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Honestly SR green, especially on Hornby coaches, looks indistinguishable from CIÉ green to me. I could just look for that.

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Maybe one excluding me taking the piss over PMs lol.

Just imagine how much is going to happen next summer lads…

Looks a bit dark, is that just the camera?

I do have a Humbrol paint pen I want to use to paint green over the red of some Hornby Skaledale buildings for the layout. A bit off for carriages maybe but probably good for sun faded paint on a poorly maintained shelter. I might just look in Marks Models for the equivalent paint though as it doesn’t look awful and is on a similar base colour. Not having to prime the coach would be nice and I could say it was red before CIÉ ownership.

This lovely product was picked up at Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway today. As per above advice I will repaint it into CIÉ green. I’ll work out where to get another one, maybe also a brake coach so the boat train looks the same going either way. What’s a good paint to use for CIÉ green, and where could I get suitable, light-green lining? Thanks.

Love the 80 class mug, best of luck with the shop to everyone involved.

Pity about shapeways alright. Maybe post a YouTube video about it linking the 3d files in the video description? Certainly a way to keep it easy to access and get it to more people.

Surely one of them will look good in green… I need some proper “old” coaches for my layout.

Was that intended for the Hatton’s coaches thread? @BosKonay @Warbonnet @Garfield just in case.

Jesus, that died on its arse. Ah well, looks set to be a great show. Looking forward to it, might see some of ye there!

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Lol. I meant why not have a competition that’s not just meant for trams?

Why only trams? (And buses) Rail-based Formula 1 would be brilliant! Imagine a public transport Olympics… Bus handling, train speed tests, tram drivers dealing with heavy traffic, I could go on…

Thanks, presume the next exhibition I could realistically get the layout finished for will be the 2058 MRSI show, so look out for it then…

Thanks lads, I feel a lot better about the layout now. I've had an idea now, which might be a bad one but I'll tell ye anyway. Ardree quay is 18 inches wide and 4 foot long, made of 9mm board. If i were to get a 9mm thick, 6 foot by 4 foot board and cut it longitudally into four sections, this would provide four more modules the exact same size. Along with upgrading Ardree's current baseboard, I could quintuple the effective length (all in modules that can be stored while not in use). I of course don't plan on building the layout that far with scenery and all, but I do need an adjacent module to the current one to be able to finish it. I may as well kill four birds with one stone, and so I think i might go through with this idea. If I were to do so, this would be the arrangement. the current Ardree Quay is on the far right. Modules are in [brackets] while scenic breaks are listed in between. [Fiddle yard(cassette)]-bridge-[Shed/Yard module]-[countryside module]-[Farmyard module]-Bridge under a road accessing Ardree Ferry Terminal-[Current Ardree Quay layout]. I appreciate this might not be too clear but hopefully it gives you a good idea of where I plan to go with the layout basically up until Christmas. Past the bridge on the far left I may eventually add more modules. Ardree Town is intended to be directly beyond said bridge. I also appreciate that a 20ft long layout may seem unmanageable, but again you have to remember it is intended to be operated either with the fiddle yard directly adjacent to Ardree quay at home, or in its longer state at exhibitions. That is, if I go to any with it. Speaking of, I'd appreciate if someone told me how to get a layout to exhibition. Do I get invited? Do I contact the organisers and ask to exhibit? It's all a mystery to me and I'd appreciate some help.

Ah well. I’ll just come in 2026 instead…

Is O'Connell Street going to be there? I'd kill for a chance to see it in person.

I was talking more about the “Tank” side, ie absolute unit of a loco. And obviously they’re both American. As far as the nickname goes re 66s it seems to be a thing mainly in parts of northwestern England, specifically Merseyside and Chester IIRC. As far as I can tell of course, I could be entirely wrong. I’ll see if I can find the Facebook posts I’ve seen before where 66s are referred to as such. As far as 071s I think I might have been misremembering. I think I equate 071s with 66s sort of subconsciously even though they’re not that similar, it’s weird.

Don’t worry lads… I brought Donuts.

Only three layouts listed on the MRSI website… would anyone have a good idea of the number of layouts?

Ah well, all the best anyway. Looking forward to this, the track plan looks really interesting.

Surely they've checked whether the trains will fall through the floor already... I doubt they'd only be realising that now, right?

He gets a bit wild after staying up too late modelling, DJ…