Flying Snail

Nice to see this one developing - you've a great space to work with

Wow. It really does look wonderful. You can see that everything has been carefully considered - even the little things, like the buildings in the back scene in the centre: the sense of depth they provide is really convincing!

Enjoyed the Ballyglunin video - looking forward to seeing it at a future event

Yep, ... I wouldn't call Stradbally remote. Stradbally is on the N80 and 15 minutes from Junction 15 on the M7. 70,000 make it down to the Electric Picnic every year, and over 200,000 showed up to Ratheniska (the next parish over) in September for the Ploughing Championships. Unfortunately, what is fair to say is that public transport from Portlaoise to Stradbally isn't great but as its about a 10km trip taxis are an option.

I'll be watching out for Ken's announcement too, it looks really good!

Nice job! I agree with @Galteemore above, its great to see the so much scratch modelling on the forum. Inspiring - and lots of great info provided for the rest of us to learn from.

No. 2 look excellent - lots of detail, lining is sharp - it really looks well. As others have said, the layout looks great too ... looking forward to seeing more of both!

Thanks @Colin R - some good leads there: I'll keep my eyes peeled for David Walker's article too!

I was taken by that too - and did you notice the bars in the windows? Given the poor reputation of WCIR carriages I was beginning to wonder if there was some fate worse than 3rd class travel on the GS&WR. So then, I had a read of the IRRS article that you posted above back when I first started asking about the WCIR, and the answer to this problem (like so many others) appears to be: BEER

Photo: GSWR 600 - 30' Saloon Third Found a RN Clements picture of an illusive former WCIR carriage thanks to this spot on the ebay watch thread. I went ahead and purchased it and it arrived this morning. Now that I know what I'm looking for, I hope I can spot it or its sister 601 in other archives! Am well-chuffed (pardon the pun)

Caaark, boy! Kent station might be what you're looking for (bend goes immediately into a tunnel mouth though) For inspiration look no further than @scahalane's excellent thread here: And there's soon going to be an N scale version too from @Kevin Sweeney:

Wow - you've been busy and very productive: the layout looks brilliant! Excellent camera work too, it really brings it all to life!

Welcome Darrman! Stick the Tayto lorry on a 20' flat wagon behind the Guinness and the Lyons and you'll have the ultimate train

My sincere condolences to Noel's family, friends and colleagues.

This is something else indeed. The scale of the project, the mix of techniques and the quality of what you're producing: wow! This is awe inspiring!

I really enjoyed watching that: its a seriously impressive project alright ... I was fascinated by the various techniques and jigs he used to "scale up" the modelling process

Nollaig shona daoibh go léir Hopefully Santa left a few train sets under the tree for the next generation

Looking great - can't wait to get my hands on these. Happy Christmas to all at IRM, and thanks for all you do for the hobby!

A Lima Orient Express train set (SNCF version) got me going when I was 11!

Top notch!

Is the Richards and Pender book a straight compilation of the 1924 carriage diagrams that you've published extracts from on this forum @jhb171achill, or did they draw on additional sources as well? I'd second what Colin R said about it selling well - I'd say there would be good interest in it, I would definitely purchase a copy.

these look excellent

Read back over this thread with a cup of tea this morning. It really gives a great sense of what is involved in kit building and as others have said, it's invaluable for someone thinking about building their own SSM kit. It shows the amount of problem solving, fettling, and additions that a really good modeller does to put their stamp on any kit. Excellent work and it really is inspirational!

Since you've mentioned old time freight: A great introduction to the history (charm, and sheer quirkiness) of Irish Railways are the photos that @Irishswissernie publishes daily on his thread on this forum. He also has some flickr albums here covering from the 1930s on. Have a browse there - especially through the 50s and 60s albums - and you'll be inspired (and hooked: there'll be no going back)!

I don't think so MAL, I believe the grey 121's were repainted within a few years (i.e. by the mid 60s) I have some of them myself and I run them with covered and open wagons and a brake van from https://jmdesignmodelrailways.com/en-ie. The owner is @Mayner on this forum and he is currently working through options for a new 3D print supplier, so he should have new stock in the not too distant future. I've also ordered the light green coaches in the Hatton's Genesis range here. The light green ones are contemporary with the grey 121's, but some of the dark green coaches (the older livery) would also have still been around. To complete a passenger train a heating van (tin van) would be required. Silverfox do them in RTR and Mayner and others have done kits of them before too