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  1. jhb171achill
    Thank you very much, Noel. I'll pass that on to Barry too.
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    Ironic......nowadays, definitely footbridge only. In the days when those things were made, across the track was fine if (a) you were late, or if (b) you wanted a gricing photo!
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    Very true.
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    Might be worth advising the restoration committee there (maybe they know) that occasionally such things crop up at auctions. I know someone who has one (though he's not for selling it!)
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    Ah! I see that now, Minister. Pity there are no GSWR six wheelers to go there too! Yes, the FB is a standard MGWR type. They had another curved design as well.
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    Perfect! Roll on the Murphy one, though I wouldn't want anything on a layout that was "safety elved" in appearance!
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    I know this is a small thing, but just in case anyone's interested, the station sign background would be black, not green, and the lettering much thicker. Other than that, CIE green with cream was the order of the day for stations, going back to the GSR era.
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    Mallow would be GSWR design - there were differences.
  9. jhb171achill
    Was it partially vandalised? Hope interior fittings all still ok....
  10. jhb171achill
    There can't have been too many like that, Minister. I'm afraid I don't know what the "R" meant, but I would think you are right. Sounds like a one-off.
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    Many thanks, Eoin. "Rails Through Connemara" is now finished and with the publisher (after many moons of putting it off!). He has a big queue of stuff ahead of it, though, and it will probably be on the shelves towards the end of the year or a late as Easer next. As the name suggests, it deals with the Clifden branch and Shantalla Quarry Siding in Galway.
  12. jhb171achill
    That little layout is superb. Others have discussed on this forum recently what "how-to" hints, videos or demonstrations they'd like to see. Perhaps one on how you get ground surface scenery so convincingly realistic? Anyone agree?
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    Dull would be right - these plates were made of cast iron, steel or white metal, never brass (except on the 800 class). Not only that, but the rims were painted cream, which would not have shone, or in some cases just rubbed down to bare metal (rim and numerals) with standard grey background. Thus, the duller it looks, the more accurate. Given the brassy finish of these plates, in fact some dumbing down of the shininess is appropriate.
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    Oil lamps, yes, would be dull and flicker sometimes! That actually raises a point for modellers in general; if modelling the steam or early diesel eras, the super-white-bright halogen torchlights on modern trains of all types are not at all accurate for the past. As Eoin has correctly identified, modern ones are way too bright. Red tail lamps are also much brighter now than they used to be.
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    Now that would be just superb! That's the best way, Eoin - good approach to it.
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    Wowwwwww!!!!!!!!!!
  17. jhb171achill
    A 1970s Loughrea layout would be amazing! Two or three "G" class locos hauling most of the traffic would present an opportunity for a very unique type of operation. An occasional visiting A or re-engine C would add interest, as would an example of the (rare) visits of 141s. A model of the unique brake standard would be interesting, along with other oddball laminates and things. Leslie's "H" vans would have good outing there, but a good stock of standard CIE cattle wagons would be an absolute must.
  18. jhb171achill
    I have to say that while I think the modular idea is excellent, I don't like the idea of a foot-long bit of one type of scenery changing to the next. With good planning, scenic continuity would be easy.
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    Excellent stuff. These have come a long, long way since inception. Truly superb work.
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    Excellent project.
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    Now THAT would be nice!!!!!
  22. jhb171achill
    Well said. I couldn't agree more. I papered - yes, paper, BR Mk 1s, with felt-tip-coloured paper "wrappings" in orange and black - and stuck them behind a BR class 31 - to approximate CIE, in 1970 or so, as a young teenager. It served what was then the best purpose possible.
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    Both available as kits - though €€€€€€
  24. jhb171achill
    Dunnit....
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    I have an old DSER appendix somewhere and some MGWR stuff. Will look.
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