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If they don't sell here, Dive, I will! I had been mulling over this in terms of what layout can be fitted into a suitable application submitted to the Dept of Domestic Matters. I've had Baseboard Dave measure up, and it would seem that CIE will lose, and OBB gain. It'll be 1970s Austria, instead of a Castlegregory-like terminus! Thus, the black and tans are due to be ejected from jhb171-land. I wasn't about in 1921, so that's the best I can do.... ;-)

We'd all be poisoned.

The GSR didn't use them, Jawfin; it was only in the fifties that they came into fashion. CIE had them at various locations, including Tramore, while the UTA had 2 or 3 (based on 5'3" gauge BNCR six wheelers!) at Ballycastle. Most CIE ones were ex-GSWR non corridor thirds, though I think there was one of WLWR origin somewhere. Obviously, many older carriages - usually former 6 wheelers and usually of GSWR origin - were sold privately as holiday homes. The GNR also sold old carriages like this, as the few remaining at Giles' Quay near Dundalk bear witness to. If modelling them in any shape or form, CIE painted them Donegal-esque red and cream. They carried roof boards with "CAMPING COACH" on them. The period in which you might place them in sidings in a model station would be about 1958-68.

Maybe if I put a GSR crest on it? ;-)

B165 now sold. B141 still available.

Folks I bought the above pair with a view to having some sort of 1960s terminus, but realistically it isn't going to happen, so I'm offering both for sale. One has never even left its box, and the other was taken out twice to look at! Neither have ever run and are in all respects in ex-Inchicore, sorry, ex-Murphy Models condition. I think I paid about £100 sterling each, which is (give or take) €125. So I'll take that price in either currency. I can meet in Dublin, Lisburn or Belfast, or on the May Tour. If posting, that would be extra at whatever the cost is. Ping me if interested. I'll be away until Tuesday so I may be in a position to answer between now and then, but don't be too surprised if a reply takes a few days.

Excellent stuff. I like the farmer's trailer and cattle - a very familiar scene at most rural stations, and on account of being gone for over forty years now, rarely modelled. The "mechanical horse" also adds a nice touch. Lovely layout.

I thought that said "outrage" when I saw it! I suppose the "HP storage array" DID commit an "outrage"!

That really looks impressive - very realistic and captures atmosphere superbly.

WOW!!!! The Belmond loco too!

Black it is, I think. We would all remember if they had blue chassis like Taras did at first!

It's possible, Warbonnet. I never saw them BRAND new, and if blue (or black) would have got a good coat of both brake dust and cement dust very quickly.

Interesting photo, Noel. It appears to show a blue chassis - memory suggests the 4-wheelers had a black chassis. Once I get photo evidence I'll comment further.

Yes, that was my point, Glenderg, to show that it was simply my assumption rather than a claim of fact - I have mentioned to Pat that I'm delving to find photos which might be more definitive than my assumptions! :-)

That's a "swimming snail", the logo of the Larne & Stranraer Railway.

Part of the problem is that the four wheelers were caked in cement in later years; we might as well assume that their "livery" was simply a coating of it! Indeed, a rake of them on a layout would simply not look realistic if clean, in reality.

The lining isn't right and it's missing numerals..... Question: is the insect actually a flying snail?

I'm pretty sure that wasn't the only one with that logo. I'll delve and see what I can come up with.

Methinks the insect is overscale!

I'll check but I think the lettering was yellow edged with black and gold, or something like that. Pretty sure it wasn't white. No. 3 was the only maroon "Sharpie"; the rest were green. Carriages were maroon, the railcar was brown with a white roof, and the spare power bogie (known as the "Unit" with a wagon body) was all grey with a white roof. Wagons were grey with cream lettering. No black British Rail style chassis! ;-) David - as always, absolutely amazing work on the loco above! Keep 'er lit.....!

Interesting, bsgsv! :-)

Those look fantastic. Full marks to Brian Collins Enterprises.

Fair enough, Dhu Varren, thanks - I wasn't aware that Railtec did them. Excellent job of your own with the lining. That lining was deliberately designed to "look" UTA like, without actually being UTA, as the carriages were never UTA carriages. For the record, and for those who (like me) can't function nowadays without glasses, UTA was straw coloured, lined each side in red, while RPSI is yellow with a separate red line on one side.

Wow! That is absolutely stunning..... outstanding in every way!!!! As a matter of interest how did you do the lining and lettering?

Yes... I think those posts answer it all. My own recollections suggest the second one reappeared after they were re-engined. When running with just one, you could see some sort of fitting indicating the position where the other should be. Gsr800 - just one got the darker green - a late aberration to normal livery practice of the day, as it had the simplified lining applied to things of lighter green. I think it was A46 but I'd need to check. It didn't keep it long, as black'n'tan beckoned!