driving wheels - at least four times. - Reassembled loco. Cheers DariuS

Alas that’s the way Dapol made it. Cheers Darius

Oops - sorted. Cheers Darius

Modified Dapol LMS 2P in progress. Cheers Darius

And another makes three. Cheers Darius

I made the destination blind transfers myself using MS Paint and white decal paper. Cheers Darius

Hi Leslie, I’ll see how long a spoil siding I can sensibly squeeze in and see how many wagons are needed Cheers Darius

Modified EFE Ulsterbusses. Cheers Darius

Improved some EFE busses whilst waiting for the rain to stop at Spa. Still need to make and apply some different numberplate decals… Cheers Darius

It’s a 3D printed resin model that I purchased from eBay. It just needed cleaning up, priming and painting. I added finials to the landings to make it look more like the prototype. Cheers Darius

3D print from eBay. Cleaned up the printing marks and added finials to the landings. Cheers Darius

Next week the baseboards arrive for my new, home-based, Irish-themed layout - Whiterock. i already had a plan for a smaller layout of the same name (shown below) but now have a bit more space available. Perhaps you can recognise its inspiration. I have ordered baseboards from Model Railway Solutions to the following plan. The larger layout side will enable a two track “roundy-roundy” with greater space for spoil sidings and a less cramped station area. Really looking forward to getting started. Cheers Darius

Modified Metcalfe cardboard kit. The playground walls are made from 2mm card stock with Scalescenes brick paper applied. I added Scalescenes tile strips to the Metcalfe roofs to add texture and colour variation. Painted brass rod rainwater downpipes hide the exposed card edges of the kit corners. Cheers Darius

Back with something Irish - repainted Oxford Diecast Bedford CF vans in NIR livery. Based on the vans in this image of the Magheramorne loop, which I will be incorporating kinda sorta in a new layout that I will hopefully be commencing in the next month or so. Cheers Darius

I’ll be taking a break from IRM but hope to be back some time in the future. Cheers Darius

Sorry Wrenneire, I’ve been on a bit of an MTK crusade of late. Although:- Cheers Darius

Chassis fitted to Class 46 body. Awaiting 3D printed buffer beams from eBay. Cheers Darius

Mainline chassis modified to fit the MTK Class 44 body. Cheers Darius

For the record, I have used a Dremel to grind out a lot of the wonkiness in the original castings. What wonkiness remains is in the large down to me. Cheers Darius

Whilst awaiting the arrival of a chassis for the Class 44, I thought I’d get this part completed (by someone else) MTK example up to the same level of completion as a Class 46. Some disassembly required… Disassembled. Reassembly completed along with joint filling. Dunprimin. Dunpaintin…again. Cheers Darius

Dunpaintin. Cheers Darius