Irishrailwayman

Guys, probably better to upload photies to the website as photobucket has wrecked many a past posting!

Hi, none of these jpgs are showing? Ooops they just appeared...

A great depiction of the Slow Late Never Comes (the little railway with the big name)! Just gorgeous in 7mm!

Tony, not too many N-gauge Irish layouts on the exhibition circuit! Why not have a go and make this your niche? I will have my Cynwyd in N at the SDMRC Show and perhaps we could chat some more then.

Westy does a range of 2mm transfers for Irish outline. UK outline 4-wheel goods should be easy enough to convert. ElectraRailwayGraphics do adhesive vinyl sides to convert UK outline Mk 1,2 3 and 4 coaches to Irish outline: http://www.electrarailwaygraphics.co.uk/ (see International section). Their website mentions a link to Shapeways.com to obtain the Class 201 body which fits a Graham Farish Class 66 chassis. https://www.shapeways.com/search?q=irish&type= list 121, 141, cement bubbles/bogies etc. Alphagraphix do a range of coloured card kits which could be reduced by 50% by photocopying and built up on plasticard etc Some UK outline buildings may suit with small changes....

Like the jazz and the train of course!

As part of the Wexford Festival Opera Fringe, Wexford Model Railway Club are hosting an Open Day at their club-rooms at St Joseph's Community Centre, Newline Road, Wexford on Monday 31st October from Noon to 5pm. The event is free but donations will be accepted! Model railway items and light refreshments (including yummy home-made cakes) will be on sale in aid of the club building fund. Layouts on display will be Bushville (HO USA outline), Rathmichael (OO Irish), Llangollen (N gauge UK), Thomas (OO) and Sandown Valley (O/16.5 UK). Additionally, we will have trains running on the extensive test tracks in N, OO and O gauge. We get a great turnout from our loyal Wexford public to this event. Any IRM.comers who have not maxed out at the South Dublin Show might like to make the (less than) 2 hour car journey down and all would be most welcome.

Looking forward to attending on behalf of Wexford Model Railway Club with my Cynwyd (Welsh pronounced Kin-wid!) layout. Any IRM.comers attending come along and say hello. Gerry Byrne.

Sounds excellent!

A purchase from Wrenneire:

Thanks guys for your nice comments on Llangollen and great to put some faces to the names. I enjoyed the show - well organised and friendly -thanks to all the folks there for their sterling efforts. I took a few shots from around the halls as time allowed. A good variety of gauges and subjects with a number of vintage layouts also. Will be returning next year with another layout...

Die piggy bank, die!

I look forward to seeing this as I am starting to collect some O-gauge GWR stock...

Looking forward to this show (a first time for me) and meeting any IRMers attending!

Don't forget about the Wexford Model Railway Exhibitions held at Easter each year since 2009!

Is there a listing of layouts and traders published yet?

A recent visit to Llanuwchllyn Station to meet some of the folks there from the Bala Model Railway Exhibition allowed me take a few photos to inform my modelling. Great to meet David, John, Bernard and Barbara again! The station has been preserved as a narrow gauge line with some additions made to the station building itself.

Complete with the star spangled banner!

Over 1,000 visitors came to the show and good interest was shown in the model railways on display. Thanks to all including organisers for their hospitality.

Looks great EM and looking forward to seeing it in Cork. Pity about the burning house though - did the emergency services manage to save any of it?

Eniscorthyman is coming with his new layout:

The roof can always be left removable to show the interiour to visitors at exhibitions! I have done this for the signal cabins on Ballybeg and get a good reaction from visitors.

Good idea to show photographs of the prototype with the model. I have a few photos of Llangollen station enlarged and laminated for display also.

Looking forward to presenting Llangollen in N-gauge at this show on behalf of Wexford Model Railway Club.