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Too right. and if you got a Raleigh Chopper be happy in the knowledge that you'd buy a moped cheaper today (€650)

Wow, that photo brings back some memories. My Gran had the exact same heater in the back section of her pharmacy. There was a lovely smell off burning paraffin...haven't thought of that in years. And yes, £80 in the mid 80's is an easy €240 today.

Too true. Even in the 70's, how many of us had a Scalextric, or anything beyond the smaller Hornby/Lima layouts. They were not cheap. And cold...there was a reason everyone watched the telly together, and it wasn't familial bonding alone...

Oh yesssss.. what a way to finish a Tuesday. Lovely lovely work!!

A GW Models Rivetting tool makes it very straightforward. (Finally) got to use mine recently and was very impressed with it. A good eye still helps though

I had a clockwork Hornby tinplate set in the early 70's but it was the classic Hornby Irish freight with the 0-4-0 bought in Dunnes Stores in 1981 for the princely sum of £20 that started it all off properly for me. Many the happy hour spent pouring over the catalogues (the only way to see the product range pre internet kiddies). Roll onto 2006 and MIR's kits got me right back deep into the hobby. The biggest issue I see is that computer games are a behemoth that traditional boys' toys just cannot compete with, and more's the pity. Continual high end stimulation as versus the almost zen like pleasure and commitment required to make kits and use your imagination rather than relying on 1080pixel HD rendering.

Mmmmmmmmm. Tasty num num. What the hell are they speaking though, Hindi, Parsi, English? Some sort of pidgeon melange of all three?

Well done Kieran, lovely work. Super before and after pics. So that's where those parts were going into!

Nice! How could you resist really?

Ah JB...be gentle with a key part of my 80's memories! It's not just hype. Not knowing anything about the movies, my young fellas loved them 30 years wheen tyhey saw them for the first time and slobbered all over the De Lorean up at Cultra. When you see the boxy rubbish that came out in the early 80's, I think it has aged very well by comparison. Don't know would I pay €80k for one though. The ad is a little precious though.

I can check the SSM Instructions as well.

Oh, I want one of these. How can I order one of these honeys?

Given the lack of passengers between Ennis and Athenry, perhaps all Kwai(et) on the western front?

Ohhh ding dong! (To quote the late Leslie Phillips). First the good Dr. Alan's tome and now this. A vertiable cornucopia of pleasures await us. The lovely thing about the North Kerry line is that all the best bits can be cycled, with more coming on line in future (now that the land grabbers have been suitably chastened). Roll on May, and well done JHB. Rails through the west was a thorough delight.

Have to agree. Though I loved the old Orange livery, there's something quite industrial and almost brutalistic about the plain grey. It suits freight working.

Careful now...things happen in the dark, as you well know

Oh heavens...."Nurse, the screens!!". An RTR Bubble, more gloriously and uniquely Irish you just will not get. Num, num.

SSM have lining for both types of locos with a selection of numbers. Depending on the completed model, I'll also look at providing detail packs for the cab and extra rivetting detail. Don't forget that I can also provide a fully brass D1 Tender kit if you do want to go down that road.

Oh now that is interesting....

Well that's me settled so, I'm getting one.

Looking at RM it certainly seems like Whitemetal is how they do it. I'd still like one, and could always to a little etch/pack to enable extra detailing if required

So....is this plastic or metal? It mentions "following the usual (company) practice of hand assembled metal construction". If this is a brass built model, then the price is very competitive. I will seriously consider getting one. €340 is very good value.

The degree of detail on the bogie axles alone is terrifying. A quite astounding production.

Let's be honest. Wouldn't you be just a tad freaked out if she DID know chapter and verse about Balfour?

Transfers for those would be nice.....