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I'll shtand on me head to watch it.

Definitely. It's all Trump's and Putin's fault! :-)

That's a serious looking beast. Pub it is. (Snails are back to front, though..) ;-) ;-)

I recall someone telling me, back in the day, that they had just seen one struggle into Westland Row, ages and ages late as the locomotive (A7 I think) was very ill indeed; there was so much heavy black oily smoke that people on the platform thought it was a steam engine and you actually couldn't see the loco. Think what it would have been like under that roof breathing all that in! Needless to say, the loco was absolutely filthy as well.

I could not agree more.

Maybe it was only me, but when I first saw them new I thought they looked a bit like a "sawn-off" or shortened 52...... Think of that in NIR maroon!

Might be as easy making them out of very thin plastic. What I used to do, moon ago, is jab what would become the back of the strapping, i.e. the side next to the wood, with a sharp point (like a maths divider instrument), so that when the other way up it showed a small "bump" for the rivet. The divider thing had to be blunt or it would go through it. Worked adequately, though I am afraiod I've no photo to show what it looked like, as I sold off the wagons 25 years ago...

Haha! Excellent! A class 52 as a Hunslet?

Looks great!

Then that's it! Sound chip for black 1960s, or green or silver 1950s "A" class models! It would be interesting to hear a layout based about 1970 with a GM version alongside a non-rebuilt Crossley (suitably weathered with spilt oil!)

W O W !!!!!!!!! Fantastic!

My contact over there is unfortunately now no longer with us, but as recently as 3 years ago told me that the owners of Lady Edith and it's carriage would have been amenable to disposal back to Ireland. The combined shipping bill and rstoration costs would be truly, staggeringly, astronomical and only possible with massive state asistance, I would think.

Very interesting stuff, especially the letter from Egan to Henry Casserley!

Black'n'tan could be interesting too.... maybe take a photo and put it on a photoshop thing and try different variations without actually painting.... "White flashes"? - CIE green (either variety) wouldn't have had anything white......pale green would fit as EDN.

While it's a very long time since any of us heard a Crossley "A" class, from DIM memory that Ossie thing sounds about right.

I had wondered about that - ingenious!

VERY realistic!! The weathered pick up truck is also a realistic touch - vehicles on layouts can often look unrealistic due to being in glossy "showroom" condition, especially vans and lorries. the windscreen of that truck even has marks of wipers in the "dirt". That series he has of other scenic stuff is also inspirational. Good find, Broithe.

Maybe someone will make model customs officers to stand beside model "Enterprise" DD sets....!! Like the scenes on platforms at Strabane and Castlefinn back in the day....

I think overall, Broithe. We are all well aware of how, PRE-Brexit, certain retail multiples charge more for the same goods in Dundalk than they do a few miles up the road in Newry, in circumstamces where their costs are demonstrably NOT higher. Pure and cynical profiteering. As you say, watchfulness will be required for a long time. For once, I hope that people here all club together to send a message to anyone trying to rip us off that we will boycott them and spread the word. Maybe, possibly, opportunities for one of our model shops to do a Hattons-type set-up? Possibly, possibly not; we have an extremely small market compared with the 60+ million of the UK. We'll see.

Beautiful photo, Broithe.

It's worth going to the area, db1969, as not only will you see the buildings, you'll get a feel for the countryside and setting. Be sure to look at the beautifully restored Glenfarne and Belcoo stations in particular. Naturally, you can't do it by rail any more; but bus services in the area are also very sparse, so a car is necessary to explore properly. Incidentally, this September will mark the 60th anniversary of the closure of the SLNCR (and much of the GN).

But I wonder, WILL UK suppliers deduct the British VAT? Any that don't - boycott them!

Superb!!!

A4mallard, whatever way things are going for you, I wish you all the very best in the future.

So Conor McGregor's driving a train?