Flying Snail

he's definitely not a silly ass!

Too many neigh-sayers here! Time to get me coat and trot off home .... Horse out side: Horse (on his way) inside: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hoofing-around-curious-horse-trots-onto-sydney-train-station-platform/cxjy6qpmq

'Modelling Irish Railways' by Stephen Johnson and Alan O'Rourke is a great starting point for those interested in modifying British outline models to represent Irish stock. It's from 2004, so a bit dated now but back then there was practically no Irish RTR - the Irish scene was all about scratch building, kits and modifying other models. They give a list of convertible OO locos and an extensive list of carriage conversions too.

My flats still show as not fulfilled when I checked my account just now - I got my opens this morning though (and very nice they are too)

A1 now - nice job! Edit: before anyone says it ... I know, I know, its a 3MT not an A1

Maybe I've gotten my downloads mixed up, but I see a video of a (very nice) railcar set and not the 3MT?

Thats a nice little model - the flyaway roof on the cab is very elegant (although I wouldn't want to have been standing on the prototype's footplate on a rainy winter's day). Would anyone know how a model like that scales down to 4mm in terms of suitable motors and gear boxes?

preferable to unobtainable surely?

Sorry to see this John - I've purchased a few this morning. Would putting your designs on a platform like shapeways be an option for generating some passive income and getting some more return from all your hard work?

Getting non-British marques in OO can be challenging - Renault 4's definitely a good one to have ... and for me another big gap are the ubiquitous Hino lorries

I misread that and for a second there I thought you were canvassing for a container ship to go with the B&I ferry ...

That will be the sods of turf that Broithe, Hawkerhellfire and David Holman referred to in their advice. Just in case any other readers are wondering, 'turf' in the Irish vernacular is what we call peat that has been cut from the bog for domestic fuel. And sods are what we call the rectangular 'lumps' of turf.

Rest in Peace Dave, and my condolences to his family and friends. I'll echo what was said above Noel - that was a nice tribute.

Here's a good picture of a Bord na Mona train hauling milled peat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonmacnoise_and_West_Offaly_Railway#/media/File:Bord_na_Mona_-_"The_Bog_Train"_-_At_Edenderry,_Co._Offaly,_Ireland_(14225837858).jpg And here's a fine turf train from the Emergency (WW2) modelled by David Holman on this forum: https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/2849-davids-workbench/page/20/#comment-143420

Hi Andreas, First question to answer is what type of peat you're transporting: If it's the milled peat like that transported in contemporary Bord na Mona trains for use as fuel in power plants (or in the manufacture of briquettes and peat moss fertiliser), then it will be powdery - almost sand like. If its the traditional sods of turf burnt in homes across Ireland and carried in the WW2 era turf trains to Dublin, then the sods will typically be rectangular/box shape about 10cm thick and 30 to 40cm long - this is what Broithe is describing above

Excellent ..... been looking forward to these for a while!

They look very well in it, its a nice layout in Malahide!

I'm very sorry for your loss. Ken's modelling work was very impressive, and second to none. Like many on here, I really enjoyed following his projects. He was a great proponent of modern techniques as well as the traditional and combined them to great effect. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

I don't know much about Ulsterscots but down in the midlands where I'm from, 'sods' can only mean sods of turf. And you can't get any odder than the Turf Burner! Logic dictates that its CC1!! Wouldn't CC1 be a nice (and very surprising) addition to IRM's Bulleid range?

This layout will be missed here. Hopefully, we'll see more trains running through the south east in the future. But family comes first (as it always should) and I hope the move goes well for you and yours.

@Jack_Dunboyne is doing FREMO. He models Polish outline, and has been trying to raise it's profile with Irish modellers https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9072-fremo-modular-layout-polish-rail-pkp/ Modular railways are not really big here tough. There is some T-Trak in N scale that you can find in the forums here too

In addition to IRM's own shop, there are a few other Irish retailers which will often have items still in stock after IRM sell out: Mark's Models are the biggest: https://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51 Another is Modeller's Corner, based in Northern Ireland: https://modellerscorner.co.uk/cat/model-railway/ The UK retailers also carry Irish stock. Rails of Sheffield's website will also carry pre-owned Irish models. Looks like you just missed out on some Mk 3's amongst a lot of pre-owned Irish stock that Clark Railworks recently got in https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/16106-big-load-of-irish-stock-listed-at-clark-railworks/#comment-235160

2601/02 really does look well in @thewanderer's photos. Its a great livery - brings back teenage memories, so maybe I'm biased

Looks great and a really good description of how to do the project - thanks for including details of all the additional parts and paint codes etc.