Noel

As far as I know they were not always matched in service, hence running a 141 with a 181 class in consist is normal. For DCC sound models, recommend sound only on one of the locos, and that the decoders be the same type with the same sound projects, and same motor CV settings (eg two Lenz Silver+, or two LokSound V4, or Lovsound V4 with a LokPilot V4.

IRM might surprise us perhaps - now that they've launched their first steam model in the GB market. It would be fantastic to have 460 steam loco to complement and haul laminate flying snail green stock alongside the upcoming 22k sets. Full circle.

Thanks. I am relieved the loco can run over all the track work and points at speed step 1 crawl without stalling or juddering. Too slow to make useful video, but glad all the work with electrofrog points worked out, especially after the rails got part covered in PVA during ballasting, and covered in acrylic spray paint when weathering the track beds, the track cleaning must have worked after ballasting. Last year when debugging the track work for smooth running it was amazing how many hidden micro artefacts caused temporary loss of electrical continuity (eg. Tiny grain of ballast on inside rail chair, or between point check rails, or a single mm or sleeper grime paint, or 1/10th mm of solder projecting above rail height. If this ever gets exhibited it will need to be reliable and have perfect running. Zero tolerance for derailments or juddering at slow shunting speeds. My thanks to colleagues at WMRC for their guidance and advice.

My concern is Betamax?

Looks more purple than ex-LMS maroon. EDIT: PS a few years ago an RPSI chap told me 3173 was due to get repainted to match the craven stock with Royal blue and cream, or all over Blue.

RPSI's GSV looks well. Roof repainted recently?

Staggering. I know a 'man' who is interested in doing this in 00 for south wexford line stations including the barrow bridge.

I was curious looking at old photos from the day of delivery of laser cut baseboard ply from WoodWorkers in Terenure, to construction, painting and finally layout building. The boards were constructed using the WMRC method pioneered by member and technical director Dave McCabe. No screws nor nails needed, just hot glue gun. I made the first two 5ft x 2ft boards in an hour, an other hour to paint the glass fibre reinforcement in the undersides, and two hours to paint both boards. Boards are light, portable, easy to work on stacked vertically for wiring and fitting of point motors, single servos, accessory decoders, no more crawling under baseboards. Cross members positioned not to interfere with Cobalt point motors under the base boards. THEN - Ply collected from Truck in local village Stored in Workshop before construction using hot glue gun and fibreglass tape Before Fiberglass tape was added to the underside joints with PVC Glue rather than resin to avoid the smells of resin Glass tape added Painted top and undersides of baseboard to seal from long term moister for stability and easy of working on baseboard gluing track bed, foam blocks, static grass, etc. Transposed track plan onto surface using a roll of grease proof paper. Track plan transposed to avoid cross bracing under boards Dry test track laying before track bed closed cell foam added. Last chance to check everything fits Rotate board on their sides so its easier to work on the undersides standing up rather than crawling underneath. Much easier to do the wiring Baseboard sits on its own back scene as a stable stand on the trestles Much easier to install and test wiring and point motors Hot glue used to freeze self adhesive cable ties in place. Screws used to secure servos and accessory decoders, with foam separation pads to avoid vibration noises when trains pass over head. NOW - End Result (so far) Thanks to WMRC for the helpful guidance and inspiration and especially Dave McCabe.

Hornby, Airfix, Scalextric and Corgi. Notable guest appearances by Kathy Millatt, Pete Waterman and Jenny Kirk amongst others Two seasons available online. Fascinating to watch some of the fly on the wall stuff, the design process and manufacturing steps. I used Chrome and a VPN (to pretend to be in the UK to watch online). Watch online here: https://uktvplay.co.uk/shows/hornby-a-model-world/watch-online Or Wed nights on ch 'Yesterday' FreeSat PS: Will we see Accurascale on TV - the empire strikes back season 1? (ie Bachmann build a death star)

Agree BYD could well be the new Toyota within the next 5 years. We'll all be driving Chinese car brands before soon. The manufacturing quality of the worlds smartphones, tablets and model railway toys manufactured in China are truly top class. Mr Putin has accidentally advanced the rate of transition to clean energy more than anybody else could have. BYD have just appointed Irish MDL to sell the cars starting Q2 this year. Lots of chance coming down the tracks.

Oh I don't know. I wouldn't buy any car that lacks Apple Car Play. £500 would have bought a house in the 1950s, nowadays folks spend €1000 on a portable telephone that you can watch the telly on.

Your right about the clean up of electricity grids. Ireland's electricity grid is already well on track for 80% by 2030. And the new Celtic Interconnector will enable us to import up to 700 MW of CO2 free French nuclear electricity. Robert Llewellyn is a bit of a EV buff evangelist but this is interesting clip dispelling a few popular OPEC myths: PS: I presume the canaries are well ahead of the game with Solar and Wind generation. Ideally located for both. Ironically the Chinese seem to be transitioning from fossil cars to BEVs faster than USA or Europe. The Chinese are the biggest manufacturer of BEVs.

If problems persist IRM have excellent warranty service so perhaps send it back to them for repair or replacement. They will pick up the cost of collection/post.

Unfortunate luck luck. No better modeller to put humpty dumpty together again.

This was my favourite livery for ugly DMUs here. Bright and visible.

Did the 29k not get that new all green livery a few years ago before the pandemic?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0222/1358120-train-catering

Baby MM GMs, especially 143 are so rare, you might even get one and a half A classes in exchange!

Yip €30ea for the six I bought at Stillorgan toy fair.

Thanks for posting. Sense prevailing at last.

Packing the NEM pocket under the tongs of the coupling with a very thin piece of plastic card may be enough to eliminate the droop from the loco and better marry up. I've converted most of our rolling stock from tension lock couplings to kadee couplings and needed to tweak the NEM pockets on most stock to get the couplings to the correct industry standard height. From memory the MM mk2d coaches did not have correct NEM pocket heights. MM locos were pretty spot on except for the 201 class which needed a plastic card shim to adjust the coupling height to match other stock and the kadee height gauge, or bend the trip pin to that it doesn't snag points. From memory the IRM A class locos NEM pockets were correct height, so perhaps a very thin shim wedged into the pocket with the tension lock couplings tongs would stop the droop. MM loco to MM coach Fix for cravens

Hycote and Halfords are identical, made in the same factory, Hycote costs less. Available amazon.co.uk but extra brexit costs, Or bypass brexitistan and get equivalent plastic grey primer from amazon.de. If buying from UK An Post addresspal gets around hazchem barrier costs.

GB mk5 models look stunning, a hint of what might be to come one day with IR CAF mk4 sets inc DVT for the MM 201s to haul or push.