John-r

Hi barl, Smashing looking layout,nice variety of rolling stock,but I really like the photo of your mk2a and rebuilt Dutch van. Can you tell me is it a kit or ready made is it a dc kits one ? Really looks the part, Nice to see a photo of what I was asking about. Many thanks in advance John

Hi 201bhoy, Very enjoyable thread,your making great progress. Can I ask a question,? What make and were did you get your mk3 coaches and genny van from They really look the part, thanks in advance Cheers. John

Rich, That's an excellent and informative reply thanks very much. I just took A liking to the mk2a and like you Hope the mk 2b/c make an appearance just for something different Cheers. John

First class response bsgsv, sorry couldn't resist that. Okay one last thing, the window surrounds were they Black/ silver or am I starting to rivet count lol, Cheers. John

Thanks very much for the replys stevieb and bsgsv more info than I knew , How many coaches were in each rake, Cheers. John

Hi barl, Thanks for that, I was at some stage looking to make a proper rake,I know they also used a rebuilt Dutch van in the formation But nothing was coming up about the restaurant coach? Good idea about modelling on Thanks again. John

Hi all, Can anyone tell me if the mk2a coaches ran with a restaurant coach if so any pics Also the mm coaches have silver surrounds but on some pics I saw they had black Surrounds? Any comments would be welcome and a big thank you to wrenneire For the coaches Thanks in advance. John

Hi geordiekerryman Welcome to the forum. Pm sent Cheers. John

Thanks for that,tony ,wrenneire has me sorted. Regards john

Lads, They look very smart! I have never built a wagon kit before, would they be easy for newbies? And Best of luck with both wagons:tumbsup:

Lads, Thanks to all for the prompt and informative replys,every reply helped.have lots more questions as still relatively new to the irish Scene, John

Hi all Could anyone tell me anything about the Bachman/ murphy models mk2a released about 06, As in do they look the right shape? Colour etc, and are they easy enough to come bye Question2 supertrain livery mk3s did they have silver or black window surrounds or both,and finally, Witch is the best looking mk3 Lima or new Hornby I know they sound stupid questions but I just have to ask. Thanks everyone in advance . Really enjoy this forum. Regards. John

Thanks for sharing pics Gordon really enjoyed York road ones, always like to drive past the depot when home for a few days.

Hi wrenneire , always looked forward to what the next photos and comments were going to be , as I missed a lot of the first murphy models first time around .thoughtly enjoyed this thread, invaluable to collectors and hobbyists. Thank you.

Sorry to take Arran's thread a little of topic , what tank liveries do run on irish rails and who makes them , still fairly new to irish scene and a lot of catching up to do ? Many thanks all. John

Fantastic work ,Anthony could look all day at your work

I wish I could win the lotto , then I could buy everything on my wish list

Now that's my kind of wish/want list broithe,any chance we will see any of them!

Hi irishrail201, that's what usually happens! Didn't realise any member was close buy ,

Hi guys, don't know much about this myself an I live in Tralee I think 2local business men are involved as been said already trying to buy layout from Chester mrc, hoping for permanent display in Tralee ,I will try an dig up more info on this lookup radio kerry & the kerryman papers website, but give me a bit of time ? Computer an me not on friendly terms.

Hi guys, don't know much about this myself an I live in Tralee I think 2local business men are involved as been said already trying to buy

That really looks the part that livery is looking better every day enjoy dave

Thanks guys looking forward to this:tumbsup:

Hi all new to the forum just like to say hello to everybody first time joining anything like this not great on computers I have no layout as yet but the layouts here are inspiring have a decent collection of British outline ,all changed now after murphy models have moved completely to Irish releases looking forward to talking to you all regards john