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jhb171achill
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“…..greyhounds, yes. I won eleven shillings on that race…. Jack is breeding them now….. gimme a hand with these sacks….” Summer 1968, and B188 shunts before leaving on the afternoon local with one of the last carriages still to be seen in green.
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Back to the excellent work of Mr Dempsey:
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Another masterpiece of weathering by “Dempsey”, A23R arrives with the morning local one day in May 1972. . A23R again, later in the day with the mixed train.
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Three month 5-star cruise round the Caribbean in a private yacht with helipad and free bubbly?
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Wonder what the “technical issue” was…. Anyone know? Methinks I’ll still go anyway to support the cause! Anything 071 is rare enough….
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…….and it would take him days to cycle all the way to Wisht Caaark, boy.
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Love the pristine brown wagons; must be 1970 when they were painted that colour the first time!
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Neither my country nor era - but this is a fascinating thread. Absolutely TOP class work, Darius.
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It’s actually an outstandingly great job! Among my earliest railway memories are of seeing a row of rusty wheel sets on a weed-covered track where they had been breaking up locos….
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Love the withdrawn steam loco….. very much a thing to be seen at certain locations in the early 1960s. Very realistically “weathered”….
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Superb as always!
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Thank you, folks!
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“….well, what I’d like to know is how he can afford to buy a CAR, sure that’s nearly three hundred pounds, an’ he’s on the same money as Charlie and me….”
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It’s not often that a “Woolwich” manages to get to Dugort Harbour, but the Crossley “A” has failed and awaits towing back to Cork for attention. The 2.6.0 has been taken off the Tralee goods to haul the afternoon passenger train.
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More weathering…..
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More excellent weathering by Dempsey of this forum…. More will be unveiled in the coming days. . ”…it says three crates on the docket. Where’s the other one? And there was supposed to be a load of timber for the boatyard too….”
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Stunning!
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A couple of videos of a very realistically grubby 121 out’n’about on a friend’s layout today…. IMG_3021.MOV IMG_3020.MOV IMG_3019.MOV
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"Snails" were painted pale green 1945 - early 50s, then painted white until late 50s, and stencilled (in white) towards the end of the 50s and up to 1963. Some "snails" were still to be seen on vans until the mid 70s. -
Ah, yes! Apologies, forgot. I'll look for them over the weekend.
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The wagon tarpaulin thing comes at a good time for me. I made one out of a piece of glasses cleaning cloth glued to a bit of stiff paper and bent into shape recently, but I'm not 100% happy with it - it looks a bit too coarse. It'll do for the time being, but I will have another wagon to do, so the "kleenex" sounds well worth a try. What sort of bath sealant is recommended?
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Yes, it is in store at Cultra, I believe.
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I remember seeing that one! He told Senior that once he died, he didn't want his engines to be "pulled by children along the pavement with a string".........!
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That's what they get for putting a finescale model on old Super 4 track! The cork underlay under the track has warped too - wrong glue, obviously, or water damage to the baseboard.
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I should have added that the all-grey livery with central maroon band, as used on the sets which went south for a while, was again the same shade. I remember comparing a newly-painted one with a pretty clean 80 class power car in maroon & blue at York Road - definitely same paint.
