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Is anyone else having trouble contacting Silver Fox Models? John Hasleton, the owner, seems to have gone very quiet over the past couple of months or so. I hope nothing is amiss. Stephen
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You’re teasing us. Stephen
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Irish Standard for Clearances to Structures Modelling Dimensions
StevieB replied to eugenepfox's topic in General Chat
Working in 4mm, I simply add 1mm in either side to take account of the 6.5 inches difference in track gauge. Seems to work ok. Stephen -
The latest issue of BackTrack has a 10 page piece on the demise of the GNRI. A very good article, if that’s the right way to describe such a thing. The author goes on to suggest that the closures had as much to do with politics as they did with economics. I had always thought that, but in the sense of keeping the two Irelands separate rather than the subjugation of the minority by the majority as suggested here. If my words cause any offence, that please accept my apologies. Stephen
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What was the difference in design between the HST and loco hauled mk3’s in the UK.? Stephen
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Thanks for that John. Stephen
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Wagon underframes in Ireland were, for the most part, quite different to those in Britain. That is until the arrival of the GNRI cement vans and the CIE palvans, both of which appeared to run on very British looking underframes. The question is, did these modern day Irish vans have RCH brakes, where the brake lever only operated the brakes on the same side or did they have Morton brakes, where the brake lever applied the brakes on both sides. I ask because it’s a detail to get right when converting British vans into Irish ones. Stephen
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IRM state that their wagons are Compatible with 21mm gauge Track* - what does that actually mean when your conversion clearly requires a degreee of reconstruction of the underframe? Stephen
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How about this for realism http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/64295-wright-writes/page-1120 Stephen
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There was a time, before the MM201, that the lima version was very much sought after and would command that sort of price. Now even the MM version are proving difficult to sell. Stephen
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How long has he been trying to sell this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMA-205159-IE-CIE-IRISH-RAILWAYS-CLASS-201-LOCO-216-RIVER-DODDER-MINT-BOXED-nc/331422674305?hash=item4d2a54ad81:g:BNMAAOSw8cNUSoU4 Stephen
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The April 2004 issue of British Railway Modelling had a free supplement entitled Modelling Irish Railways and Greystones was one of the featured layouts. Stephen
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All looks very good. Stephen
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His email address is tommybrady@eircom.net. Stephen
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Belfast - Dublin 'infrequent snail'
StevieB replied to GNRi1959's topic in What's happening on the network?
While I have sympathy with the views expressed by Lord Adonis, is it right to compare Dublin-Belfast to London-Birmingham?There are at least three routes between the English cities, much of it four tracks, whereas there is only one route between the Irish cities and that is only double track. Also, the Irish operators are trying to provide a one size fits all approach with every train, effectively, a semi fast. There are no non-stop trains between Dublin and Belfast, or anywhere in Ireland for that matter. Correct me if I’m wrong. Stephen -
The trouble is that Tuam is nowhere the size of Ennis, but then Claremorris is nowhere the size of Tuam and it has several trains a day to and from Dublin. Those in charge of developing the western side of Ireland must make, and then re-make, the case for a rail line down that side of the country until those in government sit up, take note and do something about it. The trouble is that Ireland is very similar to the UK in that it takes one hell of a long time to get infrastructure projects off the ground, even road schemes. Stephen
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They all look very nice. We’ll have to see how the 00Works J15 turns out. Stephen
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Our friends at IRM seem to have all the luck when it comes to dealing with the Far East manufacturers. Maybe they could give some pointers to Mr Murphy. Stephen
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Ballyconnell Road was at Railwells last week-end. It’s always a good show and this year was no different, in fact probably one of the best I’ve been to. However, the star of the show for me was undoubtedly Ballyconnell Road, which both looked great and ran well. Congratulations to Stephen, Mick, Lawrence and Andrew. Stephen
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Hi I’ve seen plenty of photos of the rendered side of the building which fronts the platform but I’ve not seen any of the road side . Can anyone oblige since it is this side that will on public view on my model? Stephen
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It’ appears to be working fine now. Stephen
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Try a mock up and see how you feel about it. The tightness of the curve will have a big part to play, as will anything that can distract the eye from the curve. Stephen
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Very tasty Mr C, very tasty. Stephen
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Wow! Stephen
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Nice one Noel. Stephen