Patrick Davey

Lovely layout Dave - good to see you too.

The iPhone cameras weren't great back in 1943 I'd say......

Some Kilmore filter experiments - which is best?

Corrected!!! That was a good catch Alan!

Apparently, the fish vans were made to scale……

A short video of Kilmore in action:

An excellent show in Bangor last weekend, well done to the North Down Model Railway Society for making it all happen. Here are a few of my photos from the show - see separate post with more extensive coverage of Alan Nixon's 'Kilmore'. First up, Neil Jackson's exceptional 'Evenwood' - just look at that signal box!! @Dunluce Castle Nelson is looking justifiably proud of his dad's exceptional work!!! And rightly so. Everything about this layout impresses, the trackwork, including the disused sections, the buildings (wow) and the scenery, not to mention the other structures and the actual trains! The MRSI's charming 'Ballyglunin' or 'Castletown' from 'The Quiet Man' film: Two legends of the Irish railway modelling scene, Enda Byrne & Leslie McAllister, who are now combining their considerable talents to bring us even better stuff!! Great craic with these two chaps yesterday! Ian & John Sinclair's 'Dunster' - packing a lot of detail into a small space and presenting some of the neatest ballasting I have ever seen! And finally a few more views of Alan Nixon's 'Kilmore':

Feast your eyes on this selection of photos from the North Down Model Railway Society's Bangor show last weekend, showing the absolute masterpiece that is Alan's BCDR-inspired layout 'Kilmore'. And being the modest chap that he is, Alan probably won't mention that he got an award!!! Thoroughly deserved - well done sir!! Everything you see here, apart from the actual track, was built by Alan! Three of Co. Down's master modellers - Alan Nixon, Gordon Hunt & Kieran Lagan Love the perfectly-positioned poster here, not sure it was observed at a model railway exhibition

Enjoyed a visit to the North Down MRS show this afternoon, photos to follow, meanwhile these were my acquisitions: Two of the new GNR(I) 9-ton vans from the new collaboration of two legends @leslie10646 and @Past-Avenue Enda!!! Another of Enda's gorgeous Palvans, to go with an existing one And........ This little beauty is a CIE gas wagon, scratchbuilt by Gareth Brennan. Superb! I am the very lucky owner of a few of Gareth's exceptional scratchbuilds now. Great show - always a pleasure to meet friends old and new!!

Gulp What is the era/inspiration for this project Darius?

That is a lotttttt of track!

Those white roofs will need weathering! The locos look amazing!

Looking forward to seeing you Enda! Safe trip to the north!

Looking forward to the show!

Lovely work - nice subtle weathering too.

Is the DCDR going to be excluded because it crosses the Quoile?

Fantastic!!!

I enjoyed the updates from IRM about A class sales before and after they landed, would be good if this was revived. When the 800s were launched I remember Fran (I think?) saying that there had been enough interest to indicate some of them could sell out on pre-order so I wonder how they're going too.....

Glad to hear they are proving popular, am really looking forward to my black & tan ones. And I see one of the Hunslets has sold out as well!

Thanks!! Yes I think so - he worked on it for a while, trying various things.

Looks great - quite a collection!

Pleased to report that 125 is now fully functional again after the chip went for testing by Kieran Lagan - thanks Kieran!

Classic!

And also one of the exceptionally few Irish railway books that you didn’t write JB!

Yes indeed to my shame I forgot to bring my Swilly books!!! That one will be studied closely when I get home.