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Primer check. I know it is crude but the black livery should hide the many faults using the 3 foot rule

Still deep in the land of compromise So American looking for a British loco!

Part 2 of Fake it till I Fake It.

I have often wordered too. They are so similar did LMS share the plans?

Being from the lazy - close enough - end of the kitbashing faction, I have started messing around with the old Triang/Hornby Class 08 shell. I got the boxes all in a row by cutting the central section out and flipping it around. I am also having a hard time finding a photo or drawing of the D301 roof. So I am flying blind in this regard. Anyway, here is what stage one looks like.

Own and cherish tangible physical media. Personal hardcopy archives is our only choice at this stage.

It is pretty worrying when you read some of the reports about it telling lies and then being caught and it being deceptive or trying to gaslight its way out of being found out. It's not good and is unregulated. Military Photo Archives are being decimated by it with bogus AI images of conflicts/events. Shocking stuff.

So many bogus historic photos on social media are to train the AI. It uses the responses to try to determine by the comments what's is probably the most correct response by the number of like responses.

I know where you are coming from, but I think Glasnevin will be a game changer in how people view public transport integration in Ireland. It will result in more calls to this type of interchange such as the Metro connecting with the Northern Line and so on. Not all European airports have heavy rail and many are metro only. But yes, it would be great to have both. Metro will feed millions of riders into the rail network and this will be good for future rail development nationally.

I have a Marklin layout and a good collection too. Not many of us in Ireland and I use M Track for this. I also have Lima and Piko locos converted to AC. On my DC layout most of the track is Marklin C Track converted to DC (the points are Piko A Track DC) and everything runs great. I have a foot in both the AC and DC HO world and the quality of Marklin is outstanding. You can buy a small shunter made in the 70s and with a service and lub will run as good as any flywheel drive modern DC loco.

Surprised no commercial Thumpers available to date. Long service life, lots of liveries. Was used by Irish Rail, and I believe they even hauled freight trains? Would there be serious demand?

Cabra Navan Road

I have never seen the Green CIE Van with the Black ends. What's the story with that wagon?

What about the old Graham Farish LMS Corridor Coaches? I have a few of them. Do they have any NCC or even other Irish potential? Sorry I meant the final decade before the UTA sorry.

I am thinking a decade or so before the UTA?