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Or the sub in dry dock, jacked up to change a flat……….. (caterpillar drive, of course)

Similar question and advice on respraying on Neol's thread here http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/4537-Respray-question

How were they used, Patrick? The sand would be required at the locomotives wheels for traction

Looks, great, Kieran. A very timely post. I was looking at mine yesterday and wondering how difficult a build it would be ..... as a first foray into brass. Any pearls will gladly received.

I think this is the number 2 cab end and intended to couple to the coaches. The grey end is the 'front'

When you're happily fishing and your boat suddenly changes direction any speed feels like a fast speed. The speed is not estimated in the article. Fortunately the Irish Sea is not that deep only a few hundred feet in most places. It looks like the sub was operating in the deeper channel on the west side which is still only about 400ft in that area. Hence he downward vector maybe a little less. If this was a Russian sub interested in NATO exercises it would have been running at tactical speed, (say) about 25 knots to avoid shallow water detection and it passive sonar array should be optimized to that speed. The array on the tower is usually a 360 array. If they detected a constant bearing/range surface sound, it more likely than not they'd bother to do anything about it. Unlikely to pop up and wave to satellite, I think. Lucky lads! I'm glad.

http://www.thewandererphotos.com/2015photos/February-2015/i-rbtHdrR/A Some of the best shots of new livery on 206 here

Noel has a lot of ballasting still to do on his track, so obviously he's thinking about purchasing one!

Isn't this one for Scots?

Good to know. One of the vendors you mention already emailed me to update me on the products that are available

There is definitely a market for several of these wagons. bubbles, various cements wagons, thing no longer available since MIR kits gone etc

It looks like one on the SF models if I'm looking at the correct thing. Anyone have any roof photos before and after?

If someone would do an injection moulded plastic rtr, I'd buy all five (even if the prototypicalists disagree) (No rivets were counted during the time it took to write this, and any mention of rivets, pristine or weathered, is purely coincidental)

Hi GSR, I can't really make out your drawing all that well and no expert so throw this 'advice' out if it makes no sense. Access from the inner inner loop to the outer platforms seems restricted unless you reverse the crossover or add another crossover in that direction. Maybe consider replacing the diamond crossing with a single slip if you reverse the crossing? What ever is on the bottom right ?good/carriages shed has limited access from the inner platforms. If this is required then maybe think of running this out of platform 3 (instead of 1&2, if you have sufficient length) and use another single slip to allow access from Plat 1&2 to it?

Thanks Martin. That helps a lot. You're right, they're a near perfect match!

That may well come but it's very low on the list of any manufacturer's qualities, right now. I think people would be happy to have a 121 and an A ( and none of that is certain, either), but I do understand the sentiment.

Great work, David! I'd be interested in an A/C chassis, Des. Have held off on buying them for now. Same concerns as Eamonn, would have to be reasonably idiot-proof to mesh with a motor for me.

Oh, yeah! that's way better. They look at lot nicer in that light. I not a fan of super heavy weathering so this is definitely dirtied up enough for my taste. Thought they looked too overdone in the previous photos. Great job there!

Hi Dave, I think we have been speaking to the same little bird but since the news is out, I quite like it considering the lack of an alternative for now. Price to be announced and I understand the black livery is not quite correct and needs a tweak.

Fran's gonna have to be quick then….. http://entertainment.ie/life/Pics-The-worlds-largest-aircraft-is-in-Shannon-right-now/361228.htm A little bit of disinformation on this page where it shows a 201 class being unloaded from an "An-225", although you can clearly see the centered tail, the photos is of the Ruslan and not Mriya

Looked over Kieran's photos of Belturbet for a long time last night. Very nice layout. Well done:tumbsup:

You mean the missing séimhiú as in Córas Iompair Éireann, I presume? If they can't get the "its" right "as Bearla", consonant mutations are not likely to be their forte either

OMG!! Great show!

Probably neither them or there servants seen it before it were erected, so its not really they're fault