richrua

this is superb thank you so much :-)

Hello

Anyone know a good source of old Irish maps online ? Particularly interested in the layout of Roscommon train station in the past.

hi there. Just admiring your huge amount of scratchbuilding ! What wire do you use for the handrails and where could i get the jig you use ? ( sorry new to all this I havent a clue! )

this is incredible . I would love an enterprise.

thanks lads. Apart from the Irish locos the stock is all years old. As are the buildings - cant reallly justify replacing them at the mo . Oh ... and that big tornado loco and pullmans were going cheap in argos and i just couldnt resist. . .

I am gradually replacing the steel track. The new track is such an improvement - seems to conduct so well.

I am nearly settled on the track layout now. . . trial and error.

This is a fantastic thread and even better modelling. Sometime I hope to add a bord na mona line to my layout - as a result of seeing yours. It is a uniquely irish train to model. Well done.

A multicultural variety of rolling stock, but sometimes you just have to watch the trains go by... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znwLx64k_2M&feature=youtube_gdata_playerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znwLx64k_2M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

ha very good !!!!

I built my gradient. Tested and working fine with the weakest of my engines. I know my railway looks a bit train set like - all the old hornby buildings - but I dont want to get rid of them being 30 odd years old... Perhaps I am more of a railway modeller who lives in Ireland than an Irish railway modeller ! But I am getting great enjoyment once again. Thanks for all the help.

Hello folks:

Considering adding a little Irish narrow gauge line to my oo gauge layout.

Is this right:

I need to use N gauge track for Irish 3' narrow gauge to use on a oo gauge layout?

Thanks.

That is an interesting thing.

I think I will drop the track that passes under by a cm as well. That way the incline itself on the other track wont need to be so steep. Bit more work involved though - cutting the base board and all that.

Work and stuff held me back for a couple of weeks. Managed a wee bit more this eve.

what about rubbing a balloon on your hair. That has to work!

Been experimenting with an incline. It is amazing how much more steep it is than you think at the planning stage. I will have to have a rethink because it just dosent look right.

One thing I couldn't find was a photo of the inside of the cab.

That is a nice model. I Have been following the Scots Mac work. Some nice ideas. When I get a chance...

I will also have to pic up some of those dapol wagons.

Like that idea! I miss the Orange and Black. I really do! It must be because every real train I saw as a lad was one!

Great ideas here! I will try one when I get the chance. Tidy work.

Is the one in the crash the same as the one in the first pic? Or has there been re-numbering? Must be tough enough if it is!!

Mine won't get near 40mph. .. I think!

Don't really have the doe for a fancy motor at the minute. trying to put a few quid aside for a Murphy of one kind or another. I do have a motor bogie that I might try to wire to the 'extra axle'. Failing that I'll have to get one of those nice fancy ones!!!

Work will get in the way for a few days, so progress will be slow until Sunday. Thanks lads . This forum is great for resources and ideas and general friendliness!

yes the chassis wheel arrangement is oddly unbalanced looking. I haven't checked the measurements yet but I am hoping a powered 2 axel set with the odd axel just unpowered. I'll see...

Trying to work out a chassis for that DART I was making is taking a long time so while i think about that I made a start on an e class 421 shunter . I don't know a lot about them but I think it was built in Inchicore (interesting) and is a tidy looking diesel.

that's great thanks

that is brilliant thanks