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ha ha took me a bit to get it, Provo-Wagons.com? Class Gareth:p

Great googly moogly! Stout! Chassis & wheelbase length please....

I don't know if I enjoy the photos more, or Franks crackpot invented history. Either way, it's totally enjoyable! More sir, lots more.

Wow, I've seen card buildings with better structure! Best medicine for a lot of nonsense built in the recent past. Ball and chain, twice daily. Great report sir.

Love the farmhouse scenario, with the post office out front. Captures a certain something!

I did a bit of searching on these two, and someone appears to be photocopying someone else's work, and hawking it. Or else there's a card container monopoly conspiracy, um, thing... Digcom £2.50 and Biddy's £1 Edit - Just spotted this. Legitimate or respray Wrenn? Hornby-R2130-Class-101-Holden-0-4-0T-steam-loco-Irish-CIE-green-No-9-VGC-

The footprint of Anto's shed is 254 x 848mm so there might be some buffer crunch without a camera or some fancy LED activation. Though I doubt that any locos will be stood inside for too long! I'd love the roof to be removable, but it's key to keeping the whole thing square and sound. There will be a fleet of Connolly mpd's shortly, but not one of them will be the same - even a steam era version. That's the one I'm most looking forward to! Richie.

Thanks lads for all the comments Yip, all printed paper. I'll get you a decent upclose shots later once the battery is recharged. Richie

Long time no update, been busy working on a few of these, but this has to take the biscuit - the Ballykay Motive Power Depot! It will hold 12 201's or 16 141/181's, when assembled. [More photos of other sheds during the week.] R.

No sir, not mine. I wish it was. If I did take photo of the lady, they would be of the extreme rivetcounting variety!

That is wicked! How do they get the rotation of the coal Dumper so smooth when the centre point of the rotator is through the the centre of where the coal truck is?? Baffled and impressed.

One of the only good things the Troika ("yes, you, scoopmonkey") has insisted on is that at least 30 mins be shaved off dub-belfast and dub-galway and dub-lim jct, and up to an hour on dub-cork. It was in some windy report I read recently, something to do with public transport & capital investment. I have done the dub-newry run regularly for 14 years, and when I compare it to throttling between thurles and limerick junction years ago on mkIII's, nearly hoppin off the rails at times, it is truly pedestrian.

Budget materials are King, and it looks all the better for it. I used to do the same for grass, but I used to rob cheap poster paint from school, brown, green and tan. I'd mix each colour with sand, let it dry, and mix the dried sand to suit the grass colour I wanted. It might be a handy shoestring approach? Keep the photos coming, it looks great Richie.

Des, This is how I start my day. I'm not sure how I'm going to cobble together the funds for this, but it HAS to happen!!! It's hard to put into words how good I feel about seeing THE Lady rolling again...... Richie.

{to both posts above!}

Wiggy, I grabbed these last Thursday at Newcommen Curve, North Strand, they seem to be the latest type. There isn't any mainline [if you can it that] speed sign anywhere, it appears to refer to the speed on the line heading to the left of the bottom photo. Not sure what the triangle represents. Richie.

So true Des! I have to say, a recent experience in the UK leads me to the notion that whilst they have far more activity and variety on the rail network, we win, north and south, with the quality and diversity of historic buildings on the active network, and even those in private ownership. When you see a marks & sparks in Paddington, you can't pin that on Dr. Beeching!!!

Malahide Station is one I am doing at the moment, it's only a prototype. The approach to the roof was wrong, it's slightly curved the overall building,and has to be stripped and rebuilt. It is about 2 foot long. Navan Station might be an option if you wanted something with a smaller footprint? Let me know. Absolute gent! I'm not in an hurry to do Cultra, but if you're in that neck of the woods, with a camera, and some time on your hands.... Richie.

Oh wow! Lovin the bogie detail!

Hi Kirley, I really haven't completed many kits, as the instructions are unbelievably time consuming, and there's not enough hours in the day. I have the texture sheets made up for the buff, blue, red brick combination used from Connolly [inspector's Hut], Malahide, Dundalk, and Navan, so it's a matter of prototyping each one to create the kit. The depth of windows and door openings in these buildings means that there are several layers of card built up to achieve the relief of the real thing. Mixed in with the GNR buildings are the timber panelled type, as seen in Laytown, Kesh, and CastleCaldwell. These are smaller buildings and make relatively easier kit builds. Then, there are the type that are more northerly & polychrome brick in nature, and far more decorative. Cultra, Maguiresbridge, Brookeborough, and Fivemiletown, Craigavad, Tullymurry & Carnalea. I've only a small amount of photos and few sketch drawings, so a field trip with camera and measuring gear is required. The detail of these fabulous buildings also demand that etched brass/laser cut card is used for barge boards. Cultra is probably the obvious choice - and it deserves restoration, even if only in card form! http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbladon/5765578630/lightbox/ Is that what you were thinking or did you have another station in mind? Richie.

Good lord Dave, is there anything you are missing? They would appear to be a relatively straightforward respray and a transfer... or is the original one only? Richie.

Is it these ones from Provincial Wagons? http://www.provincialwagons.com/8.html

Cheers Dave. I always wondered why my Mogul arrived without a number, that may explain it. Thanks for the update. It was part of a the tackiest shamrogue "train set" with grey plastic roco type track. I take it that was a standard offering also?

01 - Paintin and decorating shops have sandpaper sponges in a variety of grades, cut into 1inch squares are great for sanding curved roof profiles and tricky curves. 02 - hypodermic needles - great for applying glues,, plastic magic and poly cement. 03 - cocktail sticks - multiple uses, great for adjusting small items. 04 - solid aluminium calipers - lock to a size, great for scribing opes. 05 - rusty rulers from car boot sales. If they're still on the go they're good. 06 - bottle opener - bloody useless for modelling, excellent for opening a well earned beer.

Very soon!