Flying Snail

Nice pics - glad you enjoyed it! You've drank the Dart beer ... now you'll have to get the Dart tee-shirt

Yes, its traditionally used for baseboards so should be fine. You're right that it's a good idea to seal the baseboard before placing any track and landscape - varnish or an emulsion paint would do nicely.

I picked up some MDF recently for a different (non-railway) project, and I found it to be very heavy when compared to plywood. You should find both in Woodies, but I'd consider going with ply over MDF for that reason. If you use timber bracing to stop it bending, something in the 6mm to 12mm range should be okay

You've picked a good weekend for it ... its nice and sunny today (Sunday) Train related attractions are limited, but the National Transport Museum in Howth should be open from 2pm to 5pm today - don't let the name fool you, it's not on the scale of any of the major transport museums in Britain, or even the excellent Ulster Transport Museum in Cultra. Its very much a small scale volunteer operation. However, its an interesting spot with some nice gems - mainly buses and commercial vehicles, so no trains but they do have a tram or two. I recommend checking with them that they're open though. My top train related recommendation* on a day like today, especially for a man who likes his Guinness, is to get the DART to Howth and take the cliff walk. Fabulous views and you can take a break in the summit inn for a well deserved pint/lunch, before heading back down into the village for more pints or maybe out to the Transport Museum. Theres some nice pubs and restaurants in Howth, especially if you're into seafood. Be warned though - while its "near" to the airport, getting there from Howth by public transport requires heading back to the city centre. However, by taxi the airport is just 20 minutes or so from Howth (depending on traffic). * I would also have recommended the DART to Greystones and taking the cliff walk from there back to Bray station, but a landslide in 2021 has resulted in the walking trail's closure

I forgot about the bubbles .. despite picking up a few packs. No, it was the 800s that I was thinking of. Now as for N ..... yes, please!

Anything will be relatively small compared to the last announcement (..... except maybe a 201, and MM has them covered)

Its a good idea alright to get as many pictures as you can, from as many angles as you can! The writing you're asking about - do you mean the oval plate in the centre of the water tank? That'll be details of the foundry that manufactured it. There's a good shot of it here - its the fourth slide: https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010034/seville-place-dublin-1-dublin I can't make out all of the letters but its a good starting point, and someone will have details of the full name somewhere

Those are two fine looking engines!

Thats a very nice job - you can see from the early pics that a lot of fettling and finessing went into it.

Definitely makes sense that a lifting train would need to have its own water supply once rail access to local water towers had been cut off. Also, another reason why you might be seeing so many tanks turning up in pictures is that water hardness is a big issue in many parts of Ireland - so another use for water tanks would have been to bring in water from other areas with soft water. I think, for example, the GSWR/GSR used old tenders to supply Limerick Junction. More info on the use of old tenders in this role is here:

Just coming into this thread now following the announcement of the latest run of cement bubbles. I have to say the amount of research here is very impressive! Excellent work @Mol_PMB!

When you click on each set in the shop, you'll see the wagon numbers listed at the bottom of the Description tab EDIT: Just spotted MOGUL has pulled together the wagon list

Thats very interesting indeed @ttc0169 Thanks for sharing - every day's a school day!

I think you're referring to Mk3 generator vans added the De Dietrich Enterprise formation to replace the locomotive HEP. Technically they're push-pulls too of course, but the lads were talking about the Mk 3 push-pull sets. I'm open to correction, but I don't recall Mk3 generator vans being added to the Mk 3 push-pull sets.

I saw them at the Collectables Toy Fair out by Dublin Airport in March ... they're very good indeed.

Good luck with them, they're a nice set . As well as the push-pull driving trailer, you can also get a Mk3 generator van from Silverfox (ready to run or kit form). SSM also do an etch that allows you to convert a Mk 3 coach to a generator van.

Here's a reference for magazines from the British Railway Modellers of North America: https://www.brmna.org/xrefs.shtml They have an index of British magazines' issues that have drawings of locomotives, rolling stock and structures. Included are indexes for Ireland. Its been a while since its been updated - the last updates for Ireland are 2003 - but its a good starting point for hunting down back issues.

Hi Josh, Can you start us off by listing here the four books and the drawings they have in them?

Take a look here to see the late KCME's model of a DSER convertible wagon https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/10867-dwwr-dser-convertible-wagon/ They are the definitive pre-CIE Irish wagon. So named as they could be converted between being a cattle wagon and a covered wagon. The soft top could be rolled back to provide ventilation when needed. As Leslie said, all Irish railway companies had them - the transportation of cattle from fairs to the ports was one of the major goods traffic types on Irish railways.

Please do post a few images once you have them printed - the renders look very impressive!!

I had a couple of issues with orders not transferring across (partially paid orders), but when I reached out through the Help channels they got sorted quickly. However, there's still a few issues with the new site: All pricing switches from Euro into Sterling once I log into my account (I'm Ireland based) - which is inconvenient, but not the end of the world. However, I'm noticing big discrepancies with the Euro prices currently on the website that are not accounted for by VAT and currency fluctuations. For instance, my order for the 'IE 22000 Class 'ICR' - 6-car in post-2013 IR livery - DCC Sound Fitted' is in my order as £919.95 inc VAT (and £747.93 ex VAT). However, the Euro version of the website says I can pre-order the set for €799.96 inc VAT (or €650.37 ex VAT). Maybe that's the currency symbol issue DJ mentioned above? This forum isn't an official support channel, and I'll follow up directly with Accurascale (its a while before the 22000s will land anyhow) but its a bug that can cause a bit of confusion for customers. Edit: just double checked my invoice (the pdf document) to see its €919.95 (and €747.93) ... its just my online order that reads as £919.95 inc VAT- so it looks like the currency symbol bug DJ mentioned alright.

I see from your profile that you're in Kilkenny - following up on David's note, the closest club to you is probably Wexford. They're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WexfordModelRailwayClub Another option might be to get in touch with Mark's Models shop in Greenogue - they sell a lot of model railway stuff (both new and used), so they might be able to refer you on to someone who does repairs

As mentioned above, OO is a scale built on the premise of compromise so I would strive to be 'as accurate as is practicable', rather than as accurate as possible. The gates look great, and its most likely that they won't look out of scale to most eyes anyhow.

Maybe this is one of those instances where social media is 'tone deaf', but I had not intended that meme to be an expression of intolerance towards being young. I had a giggle to myself at the thought that this was an 'old' community and when I realised that it largely is. I'm in my late 40s and am only now coming to accept that to many I'm old too. The meme was intended to be a playful reference to the fact that all too soon the lads will be old too. WestCorkrailway and LNERW1, are both very welcome on this forum in my eyes (you've both certainly made a bigger contribution to the place than most, including me), and I hope that meme didn't make you feel otherwise. I'll take my own advice in future and stick to posting about trains.