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  1. jhb171achill
    Ernie - is that light 4mm stuff Slaters too? I wonder what reference number it is? That's exactly what I'm looking for.
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    Many thanks, Broithe. If it was flat underneath, it might aid construction. That said, I wouldn't want it to be obvious how thick it was. Was browsing Valentia line stations this evening. Some were corrugated iron and some wooden plank. I think I'll go for corrugated as first choice, but if I don't like the look of my efforts, or indeed the construction materials themselves, the wooden plank version will appear instead.
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    Anyone seen this stuff - is it coarse and toylike or realistic enough? Checked Marks Models website, and they don't seem to stock it. Need to order from Brexitland, presumably........
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    I had that idea myself. I looked to see what was available commercially, and there's a very nice Skaledale one (Butterley extension) which looks like what I want. It's a wooden building, which I'd be prepared to have, as my location is fictitious. I have done a rough design, so it'll be much like Mountain Stage or Valentia or the like. Must try to finish it tonight!
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    Would you have photos of these buildings, Andy? I'm hoping to get the station drawings done tonight or over the next day or two.
  6. jhb171achill
    Very many thanks, gents. It's for a small shed, the superstructure of which is already made out of heavy cardboard. I'd be looking for something that can be cut into the right dimensions and glued onto the sides of it. The roof will be easy enough - card or plastic sheet painted and with tissue over it to look like a felt roof. I'm thinking of doing the station building the same way, a bit like West Cork or Valentia.
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    Anyone know where I'd get decent quality, realistic 00 scale model corrugated sheeting? I'm sure I saw something online once but can't find it. I'm trying to make buildings similar to what you'd find on the Valentia line, or many locations in West Cork. Any kits I find look far too toy-like, and for good measure cost a kings ransom to post from England. I'll make my own, but I need something that looks like scale sized sheeting!
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    I was on an RPSI steam train in 1970 which stopped on the runway for a photo opportunity. A military plane was nearby on the same runway, parked. It was in use then, and when necessary, trains were called upon to stop. I understand that particular runway is no longer used.
  9. jhb171achill
    There's a "Supertrain" livery 141 class on eBay for Stg£93....
  10. jhb171achill
    Yes, it would. The strong probability is that is indeed a narrow gauge one.
  11. jhb171achill
    I have B188 in original 1960s black'n'tan. Would anyone be interested in swopping it for a 141 in the same original livery?
  12. jhb171achill
    Looking at those proportions it may well be narrow gauge. On a sleeper for 3ft gauge track, the actual sleeper length would be about 4 ft 6 or possibly 5ft. If it's any longer than 5ft, it'll be a 5ft 3 sleeper, which could be from anywhere, I suppose.
  13. jhb171achill
    It should be indeed, Peter, and on a layout it does make all the difference. Look at a typical lineside photo and you'll see. Typically, there's at least the width of a carriage between immediate trackside and perimeter wall / hedge / fence. Great project - looking forward to seeing it develop.
  14. jhb171achill
    Hoping to meet a few of our people tomorrow!
  15. jhb171achill
    Livery note; in the last five years or so, many wagons go into traffic with black bogie frames as seen above, and multi-coloured bits within. Prior to that, always brown. Four wheelers always brown, or grey when bodies were. Exceptions: ammonia wagons - dark green bogies. Curtain cement 4-wheelers - blue wheels / axleguards etc same as sides.
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    I drank the rest.
  17. jhb171achill
    The green on the far right would be ok for the post-55 green, but with a dash of yellow. Right shade, but a little too "bluish".
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    The rescue loco wasn't DCC fitted, and its weathering didn't look realistic.
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    Surely they could have got buses for the passengers?
  20. jhb171achill
    Only one or two had the full height band after re-engining. I think it was the first two, or two out of the first three. All the others for the lower tan band until being "supertrained" during the 1970s. You could still get the odd black'n'tan one almost up to 1980. The last I saw in that livery was a 141 leaving Westport which I think was 1978 or 79. A bit like now - there's still an occasional black and silver 071 - yet the grey has been in for several years now.
  21. jhb171achill
    That is indeed "black'n'tan". It's got a white line below the black roof. What may be confusing is the full-height orange/tan band round the lower sides. It was more usual for the smaller, lower, dipped orange/tan along the side. Other versions during the 1960s had locos in all-black, no orange at all, with white line, or same with a yellow patch on the front. "Supertrain" was all over orange, roof included, with broad black band round middle. That was introduced in 1972 and with nothing more than a new logo and new white lines, changed into the "tippex" livery in 1987.
  22. jhb171achill
    Very useful! The standard "green" above is close enough to post-1955 diesel loco and coach green.
  23. jhb171achill
    Aaarrrrgggh I was in it many a time and never took one pic inside! In my time anyway, it was very run down indeed internally - from the mid 1960s they never looked after it properly. Being the subject of a bomb didn't help either. I may know of a source - will make enquiries and if anything comes from it I'll advise.
  24. jhb171achill
    Looks too thin for a sleeper...... could they be C & L fence posts or sections of a signal post? jhb171 senior had perimeter fencing made of 5' 3" gauge sleepers cut in half longitudinally - could be that too....?
  25. jhb171achill
    Nice loco, and certainly with conversion possibilities.
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