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Oh wow, seriously looking forward to this. Very impressive progress, and while I wouldn't be mad about the wobbly platform, I can see a snaking rake of dirty mk2's pulling out of it! R

Greyboard is 0.8mm thick recycled pulp board which is cheap and has little or not structural benefit. Mounting board is 1.5mm thick professional framing board and is the best backing for a building to stop it warping over time. Having built lots of buildings, if you want them to stand up in two years time (humidity in attics etc. love card) the outer sheet is in whatever you want, the inner lining in 1.5mm mounting board and a backing of foamboard behind that. The triple lamination stops it bending, and the mounting board acts as a sponge for any moisture (it's designed for watercolour art) If none of the above are readily available, the type of card used in pizza delivery boxes, not goodfellas, works great as reinforcing card. For those in Dublin, Evans Art is the best value card and perspex supplier, I've been a customer since college days in Bolton Street. http://store.evansartsupplies.ie/store/ Richie.

183 IR weathered and 184 ie boxes here.

On its way I'm told. Have you anything in it this issue?

Cheers George. I know that the great Mr. M. has opted for bearings on his as they will be running pretty heavy at the MRSI, but I think it's unneccesary. They run really smooth without the bearings and I'd imagine it would be thousands of hours running before the axles burn out. They are superb kits, but after a dozen or so, you'll need a lie down in a dark corner R

I'd be worried about this man's progress. Not only has he completed a tidy viaduct and surrounding landscape, but he also has a Bosch drill on hand. Caution folks, this man means bidness....

One is a generator - it has a generator shaped bit at one end. And a sort of umbrella to cover it. None are motorised in 00. It controls the spread of ballast, that's about it. I feel there is more to this question ^ R

Madness... I love it... :-)

Uhm, since MIR disappeared a lot of the freight has been fulfilled. D&M provide cement bubbles, curtain side cement and double beet wagon kits. IFM provide a plethora of four wheeled stock too numerous to mention. Provincial Wagons are doing the bullied open, and are working on the double Beet. John Mayne is looking at 20/22 ft flat wagons C-rail provide all the containers Studio Scale Models provide brake vans and ballast ploughs, not to mention ammonias and 42' flats. And, I know for certain that both the ballast wagon and H van are in the works, somewhere....

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/album.php?albumid=88&attachmentid=14902 http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/album.php?albumid=88&attachmentid=14904 These what you're looking for?

Stand further back! :-) need to see the whole thing in context.

Q1: Should I spray a coat of primer onto the LMS coach bodies first?

Quote of the week Dave, might have to steal that one!

It looks like theres a fair bit of shunting required to get from the outside lines into the goods area. Perhaps consider integrating the loops into those areas so you can maneuver from the outside track into the goods area and then do all your shunting in there, freeing up the main lines for continous running? A photo showing both areas zoomed out would be really helpful, even if you only have track plonked down roughly. R

Top marks rich. Garfield could take note of your cutting mat condition :-P (Cotton buds chopped up for chimley pots needed mind! Richie

I'll take a pill if you go to specsavers. See the wasp stripes showing through on the green one? The over spray on the eau de nil stripe? Oh a lovely job it is, my eye.

Silverfox have some of the best resin casting using some of the worst masters. So if they bothered to do the research (which they don't, seemingly ) they would have a winner. Slide libraries and the IRRS would have helped get the basic livery patterns right. Not only is it lazy Dave182, but it shows a level of contempt and arrogance toward those who model the irish scene which i find staggering. The ordinary joe who paints and decals his own is more than fine, but an established manufacturer at this kind of stroke? There would be no point in a detailing kit either. The vent placement on the sides are vastly different from the 08. It would be but lipstick on a monkey. A sad day for our little scene. R.

They should be 3 scale inches or 1mm in 00 ;-)

The eau De nil band on the green one needs to be thinner and extend over the cab front and side. Number is also wrong. Flying snail looks on the large side. My level of disgust for this kind of shlop cannot be fixed however...

What annoys me rightly is not so much the apostrophe, but the complete inability of CIE to spell their own company name properly.....

The blue one. Seems familiar. Like a building on the main street of Carrick on Shannon... Darn tidy though, damp tidy red.

Pop over to Leslie, he has some wonderful goodies you may be interested in

The ol' inspection car is tidy indeed Eamonn (Been looking at sulzers all week ) Love the head lamps on her all right. R.

3 times I've tried replying on a smartphone Fail. Will wait till I have big rig tomorrow. But you're right Leslie!