Patrick Davey

Yummidy-yum yum yum Very excited to return home to these magnificent models!! They look amazing and have a very decent weight, and I will definitely make use of the cardboard boxes included in the packaging!! Hope to get a run with them tomorrow (the vans, not the boxes, before some wannabe comedian chips in). Great job IRM!! A host of Hs - my two Provincial Wagons H vans from @leslie10646 have been added to the IRM rake! The PW vans carry my first attempts at weathering, not sure how successful that was, so it makes the others look like they are just out of the factory…..

That's looking mighty fine Leslie, great work sir - looking forward to watching further progress.

My two packs of H vans have arrived - unfortunately I won't get to enjoy them until the weekend due to a work trip. Just been browsing the IRM wagon section on the Accurascale website - looks like every single wagon across all the products has sold out? Including all the Bulleid opens? Also - I understand about streamlining etc but does anyone else miss the dedicated IRM website...... Great work IRM, yet again!

Magnificent Kevin - both superb!

Leslie that’s very nice sir! Unusual prototype but really looks the part! Keep going!

KNOCKLOUGHRIM ON TOUR I brought my diorama of Knockloughrim on a bit of a tour today, visiting two of my mentors, Kieran Lagan and Colm Flanagan - it was a great pleasure to be able to photograph some of Kieran and Colm’s excellent UTA scratchbuilt locos and stock on the diorama, and I couldn’t resist trying out a few vintage filters too FEATURED: Ex-GNR ‘big D’ 0-6-0 loco No. 34 by Kieran Lagan UTA permanent way wagon by Kieran Lagan UTA WT class 2-6-4t loco No. 53 by Kieran Lagan UTA 2-car MPD by Colm Flanagan UTA W class 2-6-0 mogul No. 91 by Colm Flanagan UTA railcar by Colm Flanagan

The church is incredible Kevin, as are the other buildings, all very impressive!!!

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Impressive - enjoying this one!

Thanks - got sorted

Nice - were these your longest prototype? Longer than the Deltic?

Another work of art Kevin and I am humbled by the mention! That definitely looks like it will be very sturdy, with the substantial internal bracing, it will probably last longer than the original! Fantastic work once again.

Coincidentally, I was at that very station - Upperlands - last week, hoping to be back next week for a proper look, but I do believe the original door is in place on the goods shed, and there are other surviving original features as well. Plus, don’t forget the work that Mr. Weaver and the team at Brookhall Mill did during WW2, supplying the Americans

I know it’s normal enough for threads to ‘branch’ off in other directions but jeepers folks this is on a new level altogether

The van was a scratchbuild by another mega-talented guy, Gareth Brennan, who is to plasticard what Alan is to brass!

Knockloughrim had a very special visitor today, BCDR 2-4-0 No. 6, recently built by Alan Nixon @Tullygrainey This really is an exquisite locomotive which definitely needs to be seen to be fully appreciated!! And it runs like a dream too, even on DC! A pleasant surprise was that the sound chip worked!! No. 6 confidently steaming through Knockloughrim earlier this afternoon: 6- - 1.m4v

Big shout out to Alan Nixon @Tullygrainey for giving U2 4-4-0 No. 80 'Dunseverick Castle' a bit of TLC for me, with a good clean and lubrication. She's running like a dream! KLM - 1.m4v KLM - 2.m4v

Superb Kevin!

Impressive research as always @Mol_PMB - looking forward to seeing lots of excellent models developing from your considerable efforts.

Wait until you see Mr. Weaver next time......

Yes, iPhone, but sometimes happens with uploads direct from the laptop (MacBook Pro).

Morning folks - I have an intermittent issue when uploading a video here on the forum. Either it works fine and the clip is embedded properly, and plays fine within the post...... or... it displays as a grey box with the name 'FullSizeRender.MOV', it doesn't play within the post and instead the clip downloads when clicked on, and you then have to play it as a separate file on your device/computer. Then sometimes the 'Full Size Render' thing later reverts to a normal embedded clip..... It sometimes happens when I view other members' posts too. It might be an issue at my end - grateful for any advice! Lots of great content at the moment, thanks everyone, and continued thanks to the moderators too.

Very interesting! Good luck with what is an excellent project.

Love how neat the line is between the yellow and blue!

Love your work Kevin, excellent range of prototype subjects and all modelled to perfection. Great stuff - looking forward to more updates.